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Posted on 04/24/2012 5:22:46 PM PDT by Steelfish
Sinead O'Connor Cancels Tour Due To Bipolar Disorder Those who were hoping to catch one of Sinead O'Connor's upcoming performances were disappointed on Tuesday, as the singer has canceled the remainder of her U.S. tour.
As a note posted on her website explains, the "Nothing Compares 2 U" songstress hasn't been feeling well.
"With enormous regret I must announce that I have to cancel all touring for the year as [I] am very unwell from bipolar disorder," O'Connor reportedly wrote in a note on her website, which was then re-posted on a fansite. Her official website appeared to be suspended on Tuesday morning.
"As you all know I had a very serious breakdown between December and March and I had been advised not to go on tour," O'Connor reportedly continued. "But [I] didn't want to 'fail' or let anyone down as the tour was already booked to coincide with the album release. So very stupidly I ignored [my doctor's] advice to my great detriment, attempting to be stronger than I actually am."
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In other words, she’s a drunk. I’m around drunks all the time (having once been one myself), and I can tell you that every other drunk you see bleats about being “bi-polar.” So, here’s and idea for Sinead: try getting off the sauce coping with the vicissitudes of life like other people do. Bet the “bi-polarism” will ineluctably evanesce.
Just bad drugs.
Fight the real enemy... old fat washed up psycho overrated liberal rock stars.
ROTFL!
Bipolar? phooey.
She needs a good exorcist.
Didn’t realize Shinehead was still working
We'll have to disagree then, although I will cede you that there are better original songwriters. She may be "best known" for her cover of a Prince song, but I really don't want to go down the path of judging music by what's "best known" or most popular. A lot of her more obscure stuff that never got any radio play is exceptional. Her acapella song I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got is an excellent showcase for her voice, and I can think of few songs more haunting than her cover of Scarlet Ribbons, to say nothing of her performances with the Chieftains and other Celtic ensembles.
Certainly, she is "best known" for one song, and a few public antics, but IMHO, a fair judgment or assessment of anybody should consist of an examination of a greater body of their deeds and works.
Bipolar disorder is serious business.
Damn right,especially when someone who has it uses drugs and/or booze.
It only makes it worse.
Damn! I LOVE the way you write, AND think. Is there NOTHING that can happen to a person that it not the fault of some phrase just dreamed up in the last 15 years or so?
Live Aid Sinead - The Bipolar World Tour.
Has a nice ring to it.
And if that doesn’t work, she’ll hold her breath until her face turns blue.
Another pothead develops bipolar disorder.
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My son was originally diagnosed with BP, but later that changed to Schizoaffective Disorder. He's doing very well now on the right (expensive) meds. I wish there wasn't so much ignorance about these illnesses in society. Anyone with a loved one with a serious brain disorder knows all too well that they are no laughing matter. In fact it is the lack of empathy and the the way these illnesses are joked about that makes dealing with these illnesses all the more difficult. Thank God for NAMI.
Thank you! I have a son who was diagnosed with BP (since changed to Schizoaffective) and has already tried to commit suicide once. There is nothing whatsoever funny about anyone having these kinds of brain disorders. It makes reading some of the comments in threads like this difficult. I would not wish BP on anyone's family.
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