Johnny Depp also made a surprise appearance, while Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn read Smith's poetry at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall.
Bruce Springsteen, Flea, Karen O, Michael Stipe, Johnny Depp and more have led an all-star jam with Patti Smith at her tribute concert in New York – check out footage from the show below.
Last night (March 26), New York’s famed Carnegie Hall hosted the People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith tribute concert, featuring a star-studded line-up of musicians paying homage to the legendary Patti Smith.
A star-studded line-up took to Carnegie Hall for a celebration of Patti Smith on Wednesday night – here’s Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) and @flea333 performing ‘Because The Night’ pic.twitter.com/7fBrVRHEc1
— NME (@NME) March 27, 2025
People Have The Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith is a Music Of benefit concert that will donate 100 per cent of its net proceeds to music education for underserved youth.
At the show, Bruce Springsteen and the night’s house band led by Tony Shanahan, a longtime member of Smith’s band, along with Flea and Rolling Stones tour drummer Steve Jordan, performed a rendition of ‘Because The Night’ – which you can watch footage of below.
Johnny Depp made an unannounced appearance to perform ‘Dancing Barefoot’ with Alison Mosshart of The Kills and Flea pic.twitter.com/1yhJ2Gf3ga
— NME (@NME) March 27, 2025
To close out the star-studded celebration of the iconic Patti Smith, Smith herself made an appearance to perform ‘People Have The Power’ with nearly every guest performer of the night joining her onstage.
