Patti Smith to perform fundraising concert for Brontë museum

The New York-based singer-songwriter, known as the “Godmother of Punk”, vowed to return to Yorkshire to play a series of intimate concerts in Brontë country after visiting the Parsonage last year.

She will make good that promise when she appears in An evening of Words and Music with Patti Smith and Tony Shanahan at the Old Schoolroom in Haworth on Friday, April 19.

Museum arts officer Jenna Holmes said: “We’re delighted that Patti Smith is supporting the museum and will host this special performance in Haworth.

“It is yet another example of the ways in which the Brontës’ extraordinary legacy influences all aspects of contemporary culture. This will be a remarkable evening in a tiny venue very close to the Parsonage – we are expecting a huge response and I’m sure tickets will be snapped up very quickly indeed.”

Ms Smith burst onto the scene with her influential debut album Horses in 1975, and has recorded nine others. She has also written five books and has had her artwork exhibited across the world.

Perhaps her best-known song, Because the Night, was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 in the American chart in 1978.

She received the Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture in 2005.

In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and two years ago won the Polar Music Prize

Her memoir Just Kids won a National Book Award in 2010, and she was recently listed among the Time 100 influential people in the world.

Tickets cost £25. To book or find out more call the museum on 01535 640188, or email [email protected].