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While performing an a cappella version of Bob Marley’s “War,” O’Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II to fight against sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. O’Connor had a ...
But the only thing anyone remembers about that night was the moment that Sinéad O’Connor sang Bob Marley’s “War” and then spoke the words, “Fight the real enemy,” as she ripped up a ...
Rather than performing one of her own songs for the occasion, she did an a cappella cover of Bob Marley’s "War" while holding a picture of the pontiff. At the conclusion of her performance ...
The move, which unfolded on the Oct. 3 episode as she sang an a cappella version of Bob Marley’s once-banned song “War,” got her barred from NBC for life and booed off the stage at a Bob ...
Controversy arrived in 1992 after the "Rememberings" author openly criticized Pope John Paul II during a "Saturday Night Live appearance" while singing Bob Marley's "War," in protest of child sex ...
As she reached the end of an acapella version of Bob Marley’s “War,” O’Connor held up a photo of John Paul II while singing the lyrics, “We have confidence in the victory of good over ...
A vintage VW camper van with rooftop speakers blasting Bob Marley's song "Natural Mystic" led a hearse at walking pace through a thick crowd of admirers along the waterfront in Bray. O'Connor said ...
At SNL, O’Connor covered Bob Marley’s song “War” a cappella, looking directly into the camera. But where Marley decried “the ignoble and unhappy regime that hold our brothers in Angola ...
Lawsuits," she tweeted at the time. After announcing his death, Sinéad continued to mourn her son online, tweeting a Bob Marley song she dedicated to Shane. "This is for my Shaney. The light of ...
Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor, who shot to fame in 1990 with a shaved head and the Prince-written hit “Nothing Compares 2 U,” then cemented her place in pop culture by shredding a ...
News of Irish musician Sinead O'Connor's death on Wednesday sparks ... slightly altered a cappella cover of Bob Marley's song "War." At the end of the song, she pulled out a photo of Pope John ...