Tickets on sale today for Oxford gig by Patti Smith, legend of the New York City punk rock movement
Patti Smith, the legendary American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author whose 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement is coming to Oxford this autumn.
And tickets go on sale at 10am today (June 14).
New Theatre Oxford have announced that the Patti Smith Quartet will be coming over from NYC, performing at the venue on Tuesday, September 17.
Theatre director David O’Hara said: “It is an absolute privilege to welcome the iconic Patti Smith to New Theatre Oxford this September. Her performance will be a true highlight in our autumn season. “
Patti Smith's extensive achievements as a performer, author, recording and visual artist are acknowledged worldwide.
Released in 1975, Smith’s first recording, Horses, was inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in 2010 by the National Recording Preservation Board. Her subsequent albums include Radio Ethiopia, Easter (which included Because the Night, cowritten with Bruce Springsteen), Wave, Dream of Life, (which included People Have the Power cowritten with her late husband Fred Sonic Smith), Gone Again, Peace and Noise, Gung Ho, Trampin’, Land, Twelve, Banga, and Outside Society.
Patti is a four-time Grammy® nominee and a Golden Globe nominee and Steven Sebring’s 2008 documentary, Patti Smith: Dream of Life, received an Emmy nomination.
She holds the honour of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture and in 2007 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
She was honoured by ASCAP with the Founders Award in 2010, representing lifetime achievement, and was the recipient of Sweden’s 2011 Polar Award, an international acknowledgement for significant achievements in music. In 2013, Smith received the Katharine Hepburn Medal from Bryn Mawr College, recognising women whose contributions embody the drive and work ethic of the celebrated actress.
Smith’s photographs, drawings, and installations have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide. Her bestselling memoir Just Kids won the prestigious 2010 National Book Award and in 2020 the Wall Street Journal acknowledged her as a Literature Innovator.
At present Smith writes, performs and lends support for human-rights issues and environmental groups, primarily Pathway to Paris, a nonprofit organisation co-founded by her daughter Jesse Paris Smith, offering tangible solutions for combatting global climate. She lives in New York City. She is a featured writer on Substack, where her twice weekly writings and readings can be subscribed to online.
Her renowned band includes guitarist and author Lenny Kaye, who she has collaborated with since 1971, drummer Jay Dee Daugherty (since 1975), Tony Shanahan on bass and keyboards (since 1996), and her son, guitarist Jackson Smith (for over a decade).
There’s no classier way to kickstart New Theatre Oxford’s Autumn lineup than with an intimate, career-spanning show from one of music’s most iconic and captivating figures.
