Fans Share Highlights from Marianne Faithfull’s Final Concert

Marianne Faithfull: The Final Concert

Fans of Marianne Faithfull are sharing footage from her last concert, which she performed shortly before the announcement of her passing.

Today (January 30), representatives of Faithfull announced the sad news that the beloved singer and actress died at the age of 78. “Marianne peacefully passed away in London today, surrounded by her loving family,” the statement reads. “She will be greatly missed.”

Her Last Performance

The final Faithfull show took place at Le Bataclan in Paris on November 25, 2016, where she performed some of her most iconic songs, including “Like Tears” and “Sister Morphine.”

Check out the expanded clips of her elegant and intimate performance, as well as the full set from that day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQ65G7VQQ

In addition to “Like Tears,” which was co-written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and manager Andrew Oldham, she also covered songs from other contemporaries, including Bob Dylan.

She introduced several new songs during her performance, including the live debuts of “They Come at Night” and “Don’t Go,” both of which are part of her 2018 album “Negative Capability,” a project on which she collaborated closely with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Setlist Highlights

'Song Tower'
'Broken English'
'Vagabond Paths'
'They Come at Night'
'Don’t Go'
'Crazy Love'
'Love Is More or Less'
'How Tears Pass'
'It’s Over, Blue Baby'
'Sister Morphine'
'Late Victorian Holocaust'
'Ballad of Lucy Jordan'

Faithfull has been closely associated with the Rolling Stones since arriving in London as a teenager during the swinging London era. “How Tears Pass” was her first hit, charting in the top ten in the UK in 1964 at just 17 years old, leading to a rapid rise in popularity in the United States.

Although she married artist John Dunbar in 1965 and had a son with him, she left him for Jagger in 1966, entering a highly publicized relationship with the frontman that lasted for four years. During this time, she was often referred to as the group’s “muse” and is believed to have inspired classic tracks like “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Wild Horses.”

“Negative Capability” was among the many artistic ventures Faithfull pursued in her later years. After a near-fatal battle with Covid-19 in 2020, she began working on the album “She Goes in Beauty,” also with Ellis, which features poetry from Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. This album would turn out to be her final studio release.

Since the announcement of her death, tributes have poured in to honor her legacy here.