Patti Smith croons, quips and reminisces through her final Australian appearance

The supreme queen of punk rock ended her tour the way she began her career – solo, enrapturing an audience with songs, poetry and tender anecdotesPatti Smith has just wrapped up her final tour of Australia, giving the kind of visceral performances that prove the silver-maned septuagenarian is still the reigning queen of punk.In her two-week lap of the east coast, the New York-based singer, poet and author stared down the bronchial problems that she says will prevent her travelling this far