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Patti Smith has announced the release of her 11th studio album, Banga on June 4th and a string of live dates. This highly-anticipated album marks Smith’s first collection of original material since 2004, when she made her Columbia Records debut with the critically-acclaimed Trampin’.
April Fool, the first single from Banga, featuring Tom Verlaine, is available digitally from April 3rd.
Banga was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City and produced by Patti Smith and her band Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty and long-time collaborator Lenny Kaye. Featured guests include Tom Verlaine, Jack Petruzzelli, Smith’s son Jackson and daughter Jesse Paris.
Inspired by Smith’s dreams and observations, Banga’s poetic lyrics are a reflection of our complex world – a world that is rife with chaos and beauty. Praised for her storytelling abilities, Smith has crafted an album that captures a wide range of human experience.
There is an exploratory spirit in the songs that make up Banga, Amerigo is a melodic overture imagining the voyage of Amerigo Vespucci to the New World in 1497. Fuji-san is a rock song for the people of Japan in the wake of last years earthquake, a classic ballad in memory of Amy Winehouse This Is The Girl, an improvised meditation on art and nature (Constantine’s Dream) as well as a birthday song written for her friend Johnny Depp – Nine.
Patti Smith received widespread recognition for her 2010 book Just Kids, the story of her deep friendship with Robert Mapplethorpe and their effect on each other as burgeoning artists. Just Kids earned Smith the 2010 National Book Award for nonfiction as well as an enormous new following. Listeners of all generations will surely relate to the hope, humor, and humanity of Patti Smith’s adventurous new album.
Patti Smith live UK dates:
June
25th Wolverhampton Civic
26th Cardiff Coal Exchange
28th Bath Forum
30th Hop Farm Festival, Tunbridge
September
4th Newcastle O2 Academy
5th Glasgow O2 ABC
7th Manchester Academy
9th Leeds O2 Academy
10th Cambridge Corn Exchange
12th Brighton Dome
13th London Troxy
Tickets are £25 for all the shows except London where they are £27.50.
Available at artistticket.com and gigsandtours.com
24 Hour Ticket Hotline: 0844 811 0051
Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday April 20th, with a presale to Patti’s fans via her website on Wednesday April 18th.
pattismith.net
columbiarecords.com