ZUM TOD DER IRISCHEN SÄNGERIN DOLORES O’RIORDAN (THE CRANBERRIES)

Die am 6. September 1971 in Limerick (Irland) geborene irische Sängerin und Songwriterin Dolores O'Riordan (Bild) ist am 15. Januar 2018 in London gestorben. Berühmt wurde sie als Leadsängerin der Rockgruppe The Cranberries.

Foto: Alterna2 http://www.alterna2.com, Barcelona, 2010 – CC BY 2.0 – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Cranberries_en_Barcelona_11.jpg

Dolores O’Riordan dies suddenly in London

Limerick singer and Cranberries front woman Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly in London at the age of 46. Her publicist Lindsey Holmes confirmed the news in a statement which reads: «The lead singer with the Irish band The Cranberries was in London for a short recording session. No further details are available at this time. Family members are devastated to hear the breaking news and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.»

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0115/933523-dolores-oriordan-dies-suddenly-in-london/

O’Riordan was born in Ballybricken, Co Limerick, in 1971, the youngest of seven children. She joined The Cranberries in Limerick in 1990. They were one of the biggest Irish bands of the 1990s, selling more than 40 million records over their career. Their most popular hits included Zombie and Linger. They split up in 2003 and re-formed in 2009.

Last year the band released an acoustic album, Something Else, but had to cancel tour dates in Europe and North America because of O’Riordan’s ill health.

Ronan McGreevy

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-cranberries-lead-singer-dies-at-age-of-46-1.3356279

Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan dies aged 46

O’Riordan became the lead singer in The Cranberries before the Limerick band would go on to gain huge success in the early to mid 90s.

The band went on to have four US Top 20 albums, with single Linger landing at number 8 in the US. Zombie, which rose to number three in the Irish charts, remains among the band’s best-known songs.

http://www.thejournal.ie/dolores-o-riordan-rip-3798887-Jan2018/?utm_source=shortlink

Dolores O’Riordan: an anguished 90s icon whose voice lingers on

The Cranberries‘ singer faced down tremendous darkness, but her vocal lines could still have the lightest of touches – and she powered the band past their grunge and Britpop rivals.

Alexis Petridis

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/15/dolores-oriordan-anguished-90s-icon-whose-voice-lingers-on-the-cranberries

President of Ireland Michael Higgins said in a statement, «It is with great sadness that I have learned of the death of Dolores O’Riordan, musician, singer and song writer. Dolores O’Riordan and The Cranberries had an immense influence on rock and pop music in Ireland and internationally.

Daniel Kreps

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dolores-oriordan-the-cranberries-singer-dead-at-46-w515435

Millionen verkaufter Alben

The Cranberries, gegründet im Jahr 1989 im irischen Limerick, erlangten in den 1990er Jahren Ruhm mit ihrem Debütalbum «Everyone Else is Doing it, So Why Can’t We?» und Hits wie «Linger» und «Just My Imagination».

dpa/bera

https://www.srf.ch/news/international/im-alter-von-46-jahren-cranberries-frontfrau-dolores-o-riordan-gestorben

Ihre Stimme bleibt für immer im Kopf

O’Riordan, die 1971 in der irischen Stadt Limerick geboren wurde, stiess 1990 zur Band. Dank ihrer unverwechselbaren Stimme wurden die Cranberries zur Formation, die über 40 Millionen Alben verkaufen konnte. Als die Band Mitte der Nullerjahre eine Pause einlegte, veröffentlichte die Sängerin zwei Soloalben.

Benedikt Sartorius

https://www.derbund.ch/kultur/pop-und-jazz/ihre-stimme-bleibt-fuer-immer-im-kopf/story/17350039

Der Hit «Zombie» hat sie in den 1990ern einem grossen Publikum bekannt gemacht

Manuela Nyffenegger

https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/dolores-oriordan-von-der-rockgruppe-cranberries-ist-tot-ld.1347805?reduced=true

Bilder:

Dolores O’Riordan: A Life in Pictures

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-a-life-in-pictures-1.3356413

Audios / Videos:

The Cranberries – Linger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Kspj3OO0s

The Cranberries – Zombie