On Saturday, Tom Verlaine, the hugely influential guitarist and Television frontman, died at the age of 73. The person who broke the news of Verlaine’s death was Jesse Paris Smith, Patti Smith’s daughter. Over the years, Verlaine was one of Patti Smith’s closest contemporaries. Verlaine and Smith both came out of th...

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The legendary British fashion designer and activist died last weekThe post Watch Patti Smith pay tribute to Vivienne Westwood with ‘Redondo Beach’ performance appeared first on NME.

Two days ago, the legendary designer Vivienne Westwood, a woman who was hugely important to the ’70s punk explosion, died at the age of 81. Last night, Patti Smith, another woman who was hugely important to the ’70s punk explosion, sang a song for Westwood.