This tribute was given by Sinéad O’Connor’s daughter to her late mother.
During a memorial event held on Wednesday at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the late Irish heroes Shane MacGowan and O’Connor, Roisin Waters performed a rendition of the famous song “Nothing Compares 2 U.” These musicians and activists were both deceased.
Waters, who is 28 years old, can be seen strolling barefoot in a beautiful flowery slip dress while singing a passionate version of O’Connor’s classic from 1990 in video that was taken by fans during the performance. Near the conclusion of the act, the audience applauds her in unison, and it seems as if concertgoers are giving her a standing ovation.
The evening was packed with musicians who paid respect to both of the performers who had passed away. Bettye LaVette sang a copy of O’Connor’s song “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got,” while Cat Power performed a cover of The Pogues’ song “The Body of an American.” The song “Thank You for Hearing Me” by O’Connor was given a new interpretation by the Resistance Revival Chorus. The duet “Haunted” by MacGowan and O’Connor was performed by Glen Hansard and Imelda May throughout the evening.
Billy Bragg, Gordon Gano of the Violent Femmes, Dropkick Murphys, Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, and John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats are some of the other musicians who have recorded songs by MacGowan and his band, The Pogues.
According to a statement released by the London Inner South Coroner’s Court on Tuesday, ‘Connor passed away due to complications from natural causes in the month of July 2023. He was 56 years old. It had been discovered that O’Connor was “unresponsive” at a residence in London.
Our dearly loved Sinéad has passed away, and it is with a heavy heart that we will share this news with you. “Her family and friends are devastated, and they have requested privacy during this extremely difficult time,” her family wrote in a statement that was released this past July.
Victoria Mary Clarke, MacGowan’s wife and longterm companion, announced in a heartfelt Instagram post that MacGowan passed away in November 2023 at the age of 65.
In her message, MacGowan’s widow recalled her late husband as someone “who will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life and the most beautiful soul and beautiful angel and the sun and the moon and the beginning and the end of everything that I hold dear.” MacGowan’s wife also said that her husband was the “most beautiful soul and beautiful angel.”
Clarke disclosed to the New York Times that the musician who was known for “Fairytale of New York” passed away due to illness.
According to Sky News, MacGowan had been hospitalized not long before he passed away. He had been diagnosed with encephalitis, which is a rare and possibly life-threatening ailment that causes the brain to enlarge. Since December 2022, MacGowan had been hospitalized.
