In August 2025, Smith announced the re-release of her debut album Horses , slated to be released in October 2025 to celebrate the album’s 50th anniversary. The album features unreleased tracks, remasters, and original recordings of several songs from the original track list.
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…
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On December 6, 2015, she made an appearance at the Paris show of U2 ‘s Innocence + Experience Tour , performing ” Bad ” and ” People Have the Power ” with U2.
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. On September 26, 2015, Smith performed at the American Museum of Tort Law convocation ceremony.
Smith’s 11th studio 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…
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Also in 2012, Smith recorded a cover of Io come persona by Italian singer-songwriter Giorgio Gaber .
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.
Smith’s tenth full-length release Twelve , an all-covers album released by Columbia Records, features such songs as Jimi Hendrix ” Are You Experienced? “, Nirvana’s ” Smells Like Teen Spirit “, and Rolling Stones’ ” Gimme Shelter “. The next year, she came out with a live album, The Coral…
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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.…
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In 2002, Smith released Land (1975–2002) , a two-CD compilation that includes a cover of Prince ‘s ” When Doves Cry “. Smith’s solo art exhibition Strange Messenger was hosted at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh on September 28, 2002. On April 27, 2004, Smith released Trampin’ , which…
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