Late Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan had been quiet in the last year on social media since Cranberries canceled several shows due to a back problem she was having. Her final photo was posted on January 4th with her cat. She wrote, “bye bye Gio. We’re off to Ireland.”
Her second to last tweet and photo was on December 26, 2017: “Heading to YYZ to see my babies.”
Below are excerpts from one of O’Riordan and Cranberries’ last interviews in spring 2017 with Business Post Magazine.
Noel, Dolores, Fergal and Mike sat down to discuss various topics ranging from their early days and sudden fame to hobbies. Here are a few extracts (full interview is avaiable on the Business Post site – subscription required):
About the early days:
“For us, four kids from Limerick, who did a demo, took a chance and posted it to London – for us to get a positive letter, we were ringing each other, going: ‘Oh my God’,” says Lawlor, the gregarious drummer, as he sips a soft drink around the small table in the Cobblestone. “You have that buzz. Geoff [Travis, the founder of Rough Trade Records] was managing us a year later.”
About their relationship:
“We found that, for us, any problems have come from outside influences,” Hogan says, adding that it’s better when he and O’Riordan sit down and “thrash out” issues.
About hobbies:
O’Riordan enjoys swimming and meditating – she’s not into Spotify; she’s not much of a music listener by her own account, but she downloads meditations from iTunes. She travels with a yoga mat, she says, and she’ll meditate every day if the hotel room she’s in has space for her to lay out her mat. I ask her why she likes meditating so much, in particular.
Dolores also gave an insight on her back injury that would later prevent her from completing their summer tour:
“I love to swim (…) the breaststroke and the backstroke. Because I had a herniated disc last year. I had to cancel a couple of festivals. I’m hoping it doesn’t come back to haunt me. If I had this disc out, I’d have to be in a wheelchair, so that would be bad. I also like walking and painting”
bye bye Gio. We’re off to Ireland ? pic.twitter.com/d6HKOFJqGB
— Dolores O’Riordan (@DolORiordan) January 4, 2018
Heading to YYZ to see my babies ❤️❤️❤️happy new year everyone! pic.twitter.com/zRJueGRX1s
— Dolores O’Riordan (@DolORiordan) December 26, 2017
