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Dolores O'Riordan
O'Riordan performing in Barcelona in 2010
Born
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan

(1971-09-06)6 September 1971
Ballybricken, County Limerick, Ireland
Died15 January 2018(2018-01-15) (aged 46)
Mayfair, London, England
Body discoveredMayfair, London, England
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
  • songwriter
Spouse
Don Burton
​
​
(m. 1994; div. 2014)​
PartnerOlé Koretsky
Children3
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • bass
Years active1990–2018
Labels
Signature

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (/oʊˈrɪərdən/; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician and singer-songwriter. She led the rock band the Cranberries for 13 years before the band took a break starting in 2003, reuniting in 2009.[1]

Her first solo album, Are You Listening?, was released in May 2007 and was followed up by No Baggage in 2009. O'Riordan was known for her lilting mezzo-soprano voice,[2] her emphasized use of yodelling and for her strong Limerick accent.[3] She appeared as a judge on RTÉ's The Voice of Ireland during the 2013–14 season. In April 2014, O'Riordan joined and began recording new material with the trio D.A.R.K.

O'Riordan died unexpectedly on 15 January 2018, aged 46, while she was in London, England, for a recording session.

Early life

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan was born and brought up in Ballybricken, a town in County Limerick, Ireland. She was born as the youngest of nine children (two of whom died in infancy) and one of two girls in the family.[4] Her six siblings include Terence, Brendan, Donal, PJ, Joseph and Angela.[5] Her father, Terence Patrick "Terry" O’Riordan (1937–2011),[5] was a farm labourer who was left unable to work due to brain damage caused by a motorbike accident in 1968. [4] Her mother, Eileen, was a school caterer. She attended Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ school in Limerick.[6][7]

In 2013 O'Riordan described how, from the age of eight, she was sexually abused for four years by someone she trusted.[8]

Career

The Cranberries

Main article: The Cranberries
The Cranberries performing at the Roxy Bar show at Bologna, 1995

In 1990 O'Riordan auditioned for and won the role of lead singer for a band called the Cranberry Saw Us (later changed to the Cranberries).[9] The band released five albums: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993), No Need to Argue (1994), To the Faithful Departed (1996), Bury the Hatchet (1999) and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001) and a greatest-hits compilation entitled Stars: The Best of 1992–2002 (2002), before they went on hiatus in 2003.[10]

O'Riordan has been recognized as a style icon, sporting a pixie cut or buzzed hair in the 1990s.[11]

In January 2009, the University Philosophical Society (Trinity College, Dublin) invited The Cranberries to reunite for a concert celebrating O'Riordan's appointment as an honorary member of the Society, which led the band members to consider reuniting for a tour and a recording session.[12][13][14] On 25 August 2009, while promoting her solo album No Baggage in New York City on 101.9 RXP radio, O'Riordan announced the reunion of the Cranberries for a world tour. The tour began in North America in mid-November, followed by South America in mid-January 2010 and Europe in March 2010.[15] Also touring with the original members of The Cranberries was Denny DeMarchi, who played the keyboard for O'Riordan's solo albums.[16]

The band played songs from O'Riordan's solo albums, many of the Cranberries' classics, as well as new songs the band had been working on. On 9 June 2010 The Cranberries performed at the Special Olympics opening ceremony at Thomond Park in Limerick. This was the first time the band had performed in their native city in over 15 years.[17]

On 26 May 2016, the band announced that they planned to start a tour in Europe. The first show was held on 3 June.[18]

Solo career

In 2004, she appeared with the Italian artist Zucchero on the album Zu & Co., with the song "Pure Love". The album also featured other artists such as Sting, Sheryl Crow, Luciano Pavarotti, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Macy Gray and Eric Clapton. The same year she worked with composer Angelo Badalamenti of Twin Peaks fame on the Evilenko soundtrack, providing vocals on several tracks, including "Angels Go to Heaven", the movie's theme song.[19][20]

In 2005, she appeared on the Jam & Spoon's album Tripomatic Fairytales 3003 as a guest vocalist on the track "Mirror Lover".[21] O'Riordan also made a cameo appearance in the Adam Sandler comedy Click, released on 23 June 2006, as a wedding singer performing an alternate version of The Cranberries' song "Linger", set to strings. Her first single, "Ordinary Day", was produced by BRIT Awards winner, Youth, whose previous credits include The Verve, Embrace, Primal Scream, U2 and Paul McCartney.[22] O'Riordan made an appearance live on The Late Late Show on 20 April 2007.[23]

O'Riordan promoting her debut solo album Are You Listening? in 2007

Are You Listening? was released in the Republic of Ireland in 4 May 2007, in Europe on 7 May, and in North America on 15 May. "Ordinary Day" was its first single, released in late April. The video for "Ordinary Day" was shot in Prague. In August "When We Were Young" was released as the second single from the album.[24][25]

In 2006, O'Riordan was listed among the 10 richest women in Ireland.[26]

On 19 November 2007, she cancelled the remainder of her European Tour (Lille, Paris, Luxembourg, Warsaw and Prague) due to illness.[27] In December she performed in a few small American clubs, including Des Moines, Nashville, and a well-received free show in Charlottesville, Virginia.[28] Her second album, No Baggage, featuring 11 tracks, was released in August 2009.[29]

In 2008, O'Riordan won an EBBA Award. Every year the European Border Breakers Awards recognise the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year.[30]

She appeared as a judge on RTÉ's The Voice of Ireland during the 2013–14 season.[31]

D.A.R.K.

Main article: D.A.R.K.

O'Riordan began recording new material with JETLAG, a collaboration between Andy Rourke of The Smiths and Ole Koretsky, in April 2014. They then formed a trio under the name D.A.R.K. Their first album, Science Agrees, was released in September 2016.[32][33]

Personal life

On 18 July 1994, O'Riordan married Don Burton, the former tour manager of Duran Duran, at Holy Cross Abbey in Tipperary County. The couple had three children. In 1998, the couple bought a 61-hectare (150-acre) stud farm, called Riversfield Stud, located in Kilmallock, County Limerick, selling it in 2004. They then moved to Howth, County Dublin, and spent summers in a log cabin in Buckhorn, Ontario, Canada.[34][35] In 2009, the family moved full-time to Buckhorn.[36]

In August 2013, she returned to live in Ireland. She and Burton ended their relationship in late 2014 after 20 years together.[37] They later divorced.[38] 

File:Dolores O'Riordan e Luciano Pavarotti (Pavarotti & Friends 1995).jpg
Dolores O'Riordan and Luciano Pavarotti during their Ave Maria performance in September 1995

O'Riordan was raised as a Roman Catholic. Her mother is a devout Catholic who chose her daughter's name in reference to the Lady of the Seven Dolours.[39] She admired Pope John Paul II,[40] whom she met twice, in 2001 and 2002.[41] She performed at the invitation of Pope Francis in 2013 at the Vatican's annual Christmas concert.[42] In September 1995, Dolores performed Ave Maria along with Luciano Pavarotti; Princess Diana, who attended to the live performance, told O'Riordan that the song brought her to tears.[43]

In November 2014, O'Riordan was arrested and charged in connection with air rage on an Aer Lingus flight from New York to Shannon. During the flight she grew verbally and physically abusive with crew. When police were arresting her after landing, she resisted, reminding them her taxes paid their wages and shouting "I'm the Queen of Limerick! I'm an icon!", headbutting one Garda officer and spitting at another.[44] Later she told the media that she had been stressed from living in New York hotels following the end of her 20-year marriage.[45] The judge hearing her case agreed to dismiss all charges if she apologised in writing to those she injured and contributed €6,000 to the court poor box.[44]

In May 2017, she publicly discussed her bipolar disorder, which she said had been diagnosed two years earlier.[46] That same month, the Cranberries cited her back problems as the reason for cancelling the second part of the group's European tour. In late 2017, O'Riordan said she was recovering and performed at a private event.[47][48]

Death

On 15 January 2018, at the age of 46, while in London for a recording session, O'Riordan died unexpectedly at the London Hilton on Park Lane hotel in Mayfair.[31][49] The cause of death was not immediately made public;[50] police said it was not being treated as suspicious.[51] The coroner's office said the results of its inquiry would not be released until April at the earliest.[52]

Irish President Michael D. Higgins was one of the first to pay tribute.[53] Other early tributes came in from across the music world, including Dave Davies (of the Kinks), Hozier and Kodaline.[54] The Taoiseach of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, also paid tribute to O’Riordan.[55]

Funeral plans include a service reserved for extended family and close friends,[56] followed by burial alongside her father in Friarstown, County Limerick.[57]

Solo discography

This section contains O'Riordan's solo discography. For releases with The Cranberries, see The Cranberries discography.

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
IRE
[58] 		BEL
[59] 		FRA
[59] 		GER
[59] 		ITA
[60] 		SWI
[59] 		UK
[61] 		US
[62]
Are You Listening?
  • Released: 4 May 2007
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 15 38 11 39 2 10 28 77
No Baggage 80 75 30 77 6 25 — —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
IRE
[58] 		ITA
[60]
2004 "Pure Love" (with Zucchero) — — Zu & Co.
2007 "Ordinary Day" 50 2 Are You Listening?
"When We Were Young" — —
2009 "The Journey" — — No Baggage
"Switch Off the Moment" — —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

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