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On this day, 1 September 1978, American singer/songwriter Patti Smith played Cardiff’s Top Rank supporting her third studio album Easter.
The album is regarded as the her and the group's commercial breakthrough, owing to the success of the rock single "Because the Night" (co-written by Bruce Springsteen and Smith), which reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Called the "punk poet laureate", Smith fused rock and poetry in her work, she became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.
Setlist
Babelogue
Rock n Roll Nigger
Privilege (Set Me Free)
Kimberly
(Patti Smith song)
25th Floor
Till Victory
The Kids Are Alright
(The Who cover)
Poppies
It's a Man's Man's Man's World
(James Brown cover)
Space Monkey
It's So Hard
(John Lennon cover)
Revenge
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
(The Byrds cover)
Because the Night
Pumping (My Heart)
Radio Ethiopia / Godspeed
Gloria
(Them cover)
My Generation
(The Who cover)
