ARD Tagesthemen

produced by ARD
(German Television)
recorded: Cologne, 7 Aug. 2002
Germany 2002
about 2 min 30 sec

We see interviews with people waiting in front of the E-Werk about their motivs to go to the show and short clips of the performance ("Boy Cried Wolf", "Dancing Barefoot"). Also included is a short speech of Patti Smith about the elections in Germany and her advice: "I would vote for Schroeder!" (Schroeder, the candidate of the SPD, spoke out against the war in Iraq and subsequently became german chancellor for the second time.
The newsspeaker also tells us about "Patti Smith’s fourth comeback".

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