American Songwriter

On This Day in 1992: The Sinead O’Connor Controversy That Sparked a Kris Kristofferson Song

Oct. 3, 1992 should have been a career milestone for Sinead O’Connor. Her 1990 sophomore album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, nabbed four GRAMMY nominations, winning one. Now, O’Connor was making ...
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This week in 1992: Sinéad O’Connor, in the aftermath of the SNL controversy, defiantly sang ‘War’ to a hostile crowd at Madison Square Garden

On October 16, 1992 – two weeks after sparking controversy on Saturday Night Live, by ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul ...
The American Spectator

Joe Pesci, Sinéad O’Connor, and the Lousy Liberal Media

On Oct. 3, 1992, Irish pop activist Sinéad O’Connor turned a nice invitation to sing a song on Saturday Night Live into an ugly moment of cultural-political division. The angry “artist” hoisted a ...
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Singer Sinéad O’Connor explains in new memoir that time she ripped up a photo of the pope on ‘SNL’

Singer Sinéad O’Connor is almost as famous for ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II in 1992 while guest hosting “Saturday Night Live” as she is for her music. The world was scandalized, though in ...
New York Post

Joe Pesci said he would ‘smack’ Sinéad O’Connor for ripping pope’s photo on ‘SNL’

Sinéad O’Connor’s untimely death at the age of 56 last week has spurred memories of both her eclectic career as well as her most controversial moments. One contentious event infamously occurred in ...