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‘It made me a pop star – and I’m crap at being a pop star’: KT Tunstall on Suddenly I See

‘I looked at Patti Smith on the cover of her album Horses. There’s no makeup, no glam, no plastic surgery – she’s not a famous pop star with lots of money. And I thought, “That’s what I want to be”’

The Guardian - UK

Joan Didion’s in the details: The author’s estate sale turned me into a literary voyeur

When the stylish and formidable writer of ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ and ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’ died last year, she left behind a Manhattan apartment brimming with intrigue, writes Amanda Whiting

The Independent UK

Patti Smith: ‘I am who I am with all my flaws’

At 75, the punk poet, singer, artist and author talks candidly about life, loss, loneliness and her acclaimed new photography project

The Guardian - UK

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Country star Margo Price on her memoir: ‘My editor said whiskey is basically a character’

Price survived alcoholism, hardship and tragedy to become a star, as she recounts in her brutally honest new book. ‘I had panic attacks, thinking about all of this being out there,’ she says

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds gather for Joan Didion tribute Wednesday night

Joan Didion, a master of rhythm and of the meaning of the unsaid, was remembered Wednesday as an inspiring and fearless writer and valued, exacting and sometimes eccentric friend

The Independent UK

Fall books a broad mix of literary and commercial favorites

Anticipation has been growing all year for one of the fall’s likeliest bestsellers, Colleen Hoover's “It Starts With Us.”

The Independent UK

The 30 greatest album covers of all time, from Oasis, ‘Definitely Maybe’ to Patti Smith, ‘Horses’

Over the decades, artist and musicians have worked together to create albums where the cover art is as memorable as the music itself

The Independent UK

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‘We always bring a teapot’: readers share the unusual items they take on holiday

From potato peelers to portable record players – the creature comforts readers won’t travel without

The Guardian - UK

Higher Ground at the Palladium review: Patti Smith led a celebration of punk’s past and future

The legendary songwriter and poet was joined at the Palladium by Nadine Shah and Connie Constance

Evening Standard

Amy McDonald suffered abuse from football fans after marrying ex-Rangers star Richard Foster

Ahead of her headlining Doune the Rabbit Hole she also calls men who shout out derogatory comments to female musicians at gigs "strange"

Daily Record

Friday essay: grey-haired and radiant – reimagining ageing for women

Ageist thought patterns and reactions are so embedded in Australian culture that even educated people, people who otherwise insist on political correctness, will open their mouths and deliver a hurtful, hateful judgement.

The Conversation

Punk laureate Patti Smith granted France's highest honour

As a child, punk-poet icon Patti Smith was instructed never to accept anything from strangers -- which meant one day she was forced to decline a campaign button she coveted and everyone else had.

Bangkok Post

Bob Dylan museum set to open in Tulsa

The Bob Dylan Center, the museum and archive celebrates the Nobel laureate’s work. It opens to the public on May 10.

Chicago Sun-Times

How does it f-e-e-e-e-l? Bob Dylan museum opening in Tulsa

Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Mavis Staples are all on hand in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this weekend to celebrate to new Bob Dylan Center and archive

The Independent UK

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Patti Smith to headline Metro in a celebration of the independent spirit

Smith headlines Metro this week for the first time, to kick off 40th anniversary celebrations for the hallowed rock club.

The Guardian - UK

‘We Ukrainians know how to turn suffering into strength’: Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz on his musical resistance

The raucous Ukraine-born punk frontman has been a tireless cultural ambassador since the Russian invasion. He talks about his benefit single, growing up under Soviet repression, and ‘freedom-fighter’ musicians doing nothing to help

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like young love with the brakes off’: Bennifer and the couples who get back together

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are back together after 19 years – and they aren’t the only ones. Why do some pairings work better the second time around?

The Guardian - UK

What links Punchdrunk’s Burnt City to Patti Smith and John McEnroe?

As the celebrated theatre group launches a new immersive show, follow it down the rabbit hole via Damon Albarn, Meryl Streep and Glenda Jackson

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Lawyers ask Johnny Depp about texts describing desire to kill Amber Heard

At trial, lawyers read messages actor wrote to Elton John and others, describing alcohol and drug abuse and violent thoughts

The Guardian - UK

Favourite festival sold out? Here are the best alternatives

After two long years, festivals are back – but tickets are in short supply. Here are some options if you’ve missed out, featuring rave-jazz parties, fairground rides and organic psychedelia

The Guardian - UK

‘I experience joy very easily’: Patti Smith on Springsteen, the climate fight and the meaning of punk

The singer, poet and writer answers your questions about playing music with her children, being at her friend Allen Ginsberg’s deathbed and maintaining hope in a troubled world

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for Patti Smith

What would you ask the legendary punk musician, poet and memoirist – who says a new newsletter project has reinvented her approach to creativity?

The Independent UK

Patti Smith announces brand new book and reveals unlikely inspiration behind it

‘It is a year of reflections and images,’ the musician wrote

The Guardian - UK

Patti Smith’s life-changing gig at the Roundhouse

Letters: Owen Davies says the singer’s gig at the London venue on 16 May 1976 was a striking omission from the Guardian’s list of live shows that changed music

Digital Camera World

Famous photographers: 35 celebrities who also take pictures

Celebrities take photos too, you know –these famous people also spend time BEHIND the camera!

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