Lenny Kaye's Opening Act Tour Diary

1998-09-12, Christchurch Event Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand:

In 1998, Patti Smith and Her Band opened for Bob Dylan and His Band. This is not their famous tour together with the “Dark Eyes” duets that I explored in depth here. That was December 1995. Two-and-a-half years later, they did it again, down in Australia. Patti Smith didn’t sit in with Dylan this time, which is the big reason it’s not known as well (als…