O’Connor died on July 26, 2023, at the age of 56. And Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels says that her death is the only reason she didn’t participate in this year’s SNL50: The Anniversary ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. It’s been less than two years since Sinéad O’Connor died at the age ...

Lorne Michaels would've invited Sinead O'Connor to perform on Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special had she still been alive. The Nothing Compares 2 U singer, who passed away aged 56 in 2023, ...

Lorne Michaels Wished Sinead O'Connor Could Have Performed at SNL 50 O'Connor burst onto the music scene in 1984, joining the band Ton Ton Macoute before embarking on her own solo career, working with ...

Saturday Night Live‘s 50th Anniversary Special is a nonstop cavalcade of stars, including the music. Among the performances: Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard paying tribute to Sinéad O’Connor, and one ...

Lorne Michaels has built up a ton of grudges over 50 years of running "Saturday Night Live," perhaps none more infamous than his animus toward Sinead O'Connor. O'Connor tore a photo of Pope John Paul ...

In 1992, Sinéad O’Connor made headlines for ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live — and was never invited back to the show. But during SNL’s 50th anniversary special, Miley ...

Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels has changed his tune about Sinead O’Connor’s pope-trashing stunt on the show—which he once called “selfish” and “dishonest.” In the new documentary Ladies & ...