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,

Springsteen performed "Because the Night" with Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tony Shanahan, and Steve Jordan from the Rolling Stones.

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.