Sinead O’Connor says she’ll never perform again after son’s death as there isn’t ‘anything to sing about’
‘Suggestions there’ll be any performances this year or next year or ever again are erroneous,’ singer tweeted
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Your support makes all the difference.Sinead O’Connor has said that she will never perform again following the death of her teenage son Shane.
In January, the “Nothing Compares 3 U” singer announced the death of her 17-year-old son, who she said had “decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God”.
On Saturday (13 February), O’Connor shared a link to a song called “Caoineadh cu Chulainn” on Twitter.
“Just to say, suggestions there’ll be any performances this year or next year or ever again are erroneous,” O’Connor wrote.
“There will never be anything to sing about again. #DropsMike.”
She then retweeted a reply from a fan that read: “Bereaved parents don’t need advice. We just need people to witness our pain and not try to fix it. It’s unfixable. Please don’t offer advice to Sinead. It’s not helpful, and actually causes more pain.”
Following Shane’s death, O’Connor fiercely criticised the Irish health service HSE, the child and family agency Tusla, and the Irish state overall. She later apologised for “lashing out” on social media.
A week after his death, the musician held a “lovely Hindu ceremony” for Shane, adding that she’d put “a few packs” of cigarettes in his coffin.
“We just said goodbye to our beautiful angel, Shaney,” O’Connor, who is Muslim, wrote. “Very lovely Hindu ceremony. Shane will have loved it. He was always chanting ‘Om. Shanti’.
“I put a few packs of fags in the coffin for him in case there’s none in heaven. He’ll have loved that too. Om. Shanti.”
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