Marianne Faithfull live in concert.
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Marianne Faithfull

21
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

67
%
Based on 
21
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Critic Consensus

Based on 21 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Marianne Faithfull is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, with mediocre shows overall. Marianne Faithfull concert reviews describe live shows and performances as elegant, powerful, and extraordinary.

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Spring Blossoms (21 April 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Hampstead, United Kingdom (12/29/1946)
Bio
Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946 in London) is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose career spans more than four decades. Her early work in pop and rock music in the 1960s was overshadowed by her struggle with drug abuse in the 1970s.
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Critic Concert Reviews

The Guardian (UK)

July 26, 2016
80
%
Appearing at the famous jazz club for the first time, a physically diminished Faithfull sat down, had a cup of tea and proved she is still a powerful performer

Express (UK)

February 3, 2016
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After a slightly creaky version of Give My Love To London, a song she wrote with Steve Earle that mythologises Kensington, Mayfair and Chelsea, the boho hotspots of her youth, she reminisces movingly on the subject for some minutes before mumbling with exquisite timing: "Anyway, I don't wanna bang on about it

The Arts Desk (UK)

November 30, 2014
60
%
And the artificial smoke dissipates across the stage revealing a 67-year-old Marianne Faithfull perched on an antique leather chair shoulder raised and pouting as if caricaturing her own youth.

The Arts Desk (UK)

June 23, 2013
80
%
That celebrated vocal timbre has now settled comfortably truly deeply in the baritone register.

The Orange County Register (USA)

October 5, 2009
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A convent-educated blond innocent, she along with then-boyfriend Mick Jagger were the swinging ’60s version of Brangelina, but by the early ’70s she was homeless and heroin-addicted.

The Telegraph (UK)

July 21, 2009
80
%
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

The Guardian (UK)

February 23, 2009
60
%
LSO St Lukes, London, UK

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