The great and legendary Patti Smith did a series of three shows at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium last week, culminating in a New Year’s Eve show, and also including a show on her birthday, December 30th. Doing a trio of shows over these same three days of the year was something she began doing in the 1970s in New York and continued doing in the last decade at Bowery Ballroom, often featuring Michael Stipe with a birthday cake, and this year San Francisco got the honor.

Source: Video: Patti Smith Celebrates Her 69th Birthday At The Fillmore: SFist