The Cranberries announce new album and open up about their final memories of Dolores O’Riordan.
Noel Hogan and Fergal Lawler got close and personal with The Guardian and explained what it was like working with their late singer after her bipolar diagnosis in 2016.
“She was a lot more herself”, Hodan explained.“Especially last year, when we were rehearsing: you wouldn’t even know, because they had found the right cocktail of whatever it was she needed to be on. There wasn’t even a case of having to ‘work around it’. The hardest thing was her back because playing live she could not move as freely as she used to.”
He added: “She was really psyched about getting back out and really looking forward to China because that was a big tour for us.”
The band have decided to finish their final album with O’Riordan’s vocals and have confirmed that it will be their last.
“Lyrically, the new album is very strong. She always said she found it hard to write songs when she was happy”, Hogan explained. “She always said: put a bit of misery in her life and it was easier. We will do this album and then that will be it. There is no need to continue.”
The release date for the final album from The Cranberries is yet to be confirmed.
