Sinead Oconnor
Date of birth
8th December, 1966
Occupation
Musician
Sex
1st January, 1970
Height
1.63
‘Whip My Hair’ Off: How Shaving Their Heads Empowered These Women In Music
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 21 July 2021
Willow Smith and more rocked a buzzcut for so many reasons.
For a lot of women, their hair is their crowning glory, but for others it’s nothing more than society-dictated bonds that sap women of their money, their energy and their confidence. Fear instils many who attend hairdressers; the dread that one may leave with a much shorter do than they had intended. After all, long hair is so often seen as traditionally beautiful. Losing it can feel like losing one’s beauty.
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Sinead O'Connor - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London 16.12.2019 Live Review
By Andrew Lockwood in Music Reviews on 23 December 2019
For her first gig in the capital in four years, and her last of the decade, Sinead O'connor made a triumphant return to the stage when she played to a sold-out crowd at Shepherd's Bush Empire. In the ensuing four years, besides her recent appearance on Good Morning Britain, Sinead has continued to battle well-documented mental health issues, lost custody of one of her children, courted more controversy, become a grandmother and converted to Islam. One constant, however, has remained; her quite brilliant voice.
O'Connor opened up with her well-worked cover of John Grant's 'Queen Of Denmark'. From the first note she sang you almost knew that it was going to be a stand-out performance. Sinead was calm, centred and serene as she sang through a set that showcased a 'best of' in what was to be quite a special night. There was power and passion aplenty as Sinead, and her very accomplished band, delivered up rousing takes on '4th And Vine', 'Harbour' and 'Take Me To Church' but it was during the quieter songs that Sinead really shone and connected with her audience.
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Sinead O'Connor Returns To Twitter To "Annoy White Supremacists"
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15 November 2018
It follows her conversion last month to Islam, and some inflammatory comments last week that she admits were "racist".
Sinead O’Connor has returned to Twitter a week after saying that she never wanted to spend time with white people again, explaining that she was coming back because she loves to “annoy white supremacists”.
The 51 year old singer wrote in a series of tweets last week, which even she acknowledged was racist at the time: “I’m terribly sorry. 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).”
Now, however, she claims that she made the comments because “f*****g idiots” had been spamming her, and that she had hoped to get her Twitter account removed, thereby stopping her from having to hear from them.
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Sinead O'Connor Converts To Islam
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26 October 2018
O'Connor has also changed her name to Shuhada, embracing the Muslim faith and turning her back on Christianity.
Sinead O’Connor has announced that she has converted from Christianity to Islam.
The 51 year old star, who is best known for her 1990 hit cover of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, said that her decision was “the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian's journey”, and uploaded a video of herself singing that adhan, the Muslim call-to-prayer. O’Connor announced on Twitter that she had changed her name to Shuhada Davitt – meaning ‘martyrs’ or ‘witnesses’ in Arabic - and she thanked fellow Muslims for their support.
On Thursday (October 25th), Irish Imam Shaykh Dr Umar al-Qadri posted a video of the singer saying the Islamic declaration of faith.
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One Of Millions: Why We Need To Show Support For Sinead O'Connor
By Holly Mosley in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 08 August 2017
Sinead O'Connor breaks down in heart-breaking video about mental illness.
One of Ireland's greatest singers of all time, Sinead O'connor, has released a heart-breaking video on social media begging her family to come and get her and explaining about how the stigma of mental illness is making it a struggle every day to keep on living.
The 'Nothing Compares 2 U' singer looked deeply distressed as she sat in a Travelodge motel in New Jersey, where she is currently living having lost her apartment, talking about how she's been left alone for two years by her family with no-one to care for her but her psychiatrist as she suffers from three different mental illnesses.
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Sinead O'Connor Retracts Claims About Arsenio Hall Giving Drugs To Prince
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23 February 2017
Shortly after Prince died in April 2016, Irish singer O'Connor claimed that Hall had given drugs to the singer.
Sinead O’Connor has publicly apologised to comedian Arsenio Hall this week, for claiming last year that he had given drugs to the late singer Prince and insinuating that he had had something to do with his death.
Taking to her official Facebook page on Wednesday (February 22nd), the 50 year old singer retracted her accusations and wrote: “I apologize for my Facebook posts about Arsenio Hall to the extent that anyone thought I was accusing him of acting as Prince’s drug dealer and supplying him with illegal hard drugs, or insinuating that Arsenio had something to do with Prince’s death.”
“I sincerely apologize because those statements would be false, and I retract them unequivocally,” her brief post continued.
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'Music Has Officially Died': Kim Kardashian Covers Rolling Stone And Sinead O'Connor Is Not Impressed
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 15 July 2015
In the eyes of Sinead O’Connor the reality star has no business covering the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
Sinead O’Connor has made her feeling very clear over Rolling Stone's choice of Kim Kardashian as the magazine's latest cover star. The outspoken singer posted an expletive fill rant on her Facebook page blasting the iconic magazine for using Kardashian on the cover, while declaring, ‘music has officially died’.
‘What is this c**t ("I don't smile much because it causes wrinkles") doing on the cover of Rolling Stone? Music has officially died,’ O’Connor wrote on her official page. ‘Who knew it would be Rolling Stone that murdered it? Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh can no longer be expected to take all the blame. Bob Dylan must be fucking horrified. #BoycottRollingStone #AGenerationIsBeingGroomedAndSilenced’
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Sinead O'Connor Speaks On The Public Treating Women With Mental Illnesses "Like Dirt"
By Nick Hill in Music / Festivals on 17 August 2014
The 47 year-old singer feels the public perception of women with mental health "is notoriously abusive."
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor was very touched by the sympathy the general public have shown the late Robin Williams and his family after news broke of the legendary comedian's suicide this past Monday (Aug 11th), but she wishes young women with mental illnesses would receive the same compassion.
The Oscar-winning actor, who had suffered with depression in the past, was found in his bedroom, fully clothed, and gently suspended in a seat with a belt wrapped around his neck, with one end wedged between the door and the frame of his closet.
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Sinead O'connor - The Irish film premiere of 'Stalker' held at Movies-At Dundrum - Arrivals - Dublin, Ireland - Wednesday 26th February 2014
Cambridge Folk Festival 2014 - First Big Names Revealed Van Morrison, Sinead O'connor Plus Many More.
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Sinead O'connor - Dressed in "Jah Army" combat fatigues, Sinead O'Connor at Trinity College to debate on the Catholic Church with the Historical Society. - Dublin, Ireland - Wednesday 12th February 2014
Sinead O'connor - Sinead O'Connor at Trinity College dressed in camouflage. O'Connor is on hand to debate on the Catholic Church with the Historical Society. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was scheduled to attend as well but canceled. - Dublin, Ireland - Wednesday 12th February 2014
Sinead O'connor with face tattoo & ultra white teeth - Guests at The Late Late Show, RTE... - Dublin, Ireland - Friday 4th October 2013
Sinead O'connor - Celebs at ITV London United Kingdom Tuesday 29th January 2013