METALLICA pays tribute to MARIANNE FAITHFULL
31-01-2025
METALLICA has paid tribute to Marianne Faithfull, who died on Thursday (January 30) at the age of 78.
The British singer contributed vocals to the metal band’s song “The Memory Remains” from 1997’s “Reload” album.
A Marianne Faithfull spokesperson said: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull.
“Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. She will be dearly missed.”
On social media, METALLICA shared a gallery of photos of the various METALLICA members with Faithfull, along with the following message from drummer Lars Ulrich: “Thank you, Marianne… For the good times, For your kindness, For the great stories, For your fearlessness … And the biggest Thank You and Fuck Yeah for your incredible and unique contribution to our music, and for always being so willing to join us in performing it … and partake in the ensuing shenanigans! Rest in Peace – Lars“.
In a 1997 interview, METALLICA frontman James Hetfield stated about Faithfull: “We needed a real character, been-through-it-all voice. We got ahold of her and she agreed to do it. So, we flew to Dublin on the way to Belgium. We met up with her in the studio, went in and got her drunk and then she sang this bit. It was perfect. She definitely had the voice and it created a real eerie vibe.”
Faithfull performed “The Memory Remains” with METALLICA on a December 6, 1997 episode of “Saturday Night Live” as well as at one of the band’s 30th-anniversary shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco on December 7, 2011.
During her first marriage, Faithull got involved in a relationship with THE ROLLING STONES singer, which is one of many chapters in het tumultuous life. THE ROLLING STONES also wrote her breakthrough hit, ‘As Tears Go By’, when she was 17 years old.
Faithfull‘s verse in “The Memory Remains” marks the first and only time that METALLICA has had a guest vocalist on one of its songs, apart from the ‘Lulu’ project.
METALLICA‘s last album “72 Seasons” sold 146,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week of release to land at position No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. It marks the band’s 12th Top 10-charting album, of which eight have reached the top two.
“72 Seasons” had the biggest week for any rock or hard rock album since TOOL‘s “Fear Inoculum” arrived in September 2019 with 270,000 equivalent album units.
“72 Seasons” was released on April 14 via METALLICA‘s own Blackened Recordings. Produced by Greg Fidelman with guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, it is METALLICA‘s first full-length collection of new material since “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”.
In the seven years since the arrival of “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”, METALLICA has reissued some of its classic albums, released a second live album with the San Francisco Symphony, commissioned a covers album featuring the likes of GHOST, VOLBEAT, WEEZER, Corey Taylor and THE HU, and landed on the Billboard songs chart with “Master Of Puppets” after a prominent placement in the hit Netflix show “Stranger Things”.
METALLICA‘s “M72” world tour launched in late April in Amsterdam. The trek sees the band playing two nights in every city it visits — with each “No Repeat Weekend” featuring two completely different setlists and support lineups. The “M72” tour features a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed METALLICA Snake Pit to center stage, as well as the “I Disappear” full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16 years of age.
Opening acts include Floor Jansen, EPICA, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, ICE NINE KILLS, MAMMOTH WVH, PANTERA, ARCHITECTS, GRETA VAN FLEET and VOLBEAT.
METALLICA promises fans who purchase a two-day ticket that they won’t see the same song twice for a total of over 30 songs spanning the band’s 40-plus-year career.
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