"If I want something, I’ll ask for it myself"The post Patti Smith warns against “stupid” fraudster asking fans to send hair appeared first on NME.

Scams really are out-scamming themselves these days, and no one is safe. That said, apparently someone(s) has been posing as a rep for Patti Smith and asking people for bits of their hair with which to make… a wig?? It’s, as Smith put it in a video, “the stupidest thing ever.”

Smith was among a host of musical legends paying tribute to the Beatle at a special New York gig this weekThe post Watch Patti Smith cover Paul McCartney’s ‘She’s Leaving Home’ in Carnegie Hall tribute appeared first on NME.

Last night, a whole mob of luminaries gathered at New York’s Carnegie Hall for an all-star tribute to Paul McCartney. McCartney himself was not in attendance, but plenty of his peers and admirers were. The show was part of promoter Michael Dorf’s fundraising “Music Of” series, which has previously saluted ...

Guests are set to include Rick Rubin, Thundercat and Patti SmithThe post Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea announces new podcast appeared first on NME.