Shuhada' Sadaqat[a] (bornSinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor;/ʃɪˈneɪd/ⓘshin-AYD,Irish Gaelic:[ˈʃɪnʲed̪ˠ]; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer-songwriter, record producer and activist.[8] Her debut studio album,The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and achieved international chart success. Her 1990 album,I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, was her biggest commercial success, selling over seven million copies worldwide.[9] Its lead single, "Nothing Compares 2 U", was named the top world single of the year at theBillboard Music Awards.[10]
O'Connor achieved chart success withAm I Not Your Girl? (1992) andUniversal Mother (1994), bothcertified gold in the UK,[11] as well asFaith and Courage (2000), certified gold in Australia.[12]Throw Down Your Arms (2005) achieved gold status in Ireland.[13] Her career encompassed songs for films, collaborations with numerous artists, and appearances at charity fundraising concerts. O'Connor's memoir,Rememberings, was released in 2021 and became a bestseller.[14]
In her 2021 memoir,Rememberings, O'Connor wrote that she was regularly beaten by her mother, who also taught her to steal from thecollection plate atMass and from charity tins.[26] In 1979, at age 13, O'Connor went to live with her father, who had recently returned to Ireland after marrying Viola Margaret Suiter (née Cook) inAlexandria, Virginia, United States, in 1976.[27]
At the age of 15, following her acts of shoplifting and truancy, O'Connor was placed for 18 months in the Grianán Training Centre inDrumcondra,[28] which was run by theOrder of Our Lady of Charity.[29] She thrived in certain aspects, particularly in the development of her writing and music, but she chafed under the imposed conformity of the asylum, despite being given freedoms not granted to the other girls, such as attending an outside school and being allowed to listen to music, write songs, etc. For punishment, O'Connor described how "if you were bad, they sent you upstairs to sleep in the old folks' home. You're in there in the pitch black, you can smell the shit and the puke and everything, and these old women are moaning in their sleep ... I have never—and probably will never—experience such panic and terror and agony over anything."[30] She later attendedMaryfield College in Drumcondra,[31] andNewtown School inWaterford for fifth and sixth year as a boarder, but did not sit theLeaving Certificate in 1985.[32][33]
On 10 February 1985, when O'Connor was 18, her mother died in acar accident, aged 45, after losing control of her car on an icy road inBallybrack and crashing into a bus.[34][35] In June 1993, O'Connor wrote a public letter inThe Irish Times in which she asked people to "stop hurting" her: "If only I can fight off the voices of my parents / and gather a sense of self-esteem / Then I'll be able to REALLY sing ..." The letter repeated accusations ofchild abuse by her parents as a child which O'Connor had made in interviews. Her brother Joseph defended their father to the newspaper, but agreed regarding their mother's "extreme and violent abuse, both emotional and physical". That month, Sinéad said: "Our family is very messed up. We can't communicate with each other. We are all in agony. I for one am in agony."[36]
One of the volunteers at the Grianán centre was the sister of Paul Byrne, the drummer for the bandIn Tua Nua, who heard O'Connor singing "Evergreen" byBarbra Streisand. She recorded a song with them called "Take My Hand" but they felt that at 15, she was too young to join the band.[37] Through an ad she placed inHot Press in mid-1984, she metColm Farrelly. Together they recruited a few other members and formed a band, Ton Ton Macoute.[21] The band moved toWaterford briefly while O'Connor attendedNewtown School, but she soon dropped out of school and followed them to Dublin, where their performances received positive reviews. Their sound was inspired by Farrelly's interest inworld music, though most observers thought O'Connor's singing and stage presence were the band's strongest features.[21][38][page needed]
O'Connor's time with Ton Ton Macoute brought her to the attention of the music industry, and she was eventually signed byEnsign Records. She also acquired an experienced manager, Fachtna Ó Ceallaigh, former head ofU2's Mother Records. Soon after she was signed, she embarked on her first major assignment, providing the vocals for the song "Heroine", which she co-wrote with the U2 guitaristthe Edge for thesoundtrack to the filmCaptive. Ó Ceallaigh, who had been fired by U2 for complaining about them in an interview, was outspoken with his views on music and politics, and O'Connor adopted the same habits; she defended the actions of theProvisional IRA and said U2's music was "bombastic".[1] She later retracted her IRA comments saying they were based on nonsense, and that she was "too young to understand the tense situation inNorthern Ireland properly".[39]
In her first US network television appearance, O'Connor sang "Mandinka" onLate Night with David Letterman in 1988.[43] She was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, and performed "Mandinka" at the31st Annual Grammy Awards. She painted the logo of the hip hop groupPublic Enemy on her head to protest the first-ever Best Rap Performance award being conferred off-screen.[44]
In 1989, O'Connor provided guest vocals onThe The's albumMind Bomb, on the duet "Kingdom of Rain".[45] That same year, she made another foray into cinema, starring in and writing the music for the Northern Irish filmHush-a-Bye-Baby.[46]
O'Connor's second album,I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, was released in 1990. It gained considerable attention and mostly positive reviews.[47]NME named it the year's second-best album.[48] She was praised for her voice and original songs, while being noted for her appearance: trademark shaved head, often angry expression, and sometimes shapeless or unusual clothing.[47] Her shaved head has been seen as a statement against traditional views of femininity.[49]
Also in 1990, O'Connor said she would not perform if theUnited States national anthem was played before one of her concerts, saying she felt the American music industry was racist.[60] She was attacked as ungrateful and anti-American, and drew criticism from celebrities including the singerFrank Sinatra, who threatened to "kick her in the ass".[60][61] When people steamrolled her albums outside the offices of her record company in New York City, O'Connor attended in a wig and sunglasses and gave a television interview pretending to be from Saratoga.[26]
O'Connor spent the following months studyingbel canto singing with teacher Frank Merriman at the Parnell School of Music. In an interview withThe Guardian, published in May 1993, she reported that the lessons were the only therapy she was receiving, describing Merriman as "the most amazing teacher in the universe".[63]
In 1992, O'Connor contributed vocals on the songs "Come Talk to Me" and "Blood of Eden" from the albumUs byPeter Gabriel.
O'Connor tearing up a picture ofPope John Paul II on live television in 1992
On 3 October 1992, O'Connor appeared on the American television programmeSaturday Night Live (SNL) and staged a protest against theRoman Catholic Church. After performing ana cappella rendition ofBob Marley's 1976 song "War" with new lyrics related to child abuse,[64] she tore up a photograph ofPope John Paul II taken from her mother's bedroom wall eight years earlier,[65] said "fight the real enemy", and threw the pieces to the floor.[66] A month later, O'Connor said she felt the Catholic Church bore some responsibility for the physical, sexual and emotional abuse she had suffered as a child. In describing her actions, she said the church had destroyed "entire races of people", and thatCatholic priests had been abusing children for years. Her protest took place nine years before John Paul II publicly acknowledgedchild sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.[67]
In January 1995, O'Connor appeared on the British late-night television programmeAfter Dark on an episode titled "Ireland: Sex & Celibacy, Church & State".[79] She linked abuse in families to the Catholic Church. The discussion included aDominican friar and another representative of the Roman Catholic Church, along with formertaoiseachGarret FitzGerald. HostHelena Kennedy described the event: "Sinéad came on and argued that abuse in families was coded in by the church because it refused to accept the accounts of women and children."[80]
Her 2002 album,Sean-Nós Nua, marked a departure in that O'Connor interpreted or, in her own words, "sexed up"traditional Irish folk songs, including several in the Irish language.[85] InSean-Nós Nua, she covered a well-known Canadian folk song, "Peggy Gordon".[86]
Ultimately, after a brief period of inactivity and a bout withfibromyalgia, her retirement proved to be short-lived. O'Connor stated in an interview withHarp magazine that she had only intended to retire from making mainstream pop/rock music, and after dealing with her fibromyalgia she chose to move into other musical styles.[89] The reggae albumThrow Down Your Arms appeared in late 2005.[90]
On 8 November 2006, O'Connor performed seven songs from her upcoming albumTheology at The Sugar Club in Dublin. Thirty fans were given the opportunity to win pairs of tickets to attend along with music industry critics.[91] The performance was released in 2008 asLive at the Sugar Club deluxe CD/DVD package sold exclusively on her website.[92]
O'Connor released two songs from her albumTheology to download for free from her official website: "If You Had a Vineyard" and "Jeremiah (Something Beautiful)". The album, a collection of covered and originalRastafari spiritual songs, was released in June 2007. The first single from the album, theTim Rice andAndrew Lloyd Webber classic "I Don't Know How to Love Him", was released on 30 April 2007.[93] To promote the album, O'Connor toured extensively in Europe and North America. She also appeared on two tracks of theIan Brown albumThe World Is Yours, including the anti-war single "Illegal Attacks".[94]
In 2011, O'Connor worked on recording a new album, titledHome, to be released in the beginning of 2012,[97] titledHow About I Be Me (and You Be You)?,[98][99] with the first single being "The Wolf is Getting Married". She planned an extensive tour in support of the album but suffered a serious breakdown between December 2011 and March 2012,[100] resulting in the tour and all her other musical activities for the rest of 2012 being cancelled. O'Connor resumed touring in 2013 with The Crazy Baldhead Tour. The second single "4th and Vine" was released on 18 February 2013.[101]
In February 2014, it was revealed that O'Connor had been recording a new album of original material, titledThe Vishnu Room, consisting of romantic love songs.[102] In early June 2014, the new album was retitledI'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss, with an 11 August release date. The title derives from theBan Bossy campaign that took place earlier the same year. The album's first single is entitled "Take Me to Church".[103][104][105]
In 2017, O'Connor changed her legal name to Magda Davitt, saying she wished to be free of "patriarchal slave names" and "parental curses".[108][109] In September 2019, she performed live for the first time in five years, singing "Nothing Compares 2 U" with theIrish Chamber Orchestra onRTÉ'sThe Late Late Show.[110][111]
O'Connor released a cover ofMahalia Jackson's "Trouble of the World" in October 2020, with proceeds from the single to benefitBlack Lives Matter charities.[112] O'Connor released the memoirRememberings on 1 June 2021 to positive reviews, listed among the best books of the year onBBC Culture.[113] The Irish postal serviceAn Post released a postage stamp on 15 July 2021 bearing an image of O'Connor singing.[114]
O'Connor announced in June 2021 that the albumNo Veteran Dies Alone would be her last, and that she was retiring from music.[115] She retracted the statement days later, describing it as "a knee-jerk reaction" to an insensitive interview, and announced that her scheduled 2022 tour would go ahead.[116] O'Connor's son Shane died by suicide at the age of 17 on 7 January 2022.[43] O'Connor canceled her tour andNo Veteran Dies Alone was postponed indefinitely.[117] According to the producerDavid Holmes, by the time of O'Connor's death in 2023, the album was "emotional and really personal" and was complete but for one song.[118]
In February 2023, O'Connor shared a version of "The Skye Boat Song", a 19th-century Scottish adaptation of a 1782 Gaelic song, which is also the theme for the fantasy drama seriesOutlander.[119] The following month she was awarded the inauguralChoice Music Prize Classic Irish Album by the Irish broadcasterRTÉ for her 1990 albumI Do Not Want What I Haven't Got.[120][121] In September 2023, BBC Television drama seriesThe Woman in the Wall, which focuses on the IrishMagdalene Laundries, played an unreleased O'Connor song, "The Magdalene Song". The song had been given to the series' producers by O'Connor shortly before her death.[122][123]
O'Connor's first son, Jake, was born on 16 June 1987. His father was the music producerJohn Reynolds,[124] who co-produced several of O'Connor's albums, includingUniversal Mother. O'Connor married Reynolds atWestminster Register Office in March 1989.[125][126] She had an abortion the same year, and later wrote the song "My Special Child" about the experience.[127] The couple announced their plan to divorce in November 1991 after having been separated for some time.[128]
In September 1995, O'Connor announced that she was pregnant by her friend, the Irish columnistJohn Waters.[129] Their daughter, Brigidine Roisin Waters, generally known as Roisin, was born on 6 March 1996.[130] Soon after the birth, the pair began a long custody battle that ended in 1999 with O'Connor agreeing to let Roisin live with Waters in Dublin.[131][126][124]
In August 2001, O'Connor married the British journalist Nick Sommerlad in Wales. Their marriage ended after 11 months, in July 2002, when they mutually agreed to part.[132][124] By February 2003, the marriage was reportedly over and Sommerlad had moved back home to the United Kingdom.[4] O'Connor gave birth to her third child, son Shane, on 10 March 2004; his father was the Irish musicianDónal Lunny.[124][126] Her fourth child, son Yeshua, was born on 19 December 2006, fathered by Frank Bonadio.[133][134] The pair remained on good terms after separating in early 2007.[130]
O'Connor was married a third time on 22 July 2010, to her longtime friend and collaboratorSteve Cooney.[5][135] They separated in March 2011.[136] She was married a fourth time on 9 December 2011, to the Irish therapist Barry Herridge; they married in Las Vegas and the marriage ended after they had "lived together for 7 days only".[137] On 3 January 2012, O'Connor said that she and Herridge had reunited.[6] In February 2014, she stated that they had not divorced and were planning to renew their wedding vows, but two weeks later they decided not to do so.[7][138] O'Connor's first grandson was born on 18 July 2015, to her son Jake and his girlfriend.[139]
O'Connor's 17-year-old son Shane was found dead fromsuicide in January 2022.[140][141][142] O'Connor, who had lost custody of Shane in 2013, said he had recently been onsuicide watch atTallaght Hospital.[142] She criticised theHealth Service Executive (HSE) for their handling of her son's case.[142][143] A week after her son's death, O'Connor admitted herself to a hospital to receive help for her own mental health struggles.[144]
O'Connor stated that she had a relationship with her manager Fachtna Ó Ceallaigh immediately after her marriage to John Reynolds and during the tour ofThe Lion and the Cobra. The extra-conjugal relationship ended in 1989 when O'Connor discovered that Ceallaigh was secretly having an affair with another woman. This experience is reflected in O'Connor's song "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance".[145]
Anthony Kiedis of theRed Hot Chili Peppers claimed he had a relationship with O'Connor in 1990 and wrote the song "I Could Have Lied" about the experience. O'Connor denied this, saying "I never had a relationship with him, ever. I hung out with him a few times and the row we had was because he suggested we might become involved. I don't give a shit about the song he wrote."[146]
Between 1992 and 1993, O'Connor had an affair with British singerPeter Gabriel, whom she accompanied on hisSecret World Tour[147] in May 1993 and at the1993 MTV Video Music Awards in September. In October 1993, Sinéad O'Connor, at the age of 27, said she had attempted suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills as a reaction to Peter Gabriel's refusal to make their relationship permanent. This experience inspired her to write "Thank You for Hearing Me".[148][149]
In 2014, O'Connor said she "didn't get on at all" withPrince, the writer of "Nothing Compares 2 U". According to O'Connor, Prince demanded she visit him at his home and then chastised her for swearing in interviews, so she told him to "fuck off", at which point Prince became violent and she fled.[150] In her memoir, O'Connor gave some details of Prince's behaviour, which ranged from having his butler serve up soup despite her repeatedly refusing it, to suggesting a pillow fight and then hitting her with a hard object placed in a pillowcase, and stalking her with his car after she had left the mansion.[65]
In 2007, O'Connor bought a large Victorian seafront house inBray, County Wicklow, near Dublin.[151] She sold the property in 2021, after moving temporarily to her holiday home.[152] She later lived at a house in the Kilglass/Scramogue area, betweenStrokestown andRoosky,County Roscommon,[153] and on the main street ofKnockananna, County Wicklow, which she sold in 2022.[154] She later also had a home inDalkey, a south-east suburb of Dublin.[155] In early 2023, she moved to a flat in London to feel "less lonely", and said she would soon finish her new album.[156]
In a 2000 interview inCurve, O'Connor said that she was a lesbian.[157] She later retracted the statement, and in 2005 toldEntertainment Weekly: "I'm three-quarters heterosexual, a quarter gay".[158]
In 2013, O'Connor published an open letter on her own website to American singer and actressMiley Cyrus in which she warned Cyrus of the treatment of women in the music industry and stated that sexuality is a factor in this, which was in response to Cyrus's music video for her song "Wrecking Ball".[159] Cyrus responded by mocking O'Connor and alluding to her mental health problems.[160] After O'Connor's death, Cyrus publicly apologised for her behaviour.[161]
O'Connor was a vocal supporter of aunited Ireland, and called on the left-wing republicanSinn Féin party to be "braver".[162] O'Connor called for the "demolition" of theRepublic of Ireland and its replacement with a new, united country. She also called for key Sinn Féin politicians likeGerry Adams to step down because "they remind people of violence", referring tothe Troubles.[163]
In 2014, sherefused to play in Israel as an act of protest againstunjust treatment of Palestinians, stating that "Let's just say that, on a human level, nobody with any sanity, including myself, would have anything but sympathy for the Palestinian plight".[164]
In a 2015 interview with theBBC, O'Connor said she wished that Ireland had remained under British rule (which ended after theIrish War of Independence, except forNorthern Ireland), saying "the church took over and it was disastrous".[165] Following theBrexit referendum in 2016, O'Connor wrote on Facebook "Ireland is officially no longer owned by Britain".[166]
In a July 2007 interview withChristianity Today, O'Connor stated that she considered herself a Christian and that she believed in core Christian concepts about theTrinity andJesus Christ. She said, "I think God saves everybody whether they want to be saved or not. So when we die, we're all going home [...] I don't think God judges anybody. He loves everybody equally."[169] In an October 2002 interview, she credited her Christian faith in giving her the strength to live through and overcome the effects of her childhood abuse.[170]
Well, you know, I guess I wish everyone the best, and I don't know anything about the man, so I'm not going to rush to judge him on one thing or another, but I would say he has a scientifically impossible task, because all religions, but certainly the Catholic Church, is really a house built on sand, and it's drowning in a sea ofconditional love, and therefore it can't survive, and actually the office of Pope itself is an anti-Christian office, the idea that Christ needs a representative is laughable and blasphemous at the same time, therefore it is a house built on sand, and we need to rescue God from religion, all religions, they've become a smokescreen that distracts people from the fact that thereis a holy spirit, and when you studythe Gospels you see the Christ character came to tell us that we only need to talk directly to God, we never needed Religion ...
Asked whether from her point of view, it is therefore irrelevant who is elected to be pope, O'Connor replied:
Genuinely I don't mean disrespect to Catholic people because I believe in Jesus Christ, I believe in the Holy Spirit, all of those, but I also believe in all of them, I don't think it cares if you call it Fred or Daisy, you know? Religion is a smokescreen, it has everybody talking to the wall. Thereis a Holy Spirit who can't intervene on our behalf unless we ask it. Religion has us talking to the wall. The Christ character tells us himself: you must only talk directly to the Father; you don't need intermediaries. We allthought we did, and that's ok, we're not bad people, but let's wake up [...] God was there before religion; it's there [today] despite religion; it'll be there when religion is gone.[175]
Tatiana Kavelka wrote about O'Connor's later Christian work, describing it as "theologically charged yet unorthodox, oriented toward interfaith dialogue and those on the margins".[176] In August 2018, via an open letter, she asked Pope Francis to issue a certificate ofexcommunication to her, as she had also askedPope Benedict XVI andPope John Paul II.[108][177]
In October 2018, O'Connor converted toIslam, calling it "the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian's journey".[178] The ceremony was conducted in Ireland bySunni Islamic theologian ShaykhUmar Al-Qadri. She also changed her name to Shuhada' Davitt. In a message on Twitter, she thanked fellow Muslims for their support and uploaded a video of herself reciting theadhan, the Islamic call to prayer. She also posted photos of herself wearing ahijab.[179] She later changed her surname from Davitt to Sadaqat.[180][181]
After her conversion to Islam, Sadaqat called those who were not Muslims "disgusting" and criticised Christian and Jewish theologians on Twitter in November 2018. She wrote: "What I'm about to say is something so racist I never thought my soul could ever feel it. But truly I never wanna spend time with white people again (if that's what non-muslims are called). Not for one moment, for any reason. They are disgusting."[182][183] Two days later, she tweeted that anyone who is not Muslim is "mentally ill".[184] Later that month, Sadaqat stated that her remarks were made in an attempt to force Twitter to close down her account.[185] In September 2019, she apologised for the remarks, saying "They were not true at the time and they are not true now. I was triggered as a result ofIslamophobia dumped on me. I apologize for hurt caused. That was one of many crazy tweets lord knows."[186]
In the early 2000s, O'Connor revealed that she suffered fromfibromyalgia. The pain and fatigue she experienced caused her to take a break from music from 2003 to 2005.[187]
On an episode ofThe Oprah Winfrey Show broadcast on 4 October 2007, O'Connor disclosed that she had attempted suicide on her 33rd birthday, 8 December 1999, and that she had since been diagnosed withbipolar disorder.[188]
In August 2015, she announced that she was to undergo ahysterectomy after suffering gynaecological problems for over three years.[189] She later blamed the hospital's refusal to administerhormone replacement therapy after the operation as the main reason for her mental health issues in subsequent years, stating "I was flung into surgical menopause. Hormones were everywhere. I became very suicidal. I was a basket case."[190]
In August 2017, O'Connor posted a 12-minute video on herFacebook page in which she stated that she had felt alone since losing custody of her 13-year-old son, Shane, and that for the previous two years she had wanted to kill herself, with only her doctor and psychiatrist "keeping her alive".[194] The month after her Facebook post, O'Connor appeared on the 16th-season debut episode of American television talk showDr. Phil.[195] According to the show's host,Phil McGraw, O'Connor wanted to do the interview because she wished to "destigmatise mental illness", noting the prevalence of mental health problems among musicians.[196] In 2021, O'Connor commented that she had spent much of the last six years inSt Patrick's University Hospital in Dublin, and that she was grateful to them for helping her stay alive.[197]
O'Connor's grave inDeansgrange Cemetery, pictured in 2025. The Arabic phrase is "الله اكبر" (Allahu Akbar), which translates to "God is the greatest" or "God is greater".[198]
A private funeral was held on 8 August in Bray, County Wicklow. It was attended by the president of Ireland,Michael D. Higgins, and O'Connor's family invited the public to pay their respects at the seafront where thefuneral cortège passed. Thousands attended bearing signs and tributes;[205] her burial was held privately atDean's Grange Cemetery.[206]
O'Connor left a sum of £1.7million (€2m) to her children Jake Reynolds, Brigidine Roisin Waters, and Yeshua Bonadio. After settling debts, funeral expenses, and legal fees, records from Irish probate reduced the estate's value to £1.4million (€1.6m).[207]
On 4 February 2024, Scottish singer and activistAnnie Lennox paid tribute to O'Connor by performing "Nothing Compares 2 U" during theIn Memoriam segment at the66th Annual Grammy Awards. During the performance she had a tear painted on her cheek in homage to a similar scene in the song's music video. She was accompanied byWendy & Lisa.[214] Lennox ended the performance by calling for a ceasefire in theGaza war and "peace in the world" which was also seen as a tribute to O'Connor's political outspokenness.[215] In March 2024, aBratz doll in O'Connor's likeness, to commemorateWomen's History Month, was announced.[216]
On 15 July 2021, the Irish postal service,An Post, released a postage stamp celebrating O'Connor.[217]
She was parodied as Niamh Connolly, a feminist singer, in "Rock a Hula Ted", an episode of the television seriesFather Ted.[218]
Producers of theOutlander television series dedicated Series 7, Episode 8 to her, adding a card before the end credits reading, "In loving memory of Sinead O'Connor."[219]
"Lay Your Head Down", from the filmAlbert Nobbs (2011), was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in2012. This nomination is credited to composerBrian Byrne and songwriterGlenn Close.[252]
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^"Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936–1988", database with images,FamilySearch (20 February 2021), John Oliver O'Connor and Viola Margaret Suiter, 18 June 1976; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700–1850", database and images,Ancestry (2012); citing Alexandria, Virginia, United States, certificate 76-019430, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
^Gaisne, Julien (April 2012). "Sinead O'Connor interview".Rolling Stone (French Version). No. 42.Q: Qui étaient tes artistes préférés quand tu as commencé? A:Bob Dylan, il l'est probablement toujours. Il y avait aussi David Bowie, Bob Marley, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Pretenders.(Translation) Q:Who were your favourite singers when you started? A:Bob Dylan, he probably still is. There were also David Bowie, Bob Marley, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Pretenders.
^Ian Inglis.Performance and Popular Music: History Place and Time. ch. 15:The Booing of Sinéad O'Connor: Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert, Madison Square Garden, New York, 16 October 1992 by Emma Mayhew
^"Broken China by EMI Records". Archived fromthe original on 29 April 1999. Retrieved17 December 2006.Musicians on the album include guitarists Tim Renwick, Dominic Miller and Steve Bolton, drummer Manu Katche and bassist Pino Palladino. Sinead O'Connor sings on two tracks – Reaching for the Rail and Breakthrough.
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