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Johnny Depp and Nick Cave were among those to pay their respects to the late Shane MacGowan at his public funeral mass in Ireland on Friday afternoon (08.12.23). The late Pogues star sadly died aged 65 after battling pneumonia at his home on 30 November after months of battling ill health. The live-streamed funeral took place at St Mary's of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, County Tipperary at 3.30pm, with crowds filling the church grounds in the pouring rain to remember the music legend. His coffin sat at the front of the church with a huge black-and-white portrait of the singer with a glass of w...
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Shane MacGowan will be laid to rest at a public funeral expected to packed with thousands of mourners and his famous friends. Details for The Pogues icon’s final farewell have been released after he was killed by pneumonia at his home on 30 November aged 65 after months of battling ill health. His widow Victoria Mary Clarke confirmed her late spouse’s funeral will take place on Friday, 8 December in County Tipperary, where a mass will take place in the family's hometown of Nenagh, where Shane’s dad, Maurice, and sister, Siobhan, are believed to live. The service, which has been extended to mem...
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Eve Hewson had to conquer her "fear of singing" for 'Flora and Son'. The 32-year-old actress – the daughter of U2 frontman Bono and activist Ali Hewson – plays the title role in the musical comedy-drama and surprisingly confessed that she was terrified of using her vocals for the movie. Speaking at Deadline's Contenders Film: Los Angeles panel, Eve said: "I just thought, 'I could not let this person get away from me. I have to play this part. And I'm just going to have to get over my fear of singing – it's not something I've ever wanted to do – and just go for it.' "And it's ended up being suc...
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Bono feels "attracted to freedom". The 63-year-old singer believes America currently finds itself in the midst of a "low ebb" - but Bono is convinced that the US will bounce back. The U2 star - who was born in Dublin, Ireland - told Channel 4: "I'm attracted to freedom. I think it's important that we demonstrate to the world what freedom looks like, what freedom acts like. "So I'll bet on freedom and I bet that America comes back from this rather low ebb that it is at presently." The Edge, Bono's bandmate, has also expressed fears over the impact of climate change. The 62-year-old star explain...
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Sinead O’Connor wanted to be remembered as a “seed” that would never die. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, found dead in London aged 56 on 26 July, spoke out about how she thought she had the strength to live forever in the 2022 documentary ‘Nothing Compares’, which detailed her decades-long battle with her mental health and her relationship with her abusive mum. In a quote that fans are now saying could have been used as her epitaph, Sinead said about her critics in the film: “They broke my heart and they killed me, but I didn’t die. They tried to bury me, they didn’t realise I was a seed.”...
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Sinead O’Connor defined success by her relationship with God and a string of religions – and not by making hits. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, who died in London on 26 July aged 56, was laid to rest in her native Ireland on Tuesday (08.08.23) in a multi-denominational funeral service. Despite being famed worldwide for her music, the singer said the only thing that mattered to her was her spiritual relationship with the “Holy Spirit”. She said in a passage from her memoir ‘Rememberings’ which has resurfaced since her funeral: “I define success by whether I keep the contract I made with the...
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Sinead O’Connor’s former home in Ireland has been turned into a shrine to the singer. Even though it was sold in 2021, the house is empty and is being covered with flowers, photos and candles in honour of the ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ star, who was found dead in London aged 56 on 26 July after she moved to the city for the first time in 23 years to work on what turned out to be her final album. Sources say hundreds of locals and fans of the singer have been gathering outside her former house, called Montebello, where she had lived for 15 years, after her family asked that people stand along the S...
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Sinead O’Connor’s brother read a poem he wrote about birdsong at her funeral. Joseph O’Connor shared the 10-verse work on Tuesday (08.08.23) in front of her family and A-list friends including Bono and Sir Bob Geldof when she was laid to rest in what was said to be a multi-denominational farewell in the town of Bray, Co Wicklow, in her native Ireland. Joseph’s ‘Blackbird in Dun Laoghaire’ poem appeared to compare Sinead to a blackbird singing out its heart in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin – the city where the ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer was born on 8 December 1966. His opening lines were: “There’s a...
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Sinead O’Connor’s resting place has been marked with a simple golden plaque. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, found dead in London while working on what turned out to be her final album aged 56 on 26 July, was laid to rest on Tuesday (08.08.23) at a private ceremony attended by stars including Bono and Sir Bob Geldof in the town of Bray, County Wicklow, in her native Ireland. It has now been revealed her resting place is marked by a golden plaque that simply reads: “Sinead O’Connor. Born 8th December 1966. Died 26th July 2023.” Sinead – who was fiercely critical of the Catholic church and fa...
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Sinéad O’Connor’s Muslim funeral Imam says she “never moved away from God”. Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, chief Imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland, conducted the private service for friends and family in the singer’s former home of Bray, Co Wicklow in her native Ireland after her shock death aged 56 in London on 26 July, after she converted to the religion in 2018 and started using the name Shuhada’ Sadaqat. He said: “The funeral was obviously private (for) the family and it was a very moving ceremony and I think it really reflected the beautiful personality of Sinéad. “It was very spiritual and...
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