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"This IS a Rebel Song" single news
New movie; The Butcher Boy
Sinead on diana tribute cd
Release info
Rolling Stone 30th Anniversary Issue
French TV-performance
New video and single
Once more...54th Street Sessions...The Details
Best Of Release and changes.....
Pope Incident Apologies Update
Video-Appeanace; Long Journey Home: The Irish In America
New TV appearances
Song With No Name
Sinead Mailing List Info
(handed by Michael)
"This IS a Rebel Song" single news
According to the online record store Siren Disc, Sinead's next single will be "This
IS a Rebel Song." It is listed as the following:
Part 1: This IS a Rebel Song, Redemption Song (live), Fire on Babylon (live)
Part 2: This IS a Rebel Song, Thank You For Hearing Me, The Last Day of Our Acquaintance
(although it doesn't state that these last two are live, I suspect that they will be...)
It lists the release date as November 24th (This is for the UK. I don't know if it will be
released elsewhere or when...)
(handed by Kevin Anderson)
New movie; The Butcher Boy
On MTV Live, it was announced that Sinead will play a foul-mouthed Virgin Mary in
Neil Jordan's upcoming film, The Butcher Boy. Not much information was given on the
project.
(handed by Bilal Rana)
Sinead on diana tribute cd
found the following on the net:
Columbia to Release Superstar Commemorative Album to Benefit The Diana, Princess of Wales
Memorial Fund
NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1997--Columbia Records will release Diana,
Princess of Wales: Tribute, a two-CD collection of new and special material by the world's
superstar recording artists, on Dec. 2 in the U.S.
This special worldwide release, a music industry collaboration between all the major
record companies and top international artists, will benefit The Diana, Princess of Wales
Memorial Fund.
Lady Sarah McCorquodale, one of the Princess of Wales' sisters and a Trustee of The Fund,
said, "As a family, we are all delighted and greatly moved by the kindness and
generosity of so many distinguished artists in contributing to this unique album.
"So much time and energy has been given by people across the music industry, to whom
the Trustees also extend their thanks. I very much hope that this album will give as much
pleasure to those who buy it, as comfort to the charitable causes which will ultimately
benefit."
The collaborative nature of this special album is reflected in the Red Hot All Stars'
"Every Nation," written and produced by R. Kelly. The track features Lauryn Hill
of The Fugees, Mary J. Blige, Tony Rich, Gerald Levert of The O'Jay's, Monica, and SWV,
with a chorus including Montel Jordan, Dru Hill, Total, Zhane, 112, Curtis Mayfield, Faith
Evans, Case, Mona Lisa and Monifah.
Among the tracks exclusive to the Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute album are: Annie
Lennox: "Angel,"
*********Sinead O'Connor: "Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace,"*************
Bryan Ferry: "Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 18," Neil Finn: "Don'tDream It's
Over," Rod Stewart: "Love Minus Zero/No Limit," Peter Gabriel: "In The
Sun," Red Hot All Stars: "Every Nation," Aretha Franklin: "I'll Fly
Away," Mariah Carey: "Hero" (live version), Tina Turner: "Love Is A
Beautiful Thing," Cliff Richard: "All That Matters," Lesley Garrett:
"Pavane," and Chicken Shed Theatre Company: "I'm In Love With The
World."
Previously released material on the album features some of the biggest worldwide hits of
recent years, hand-picked for this album by the artists who recorded them, including:
Queen, "Who Wants To LIve Forever," George Michael: "You Have Been
Loved," U2/Pavarotti: "Miss Sarajevo," Paul McCartney: "Little
Willow," Eric Clapton: "Tears In Heaven," R.E.M.: "Everybody
Hurts," Bruce Springsteen: "Streets Of Philadelphia," The Pretenders'
"Hymn To Her," Enya: "Watermark," Barbra Streisand: "Love Theme
From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)," Puff Daddy: "I'll Be Missing You," Celine
Dion: "Because You Loved Me," Michael Jackson: "Gone Too Soon,"
Des'ree; "You've Gotta Be," Seal: "Prayer For The Dying," Diana Ross:
"Missing You," The Bee Gees: "Wish You Were Here," Toni Braxton with
Kenny G: "How Could An Angel Break My Heart," Spice Girls: "Mama,"
Gloria Estefan: "Don't Wanna Lose You," Simply Red: "Stars," and
Placido Domingo/Michael Bolton: "Ave Maria."
The album is being distributed worldwide by Sony Music Entertainment through its Columbia
Records label and in the United Kingdom by Pinnacle with 3MV and V2.
(handed by Daniel)
Release info
Today I asked at some record stores if the "This IS a rebel
song" - Maxi will also be released in Germany this week. Bad news: They said
"NO". Maybe it will be released in a few weeks, maybe there will be no single
release at all...
So keep your eyes open.
Nevertheless, the "So far ... The Best of" will be released on November, 10th
1997 in Germany as well.
And finally, the "End of Violence" soundtrack is due to be released within the
next 14 days here in Germany...
(handed by Dave Kimmel)
Rolling Stone 30th Anniversary Issue
an interview and a full page b&w photo of Sinead can be found in the 30th anniversary
issue of Rolling Stone:
"Women of Rock". Its an exceptional issue offering thoughtful interviews from
many of the finest female artisits.
(handed by Gwenaelle Glotin)
French TV-performance
Good news for those of you who live in France: Sinead will be performing one song live on
Wednesday (29.10) on Canal+, in "Nulle Part Ailleurs"
PS: i was also told she will appear with a brand new haircut!
(handed by KCY)
New video and single
Latest news is that columbia records and Sinead are making the video for this IS a rebel song, so my guess is that that would be her next single. so look out for it, everyone!!
(handed by; m.a.r.c.u.s)
Once more...54th Street Sessions...The Details
For the people who still haven't seen the show here is what happened;
-- [interview about: 'physical, emotional, sexual, spiritual' abuse from mother]
-- 'this is to mother you'
-- [interview about: 'tearing of pope picture' wuz on subconscious level against church's
attitude & deprivity of sexuality, it wuz the same picture as in mother's living room.
she forgives mother - IRELAND history partly to blame, church's role of violence (nuns
beating kids) & attitude on sex ('dirty' stereotype therefore child abuse &
abusive sex).]
-- 'petit poulet'
-- [interview about: many johns in her life - younger brother, daughter's father, son
father, boyfriend, old boyfriend, - all named john & sinead means john, 'john i love
you' a healing song meant for her younger brother & herself, realization that songs
actually portray the
writer.]
-- 'john i love you'
-- 'the last day of our acquaintance'
-- 'this IS a rebel song' (she introduces song as 'this IS a love song')
-- [interview about: she can't heal people, but by showing journey exists & she
herself can be healed, it can inspire others to heal self. "songs not meant to heal
others, but hopefully they'll write their own songs"]
(handed by YKC)
Best Of Release and changes.....
As you (probably) already know coming month a Best Of album will be released entitled "So Far...The Best Of Sinéad O'Connor". Last weeks the tracklist kept on changing as also did the release date. Latest info about tracklist and release date says that it will be released on November 10th 1997.
Latest tracklist change is that "A Perfect Indian" and "Heroine" has been taken out and "Don't Cry For Me Argentina has been added"
All in all it gives the next tracklist;
1. Nothing Compares 2 U
2. The Emperor's New Clothes
3. Mandinka
4. Thank You For Hearing Me
5. The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance
6. Fire On Babylon
7. Troy
8. I Am Stretched On Your Grave
9. Jackie
10. Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home
11. John I Love You
12. Empire
13. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
14. You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart
15. This IS A Rebel Song
The cd cover will cover a close-up picture of sinead,looking gorgeous as ever. and the words "the best of [and the star of david with the dot] sinead o'connor" across her forehead, there are apparently two different covers. one for the international market, and another one for the southeast asian market.
(handed by several people)
Pope Incident Apologies Update
As you might have read on the September News page, rumours (incl. newspapers) say Sinead made her apologies to the pope for tearing his photo back in 1992 during her infamous Saterday Night Live appearance. On of the papers wrote;
Sinead News From The Drudge Report
SINEAD O'CONNOR: POPE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME
Rocker Sinead O'Connor is asking for the Pope's forgiveness for tearing up his photograph during a live broadcast on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. Back in '92, after performing a song on the show, O'Connor brandished a picture of Pope John Paul II telling viewers to: "Fight the real enemy."
O'Connor, 30, now says:
"Tearing up the Pope's photo was ridiculous. I want to leave all that anger behind me... I am a Catholic and had a very strong religious upbringing. But although I rebelled against the Pope in a vulgar way I did it because I was struggling against my faith, not because I lost it... It was a gesture of a prodigal daughter, although one who despite everything still hopes that she can find her true home in the church. That is because we are all the church. And sooner or later you realize that love has a much greater power than anger."
O'Connor's turn has become top talk of European media this weekend, with speculation in London that the Pope will personally consider accepting the singer's apology.
Irish church spokesman Jim Cantwell explains to British press: "Her remarks are to be welcomed. Since reconciliation is central to the Catholic Church's mission, any genuine attempt at reconciliation would be certain to meet with a sympathetic response"...
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Another magazine (Italian magazine called "Vita") wrote the next thing (thanx to Daniele for her translation);
"Vita" is a non profit magazine promoted by the volounteers Association, and Sinéad is mentioned in a general article about Church and rock music relationship
The title of Sinéad's part of this article is:
-I APOLOGIZE TO THE POPE-
(These words aren't between inverted commas but only a title invented by a journalist.)
Here follows Daniele's translation:
I think that tearing Pope's picture on TV was a ridiculous thing. Now I want to leave behind that rage, but I don't want to deny it at all. Saint Augustin said that rage is the first step that leads to courage. Each morning many people won't even get off the bed if they weren't upset with the entire world. But sooner or later you understand that love is much more powerful than rage. I'm catholic, and I received a religious education. When i turned against the Pope, I did it because I was fighting with my faith. It was an action of a rebel daughter who yet hopes to find in the Church her home. Because we are the Church. Like many catholics I surely don't like too rigid rules. But I became mature. I'm 30 and 2 sons. I worked hard to reach happyness: it's easy to scream with a guitar, but that dimension doesn't belong to me anymore. Now I'm in peace. And to those who tell me that creativity comes from grief, I answer that it's not true. You only have to listen to my latest albums and discover that they are much better than my first ones.
To be more precise there's also a picture of Sinéad with these words:"The Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor repents"
As you see, the body of this article doesn't tell anything more than those published all around the world during this year. It doesn't have an "exclusive interview" or something like that, but it's a collection of sentences pronunced (at least should be)by S. Of course there's no trace of these famous apologies.
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Like many other fans I couldn't believe Sinead really said this, knowing that in a lot of her recent interviews she always said she doesn't regret it at all. No one seems to have seen or heard her giving her apologies to the pope personally. But what a whole lot people does have seen/heard is the interview Sinead had during her Unplugged Session at "Sessions At West 54th Street" on PBS (a US-tv program) where the next thing happened;
She was asked what she thought of her act of tearing up the picture of the Pope on SNL (which incidentally was the same picture hanging on the wall of her mother's living room)... She smile into the camera and said that she was "sorry" and then she said "not really actually..."
I suppose all the newspaper-reporters ran to their typing machine without having heard the last words....
(news handed by bilal rana)
Video-Appearance; Long Journey Home: The Irish In America
Debuting on January 26, 1998, BVHE releases the powerful film, "Long Journey Home: The Irish In America," concurrently with its PBS debut (January 26, 27 and 28). Created by Academy Award(R)-nominated filmmaker Tom Lennon, this powerful film documents the triumphant role the Irish played in shaping America. Available as a special four-volume Collector's VHS box set for $79.99 (S.R.P.), this moving six hour program
features music from five-time Grammy winner Paddy Moloney of The Chieftans, Elvis Costello, Van Morrison and *Sinead O'Connor*. SOURCE Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
More info about Sinead's appearance wanted !!!
(handed by Someone)
New TV appearances
Sinead has done a few songs live to camera for MTV last Friday (october 10th). Presumably to be aired at some future date. She may also be doing something similar at the end of the month in Paris for French TV.
More info wanted !!
(handed by Mars-L)
Song With No Name
On a BBC2-special about Shane MacGowan (The Great Hunger - The Life and songs of Shane MacGowan) today (in the evening) Sinead sung a new song which I've never heard before. It's a song written by Shane and the tv-special is probably recorded in 1996 early 1997. The song is totally a-capella by Sinead only.
This song is available as a Real Audio File through my homepage.The title of the new song is simply "SONG WITH NO NAME"
Sinead Mailing List Info
Just something for your curiosity;
There are 322 adresses where the JITR (Sinead-Mailing List) is being send to. Some people have a subscribtion on more then one adress and some do have a subscribtion on both versions of the JITR (The Direct Mail Version and the Digest Version) so it ain't realistic to say there are 322 persons subscribed to the JITR, but in persons I think it will be about 250. Of those 322 subscribtions 131 are subscribtions to the Digest version and 191 are subscribtions to the Direct Version of the Jitr.
As you see there are enough people subscribed to the Mailing List to not miss any news from anywhere over the world. So if you're a fan and wanna know everything about Sinead and still aren't subscribed to this mailing list, you'll miss a lot...