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Sinéad O’Connor wanted to tackle the impact of George Floyd’s murder on what turned out to be her final album. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, who died in London on 26 July aged 56, spent months before her shock passing working with Northern Irish producer David Holmes, 54, on the record ‘No Veteran Dies Alone’. He has now revealed how his and the singer’s recording sessions were heavily influenced by the death of 46-year-old George – the African American murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 25 May, 2020. David says in a new RTÉ documentary ‘Sinéad’, which will a...
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Sinéad O’Connor is said to have died from a “broken heart” after the death of her teenage son. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, who was found dead at her rented flat in London on 26 July aged 56, was left devastated by the passing her boy Shane by suicide at the age of 17 in January 2022. Sinéad’s friend and producer David Holmes, 54, who was working with her on her final album at the time of her death, says in a new RTÉ documentary ‘Sinéad’: “Even though Sinéad was this incredibly resilient survivor, I totally believe that people can die of a broken heart.” Belfast-born David spent five yea...
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Kate Hudson has dropped a massive hint her first album is on the way by vowing to sing her way through 2024. The ‘Almost Famous’ actress, 44, made the declaration in the caption of an Instagram video that showed her singing a set at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado, on New Year’s Eve, including a cover of the late Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. She said: “Well, on the eve of a new year I say bring on 2024! I vow to sing and play and love and sing and love some more! (music notes emoji.) “Life is too short to not lean in to the things you love. “Art art and more art. Entertainment...
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Sinéad O’Connor’s Muslim funeral Imam says she “never moved away from God”. Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, chief Imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland, conducted the private service for friends and family in the singer’s former home of Bray, Co Wicklow in her native Ireland after her shock death aged 56 in London on 26 July, after she converted to the religion in 2018 and started using the name Shuhada’ Sadaqat. He said: “The funeral was obviously private (for) the family and it was a very moving ceremony and I think it really reflected the beautiful personality of Sinéad. “It was very spiritual and...
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Sinéad O'Connor was hailed as a beacon of hope who led a tortured life at her private Muslim funeral. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer was laid to rest on Tuesday (08.08.23) morning in her native Ireland after her death on 26 July in London aged 56, and was given a traditional Muslim burial after her 2018 conversion to the religion. Sinéad’s eulogy, read by Imam Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, said she had suffered more than “her share of hardship and adversity”. He added to mourners – who included the singer’s family as well as the president of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar...
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Sinéad O'Connor will be honoured by thousands of fans as her private funeral is held this morning. Her followers are expected to line the streets of Bray, County Wicklow in the singer’s native Ireland on Tuesday (08.08.23) to pay respects to the music icon and human rights activist, found dead in London aged 56 on 26 July. In a statement, the family said Sinéad “loved living in Bray and the people in it”. Irish police have asked members of the public to gather between 11.30am and 12.30pm. Road closures will be in place between these times in the Stran Road/Promenade area, while all other traff...
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Rob Schneider says the ‘Saturday Night Live’ set fell “eerily quiet” after Sinéad O’Connor tore up a picture of the Pope on the show. The actor, 59, said that even though he was on set on the night of the infamous 1992 episode he didn’t see the singer rip up the snap, but admitted he noticed a frost atmosphere when he tried to resume sketches after the stunt. He said on Twitter: “Though I didn’t see it happen. It was an episode where I was very busy (in a lot of sketches) and there are moves that performers have where they know they can get laughs. “Anyway, I was backstage in quick change (get...
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Sinéad O’Connor was warned by Joe Pesci he would have given her a “smack” her if he’d been on the ‘Saturday Night Live’ episode where she infamously ripped up a picture of the Pope. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, who was found dead on 26 July aged 56 in London, ripped up a snap of John Paul II during her performance on ‘SNL’ in 1992 in protest against abusers and the Catholic church’s cover-up of sex abuse. A week later, ‘Goodfellas’ actor Joe appeared on the sketch show and ranted: “Before we start the show, there’s a little matter I wanna clear up. There was an incident on the show last ...
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Sinéad O’Connor hinted at having suicidal thoughts while living in a Travelodge. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, who was found dead in London on 26 July aged 56 after moving back to the capital from her native Ireland to work on what turned out to be her final album, opened up about her mental health torment while living in the budget hotel in the US in 2017 months before she appeared on Dr Phil to detail her horrific abuse at the hands of her mum. In a 12-minute video posted on Facebook she said while weeping: “I’m all by myself. And there’s absolutely nobody in my life except my doctor, m...
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Sinéad O’Connor meant to attack her abusive mum by tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II on US television in 1992. The singer, whose remains have just been returned to her family after she was found dead in London aged 56, caused a storm when she ripped up the image of the pontiff during a live performance on ‘Saturday Night Live’, but contrary to widespread reports she only did it to protest the Catholic church’s cover-up of sexual abuse, the singer meant the controversial moment to target all abusers. She said about the incident in a passage from her 2021 memoir ‘Rememberings’ that has r...
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