Emotional Eamonn Holmes recalls final meeting with 'troubled soul' Sinead O’Connor

Sinéad O'Connor's closest friends is speaking out about their final conversation. Over the weekend, rocker Bob Geldof took the stage at the Cavan Calling musical festival in Ireland, where he fondly remembered his friend and fellow musician just days after her death.According to, the Boomtown Rats frontman told the crowd that he and O'Connor spoke as recently as a couple weeks ago.«Some of the texts were laden with desperation and despair and sorrow and some were ecstatically happy. And she was like that,» he told the crowd.Geldof and his band dedicated their performance to the singer, whom he told the crowd was «a very good friend of mine,» as they grew up down the road from each other.O'Connor wasfound dead on July 26 inside of her London home.

died on Wednesday, July 26, at age 56. At present, no cause of death has been announced, and the autopsy results will reportedly take “several weeks” to be delivered. However, her 17-year-old son, Shane, died by suicide in January of 2022, and she later wrote on Twitter: “I’ve decided to follow my son.

Singer and songwriter Bob Geldof is speaking out about his friend Sinéad O’Connor, who passed away at the age of 56 last week.

Bob Geldof is sharing his memories of his friend, Sinéad O’Connor.

Sinéad O’Connor fans gathered in Dublin this weekend and sang her song ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ in memory of the late singer.The iconic Irish singer and activist died at the age of 56 last week, after being found unresponsive in her London home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.The news of her passing came a year after her 17-year-old son Shane took his own life in January 2022.Tributes quickly poured in from across the music industry from Garbage, Billy Corgan, Michael Stipe, Ice-T and many more.On Sunday afternoon (July 30), around 100 people gathered at Dublin’s City Hall to pay tribute to O’Connor, organised by socialist feminist group Rosa (via PA Media).Dozens of people gathered at City Hall in Dublin on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the life, work and activism of Sinead O'Connor and an event which culminated with an emotion-packed singing of Nothing Compares 2 U.

Sinead O’Connor documentary Nothing Compares will still be broadcast on Saturday to allow people to “hear her tell her side of the story”, the filmmaker has said.

Sinead O’Connor was finishing a new album, reviewing tour dates for next year and was also considering “opportunities” around a movie of her book, a message from her management company has said. “Wonderful plans were afoot at this time,” they added of the Grammy-winning singer and songwriter who was found unresponsive by police at a home in south London on Wednesday.The death of the Irish star at the age of 56 is not being treated as suspicious and was confirmed by her family in a statement given to Irish media.

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Sinead O'Connor. The Irish-born musician, who became an international star in 1990 with her cover of Prince’s «Nothing Compares 2 U,» died at the age of 56. No cause of death has yet been reported.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Sinéad O’Connor made a truly heart-wrenching promise that she would stop performing, following the devastating death of her 17 year old son Shane in January 2022. She told her fans that there would "never be anything to sing about again". The iconic Irish singer, who crooned a version of one of the most famous 90s songs in the world, Nothing Compares 2 U, was sadly confirmed dead yesterday, July 26, at the age of 56.

Sinead O'Connor said in an interview years before she died that she couldn't wait to get to heaven and see her mother again.The Irish singing icon passed away on Wednesday, 26 July, aged just 56 with her family breaking the news as millions mourned across the world. But an interview she did with American psychologist and TV host, Dr Phil, has resurfaced where the Nothing Compares 2 U singer admitted that she was excited at the prospect of seeing her mother again on the other side. The singer lost her mum, Marie, at the tender age of 18 after being in a car crash, but the relationship the two shared had always been difficult.

The late singing icon Sinead O'Connor posed with quite the unlikely crew in a resurfaced snap from 2019 which includes Love Island stars, Lewis Capaldi and Irish comedian Aisling Bea. On Wednesday it was announced by her family that the singer had passed away aged just 56, which has led to an outpouring of grief across the world. Many stars have paid tribute to the icon, including Aisling who posted a photo she had with Sinead O'Connor backstage at the Late Late Show in 2019.

untimely death was announced by her “heartbroken” family in a statement Wednesday. Her cause of death is unknown at this time.But just months before the tragic news came to light, the Irish legend waved at a packed room full of fans as she smiled while stood on a podium.O’Connor scooped the Classic Irish Album award at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize in her homeland’s capital city of Dublin in March 2023.She scooped the gong for her 1990 album “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got.”The judging panel called it “a stunning body of work by an Irish artist, scorching with originality in songs that are as resonant today as they were more than 30 years ago.”It was the last time she was seen in public.Just days before her death, O’Connor tweeted out a tribute to her late son, Shane, on July 17.“For all mothers of Suicided children,” she wrote in the caption, accompanied by the song’s link on Spotify.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Yesterday (26 July) it was announced that Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor had tragically died at the age of 56. Speaking of the news, Sinéad’s family said that they were “devastated” and made the announcement with “great sadness”. The pop superstar was known by people across the world by fans thanks to songs including Nothing Compares 2 U, which stayed at the top of the Official Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks following its release in 1990.

Sinéad O'Connor was found "unresponsive" at home and police have issued a statement following her tragic death at 56 years old. It read: "Police were called at 11:18hrs on Wednesday, 26 July to reports of an unresponsive woman at a residential address in the SE24 area. "Officers attended.

Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor's family have said they are ‘devastated’ following her death on Wednesday at the age of 56. After the announcement of her passing, a family statement followed: "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time." Sinéad had four children and was married and divorced four times.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag People across the world have paid tribute to singer Sinéad O'Connor after it was announced yesterday that she had tragically passed away at the age of 56. Revealing the sad news, Sinéad’s family said that they were “devastated” to share the news regarding their “beloved Sinéad”. The singer first shot to fame in 1990 with an emotional rendition of Prince's song, Nothing Compares 2 U.Throughout her 37-year long career, Sinéad secured eight UK Top 40 singles and seven UK Top 40 albums.

news of her death at age 56 on Wednesday.The “Gladiator” actor, 59, recalled a chance encounter he had with the singer outside a pub in Ireland last year in a moving essay posted on his social media.While working in Ireland — O’Connor’s homeland — last year, the actor said he was having drinks with pals outside a pub in Dalkey, located around 30 minutes from the capital city of Dublin, when a captivating woman walked by him.“Puffy parker zipped to the nape and her bowed head covered in a scarf,” he wrote of the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer.“There under streetlights with mist on my breath, I met Sinéad. She looked in my eyes, and uttered with disarming softness, ‘oh, it’s you Russell,'” the actor recalled.and pursued the woman.

Before her death, Sinead O'Connor claimed her record company wanted her to terminate her pregnancy in 1987 to focus on recording her first album. The singer opened up about her life and career in Nothing Compares, the latest documentary from Sky, and spoke about becoming pregnant with her first son, Jake.The Irish singer and activist died on 26 July, aged 56. Sinead was recording her first album, The Lion and the Cobra, when she learnt of her pregnancy at the age of 20 - and said the record company NSign asked her to reconsider carrying the baby.

Sinead O'Connor posted about her son Shane's death in the days leading up to her own.O'Connor recently took to Twitter, where she reflected on her 17-year-old son's suicide, writing that she's been «lost» since his untimely death. Shane died in January 2022 after going missing in Ireland.«Been living as undead night creature since… He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul,» O'Connor wrote of Shane. «We were one soul in two halves.