Appropriately enough, Wednesday night’s benefit tribute concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall in honor of pioneering musician, author and icon Patti Smith began with a poem. Not just any poem: It was the first one she set to music,

The Boss joins Michael Stipe, Kim Gordon, National singer Matt Berninger and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O, among others for Wednesday's (March 26) show.

Patti Smith, the poet-laureate of punk, was honored during a sold-out event at New York's Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night with help from an all-star cast of friends and supporters. The celebration