Patti Smith brings her quartet to the Live at Chelsea series in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, half a century after her first London show.
Patti Smith, the singer and poet behind “Because the Night”, headlines the Live at Chelsea series with her quartet at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on Sunday 13 June 2027.
Born in Chicago in 1946 and raised in New Jersey, Smith came up through New York’s poetry readings. Her first album, Horses, came out in 1975 and helped shape the city’s punk scene.
Written with Bruce Springsteen, “Because the Night” reached number five in Britain in 1978. She entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Her first London show, at the Roundhouse in 1976, is credited with helping spark the punk wave that swept Britain the following year. She plays the Chelsea grounds at the age of 80.
The quartet is Tony Shanahan on bass and keyboards, her son Jackson Smith on guitar and Seb Rochford on drums. Bananarama and Jack Savoretti headline other nights of the series.