US rock singer Patti Smith performs on June 30, 2009 during the "nuits de la Fourviere", a festival dedicated to music, theatre, dance and cinema, in Lyon. Smith and US composer Philip Glass paid tribute to Allen Ginsberg, a US poet and figure of the beat generation, by reading some of his poems. Getty Images logo Getty Images 32 months ago

US rock singer Patti Smith performs on June 30, 2009 during the "nuits de la Fourviere", a festival dedicated to music, theatre, dance and cinema, in Lyon. Smith and US composer Philip Glass paid tribute to Allen Ginsberg, a US poet and figure of the beat generation, by reading some of his poems.