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Sinead O'Connor To Retire From Music
2003-04-24
Golly. That's too bad... (Who knew she hadn't?)
In a message posted in the forum on her official Web site, pretentious enigmatic Irish artist Sinead O'Connor has declared that this summer she will seek to discard her celebrity. "As of July 2003 I shall be retiring from the music business [in] order to pursue a different career," she writes. A spokesperson for Vanguard Records, O'Connor's U.S. label, confirmed to Billboard.com that the message is authentic.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#11  It seems like she does this on a regular basis. If you're going to retire, just go away.

It's not like anything she did after her first album was that great, and that was only okay.
Posted by: Hiryu   2003-04-25 07:33:01  

#10  Actually,she's a catholic priest nowadays.Not in the eyes of the Church,but hey,who's counting.
Posted by: El Id   2003-04-24 17:43:13  

#9  I would have thought her "gone with the Spice Girls" myself had my Direct TV not had her on a "free/ pay per view" (Oxymoron?) concert last month. I really was put off by her penchant for antics, but you have to admit, she has a fine "set of pipes"... (vocal ones, perv)
Nothing Compares...No-THING Compares 2 U...
Posted by: Capsu78   2003-04-24 17:16:53  

#8  heck - I thought she retired 10 years ago. Her new job will be with the BBC - any takers?
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-04-24 17:04:15  

#7  "As of July 2003 I shall be retiring from the music business [in] order to pursue a different career," she writes.

Like what, wig tester? Buzzcut advocate?

(note: her web site makes mention of "health problems")
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-04-24 17:03:25  

#6  Yah right! ....I suspect this is like Bab's and our local carpet company's semi-annual going-out-of-business sale. BUY NOW!! Inventory liquidation!! sigh... we wish.
Posted by: becky   2003-04-24 16:57:04  

#5  That's like putting on the safety on a gun that's not loaded.
Posted by: Dar   2003-04-24 16:52:50  

#4  "[I] am a very shy person, believe it or not. So I ask with love, that I be left in peace and privacy by people who love my records too. And I hope it doesn't sound rude. It ain't meant rude. I am glad that ye are helped by my songs. So help me too, by giving me what is best for me, a private life.

Our pleasure... just keep your end of the deal.
Posted by: tu3031   2003-04-24 16:49:41  

#3  In order for Ms. O'Connor to retire from the music business, she would have had to have been a musician in the first place.
Posted by: Mike   2003-04-24 16:42:36  

#2  I thought she was filling in for Paul Schaefer while he was on vacation
Posted by: Frank G   2003-04-24 16:37:46  

#1  heck - I thought she retired 10 years ago. Her new job will be with the BBC - any takers?
Posted by: Anonymous   4/24/2003 5:04:15 PM  

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