Celebrated artists and actors, including Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe and Scarlett Johansson, took the stage in tribute.

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,

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? You gotta rock 'n' roll. Bruce Springsteen joined a tribute to fellow New Jesey rocker Patti Smith that included Michael Stipe, Johnny Depp, Flea, Sean Penn, Karen O, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Shannon, Jim Jarmusch and ...

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.

Johnny Depp performed onstage with Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith and Michael Stipe at a tribute concert for Smith in New York City on Wednesday, March 26.

"If I had sung this song, it would not have been a hit" Springsteen says, before passionate performance of Because The Night at Patti Smith tribute gig in NYC

On March 26, the Carnegie Hall audience witnessed a celebration of punk poet laureate Patti Smith, featuring performances by Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Depp, Matt Berninger, Courtney Barnett, and more.

Bruce Springsteen announced Wednesday the upcoming release of “Tracks 2: The Lost Albums,” a long-awaited and rumored follow-up to his 1998 “Tracks” box set, which included 66 (mostly) never before released songs.

Maggie Rogers, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Depp, Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, and Music Will students perform during “People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith,” presented by Michael Dorf at Carnegie Hall in New York on March 26.