Dolores O'Riordan: Inside Cranberries Singer's Final Days
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When the Cranberries broke up in 2003  O'Riordan recorded two under-the-radar solo albums  and the Cranberries regrouped in 2009  eventually releasing one of their strongest albums  Roses  three years later. But  O'Riordan 's life remained chaotic.  She  later claimed  she  tried to overdose on pills in 2012 and had a drinking problem.  Her  marriage ended in 2014  the same year  she  was arrested for stepping on the foot of a flight attendant and head-butting a police officer; a judge spared  her  from jail after determining  she  was mentally ill at the time. ("You can't arrest me — I'm an icon!"  she  yelled at the police.)  She  was subsequently diagnosed as bipolar. " Dolores  had a lot of things going on in  her  life over the past 10 years — good and bad " says Hogan. "But what made  Dolores  connect with people was  her  honesty. What you saw was what you got."
" Dolores  was so disappointed when we had to cancel the last tour ...  She  did everything in  her  power to fix the back problem but it persisted and won in the end." – Cranberries co-founder  Noel Hogan
Again   O'Riordan  powered through it all with music. With the end of  her  marriage   she  moved to New York and began working with a new band  D.A.R.K.  featuring former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke (who calls  her  talent "breathtaking") and DJ Olé Koretsky  who eventually became  her  life partner. The band's 2016 debut  Science Agrees  took O'Riordan's voice into new  electronica areas. But  she  never fully abandoned the Cranberries  who last year unveiled Something Else  a collection of new and old material played unplugged and orchestrated. In an interview with the BBC to promote it  O'Riordan admitted  "I've had health issues the last few years." Those problems – specifically back pain from years of playing guitar for so many years – led to a canceled tour. " Dolores  was so disappointed when we had to cancel the last tour " says Hogan. " She  did everything in  her  power to fix the back problem but it persisted and won in the end."
Related  Dolores O'Riordan  and the Cranberries: Strange Fruit The improbable rise of Ireland's biggest musical export since U2
The day before she died   O'Riordan  flew to London (one source says she flew from New York to Dublin  where she stayed for a short while before continuing on to London). There  work again beckoned. She was planning to meet with Youth about the second  near-completed D.A.R.K. album  and she was also carving out time to add her vocals to a new version of "Zombie" by the L.A. metal band Bad Wolves.
Instead   O'Riordan  will be buried today in Limerick.
 Dolores O'Riordan  was the lead singer of hits like "Linger" and "Zombie" with the Irish band the Cranberries. Watch below.
When the Cranberries broke up in 2003  O'Riordan recorded two under-the-radar solo albums  and the Cranberries regrouped in 2009  eventually releasing one of their strongest albums  Roses  three years later. But  O'Riordan 's life remained chaotic.  She  later claimed  she  tried to overdose on pills in 2012 and had a drinking problem.  Her  marriage ended in 2014  the same year  she  was arrested for stepping on the foot of a flight attendant and head-butting a police officer; a judge spared  her  from jail after determining  she  was mentally ill at the time. ("You can't arrest me — I'm an icon!"  she  yelled at the police.)  She  was subsequently diagnosed as bipolar. " Dolores  had a lot of things going on in  her  life over the past 10 years — good and bad " says Hogan. "But what made  Dolores  connect with people was  her  honesty. What you saw was what you got."
" Dolores  was so disappointed when we had to cancel the last tour ...  She  did everything in  her  power to fix the back problem but it persisted and won in the end." – Cranberries co-founder  Noel Hogan
Again   O'Riordan  powered through it all with music. With the end of  her  marriage   she  moved to New York and began working with a new band  D.A.R.K.  featuring former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke (who calls  her  talent "breathtaking") and DJ Olé Koretsky  who eventually became  her  life partner. The band's 2016 debut  Science Agrees  took O'Riordan's voice into new  electronica areas. But  she  never fully abandoned the Cranberries  who last year unveiled Something Else  a collection of new and old material played unplugged and orchestrated. In an interview with the BBC to promote it  O'Riordan admitted  "I've had health issues the last few years." Those problems – specifically back pain from years of playing guitar for so many years – led to a canceled tour. " Dolores  was so disappointed when we had to cancel the last tour " says Hogan. " She  did everything in  her  power to fix the back problem but it persisted and won in the end."
Related  Dolores O'Riordan  and the Cranberries: Strange Fruit The improbable rise of Ireland's biggest musical export since U2
The day before she died   O'Riordan  flew to London (one source says she flew from New York to Dublin  where she stayed for a short while before continuing on to London). There  work again beckoned. She was planning to meet with Youth about the second  near-completed D.A.R.K. album  and she was also carving out time to add her vocals to a new version of "Zombie" by the L.A. metal band Bad Wolves.
Instead   O'Riordan  will be buried today in Limerick.
 Dolores O'Riordan  was the lead singer of hits like "Linger" and "Zombie" with the Irish band the Cranberries. Watch below.