Posted on 09/14/2006 2:06:14 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
LONDON -- Marianne Faithfull has postponed a world tour after being diagnosed with breast cancer, her London publicist said Thursday.
Doctors in France, where Faithfull was diagnosed, say the cancer is in its earliest stages, said publicist Rob Partridge.
Faithfull, 59, had been due to begin a world tour next month, but it has been postponed until next year.
"I have absolute faith and confidence in my fantastic medical team and of course I will be well again, if not better than ever," the British singer-actress said in a statement released by Partridge.
"Next year's tour, I want to assure fans, will be one big celebration."
Partridge said the cancer had been "quickly discovered by doctors in France -- where Marianne stays when not at home in Ireland -- and the prognosis for a return to full health is excellent.
"Indeed, Marianne Faithfull is looking forward to playing the rescheduled tour in 2007," he said.
The tour had been due to kick off in Paris on Oct. 7, with concerts in the United States, Canada, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Hungary and Spain before ending in London on Dec. 18.
Faithfull gained fame in the 1960s as the girlfriend of Mick Jagger and as the pure-voiced singer of "As Tears Go By." After battling drug addiction, she re-emerged in 1979 with the raw album "Broken English" and has since found a new audience as a sophisticated chanteuse.
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Damn!
I thought she died years ago.
I hope for the best for her.
Hope she heals up nicely.
Always liked her. "Broken English" is just a classic. Prayers....Colin
Best wishes for a full recovery.
My french is sufficiently bad that I have no clue what this means.
What a shame. Best of luck to her.
Great song, great album. Also, Working Class Hero is better than Lennon's version, IMHO. Then there is that one song ... Mick sure did a hurtin' dance on her to bring out such angst! Did you ever hear her sweet voice in her first album? Such a difference.
chanteuse
One entry found for chanteuse.
Main Entry: chan·teuse
Pronunciation: shan-'tüz, shän-'t&(r)z
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural chan·teuses /-'tüz, -'tü-z&z, -'t&(r)z, -'t&(r)-z&z/
Etymology: French, feminine of chanteur singer, from chanter
: SONGSTRESS; especially : a woman who is a concert or nightclub singer
I wish her well. Broken English is one of my favorite albums--big influence in my "formative years".
I heard this this morning. Hopefully the got it early and she'll have a full recovery. I saw her perform a couple years ago - she was amazing.
Thanks. I can't quite understand why they didn't use the english equivalent.
It means she is a female singer. We knew that even before they dropped the French word on us.
"We knew that even before they dropped the French word on us."
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Ah, but if they dropped the French word on New Jersey, would she be known as a "shan-TOOZ" or a "chan-TOYSE?
Breaks my heart every time.
I'll check with Cyndi. If she doesn't know, maybe Bruce would know.
I love that song, too, it's pretty and evocative; of course, I was in my forties before I saw Paris and never rode through it in a sports car (only a broken down taxi)...so I don't really understand what Lucy's problem was.
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