Editing Enya (section)

===Live performances===
Enya says that Warner Music and she 'did not see eye to eye' initially as the label imagined her performing on stage 'with a piano... maybe two or three synthesizer players and that's it.'<ref name=hotpress2016/> Enya also explained that the time put into her studio albums caused her to 'run overtime', leaving little time to plan for other such projects.<ref name=enyabookofdays1997/> She also expressed the difficulty in recreating her studio-oriented sound for the stage. In 1996, Nicky Ryan said Enya had received and turned down an offer worth almost £500,000 to perform one concert in Japan.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.enyabookofdays.com/articles/tmot-7.htm|title=The Musical Irish, from Oasis to Enya |first=Luke |last=Clancy |journal=[[World of Hibernia]]|year=1996|access-date=22 June 2016|archive-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206051503/http://enyabookofdays.com/articles/tmot-7.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, Enya spoke about the prospect of a live concert when she revealed talks with the Ryans during her three-year break after ''And Winter Came...'' (2008) to perform a show at the [[Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]] in New York City that would be [[simulcast]] to cinemas worldwide. Before such an event could happen, Nicky suggested that she enter a studio and record "all the hits" live with an orchestra and choir to see how they would sound.<ref name=hotpress2016/>

Enya has performed with live and [[Lip sync#Lip synching in music|lip-syncing]] vocals on various talk and music shows, events, and ceremonies throughout her career, most often during her worldwide press tours for each album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enya.sk/articles-archive/enya-set-for-return-to-limelight-with-album-and-tour|title=Enya set for return to limelight with album and tour|date=25 June 2012 |publisher=Enya.sk |access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> In December 1995, she performed "[[Anywhere Is]]" at a Christmas concert at Vatican City with [[Pope John Paul II]] in attendance; he later met and thanked her for performing.<ref name=enyabookofdays1997/> In April 1996, Enya performed the same song during her surprise appearance at the fiftieth birthday celebration for [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustaf]], the king of Sweden and a fan of Enya's.<ref name=dailynews1997>{{Cite news|title=Enya Knocks on Heaven's Doors|first=Jim|last=Sullivan|work=Los Angeles Daily News|date=20 December 1997 |url=http://www.enyabookofdays.com/articles/ptsws-12.htm|access-date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710194239/http://www.enyabookofdays.com/articles/ptsws-12.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1997, Enya participated in a live Christmas Eve broadcast in London and flew to County Donegal afterward to join her family for their annual [[midnight Mass]] choral performance,<ref name=enyabookofdays1997>{{cite news|first=Jim|last=Sullivan|title=Enya Knocks on Heaven's Doors|date=20 December 1997|url=http://www.enyabookofdays.com/articles/ptsws-12.htm|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=29 December 2010|archive-date=10 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710194239/http://www.enyabookofdays.com/articles/ptsws-12.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> in which she participates each year.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Anita|last=Guidera|title=Donegal Catch as Proud Parents of Folk Music's First Family Get Freedom of County|date=15 July 2005 |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/donegal-catch-as-proud-parents-of-folk-musics-first-family-get-freedom-of-county-249795.html|work=Irish Independent |access-date=29 December 2010}}</ref> In March 2002, she performed "[[May It Be]]" with an orchestra at the year's [[Academy Award]]s/[[Oscars]] ceremony. Enya and her sisters performed as part of the local choir Cór Mhuire in July 2005 at St. Mary's church in Derrybeg during the annual [[Earagail Arts Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24796149.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080650/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24796149.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 February 2017|title=Enya gives rare choir recital with her sisters|date=15 July 2005|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref>