Rock legend PATTI SMITH is the first name confirmed to Headline the Neapolis Festival to be held in Giffoni. The New York born singer will not only take to the stage to perform her music but will also take some time to exclusively talk about photography, creativity, writing and the indie music scene to the Giffoni Masterclass students for the very first time.

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Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.

Called the "Godmother of Punk", her work was a fusion of rock and poetry. Smith's most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[5] On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. She is also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize. (source: WIKIPEDIA)

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