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== Tributes == Following O'Connor's death, celebrities including [[BP Fallon]], [[Janelle Monáe]], [[Patton Oswalt]], [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], [[Tori Amos]], [[Bear McCreary]], [[Massive Attack]], [[Public Enemy]], [[Amanda Palmer]], and [[Toni Collette]] posted tributes on social media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=Bethy |date=2023-07-27 |title=Sinéad O'Connor, As Remembered by Collaborators and Famous Fans |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/sinead-oconnor-death-celebrity-twitter.html |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> English singer [[Morrissey]] wrote a tribute criticising the reaction from executives and celebrities, and wrote: "You praise her now only because it is too late. You hadn't the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=27 July 2023 |title='You hadn't the guts to support her': Morrissey decries music industry after Sinéad O'Connor's death |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/27/morrissey-sinead-oconnor-death |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803005138/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/27/morrissey-sinead-oconnor-death |archive-date=3 August 2023 |access-date=10 August 2023 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> American singer-songwriter [[Phoebe Bridgers]] wrote a tribute to O'Connor in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', praising her integrity.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |date=2023-08-02 |title=Phoebe Bridgers Remembers Sinéad O'Connor: 'It's Abuse to Be Told to Shut Up and Sing' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/phoebe-bridgers-sinead-oconnor-tribute-1234798904/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In November 2023, [[Boygenius]] and Irish group [[Ye Vagabonds]] released a cover of the Scottish folk song "[[The Parting Glass]]" as a charity Christmas song and tribute to O'Connor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=Boygenius Cover "The Parting Glass," a Charity Benefit Single in Tribute to Sinéad O'Connor |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/boygenius-cover-the-parting-glass-a-charity-benefit-single-in-tribute-to-sinead-oconnor-listen/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> On 9 January 2024, it was announced that a tribute concert for O'Connor and [[Shane MacGowan]] from [[the Pogues]], who also died in 2023, would take place on 20 March in [[Carnegie Hall]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-09 |title=Sinéad O'Connor died of natural causes, coroner confirms |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67926255 |access-date=2024-01-09 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2024 |title=A St. Paddy's Celebration of Sinéad O'Connor and Shane MacGowan – Carnegie Hall |url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2024/03/20/a-st-paddys-celebration-of-sinead-oconnor-and-shane-macgowan-0800pm |website=www.carnegiehall.org}}</ref> On 4 February 2024, Scottish singer and activist [[Annie Lennox]] paid tribute to O'Connor by performing "Nothing Compares 2 U" during the ''In Memoriam'' segment at the [[66th Annual Grammy Awards]]. During the performance she had a tear painted on her cheek in homage to a similar scene in the song's music video. She was accompanied by [[Wendy & Lisa]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Madarang |first1=Charisma |last2=Grow |first2=Kory |date=5 February 2024 |title=Tony Bennett, Sinead O'Connor, Tina Turner Honored During In Memoriam at 2024 Grammys |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammys-2024-in-memoriam-tribute-1234956928/ |access-date=5 February 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> Lennox ended the performance by calling for a ceasefire in the [[Gaza war]] and "peace in the world" which was also seen as a tribute to O'Connor's political outspokenness.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nichols |first=John |date=6 February 2024 |title=And the Winner Is… Annie Lennox and Artists for Cease-Fire |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/annie-lennox-grammys-ceasefire/ |access-date=15 February 2024 |magazine=The National}}</ref> In March 2024, a [[Bratz]] doll in O'Connor's likeness, to commemorate [[Women's History Month]], was announced.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brasil |first=Sydney |date=18 March 2024 |title=Sinéad O'Connor Remembered by Bratz with Her Own Doll |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/sinead-o-connor-remembered-by-bratz-with-her-own-doll |accessdate=18 March 2024 |work=[[Exclaim!]]}}</ref>
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