Cranberries singer Dolores dies at 46
Frontwoman of the multimillion selling rock band died suddenly in London.
london — Irish singer-songwriter Dolores O’Riordan, frontwoman of the multi-million selling rock band The Cranberries, died suddenly in London on Monday aged 46, her publicist said.
“Irish and international singer Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly in London today, family members are devastated,” Lindsey Holmes said in a statement.
“The lead singer...was in London for a short recording session,” she added.
The band achieved international success in the 1990s with their debut album Everyone Else is Doing it, So Why Can’t We?, which included hit single Linger.
Follow-up album No Need to Argue went to number one in Australia, France and Germany, and
Irish and international singer dolores O’riordan has died suddenly in London today, family members are devastated,” Lindsey Holmes, Singer’s publicist
number 6 in the United States. The album also gave rise to single Zombie, which hit number one across Europe.
The band sold around 40 million records worldwide. O’Riordan’s last social media posting came shortly before Christmas on the band’s Facebook page.
“Hi All, Dolores here. Feeling good! I did my first bit of gigging in months at the weekend, performed a few songs at the Billboard annual staff holiday party in New York with the house band,” it read.
“Really enjoyed it! Happy Christmas to all our fans!! Xo”.
The band, formed in 1989, went on a break in 2003 but reformed in 2009, releasing their final album Something Else last year.
They had to cancel several concerts and said at the time that this was because O’Riordan had a back problem.
The BBC said that in 2017 The Cranberries announced a tour including dates in Europe, the UK, and the US.
However, in May 2017, shortly into the European tour, The Cranberries had to cancel the remainder of the European dates as a result of O’Riordan’s health issues.
The official Cranberries website cited “medical reasons associated with a back problem” preventing singer O’Riordan’s from performing.
But just before Christmas O’Riordan had posted on Facebook saying she was “feeling good” and had done her “first bit of gigging in months”, leading fans to believe she would soon be performing again. O’Riordan split from her husband of 20 years, Don Burton in 2014.
She and Burton, who is the former tour manager of Duran Duran, have three children together
The singer suffered from bi-polar disorder and was spared a criminal conviction after an air rage incident in 2014. — Agencies