Ongoing History Daily: Dolores O’Riordan’s troubles
When Dolores O’Riordan joined The Cranberries, she was still a teenager and ill-equipped to deal with all the attention brought on by the band’s sudden fame. She arrived with a
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 995: The Last Moments Of…, part 2
When someone dies, our first reaction is disbelief. We’re stunned. That’s immediately followed by a need to know what happened. How? Where? It’s only natural. We need information to help
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In the days before COVID, I was always on the road. If it wasn’t a music conference in Singapore, it was an interview in London, the Junos in…wherever, a TV
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Random music news for Tuesday, September 18, 2018
This was such a weird and awful month in 2001. First, the 9/11 attacks. And on this day, the anthrax attacks. As for music news for September 18, 2018… Canadian
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Gotta take the dogs for detailing today. Let someone else struggle with 25 kg bull terriers who don’t like having their nails clipped. And now some music news for Saturday,
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It’s official: We now know why Dolores O’Riordan died. It was “drowning due to intoxication.”
The death of Cranberries’ singer Dolores O’Riordan on January 15 was a shock. What could have killed a seemingly healthy 46-year-old woman–reportedly in very good spirits–who had been looking forward
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And the first platinum rock record of 2018 is…
Last November, LA’s Bad Wolves recorded a version of the Cranberries’ “Zombie” and sent word to singer Dolores O’Riordan that they’d like her help on the final version of the
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A big cheque was just presented to the children of Dolores O’Riordan by a metal band
If you remember the story of the death of the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan, you’ll know that she died in a London hotel room hours before she was supposed to join
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Dolores O’Riordan happy, enthusiastic in message left before her death
If an autopsy ultimately determines that Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan committed suicide, a newly discovered voicemail left hours before her death will only serve to further confuse the fans she
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Bad Wolves pay homage to Dolores O’Riordan with their new “Zombie” video [UPDATED]
The day Cranberries’ singer Dolores O’Riordan was found dead in her London hotel room, she was supposed to go into the studio with a metal band called Bad Wolves. They
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, March 8, 2018
Happy International Women’s Day! Remember that as you peruse the music news for March 8, 2018 There will be one final Cranberries album with Dolores O’Riordan. This kid was messing
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