The Punk Poet Laureate is returning to her roots.
Starting Nov. 10, Patti Smith will launch the U.S. leg of her ‘Horses 50th Anniversary Tour’ celebrating her legendary 1975 debut album “Horses.”
Near the end of the brief, international run, the 78-year-old New York City icon — she’s actually from Jersey but was an instrumental member of NYC’s ’70s punk and avant rock movement — will make a pair of stops at the Upper West Side’s regal Beacon Theatre on Friday, Nov. 21 and Saturday, Nov. 22.
If you’d like to see her live, tickets are available for all 13 North American and U.K. concerts.
At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets for any one U.S. show of Smith’s was $57 including fees on Vivid Seats.
Other gigs in the States have seats starting anywhere from $62 to $400 including fees.
As for what to expect at the shows, Smith is slated to perform the eight-track “Horses,” which features seminal songs “Gloria,” “Redondo Beach,” “Free Money,” “Kimberly” and “Birdland” in full for the first time since 2005 according to press releases.
She’ll be joined by her bandmates guitarist Lenny Kaye and drummer Jay Dee Daugherty, who lent their talents to the record. Smith describes their longtime collaboration as a “three-chord rock merged with the power of the word.”
And, yes, they’re already rehearsing.
“[I’m] practicing with the fellows for Horses 50th in the place we recorded it,” the 2007 Rock Hall of Fame inductee shared via Instagram. Thank you Lee Foster [and] Electric Lady Studios. A privilege to be here.”
No word yet on whether or not she’ll take “Because The Night,” “Dancing Barefoot,” “People Have The Power,” “Frederick” or her blistering 2011 cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirt” to the stage. All we know is the best way to find out is live.
For more information, our team has everything you need to know and more about Patti Smith’s 2025 ‘Horses 50th Anniversary Tour’ below.
All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.
A complete calendar including all North American tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:
| Patti Smith tour dates | Ticket prices start at |
|---|---|
| Oct. 12 at the London Palladium in London, GB | $482 (including fees) |
| Oct. 13 at the London Palladium in London, GB | $289 (including fees) |
| Nov. 10 at The Paramount Theatre in Seattle, WA | $285 (including fees) |
| Nov. 12 at The Paramount Theatre in Oakland, CA | $238 (including fees) |
| Nov. 13 at The Majestic in San Francisco, CA | $238 (including fees) |
| Nov. 15 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA | $293 (including fees) |
| Nov. 17 at The Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL | $57 (including fees) |
| Nov. 18 at The Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL | $62 (including fees) |
| Nov. 21 at The Beacon Theatre in New York, NY | $312 (including fees) |
| Nov. 22 at The Beacon Theatre in New York, NY | $400 (including fees) |
| Nov. 24 at The Orpheum Theatre in Boston, MA | $226 (including fees) |
| Nov. 28 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C. | $146 (including fees) |
| Nov. 29 at The Met in Philadelphia, PA | $175 (including fees) |
(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and, if it isn’t noted, will include additional fees at checkout.)
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This past March, Carnegie Hall hosted the star-studded ‘People Have The Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith’ featuring many of the biggest names in music.
According to NJ Arts, here is the set list featuring all the exciting special guests — including Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Depp — who paid tribute to the activist rocker.
“Piss Factory” (Matt Berninger)
“Free Money” (Jesse Malin)
“Redondo Beach” (Courtney Barnett)
“Pissing in a River” (Sharon Van Etten)
“Cowboy Truths” (Michael Shannon)
“Elegie” (Kronos Quartet)
“My Blakean Year” (Michael Stipe with Jesse Paris Smith, Tony Shanahan and Andy LeMaster)
“The Hour of Noon” (Jim Jarmusch)
“A Songwriter’s Song” (Jim Jarmusch)
“Departure” (Jim Jarmusch)
“Ghost Dance” (Ben Harper)
“Ask the Angels” (Alison Mosshart)
“Kimberly” (Susanna Hoffs)
“Mother Rose” (Paul Banks and Julia Banks)
“Wind” (Body/Head)
“Final Letter to Mapplethorpe” (Scarlett Johansson)
“Reflecting Robert” (Scarlett Johansson)
“Paths That Cross” (Music Will Academy of Lower Manhattan Public Middle School)
“Easter” (Angel Olsen)
“The Golden Cockerel” (Sean Penn)
“Beneath the Southern Cross” (Glen Hansard)
“Frederick” (Maggie Rogers)
“Dancing Barefoot” (Johnny Depp and Alison Mosshart)
“Gloria” (Karen O)
“Because the Night” (Bruce Springsteen)
“Cry Humanity” (Patti Smith)
“Peaceable Kingdom”/”People Have the Power” (Patti Smith)
“People Have the Power” (Patti Smith and Ensemble)
If you haven’t trotted “Horses” out in a few years, here are all the songs on the record as a refresher:
01.) “Gloria”
02.) “Redondo Beach”
03.) “Birdland”
04.) “Free Money”
05.) “Kimberly”
06.) “Break It Up”
07.) “Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer(de)”
08.) “Elegie”
Later editions feature a live cover of The Who’s “My Generation.”
You can find the beloved 43-minute album here.
Kaye and Daugherty aren’t the only band members backing Smith on the road this November.
Guitarist Jackson Smith as well as keyboardist and bass player Tony Shanahan — who has been performing live with Smith’s band since 1996 — will also board the tour buses with her.
After digging in the archives, we found the last time Smith performed “Horses” live in full was at the 2005 Meltdown Festival in London when she celebrated the record’s 30th anniversary.
Although no act is quite like Smith — she’s punk, she’s poetry, she’s rock and roll, she’s ferocious, she’s avant-garde, she’s a million things — here are five artists with somewhat similar sensibilities on the road this year.
• Heart (with Lucinda Williams on select dates)
Who else is out and about? Take a look at our list of all the biggest classic rockers on tour in 2025 to find the show for you.
This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change