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My neighbour, Sinéad O’Connor

Letters: She always had the time to acknowledge a friendly greeting with a smiling hello, Joe McCarthy remembers

The Guardian - UK

Nothing compares to you, Sinéad

Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor (1966-2023), with her buzz cut, spare music and strident voice against authority, was received differently by all those who knew and loved her

The Hindu

"I and everybody else were old farts in her opinion" - Roger Waters on the night Sinéad O'Connor sang her spellbinding version of Pink Floyd's Mother

To mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roger Waters invited a stellar cast to Berlin for a restaging of Pink Floyd's The Wall - including The Scorpions, Joni Mitchell and Sinéad O'Connor

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Womad review – more music festivals need this vitality, daring and breadth

Quirky, brilliant and politically forthright acts from over 40 countries, among them Femi Kuti, Susana Baca, Souad Massi and 47Soul, grace the festival’s 41st edition

The Guardian - UK

‘She looked like a punk angel’: readers share their tributes and memories of Sinéad O’Connor

Whether as a one-take wonder in the studio, an unforgettable voice in concert or a smiling stranger in the street, readers share stories of how the Irish star touched their lives

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: a luminous Sinéad O’Connor in one of her early shoots

The musician, who died last week, captured by photographer Andrew Catlin in a series of intimate and unselfconscious images

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the brilliance of Sinéad O’Connor’s greatest song

The ageless emotional power of Nothing Compares 2 U is rooted in a childhood pain particular to the singer

The Guardian - UK

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Nothing Compares review – the profound, striking tale of Sinéad O’Connor, born rebel

This fiery 2022 documentary about the fearless singer’s rise and fall in the US is a brilliant and timely reminder of her defiant, courageous spirit

The Guardian - UK

‘She found peace here’: local people tell of Sinéad O’Connor’s last years in Ireland

Members of communities among whom late singer made her home share stories of friendship and acceptance

The Guardian - UK

The bittersweet story behind the Outlander season seven theme tune revealed

What you need to know about the season seven Outlander theme tune 'The Skye Boat Song' - and the talented singer behind it

Woman & Home

London street artist Pegasus pays special tribute to Sinead O’Connor

Artist creates special mural in memory of singer who died on Wednesday

Evening Standard

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’

Louder

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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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.

Marie Claire

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

The Independent UK

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 Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

‘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’

Louder

"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

Evening Standard

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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