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====Touring and additional albums==== {{Further|Dream of Life|E-Bow the Letter|Glitter in Their Eyes|Gone Again|Land (1975–2002)|The Patti Smith Masters|Trampin'}} In June 1988, Smith released the album ''[[Dream of Life]]'', which included the song "[[People Have the Power]]". [[Michael Stipe]] of [[R.E.M.]] and [[Allen Ginsberg]], whom she had known since her early years in New York City, urged her return to live music and touring. She toured briefly with [[Bob Dylan]] in December 1995, which is chronicled in a book of photographs by Stipe.<ref name="RS bio"/> In 1996, Smith worked with her long-time colleagues to record ''[[Gone Again]],'' featuring "About a Boy", a tribute to [[Kurt Cobain]], the former lead singer of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] who died by [[suicide]] in 1994. The same year, she collaborated with Stipe on "[[E-Bow the Letter]]", a song on R.E.M.'s ''[[New Adventures in Hi-Fi]],'' which she performed live with the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r240302 |title=New Adventures in Hi-Fi |access-date=February 7, 2008 |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=March 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314095006/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r240302 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the release of ''Gone Again,'' Smith recorded two further albums, ''[[Peace and Noise]]'' in 1997, which included the single "[[1959 (Patti Smith song)|1959]]" about [[Invasion of Tibet (1950–1951)|China's invasion of Tibet]], and ''[[Gung Ho (album)|Gung Ho]]'' in 2000, which included songs about [[Ho Chi Minh]] and Smith's late father. Smith was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]] for two songs, "1959" and "[[Glitter in Their Eyes]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm |title=Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-date=February 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222233111/http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> A box set of Smith's work up to that time, ''[[The Patti Smith Masters]]''. was released in 1996. In 2002, Smith released ''[[Land (1975–2002)]],'' a two-CD compilation that includes a cover of [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s "[[When Doves Cry]]". Smith's [[Solo show (art exhibition)|solo art exhibition]] ''[[Strange Messenger]]'' was hosted at the [[Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh|Andy Warhol Museum]] in [[Pittsburgh]] on September 28, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warhol.org/whats_on/pdfs/PR_Patti_Smith.pdf |title=The Andy Warhol Museum Announces Patti Smith Performance and Retrospective Exhibition |access-date=March 19, 2008 |date=May 3, 2002 |publisher=The Andy Warhol Museum |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061231060409/http://www.warhol.org/whats_on/pdfs/PR_Patti_Smith.pdf |archive-date = December 31, 2006}}</ref> On April 27, 2004, Smith released ''[[Trampin']]'', which included several songs about motherhood, partly in tribute to Smith's mother, who died two years earlier. It was her first album on [[Columbia Records]], which later became a [[Sony BMG|sister label]] to her [[Arista Records]], her previous label. Smith curated the [[Meltdown (festival)|Meltdown festival]] in London on June 25, 2005, in which she performed ''Horses'' live in its entirety for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1497477,00.html|title=Some give a song. Some give a life ...|access-date=February 8, 2008|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 3, 2005|location=London, UK|first=Ed|last=Vulliamy|archive-date=July 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706080841/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1497477,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This live performance was released later in 2004 as ''Horses/Horses''. On October 15, 2006, Smith performed a 3½-hour ''tour de force'' show to close out at [[CBGB]], which was an immensely influential New York City live music venue for much of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. At the CBGB show, Smith took the stage at 9:30 p.m. (EDT) and closed her show a few minutes after 1:00 am. Her final song was "Elegie", after which she read a list of [[punk rock]] musicians and advocates who had died in the previous years, representing the last public song and words performed at the iconic venue.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/arts/music/16cnd-cbgbnotebook.html?ei=5088&en=b87ef3abc56fb771&ex=1318651200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all|title=Fans of a Groundbreaking Club Mourn and Then Move On|access-date=February 4, 2008|author=Pareles, Jon|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 16, 2006|archive-date=April 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406204640/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/arts/music/16cnd-cbgbnotebook.html?ei=5088&en=b87ef3abc56fb771&ex=1318651200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2007, Smith's cover of "[[Gimme Shelter]]" appeared on her tenth album, ''[[Twelve (Patti Smith album)|Twelve]]'', an all-covers album released by [[Columbia Records]]. In July 2008, a live album by Smith and [[Kevin Shields]], ''[[The Coral Sea (album)|The Coral Sea]]'', was released. On September 10, 2009, after a week of smaller events and exhibitions in [[Florence]], Smith played an open-air concert at [[Piazza Santa Croce]], commemorating her performance in the same city 30 years earlier.<ref>[http://www.firenzeturismo.it/en/events/69-archivio-iniziative-e-promozioni/1257-patti-smith-e-firenze-un-amore-ritrovato.html Patti Smith and Florence, a never-ending story], ''Agenzia per il Turismo, Firenze'', July 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2009. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608040125/http://www.firenzeturismo.it/en/events/69-archivio-iniziative-e-promozioni/1257-patti-smith-e-firenze-un-amore-ritrovato.html |date=June 8, 2010 }}</ref> Smith recorded a cover of [[Buddy Holly]]'s "[[Words of Love]]" for the CD ''[[Rave on Buddy Holly]]'', a tribute album tied to Holly's 75th birthday, which was released June 28, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/51713618-53/holly-buddy-rave-apple.html.csp|title=Paul McCartney, Fiona Apple, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket and more cover Buddy Holly on Holly's 75th b-day year|last=Burger|first=David|date=April 28, 2011|newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|access-date=May 10, 2011|archive-date=May 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502083407/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/51713618-53/holly-buddy-rave-apple.html.csp|url-status=live}}</ref> She also recorded the song "Capitol Letter" for the [[The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|official soundtrack]] of the second film of the ''[[Hunger Games]]''' series ''[[The Hunger Games: Catching Fire]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-hunger-games-catching-fire-soundtrack-features-coldplay-patti-smith-the-national-the-weeknd-more-20130926 |title='The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Soundtrack Features Coldplay, Patti Smith, The National, The Weeknd & More; The Playlist |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |website=IndieWire |date=2013-09-26 |access-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216183537/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-hunger-games-catching-fire-soundtrack-features-coldplay-patti-smith-the-national-the-weeknd-more-20130926 |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith's 11th studio album, ''[[Banga (album)|Banga]]'', was released in June 2012. ''American Songwriter'' wrote that, "These songs aren't as loud or frantic as those of her late 70s heyday, but they resonate just as boldly as she moans, chants, speaks and spits out lyrics with the grace and determination of [[Muhammad Ali]] in his prime. It's not an easy listen—the vast majority of her music never has been—but if you're a fan and/or prepared for the challenge, this is as potent, heady and uncompromising as she has ever gotten, and with Smith's storied history as a musical maverick, that's saying plenty."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/06/patti-smith-banga/|title=Patti Smith: Banga|magazine=[[American Songwriter]]|access-date=June 8, 2012|archive-date=April 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405143544/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/06/patti-smith-banga/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] awarded the album a score of 81, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/banga/patti-smith/critic-reviews|title=Banga by Patti Smith|website=Metacritic|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> Also in 2012, Smith recorded a cover of ''Io come persona'' by Italian singer-songwriter [[Giorgio Gaber]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://my-way-online.blogspot.com/2012/11/per-gaber-io-ci-sono-la-tracklist.html|title=Per Gaber ...Io ci sono: la tracklist ufficiale|website=My-way-online.blogspot.com|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116200731/http://my-way-online.blogspot.com/2012/11/per-gaber-io-ci-sono-la-tracklist.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.giorgiogaber.it/news/io-ci-sono-50-artisti|title=Ecco i 50 artisti che hanno detto Per Gaber '...io ci sono'|website=Giorgiogaber.it|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108181822/http://www.giorgiogaber.it/news/io-ci-sono-50-artisti|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Smith wrote "Aqua Teen Dream" to commemorate the series finale of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''. The vocal track was recorded in a hotel overlooking [[Lerici]]'s Bay of Poets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gordon|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/60917-patti-smith-talks-aqua-teen-hunger-force-finale-song-a-dream-come-true/|title=Patti Smith Talks 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' Finale Song: "A Dream Come True"|work=Pitchfork|date=August 24, 2015|access-date=August 24, 2015|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308180717/https://pitchfork.com/news/60917-patti-smith-talks-aqua-teen-hunger-force-finale-song-a-dream-come-true/|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 26, 2015, Smith performed at the [[American Museum of Tort Law]] convocation ceremony.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20150926/ralph-naders-american-museum-of-tort-law-opens-in-winsted|title=Ralph Nader's American Museum of Tort Law opens in Winsted|newspaper=[[New Haven Register]]|author=Mirabelli, Manon L.|date=September 26, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2015|archive-date=March 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309061348/http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20150926/ralph-naders-american-museum-of-tort-law-opens-in-winsted|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 6, 2015, she made an appearance at the Paris show of [[U2]]'s [[Innocence + Experience Tour]], performing "[[Bad (U2 song)|Bad]]" and "[[People Have the Power]]" with U2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europe1.fr/culture/a-bercy-u2-a-rendu-hommage-aux-victimes-des-attentats-2631769|title=A Bercy, U2 a rendu hommage aux victimes des attentats de Paris|website=Europe1|date=December 7, 2015|access-date=April 10, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308180719/https://www.europe1.fr/culture/a-bercy-u2-a-rendu-hommage-aux-victimes-des-attentats-2631769|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, Smith performed "People Have the Power" at [[Riverside Church]] in Manhattan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of [[Democracy Now]], where she was joined by [[Michael Stipe]]. On December 10, 2016, Smith attended the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in [[Stockholm]] on behalf of [[Bob Dylan]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]], who could not be present due to prior commitments. After the official presentation speech for the literary prize by [[Horace Engdahl]], the perpetual secretary of the [[Swedish Academy]], Smith sang the Dylan song "[[A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941PHEJHCwU|title=Patti Smith performs Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" - Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2016|date=December 13, 2016|via=www.youtube.com|access-date=July 1, 2022|archive-date=July 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701235101/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941PHEJHCwU|url-status=live}}</ref> She missung one verse, singing, "I saw the babe that was just bleedin'," and was momentarily unable to continue.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/patti-smith-on-singing-at-bob-dylans-nobel-prize-ceremony|title=How does it feel|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|first=Patti|last=Smith|date=December 14, 2016|access-date=December 15, 2016|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215190016/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/patti-smith-on-singing-at-bob-dylans-nobel-prize-ceremony|url-status=live}}</ref> After a brief apology, saying that she was nervous, she resumed the song and earned jubilant applause at its end.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-transcendent-patti-smith-accepts-bob-dylans-nobel-prize|title=A Transcendent Patti Smith Accepts Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize|first=Amanda|last=Petrusich|magazine=The New Yorker|date=December 10, 2016|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616181904/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-transcendent-patti-smith-accepts-bob-dylans-nobel-prize|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-patti-smith-cover-bob-dylans-hard-rains-a-gonna-fall-at-nobel-ceremony-108995/|title=See Patti Smith Cover Dylan's 'Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' at Nobel Ceremony|first1=Daniel|last1=Kreps|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 10, 2016|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308175106/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-patti-smith-cover-bob-dylans-hard-rains-a-gonna-fall-at-nobel-ceremony-108995/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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