It was announced today that Marianne Faithfull has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Oh no I thought... the same illness that took Dusty Springfield from us.

But it has been announced that it appears to have been caught early and her doctor is optimistic for a full recovery.

Her tour dates for the end of the year have been rescheduled for 2007. Oddly enough it's two years since she was diagnosed as suffering from exhaustion which meant her tour dates were rescheduled for the following year as well.

Get well soon Marianne...