Watch Patti Smith cover Lana Del Rey's “Summertime Sadness”.

Patti Smith delivered an emotional rendition of Lana Del Rey's 'Summertime Sadness' at her concert in Dublin last night. Smith, who played Vicar Street, played a setlist of many classics but also took the opportunity to perform Del Rey's 2012 hit.

Appearing with her band, Smith gave an intimate, brooding rendition of the song, much to the delight of the crowd. The singer dedicated the song to her late husband and MC5 member Fred Smith, telling the audience that it reminded her of their “wild youth”.

During the show, Smith covered Bob Dylan's “Man in the Long Black Coat,” which she has performed on stage before, and Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Smith has regularly covered the Nirvana track, performing it as a stripped back version since 2007.

Smith is currently on tour in Europe, with upcoming shows in Amsterdam, London and Oxford. He is scheduled to perform at several festivals, including Les Nits de Barcelona, ​​festival de Nîmes and Ostia Antica festival. In October, he will perform two concerts at Pappy and Harriet's in Pioneertown, California.

Del Rey To Unveil Country-Inspired album, Lasso, in September, marking the singer's 10th studio album and third in the past four years. She's been setting her sights on country for a while now, and previously performed a moody cover of Elvis' 1977 song “Unchained Melody” for NBC in November Christmas at Graceland. Last September, she visited Robert's Western World in Nashville to perform her recurring cover of Tammy Wynette's 1969 song “Stand By Your Man? The following December he released a reprise of John Denver's favorite single “Take Me Home, Country Roads”.

“If you can't already tell from our award winners and our performers, the music industry is going country,” Del Rey said at a Grammys event earlier this year. “We're going to the country. It happens. That's why Jack [Antonoff] followed me to Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Mississippi, for the past four years.”