ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

Poor Patti Smith! She was spinning around on the stage in Tampa, Florida, at the Convention Center (Bob Seger was the headliner), when she lost control of the spin and fell six feet onto the concrete floor. Lenny Kaye and Ivan Kral were too engrossed in their playing to see where she fell; they kept on playing as the guards picked her up and took her backstage.