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Former president Donald Trump’s campaign to retake the White House is under fire from the estate of late pop singer Sinéad O’Connor this week after her iconic No. 1 hit “Nothing Compares 2 U” has been used at the Republican hopeful’s rallies.  The campaign for Trump, who is a lock for the Republican Party nomination for the presidency after blowing past his primary competition, played the song — written by Prince for his band, The Family, and later rearranged in a cover by the Irish singer-songwriter —…

A coroner has determined that Sinéad O’Connor died of natural causes.A brief statement from Southwark coroner’s court in London, the city where the singer-songwriter had been living at the end of her life, said: “This is to confirm that Ms O’Connor died of natural causes. The coroner has therefore ceased their involvement in her death.”O’Connor died in July last year, aged 56. After responding to reports of an “unresponsive woman” in Herne Hill, south London, police said at the time they were not treating the death as…

In 2018, David Holmes was invited to Shane MacGowan’s 60th birthday concert bash. The Pogues, Bono, Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie and more were all performing songs in his honour. “Everyone was there to celebrate the genius of Shane but she stood out by a country mile,” says Holmes. “Sinéad O’Connor stole the show.”Holmes, the Belfast DJ, producer and composer who has worked with everyone from Noel Gallagher to Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, bumped into O’Connor after the show and took his chance to propose…

Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor was found unresponsive Wednesday at her South East London home, according to local law enforcement, but her death is not being treated as suspicious.“Police were called at 11:18hrs on Wednesday, 26 July to reports of an unresponsive woman at a residential address in the SE24 area,” the Metropolitan Police said Thursday in a statement to The Times.“Officers attended. A 56-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Next of kin have been notified. The death is not being treated…

Sinéad O’Connor was one of the most prominent Irish musicians we’ve seen, with a career of over three decades to back her up. Her talent, personality, and political activism conquered the hearts of many, making her an influential figure in Ireland. Sadly, after years of struggling with her physical and mental health, dealing with grief, and having been hospitalized, O’Connor recently passed away. Even when a person’s life reaches the end, though, their legacy lives on. This is the case with O’Connor, of course, whose art…

London authorities have ruled that Sinéad O’Connor’s death on Wednesday is “not being treated as suspicious.” On Thursday, a Scotland Yard spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that authorities found the singer “unresponsive” and “pronounced dead at the scene” at 11:18 BST. Police have still not offered a cause of death but said they would not be opening an inquest. “A file will be prepared for the coroner,” they said. London’s Inner South Coroner’s Court will conduct an autopsy, but it will take many weeks to…

Popular Irish singer Sinead O`Connor`s final interview will soon be coming out, as the singer passed away recently at the age of 56. In that interview which is part of a documentary, she detailed her musical career, saying that she found music to be a therapeutic experience as well as the many of her surrounding political controversies. This interview was given to Sky TV for a documentary on the singer`s life which will air on July 29, 2023, making this her last ever recorded public appearance. Before that, she had also…

Morrissey has written a vociferous tribute to the late Sinéad O’Connor, decrying the media and music industry for a lack of support for the singer.Praising her “proud vulnerability”, he writes on his website: “There is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’ (this I know only too well), and they are never praised until death – when, finally, they can’t answer back You praise her now ONLY because it is too late. You hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you.“The…

‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ is a timeless song that has left a lasting impact on the music industry and the hearts of millions of listeners worldwide. With the tragic passing yesterday of Sinéad O’Connor, the most famous singer of the song, we decided to do a deep dive into its origins and highlight some of the better cover versions that there has been of it over the years.Written by Prince, the song achieved global recognition and critical acclaim after being recorded and popularised by O’Connor in 1990 but she is not the…

TroyThe first single from Sinéad O’Connor’s debut album is intensely personal. Its lyrics weave together depictions of private traumas and the struggle between resilience and self-destruction, anchored by pointed references to Helen of Troy (“Being what I am/There is no other Troy/For me to burn”) via a WB Yeats poem. Panoramic orchestral washes and then prickly keyboards buoy O’Connor’s magnificent voice, leading to a dynamic and measured performance pierced with desire, regret, anger and ferocity, where sharp-edged…