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Inside Marianne Faithfull’s final gift to the world: ‘She was a force’

IN FOCUS: A remarkable new docudrama starring Tilda Swinton and George MacKay, along with the late artist herself, does long-overdue justice to the musician who for years was belittled and reduced to a subject of tabloid scandal, ignoring the talent that was there from the beginning. Roisin O’Connor speaks to…

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“It was such a special moment. It felt very special to be able to give her that towards the end of her life”: Marianne Faithfull's last performance captured in new doc

Broken English is out in a couple of weeks

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‘At first, she couldn’t come off the oxygen long enough’: the film that gives Marianne Faithfull one final thrilling performance

In new docu-drama Broken English, the much misunderstood singer looks back at all her past selves – and gives a performance that moves her audience to tears. Its makers relive an extraordinary shoot

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Courtney Love says she and the late Marianne Faithfull 'hated' being compared

Courtney Love reflects on her and Marianne Faithfull's mutual respect, different personalities, and the early encounters and performances that shaped her admiration for the late rock icon.

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In Memoriam: A tribute to the musicians we lost in 2025

Musicians who travelled up to the great gig in the sky in 2025 include Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, Ace Frehley, Sly Stone, Marianne Faithfull and many more

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"His performance was so far out of time, out of tune": The shambolic story of The Rolling Stones' star-studded Rock And Roll Circus

With Brian Jones falling apart on set, the Rock And Roll Circus went so badly that the planned film wasn’t released until 28 years later

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Marianne Faithfull's personal diaries among items for sale

A host of the late Marianne Faithfull's personal items, including her diaries, are going up for sale.

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Diaries, artworks and more to be auctioned from Marianne Faithfull’s personal belongings

Late singer’s personal effects up for sale including a trunk gifted to her by Carrie Fisher, and artworks by Anita Pallenberg and Marlene Dumas

The Guardian - UK

Rufus Wainwright on music, politics and life: ‘Creativity helps to fend off the darker angels’

INTERVIEW: Next month, the musician releases a cover album of songs by his hero Kurt Weill. He talks to Jude Rogers about life under Trump, hanging out with Marianne Faithfull, and why he’ll never criticise Britain over Brexit again

The Independent UK

Lulu: ‘I had such terrible shame. I never wanted to look at myself and know that I, too, was an alcoholic’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The Glasgow-born singer talks to Claire Allfree about growing up in a war zone, living inside the ‘Lulu’ persona, working with Take That, succumbing to alcoholism in her sixties and finding the courage to write about it in her new memoir

The Independent UK

New Documentary Casts Marianne Faithfull In New Light

A new documentary about British singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull urges viewers to take a fresh look at the extraordinary life of the "Swinging 60s" icon who died in January this year.

International Business Times

Broken English review – Marianne Faithfull’s last glow, as she recounts past lives

The charismatic Faithfull is quizzed by a fictional ministry fronted by Tilda Swinton about a confounding career, from 60s It girl to art scene doyenne

The Guardian - UK

Marianne Faithfull recalls in new film on her life taking LSD with Mick Jagger

In a new documentary on her life, Marianne Faithfull recalls taking LSD with Mick Jagger the night before a major television interview.

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“Mick came in with a song, but it was very Dylan-esque. It was like a ballad. ‘No, no. Let’s rethink. What if we push the beat up a bit?’”: How The Rolling Stones created their Satanic, samba-fuelled masterpiece Sympathy For The Devil

The Stones were hitting a whole new creative peak

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Marianne Faithfull's iconic wardrobe is going up for auction

From Alaïa leather coats to Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld silk suits, fans of Marianne Faithfull have a chance to shop her legendary looks

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“Mick looked peeved. The Beatles had upstaged him”: When the Beatles stole the Rolling Stones’ thunder and dropped Hey Jude at the Beggars Banquet launch party

It was supposed to be Jagger’s night - but a stealthy Paul McCartney had other ideas…

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Mick Jagger’s £5.5m London party house up for sale for the first time in 30 years

Property was the site of parties, fights, drama and was the backdrop to the success of the Rolling Stones

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“Kenneth Anger laid a terrible curse on me. It was written out in blood. I burnt it at a crossroads”: Marianne Faithfull’s wild tales of Keith Richards, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and more

Singing with Page and Metallica, flirting with Hendrix, getting high with Clapton – the late Marianne Faithfull did it all

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Posthumous Marianne Faithfull EP Burning Moonlight announced

A posthumous four-track EP by Marianne Faithfull is set to be released on Record Store Day (12.04.25).

International Business Times

Four-song EP By Late Singer Faithfull To Be Released In April

A new four-song EP by British singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died in January, is to be released in April, with the title track out on Friday, her family announced.

The Guardian - UK

Marianne Faithfull: posthumous EP to be released for Record Store Day

Burning Moonlight was inspired by Faithfull’s earliest releases, with one side echoing her pop history and the other more folk-tinged

Evening Standard

Marianne Faithfull had been enjoying a ‘period of reflection’ prior to her death

A four-track EP of recordings made prior to her death is to go on sale on Record Store Day.

The Independent UK

Unheard Marianne Faithfull song written in ‘period of reflection’ released a month after her death

Legendary English rock artist wrote the songs in a rare fit of nostalgia, as she looked fondly back on her extraordinary career

The Independent UK

New Jim Morrison documentary puts forward wild conspiracy theory about late Doors frontman

Rock frontman was found dead in a bathtub at his Paris apartment in July 1971

The Independent UK

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The world said goodbye to several influential figures in January

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