Sharon Corr is unrecognisable 25 years on from shooting to fame as one of Ireland’s most successful bands.
The musician formed The Corrs in the early nineties along with siblings Andrea, Caroline and Jim.
Their first album Talk on Corners came out in 1997 and catapulted the band to international stardom.
Some of their biggest hits include So Young, Runaway, Breathless and their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams.
Although the band released music up until 2017, they have remained largely out the spotlight for the past few years.
But talented violinist Sharon popped up on Australian TV this week to speak about their upcoming one-off gig there on November 26.
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The once dark-haired star revealed she had swapped her raven locks for a honey coloured blonde.
Appearing on Aussie breakfast show Sunrise, the 52-year-old looked stunning as ever as she gave an interview from her home in Madrid, where she now lives.
Wearing glasses and a vintage T-shirt, ageless Sharon also looked to be make-up free for the chat with host Edwina Bartholomew.
Despite selling 40 million albums worldwide, she revealed she thinks the band’s biggest success is they all still talk to each other.
Talking about touring with her siblings again, Sharon said: “I think it will be super novel for us. I mean we did it back-to-back for 15 years."
She added: “We certainly tested our family bond throughout the years.
“One of the things I would always say is our biggest success is that we are actually still talking to each other.
“Forget the 40 million albums, we actually talk to each other. It’s amazing.”
Away from The Corrs, Sharon has had a successful solo career and been a judge on The Voice of Ireland.
She was also married to Belfast barrister Gavin Bonnar, who she met on the set of the video for The Corrs debut hit Runaway, which was released in 1995.
The couple wed in 2001 and went on to have two children, son Cal, 16, and 15-year-old daughter Flori.
They split in 2019 and Gavin has since gone to live with Telma Ortiz, the sister of Spanish monarch Queen Letizia.
Discussing their split, Sharon shared she once broke down in tears on a plane after realising her relationship was over.
She said: “I was on a plane from Madrid to Switzerland. Something very personal and distressing had occurred the day before, which shocked me. I was reeling, absolutely reeling from it.
“I was crying on the plane and I didn’t care that I was crying. If people were looking at me, that didn’t matter.”
Dealing with her emotions through music, she said the trauma inspired her to write music as the plane was grounded due to a storm outside.
“I felt the gigantic storm outside was in sync with what was going on in my life,” Sharon explained.
“It was almost a therapy. These words of a song just started to fall out of me. While the plane took off, I just wrote and wrote and wrote.”
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