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The Latest Breaking News from Sinéad OConnor

Sinead O’Connor was finishing new album and reviewing tour dates before her death, say her managers

Grammy-winning Irish singer died on 26 July, aged 56

The Independent UK

Sinéad O’Connor’s best songs, from My Special Child to I Am Stretched On Your Grave

The 1990 hit, written by Prince, is really just the beginning of O’Connor’s extraordinary music catalogue

Evening Standard

We talked to the early hours and found ourselves falling in love: my year with Sinéad O’Connor

I bumped into her in a London pub and it felt like we were old friends. We spent more time watching Father Ted than talking about her music

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‘Oh my God, this is like recording Nina Simone’: David Holmes on producing Sinéad O’Connor’s final album

Over the last five years, O’Connor and Holmes made an unreleased album about healing. He recalls his time working with ‘the purest voice we will ever hear’

The Guardian - UK

Watch Fall Out Boy pay tribute to Sinead O'Connor with a live cover of Nothing Compares 2 U

Fall Out Boy pay their respects to the late Sinead O'Connor with a heartfelt cover of Nothing Compares 2 U at Georgia show

Louder

Fans pay tribute in London and Dublin to ‘beautiful soul’ Sinead O’Connor

Hundreds turn out to pay respects at London Irish Centre and in Dublin

Evening Standard

Sinead O’Connor latest: Singer moved to London ‘to feel less lonely’ after son’s death, neighbours say

Singer died 18 months after the death of her son Shane

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Captivating and cathartic, a visionary and a truth-teller: playing Sinéad O'Connor’s music was my education

Sinéad O'Connor was well known for her deeply emotional voice, her outspoken stance on political issues – especially her critique of the Catholic Church – and her explorations of spiritualism and religion, but what I want to talk about, mostly, was her extraordinary songwriting.

The Conversation

Five important life lessons that Sinéad O'Connor has taught us

Marie Claire

For clergy abuse survivors, Sinead O'Connor's protest that offended so many was brave and prophetic

In 1992, Sinéad O’Connor destroyed a photo of Pope John Paul II on U.S. national television

The Independent UK

Sinéad O'Connor: a troubled soul with immense talent and unbowed spirit

Few artists have straddled the boundaries between acclaim, controversy and public affection as effectively as Sinéad O’Connor who died yesterday at the age of 56.

The Conversation

‘She trembled with the truths she had to tell’: Sinéad O’Connor by friends, fans and collaborators

Neil Jordan, Róisín Murphy, MC Lyte, Anne Enright and more share their memories of a uniquely talented, uncompromising artist, mother and ‘Celtic warrior’

The Guardian - UK

"We’re heading somewhere beautiful and peaceful, but it may take some time to get there and there may be some fighting on the way": A tribute to Sinead O'Connor, pop star, protest singer and eternal rebel

Irish music writer Stuart Bailie remembers the Sinéad O’Connor he knew

Louder

Aisling Bea’s heartfelt tribute to ‘original truthsayer’ Sinead O’Connor following singer’s death aged 56

The comedian is the latest personality to pay tribute to the Irish singer following her death aged 56

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Confusion as media reports dead poet paying 'tribute' to Sinéad O'Connor

SEVERAL news outlets left readers confused after reporting on a “tribute” from Irish poet Seamus Heaney to Sinead O’Connor ...

The Independent UK

‘Her talent was unmatched’: The world pays tribute to Sinead O’Connor

Irish musician is being remembered for her punk spirit, her campaigning for women’s rights, and her music, which ‘was loved around the world’

The Guardian - UK

‘An incredible loss’: Ireland shares memories of Sinéad O’Connor

Shocked by her death, the singer’s compatriots recall her courage, kindness and humour

The Week

The story behind Sinéad O’Connor’s iconic Saturday Night Live performance

The singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56, prompting a flurry of tributes for both her music and her confrontational style.

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Tributes flood in for Sinéad O’Connor from celebrities including Toni Collette, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Marian Keyes

Celebrities from across the globe are making tributes to the late Sinéad O'Connor as her passing at the age of 56 shocks fans

Fortune

Sinéad O'Connor refused to play by society's rules for women

From her shaved head to her activism, O'Connor defied expectations.

Al Jazeera

Sinead O’Connor’s Muslim identity missing in obituaries, some fans say

O’Connor converted to Islam in 2018, a key moment of her life some say is not highlighted in tributes.

MusicRadar

"It's the only time I get to spend with my mother": The story of Sinéad O'Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U

The late singer channeled her mother when performing the iconic Prince song, but did she originally sing it about Peter Gabriel?

Metal Hammer

"All her pain, all her beauty, those incredible songs, she deserves sainthood": the rock world pays tribute to Sinead O'Connor

Tributes flood in for iconic Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, whose death, at the age of 56, was announced yesterday, July 26

The Guardian - UK

Sinéad O’Connor was found unresponsive in London flat, say police

Scotland Yard says Irish singer’s death, just weeks after she moved to UK capital, is not being treated as suspicious

The Guardian - UK

‘No one knew what to do’: when Sinéad O’Connor ripped up the pope’s photo on TV – the inside story

Record label executive Daniel Glass remembers the infamous 1992 SNL appearance that resulted in the artist becoming ‘totally cancelled’

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