Sinéad O’Connor is bidding farewell to it all, declaring that she’s retiring from music and touring, and that her next album will be her last. O’Connor made the announcements in a series of tweets posted on Friday.
“This is to announce my retirement from touring and from working in the record business. I’ve gotten older and I’m tired,†she wrote.
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The Irish singer-songwriter’s upcoming album, No Veteran Dies Alone, will be her final release, she said.
“This is not sad news. It’s staggeringly beautiful news. A warrior knows when he or she should retreat. It’s been a forty year journey. Time to put the feet up and make other dreams come true.â€
O’Connor’s iconic career will be remembered for several things. Her shaved head close-up in the video for “Nothing Compares 2 U†and tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II after a Saturday Night Live performance are two visual milestones.
She will also be marked for her first two albums, The Lion and the Cobra and I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got were two of the landmarks of the late ’80s music scene and stamped her as a cultural force.
Of course, stating you are retiring in the music business is itself a time-honored tradition. Elton John, Cher and many others have mounted “farewell†tours for many years.
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