‘I’d go anywhere for a good song’ Sinead O’ Connor clarifies those Eurovision remarks

Olivia Rodrigo is Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart for a fifth week with Good 4 U.

Sinead O’Connor has confirmed her retirement from the music industry, weeks after making similar claims and later retracting them.The Irish singer said on social media that she had been in “two minds” about retiring, but confirmed that she will now begin a new career as a writer.“This is to announce that having been in two minds about retiring I have now, in consultation with my medical team, and on their advice, decided to go ahead and retire so that I may now focus on my new career as a

Sinead O'Connor says she spoke too soon about her plans to retire. The Irish singer-songwriter, 54, backtracked an announcement she made on Twitter last week in which she revealed plans to retire from touring and making music after the release of her "NVDA" album, which is expected in 2022.

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Sinead O’Connor is packing it in.

Sinéad O’Connor is bidding farewell to it all, declaring that she’s retiring from music and touring, and that her next album will be her last. O’Connor made the announcements in a series of tweets posted on Friday.

Sinéad O’Connor has revealed her retirement from music and touring in an announcement made on Twitter. After a long career, the Irish singer, 54, confirmed her upcoming 11th album, No Veteran Dies Alone, will go ahead in January 2022 but that it would be her last.

New big pop girl on the block Olivia Rodrigo makes it two weeks at Number 1 on both the Official Irish Singles and Albums Charts this week with Good 4 U and SOUR.

Sinéad O’Connor has shared more details of her forthcoming 11th album, confirming the title, ‘No Veteran Dies Alone’, and its release date in 2022.The Irish singer-songwriter teased the album back in December, revealing that its undisclosed cover art was designed by Donegal illustrator Jacob Stack and that fans could expect the record in “late 2021”.Now, the musician has confirmed that the follow-up to 2014’s ‘I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss‘ will arrive in January, though with no firm date set.She

Sinead O’Connor has announced plans to boycott BBC’s Woman’s Hour after an interview which she found to be “offensive and misogynistic”.The Irish singer spoke to host Emma Barnett on Tuesday morning (June 1) to discuss her new memoir Rememberings.However, their chat took an awkward turn when Barnett mentioned that The Telegraph‘s music critic Neil McCormick had described O’Connor as “the crazy lady in pop’s attic”.O’Connor, who has changed her birth name to Shuhada Sadaqat, replied: “I think

Sinead O’Connor has zero regrets about her most infamous act.

The man in question was Prince.The controversial Irish singer tells the story of how they got to this point, among many other anecdotes from a bizarre and incredible life in her new memoir, “Rememberings,” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 1).O’Connor, now 54, delves deep into the good, bad and the sad (her mother abused her terribly as a child, once locking her in her room with no food and then leaving for the weekend). She also includes the downright silly aspects of her life, including an

Olivia Rodrigo claims the Official Chart Double as her debut album SOUR storms to Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart and latest single Good 4 U retains the top spot of the Official Irish Singles Chart.

Little Simz has announced a UK and Ireland tour for the end of 2021, taking in her biggest shows to date.The South London rapper will kick off at Birmingham’s O2 Institute on November 25, before wrapping up almost a month later with a homecoming show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on December 16.Between those two dates, she’ll take in stop-offs in cities such as Newcastle, Glasgow, Dublin, Bristol, Nottingham, Manchester, Norwich, Brighton, Cardiff, Cambridge and Liverpool.You can check out the

Sinead O’Connor’s anticipated autobiography, Rememberings, is due to be released on 1 June and already the book is making headlines.