From jitr-request@presto.ig.com Thu Jul 15 17:00:33 1993 Received: by presto.ig.com (5.61/1.15) id AA25503; Thu, 15 Jul 93 16:58:18 -0700 Received: by presto.ig.com (5.61/1.15) id AA25479; Thu, 15 Jul 93 16:55:42 -0700 Message-Id: <9307152355.AA25479@presto.ig.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 16:55:41 -0800 From: mcb@presto.ig.com (Michael C. Berch) Subject: Sinead cancels performance in play To: jitr Status: OR This is from Reuters, 7/13/93 (without comment): DUBLIN -- Irish rock star [sic] Sinead O'Connor has pulled out of her planned stage debut in Dublin at the last moment, complaining of emotional exhaustion. The 27-year-old singer was to have opened Thursday (7/15) in "Hamlet's Nightmare" in which she was to have played the part of Death. A brief statement from the Project Arts Center said: "Due to emotional exhaustion and in consultation with producer Mary Breen Farrelly, Sinead O'Connor apologizes for withdrawing from the forthcoming production of 'Hamlet's Nightmare.'" O'Connor pulled out of an Irish peace concert last month at the last moment and then too a full-page advertisement in an Irish newspaper asking people to leave her alone to get on with her life. -- Michael C. Berch mcb@presto.ig.com / mcb@net.bio.net / mcb@postmodern.com From jitr-request@presto.ig.com Wed Jul 28 13:16:09 1993 Received: by presto.ig.com (5.61/1.15) id AA08762; Wed, 28 Jul 93 13:13:53 -0700 Received: from whistler.sfu.ca by presto.ig.com (5.61/1.15) with SMTP id AA08758; Wed, 28 Jul 93 13:13:51 -0700 Received: from mpx8533.educ.sfu.ca by whistler.sfu.ca (5.65/SFU-2.0) id AA12236; Wed, 28 Jul 93 13:15:47 -0700 Date: Wed, 28 Jul 93 13:15:47 -0700 Message-Id: <9307282015.AA12236@whistler.sfu.ca> Sender: kdavison@sfu.ca To: jitr From: Kevin_Davison@sfu.ca Subject: What's She Up To? Status: OR I've just joined this list last week. Nothing much has happened. Of course there has been little public news of Sinead for a long while. Hence this posting. The last I heard Sinead was going to take time off to relax, recover, and study opera. Has any one heard ANYTHING? She's living back in Ireland right? I also heard that she either has or will be on a compelation album which has a focus of "end the violence in Northern Ireland." Is this true? Is it released? Does she contribute a new song? If this has already been discussed in earlier postings can some one please fill me in? Otherwise what's happened to Sinead? Kevin_Davison@sfu.ca From jitr-request@presto.ig.com Wed Jul 28 17:22:09 1993 Received: by presto.ig.com (5.61/1.15) id AA11287; Wed, 28 Jul 93 17:18:56 -0700 Received: from frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk by presto.ig.com (5.61/1.15) with SMTP id AA11283; Wed, 28 Jul 93 17:18:53 -0700 Received: from doc.ic.ac.uk by frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <27425-0@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk>; Thu, 29 Jul 1993 01:20:49 +0100 From: Matthias Radestock Date: Thu, 29 Jul 93 01:20:37 BST Message-Id: <15170.9307290020@gummo.doc.ic.ac.uk> Received: from water.doc.ic.ac.uk by gummo.doc.ic.ac.uk; Thu, 29 Jul 93 01:20:37 BST To: jitr Subject: Re: What's She Up To? Status: OR She was seen at the album launch party of the Peace Together Project last Monday here in London. She told the reporters a very long fairytale about and Irish King, a princess, their children. She's mentally ill. Very ill. And it will take time, probably years, possibly forever until she'll be able to act as a "normal" human being. So please don't judge her by her actions. And don't question anything what she says about her abuse. DON'T question anything. That's the worst thing you can do. Don't be annoyed if she doesn't show up at concerts, doesn't produce a new album etc. You can be dissappointed, but don't be angry with her. Her only goal is recovery. She tries to avoid anything which threatens this goal. And sometimes it is just a matter of hours during which it becomes apparent that something might threaten her recovery. She needs help and support. But she isn't a "normal" person. She's sick. "normal" support and help are very likely to damage her instead of doing her any good. I'm glad she's seeing a therapist. He/She might have the insight to help her. But even this is not certain. Oh well. I'm afraid nobody will understand this stuff I've just written. Never mind. Just forget it then. To get back to the question: The only certain thing one can say is that recovery is her primary goal. Everything else is less important. Matthias. PS: I'm not sure whether I should send this. But I do it anyway. No flames, please. I'm not in the position to discuss about this.