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Fact #159558

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Irish band Ton Ton Macoute plays in the Purty Loft, Dun Laoghaire, Eire, Europe, despite the fact that their young vocalist Sinead O'Connor had attended her mother’s funeral earlier in the day.

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Columb Farrelly (co-founder, Ton Ton Macoute) : She began by introducing the band and then, quietly and indistinctly, ‘This is dedicated to someone who I wish could see me now,’ before launching into Boa and her finest performance.

Her banshee wailing would take over when she had forgotten a lyric and she’d turn to us with a shrug of apology. I shouted at her, ‘Just go for it!’ and she did. Anybody who might have dropped by casually not knowing what to expect will never have forgotten that gig, I’m sure.
(Source : Sinead O’Connor – So Different by Dermott Hayes, Omnibus Press, 1991)