Melissa Etheridge - Sinead O’Connor Tribute - Toledo, OH 26 July 2023

[@itaomahony502]

Our child. Ireland’s child. A delicate warrior woman. 🇨🇮🙏🏻❤️

[@brendasheehy3610]

yes our child Eireann's Child. Always loved her always will She is such an example of a woman feminine strong caring delicate. I did not know she died. .. I was learning IRISH songs ... Foggy Dew she sang it amazingly. and in the midst of me looking up her songs. for days prior. .. this blurb she has died .. i thought is was some sick mistake. IT is a mistake. Nothing compares to Sinead..

[@rmr2471]

Well said Brenda, my heart is broken. 💔

[@upendasana7857]

..but not always treated well by Ireland...yes she was quiessentially Irish and embodied Irishness in many ways but was not always treated well by all in Ireland so lets not sugar coat it or pretend she was always appreciated or treated well in her own country.

[@steveb7429]

Was Sinead delicate? I would say can be vulnerable, but she was not a wilting flower

[@itaomahony502]

She may have had her troubles here but we always loved her and tried to protect her. She was quintessentially Irish and there are many here like her. So we understood her. We don’t tend to “sugar coat” and yes she could be vulnerable but delicate describes her better I think. 🇨🇮

[@user-ze8jl3dv1j]

Brilliant tribute, I'm 6' 2" Irishman havin' a couple of tins, searching for Sinead tributes... and this one has a tear rollin' down my face (i'm not being sarcastic). Bless all ☘

[@keetahbrough]

xo i'm doing same.. 10 days later,,, in deep mourning.. will always feel the loss.

[@robinholmescnx]

Still crying. You're not alone

[@TheRadiantstate]

Tori Amos does a nice tribute with a version of Three Babies if you’re interested. Just thought I’d mention since it doesn’t come up easily in searches. ❤

[@eoinyessesmaguire1636]

I'm from Dublin seen and met Sinead many times, She was truly way ahead of her time and her biggest downfall if you wanna call it that was to speak the truth especially as a woman here when society just wanted to close there ears.. She will be sadly missed and like so many times people only realise other's importance when its to late.. RIP Sinead rest easy beautiful flower🙏💚☘

[@whitelotustherapy4449]

Thanks Melissa, that's so lovely. Helps soothe my heart at Sinead's passing.

[@spencer7703]

Something I didn’t know I needed!

[@itsme4693]

Oh,….♥️ If Sinead knows, how many people react so sweet. Rest in peace, Sinead, with your son.💞

[@ea-mg9fb]

I love Melissa and Sinead. Such a huge loss.

[@luissanchez-ii2rl]

They both were nominated for the Grammys that year, Melissa for "Bring me some water" and Sinead for "The Lion and the cobra", and yes Tina Turner won for "Tina Live". I never forget that moment

[@95KIPPIE]

She was just amazing woman!! Certainly not a one off, this woman was a true warrior and stood up for everything she believed in. Not many people can do that. It’s such a shame we lost her. We would not have lost her hat her son died in 2017 by suicide. This really took it out of her, God bless her I know she’s happy now!

[@philmcnamara4266]

… beautiful heartfelt tribute from Melissa, thank you ☘️Shane, Sinéad’s son only died Jan 2022… for her it was raw pain… you are correct though…she probably would be still physically here if that tragedy hadn’t come into her life…Sinéad rest in peace 🌻

[@melhawl3685]

I was there too. It was beautiful!

[@brendanmcnamara1414]

What a generous tribute❤️❤❤ Melissa good luck will follow💕

[@shadowlddy]

Thank you for posting !!

[@TheDaragh]

Thank you, Melissa. I have lived through tough times listening to songs/anthems from you and SIobhan and other wonderful women artists to get me to live this far. 63 and things are looking positive!

[@XlissueslXgaming]

R.i.p Sinead she is going to be missed dearly,

[@shirlenevitullo465]

What a beautiful tribute ❤

[@Peacheslaroo]

Thanks for posting this

[@BoB10]

Very nice performance, when Sinead tried to tell the world about church abuse it would not listen. after that her claims came to be true. Here in Ireland they took babies from mothers and sold them to the rich from around the world, RIP Sinead .

[@upendasana7857]

The abuse was happening all over the world in the Catholic church and also in Cof E churches too where women had their children taken from them or they were ut into asylums often lifelong. Yes the chruch in Ireland had its own brand of theocracy and fear and shaming of people and particualrly women. But the Catholic diosces all over the world were found later to be covering up child abuse and moving perpetrator priests around the world which sinead talked about later when the reports came out 10 years or so later. She was she said talking about the overall hold the church had in Ireland and how it often lead to child abuse as it ruled with fear and making people feel ashamed,at the time she said she was not aware of the full extent of child sexual abuse that was going on and had only read a small pieces in a paper by families who had tried to report it.

[@thinking102]

The world suffered and suffers from the abuse of the Catholic Church, the raping of vulnerable children, the grift, the lies, the beatings of children, the “homes” where children WORLDWIDE have suffered and the hands of this hideous religion and its immoral cruel catholics. They should all hang their heads in shame.

[@margaretschaffner9133]

Humans are brilliant! Oh and they listened, that you got wrong.

[@leephillips2837]

love that Melissa Etheridge's fan can sing along to this song as if it were her own. I was fortunate to have met and interacted with Sinead.She was so very kind

[@RabbitHoleDiaries]

Very sweet tribute. Love Melissa and Sinead both. RIP Sinead

[@ralphyboy25]

First class on both Melissa's and Sinead's part

[@peterratter6603]

I hope, I pray, that Sinead had an inkling of how much she was loved

[@NousLarigot]

❤Gracias por tu tributo Melissa. Gracias a ella te escucho por primera vez. Gracias desde 🇨🇱

[@TheUToobGirl]

I've heard a lot of tributes since Sinead's passing. Somehow, Melissa's words ring more true than others and her version of Sinead's song was authentic.

[@brianpeters1326]

It’s not Sinead’s song. Get straight.

[@sunshinemichele4224]

I fucking love it! Thank you Melissa!! 🌞❤️🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@capt.eissaeissa2769]

Thank you Melissa, very touching tribute, well done. Rest in peace our beloved Sinead. You have gone to a better place. You will never be forgotten, you will live in our hearts forever.

[@Bea-td2ev]

Thank you 😎

[@greekgodofsynths]

This is very touching and beautiful.

[@MiriamPugliese-b3f]

Totally agree.

[@josephgarrahan9945]

Thank you Melissa. Thank you Sinead

[@sebbesolo6274]

gorgeous tribute

[@davesmith3798]

Tribute from the ❤️

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

Sleep in peace, Shuhada 🕊

[@robinholmescnx]

Her passing is so sad. How can anyone press thumbs down? God damn them. I hope they're fully vaccinated and boosted.

[@giampierociminelli6870]

Like 1000❤❤

[@HugoSeanPennock]

SHE's A REAL WARRIOR...AGAINST CLERICAL ABUSES...STILL EXISTS

[@SharonPoet]

Sinead bravely stood for truth and we can best honor her by standing up for her with the truth... The truth is that Sinead O'Connor's obvious suffering was not caused by "mental illness." It was caused by the people who intentionally hurt her and neglected her, not only in her childhood but also throughout her adult life, and it was caused by a severe lack of support in the process of healing from those painful experiences and regaining confidence in her own sanity... The truth is that Sinead was crushed by "mental health" institutions that repeatedly labeled her and prescribed harmful pharmaceuticals, instead of helping her to heal... and by a music industry that tried to force her into what they wanted her to be for them, instead of letting her be her authentic self... and by the media that unfairly judged and degraded her and manipulated people against her... and by the masses of "fans" who swung against her instead of being kind and considerate... and by the many people who neglected her or could not love her the way she needed to be loved and should have been loved...etc. She often pretended that the lashings and cruel judgments were not hurting her, because they cut her too deep. She was more than just her songs or the rebel or that tough wall she was forced to erect around her sensitive heart. She was a human being with human needs. No matter how Sinead actually physically died; the truth is that her life was slowly snuffed out by the heartlessness that exists in humanity's dark closets. Her son's death was just the last blow in a very long chain of painful blows. The truth is that Sinead was too blatantly real and honest and wise and caring for the shallow and evil parts of humanity. And those parts that convinced her that she was crazy and wrong and not OK the way she was deeply hurt her in ways that are immeasurable. Humanity must face its own faults and wrong doings, in order to do better in the future. And Sinead's real life story is one of its many opportunities to do this.

[@James-wy2pq]

❤

[@leaporter9925]

Who has the full song?

[@MargaritaShigapova]

Шинейд О'Коннер-"никто и ничто не сравниться с тобой"❤

[@FiercedeityBrad]

I think melissa could have a hit with this song.

[@joanjettboy]

❤️💔❤️💔

[@nektekket852]

So where were all these people when Sinead was alive? It's easy to stand by her now, eh? RIP Sinead ❤

[@gomogomez7300]

👍🎶🎸🎶💕👏 🎶💙🎶🌈

[@paulbrouwer4717]

Nice

[@steevo211]

You know what the craziest thing is.. and perhaps almost no one may agree, but.. ill be brave enough to through this out there.. If she did this acapella, with earplugs, we probably would not live through it. For all the right reasons. Hope someone gets that. 😊 😢

[@keithmccrea9795]

my town

[@mbburke3780]

😢💚🤍🧡always

[@bartonseagrave9605]

Couldn't hear a word she said because someone was playing an organ.

[@ncooty]

Pretty great, though I was hoping she was going to sing Kris Kristofferson's beautiful "Sister Sinead".

[@SandraCruz-mj1cj]

Gostaria de saber o que a madona tem a dizer, por ter ajudado a destruir a carreta dessa mulher maravilhosa

[@JANXDPDX]

Prince wrote the song....the rest is history

[@unseeneditss]

4 years ago I went on a cruise ship and I became friends with Carly I even went on a morning show with it would be nice if you could ask here and see if she remembers me my name is William and I came on the cruise in 2019 please let me have one call with her as it would be nice to see each other again and funny as I haven’t seen her in 4 years thank you

[@jamescotter833]

They same people booed years ago bloody shame

[@lauralucier6270]

Maybe now that the truth is out those fools have changed; hard to beat the truth

[@lisacolbert5987]

Why perform a song that she hated to remember her ? Anyone ??

[@rmr2471]

Well said Lisa. 💔

[@mthood6015]

She hated Prince not the song. She said every time she sang it she thought of her Mother. And yes her mother was an abuser.

[@alvoye20]

Because she wanted to !

[@privatemale2147]

Morrissey was right about all of these people. They're all sharing their ego fueled stories and slobbering with praise. But where were they when she was publicly shamed and discarded, year after year. Your words meant nothing Etheridge. You just filled up a moment in your boring show. No to mention you're singing a song that was not hers. She wrote far better songs than this pandering crap.

[@cahillgreg]

Shush now - you mustn't let it upset you so

[@zbataille]

...PERFECTion...

[@winterheart1984]

I think everyone was blinded and never really understood what sinead was fighting for because no one is paying that much attention, only this time that everyone starting to truelly understand and process the message of sinead Sinead planted a seed that wasnt meant to be understood in his time but people are waking up now... Just like how Jesus was crucify for teaching us the way to God his message was never really understood in his time but was understood there after

[@davidmawhinney2290]

Wow I couldn’t agree more. Well done you for saying it. Plus what a horrible rendition of that song anyway. Jesus it was woeful. Sinead had so many great songs but the sad and teary people on hear just know her for the one obvious one. The girl was so talented with every song she sang. Super duper amazing voice like nobody could copy. Infact her nothing compares to you is so much better than princes’ version and that man was an absolute genius

[@MiriamPugliese-b3f]

I love Melissa, too, but I agree that she could have chosen to cover a song that Sinead wrote herself.

[@melindahindle3999]

My god it would have been better not sing her song u totally wreaked it sounded SHOCKING RIP ❤

[@aWomanFreed]

This definitely doesn’t compare

[@monicaburman-sp3mi]

Why Melissa even do this..she was a Irish woman and good one too...

[@Vidismusic]

So bored of NC2U...listen to EVERYTHING else Sinead did

[@monicaburman-sp3mi]

I like you Melissa...but this was NOT ok from me...and i am even an Irish woman. Have lived and worked there though before..and freaking love everything in it. But what you did now...is NOT good.

[@helmuthahn1352]

Das Lied ist eine Nummer zu groß für Melissa

[@margaretschaffner9133]

Melissa talks to much like many celebrity singers ... Just sing Melissa ... omg please not another prince cover song. Didn't Sinead write enough originals to sing one of them? yawn ..

[@pg4221]

Terrible! That’s 3 minutes of my life that I’ll never get back! Absolutely Terrible!

[@irish66]

I have news for you. You won't get any of your life back.

[@MajaSchreiner]

That was indeed a very bad performance 😐

[@zbataille]

...HAS NO IDEA OF THE WORDS...EVEN...

[@fakeologist1]

cringe

[@Catsrock-u7y]

Boring that’s why there is no record contract.

[@RB-xj9kr]

Not good