The tearjerking moment Sinead O'Connor fans broke out into a rendition of her biggest hit as they waited for her funeral cortege to pass her Irish home was captured on video.
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Lily Allen has said that she is “incensed” by the “spineless” tributes coming in for Sinéad O’Connor after the singer’s death, suggesting that the same people would not have stood up for her while she was alive.The musician and activist died at the age of 56 last week (July 26), after being found unresponsive in her London home, prompting a wave of tributes from fans and artists including Garbage, Billy Corgan, Michael Stipe and Ice-T.Best known for her rendition of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, O’Connor was outspoken in her political and religious views, most infamously protesting sexual abuse in the Catholic Church live on SNL by tearing up a photo of the pope in 1992.Allen, however, has since expressed frustration with the apparent hypocrisy of positive tributes shared for the singer.It’s hard not to feel incensed when there are so many people posting about Sinead and how fearless she was, people who would never in a million years align themselves with with anybody who stood for something or had anything remotely controversial to say. It’s so spineless.
If…— Lily Allen (@lilyallen) July 30, 2023It’s also troubling that people have seemingly felt so empathetic towards her but didn’t feel that they could show it or express it for some reason. until they died.
what does that say about us ? https://t.co/8Go7dIoHN7— Lily Allen (@lilyallen) July 30, 2023“It’s hard not to feel incensed when there are so many people posting about Sinead and how fearless she was, people who would never in a million years align themselves with anybody who stood for something or had anything remotely controversial to say,” Allen wrote in a tweet shared yesterday (July 30).“It’s so spineless. If you can’t stand up for people in life don’t do it in
.The tearjerking moment Sinead O'Connor fans broke out into a rendition of her biggest hit as they waited for her funeral cortege to pass her Irish home was captured on video.
Swarms of fans lined an Irish coastal road to bid farewell to Sinéad O'Connor ahead of her funeral this afternoon.The acclaimed singer's family asked people who wish to say a “last goodbye” to stand along Bray seafront in Co Wicklow as the cortege passes by before a private burial.The procession was due to begin at 10.30am at the Harbour Bar end of the Strand Road, where it's to continue past her former home, Montebello, where she lived for 15 years. Hoards of fans were packed on the street as Sinéad's hits blasted out.
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Toni Morrison wrote, “A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves—a special kind of double.”National Sisters Day, celebrated on the first Sunday in August recognizes that special bond between siblings with sisters both born and found.From the rivalry between Queen Elizabeth I and her sister Mary Queen of Scots to the modern warmth and warfare among the Kardashian-Jenner clan, sister dynamics offer a wealth of intrigue. A source of strength, joy, envy and ire since we as humans first consciously shared a cave floor, the bond of sisters extends not just to blood relatives but to female friendships that feel like family. How we love is informed by myriad circumstances and astrology can help us understand both our love languages and our relationship failings.
Sinéad O’Connor‘s music rose by 2,885 per cent following her death.The musician and activist died at her home in London last month (July 26) at the age of 56.Many figures from the music industry have since paid tribute, including Garbage, Billy Corgan, Michael Stipe, Fall Out Boy, Ice-T and Tori Amos.According to Billboard, streams of her music went up by 7.9million in the US during the week of July 21-27.O’Connor’s music was streamed 243,000 times from July 24-25, before that number rose to 7.3million from July 26-27 in the wake of her death.Her cover of Prince‘s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ alone amassed 3.2million streams in the week news of her death broke. The single was also downloaded 10,000 times.Streaming figures for her music in the UK are yet to be released.The latest figures come after a 2021 interview with People resurfaced earlier this week in which O’Connor explained that she’d thought about the importance of protecting her finances and art, and had instructed her children on what to do when she died.“See, when the artists are dead, they’re much more valuable than when they’re alive,” the singer said at the time.
Phoebe Bridgers has revealed that she shaved her head in high school after being inspired by the “revolutionary” Sinéad O’Connor.Musician and activist O’Connor died at her home in London last Wednesday (July 26). She was 56 years old.
Sinéad O’Connor had told her children to contact her accountant before the emergency services in the event of her death.The musician and activist passed away at her home in London last Wednesday (July 26). She was 56 years old.
Singer and songwriter Bob Geldof is speaking out about his friend Sinéad O’Connor, who passed away at the age of 56 last week.
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.
Foo Fighters and Alanis Morissette paid tribute to Sinéad O’Connor last night (July 29) with a cover of ‘Mandinka’.The collaborative performance came during Dave Grohl‘s band’s set at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival. You can view it below.Introducing the cover, which appeared O’Connor’s 1987 debut album ‘The Lion And The Cobra’, the frontman said: “We’re singing this song for a reason tonight,” before Morissette added: “For a beautiful women with high intelligence and deep empathy, way ahead of her time, who is no longer with us.
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.
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has revisited his cover of Sinéad O’Connor‘s ‘The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance’ in tribute to the late star.The acclaimed Irish singer and activist died this week (July 26) at the age of 56, her family announced.
Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag An open letter written by Sinead O'Connor to Miley Cyrus back in 2013 has gone viral since the tragic death of the Nothing Compares To You star. Sinead, 56, who reached the dizzy heights of fame in 1990 following the huge success of her hit single Nothing Compares To You, wrote a lengthy letter to Miley, now 30, over her concerns for the young star.
Sinead O'Connor's death.The 64-year-old singer took to his blog on Wednesday to call many of the tributes hypocritical and questioning why those who called her an «icon» and «legend» in their tributes to O'Connor didn't have the guts to support her when she was still alive.«She had only so much 'self' to give. She was dropped by her label after selling 7 million albums for them.
Russell Crowe is thankful he got to meet a hero of his.
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.
Pink and Brandi Carlile are honoring the late Sinéad O'Connor. After news of O'Connor's death broke on Wednesday, Pink and Carlile took the stage in Cincinnati, Ohio, to pay tribute to the Irish-born global star with a stunning duet of «Nothing Compares 2 U.» The duo is currently on tour together, with Carlile serving as support on Pink's North American Summer Carnival 2023 dates.