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Marianne Faithfull takes inspiration from her first single on the new posthumous song, “Burning Moonlight,” which will appear on an upcoming EP of the same name, out June 6. The title track is a moving acoustic ballad inspired by the opening line of “As Tears Go By,” Faithfull’s debut single, …

This story was originally published in the April 17, 1980, issue ofRolling Stone. “God, I was beautiful.” Blonde hair in her face, Marianne Faithfull is hanging halfway off the bed in her New York hotel room so she can reach a blazer thrown over a chair. She fingers a huge …

Here’s a toast to Marianne Faithfull, a true rock & roll legend. Nobody was ever better at being an old rock star, except maybe Leonard Cohen. Yet the difference is that Cohen didn’t release his debut album until he was 33 — he was never young in public. Faithfull was …

Marianne Faithfull, who transcended It girl status in the Sixties with a stunning second act as a singer-songwriter of hard-earned wisdom, died Thursday at age 78. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter, and actress Marianne Faithfull,” the singer’s rep said in a …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The legendary singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull died Thursday at the age of 78 at her home in London. Dubbed one of the best singers of all time, Rolling Stone …

“Working Class Hero” becomes a double cover on the forthcoming album The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull, out Dec. 8. The record was originally recorded by John Lennon in 1970, then covered by Faithfull in 1979 for her album Broken English. Now, it has been reimagined once again, this …

Two years ago, Marianne Faithfull told Rolling Stone about her ongoing battle with Covid-19. “It’s terrible,” she said. “I got long-term Covid, where you get better from the virus, but you have leftover [symptoms]. Apparently, they now think that you do get better from long-term Covid; it’s not forever. That …

When Marianne Faithfull first saw David Lynch’s TV series, Twin Peaks, its music struck her at once. “It was just outstanding and so good and exactly the sort of music I wanted to do,” she tells Rolling Stone by phone from her London home. “I was so pleased. I thought, …

Marianne Faithfull will give her 1999 album, Vagabond Ways, the deluxe treatment with a reissue due out March 4. She’s teasing the release with the demo recording for the album’s “Incarceration of a Flower Child,” a song Roger Waters wrote in 1968 but never recorded with Pink Floyd. On the …

Marianne Faithfull pays tribute to England’s great romantic poets on her new album, She Walks in Beauty, which she made in collaboration with Bad Seeds and Dirty Three violinist Warren Ellis. They’re previewing the record with her reading of Lord Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty,” which he wrote in June …