It happened exactly 30 years ago today, The Cranbery Saw Us first ever concert (with Niall Quinn on vocals) in Limerick at the Flag Café… and so began the legend of The Cranberries!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

To mark the event, Niall Quinn’s other band The Hitchers published this morning a message on their socials (Twitter, Facebook) regarding this special show:

…and 1 hour later, Niall Quinn added his comment on Twitter:

Read the very few information about this show on the concert section or directly by clicking here.

2 days early (as usual), the official “Animal Instinct” music video remastered in HD is now online:

Next HD remastered videos:
Just My Imagination – November 22
Promises – November 29

UPDATE – NOVEMBER 14

As usual, The Cranberries posted a 15sec video on their socials (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) to announce it:

It looks like the album “Something Else” will be reissued on black vinyl on the 22 November 2019. However it’s quite difficult to know the exact release date as many websites are not all saying the same. Some are announcing the 22 November 2019 as a pre-order or release date:

HHV (Germany): Pre-order, 22.11.2019
Vinyl Digital: Date of delivery, 22.11.2019
Bilbo (Belgium): Release date, 22 November 2019
Ginza (Sweden): Release date, 22.11.2019

When a few others are announcing the 29 May 2020:

Rough Trade (UK): Release date, 29/05/20
Saturn (Germany): Release date, 29.05.20
Amazon (Germany): Release date, 29 May 2020

There is even one eBay seller announcing the release for the 29 November 2019.

So who is right?
To be continued….  (READ UPDATE FROM 17 JANUARY 2020)

Two days ago The Cranberries and RTÉ Radio 1 published on their socials a 1min video-teaser to announce the broadcast of the show/series “Songs In My Head” recorded for this episode in the home studio of Noel Hogan. The teaser includes 2 audio glimpses of “All Over Now” vocal track only and rarely heard before!

Listen (watch?) “Songs In My Head” today at 7pm (Irish time) on www.rte.ie/radio1/

This morning the host of the show, Ann-Marie Kelly, posted on Twitter a photo of Noel Hogan to announce the episode:

EDIT

LISTEN BACK: www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/11112654

New Interview with Noel Hogan to be broadcast this Sunday on RTÉ Radio 1 at 7pm. The show/series is called “Songs In My Head” hosted by Ann-Marie Kelly.

Thanks to The Cranberries Newspaper on Facebook for the info.

2 days early!
The official “When You’re Gone” music video remastered in HD is now online:

Next HD remastered videos:
Animal Instinct – November 15
Just My Imagination – November 22
Promises – November 29

UPDATE – NOVEMBER 7

As usual, The Cranberries posted a 15sec video on their socials (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) to announce it:

The Cranberries posted a message on Twitter and Facebook regarding the famous TV & Radio presenter who just passed away today in Dublin, aged 85:

Watch again Gay Byrne (and Dave Fanning) with The Cranberries on “The Late Late Show” on 23 September 1994 on rte.ie/archives

Read the review directly on midnightmurphy.wordpress.com

Earlier today, Noel Hogan was in conversation with Professor Eoin Devereux at Dún Laoghaire Vinyl Festival. Here’s below the first photos posted on Twitter:

Earlier than expected… once again!
The official “Dreams” music video remastered in HD is now online:

Next HD remastered videos:
When You’re Gone – November 8
Animal Instinct – November 15
Just My Imagination – November 22
Promises – November 29

UPDATE – OCTOBER 31

As usual, The Cranberries posted a 15sec video on their socials (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) to announce it:

Earlier than expected… once again!
The official “Linger” music video remastered in HD is now online:

Next HD remastered videos:
Dreams – November 1
When You’re Gone – November 8
Animal Instinct – November 15
Just My Imagination – November 22
Promises – November 29

UPDATE – OCTOBER 23

As usual now, The Cranberries posted this morning a 15sec video on their socials (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) to announce it:

The Chat – with Dan Murphy
Episode 12: Noel Hogan – The Cranberries

Podcast/interview with Noel Hogan published today on thechatdanmurphy.libsyn.com

Also available on iTunes and Spotify

Thanks to The Cranberries Newspaper on Facebook for the find.

UPDATE – OCTOBER 23

On Instagram today, user murphantastic posted a 50sec video where the sound is a glimpse of the interview and the image is a photo of Noel and Dan Murphy during the recording this week (notice the photo on the wall):

Earlier than expected…
“I Can’t Be With You” HD treatment, now online:

The Cranberries just posted a 15sec video on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to announce it:

Only on Facebook, they also posted almost the same 15sec video in a different format (mobile phone):

Next HD remastered videos:
Linger – October 25
Dreams – November 1
When You’re Gone – November 8
Animal Instinct – November 15
Just My Imagination – November 22
Promises – November 29

Read the article directly on irishtimes.com

“Ode To My Family” HD treatment, now online:

Next HD remastered videos:
I Can’t Be With You –  October 18
Linger – October 25
Dreams – November 1
When You’re Gone – November 8
Animal Instinct – November 15
Just My Imagination – November 22
Promises – November 29

Read the article directly on limerickleader.ie

44min behind the scenes interview (recorded in 2002) published on YouTube by user The Lost Tapes.
RARE!!

Thanks to The Cranberries Newspaper on Facebook for the find.

EDIT: the video is no longer available to the public.

Over the coming weeks, The Cranberries will be replacing everyone of their music videos on YouTube with HD versions. It starts today with “Ridiculous Thoughts” and the band just posted a 15sec SD/HD video comparison on their socials (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) to announce it:

Watch the official “Ridiculous Thoughts” remastered music video by clicking this link.

Next HD remastered videos:
Ode to My Family – October 11
I Can’t Be With You –  October 18
Linger – October 25
Dreams – November 1
When You’re Gone – November 8
Animal Instinct – November 15
Just My Imagination – November 22
Promises – November 29

Read the (almost) full chat with Fergal Lawler from yesterday’s video countdown. Only missing a couple of lines of fans chatting together at the very beginning, before Fergal was here.

There was also a bug/freeze in the chat window during the countdown before the launch of the video and a couple of lines might be missing there as well, or more likely appearing in the wrong order.

Click these links to read: CHAT PART 1 — CHAT PART 2

Soon after the video premiere of “Zombie” (live at Astoria), The Cranberries posted on their socials (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) a 28sec video to officially launch the #ZombieToABillion campaign:

They also updated their Facebook and Twitter accounts with the new banner, “Be one of the billion #ZombieToABillion”

Some fans also noticed that The Cranberries had momentarily changed their Instagram name by the words “Zombie Billion” (below a screen shot of their Instagram Stories announcing the NNTA 25th Anniversary). The name of the account has since changed again, back to “The Cranberries”

For those who still don’t know what the #ZombieToABillion campaign is all about, just know that once the official “Zombie” music video reaches a billion views, a remastered 4K version will be released on YouTube. Still something like 42 Millions to go!!

It all started earlier today with The Cranberries posting on Twitter and Facebook asking fans to head to YouTube to live chat with Fergal before the Zombie (London Astoria ’94) premiere. A 20sec video was posted with it:

When The Cranberries posted this message, the live chat had already started and Fergal had already introduced himself. Chat started more or less at 4:30pm (BST), 30 minutes before the HD video premiere:

After a few minutes Fergal posted about the boxset, “we are working on a boxed set of NNTA which will be out early next year”

…and if you still haven’t watched the Astoria HD video yet, go to YouTube now, quality is AWESOME!!!

According to the webzine The Music Universe, The Cranberries fans will be able to tune onto the band’s Youtube page for an engaging countdown to the music video’s worldwide debut WITH BAND MEMBER PARTICIPATION at 11am EDT / 4pm BST

Read the full article directly on themusicuniverse.com

EDIT 4:30PM (BST): CHAT WITH FERGAL JUST STARTED ON YOUTUBE

“No Need To Argue” was released 25 years ago today in many countries, and the following day in the rest of the world. Happy 25th Anniversary to The Cranberries most successful album!

A special 25th Anniversary Edition should be released soon. [Edit: early 2020]
In the mean time, The Cranberries just announced that several of their music videos will be released in HD throughout the upcoming weeks, beginning later today (5pm BST) with the remastered version of “Zombie” recorded live at the London Astoria 2 in 1994 (already available in standard definition on “Live” VHS/DVD).

UPDATE

To mark the event, The Cranberries posted this morning a short video on their socials (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram):

According to The Cranberries YouTube channel, the band is going to premiere a remastered high definition version of “Zombie” filmed at the London Astoria 2 show in 1994. The video will be released tomorrow, Thursday 3 October, at 5pm (BST).

Additionally, udiscovermusic.com and prnewswire.com have also announced that, starting Friday 4 October, the remastered HD versions of The Cranberries music videos will be released exclusively on the band’s YouTube channel throughout the upcoming weeks:

Beginning this Friday, October 4 with the 1995 official music video for ‘Ridiculous Thoughts,’ all 10 of The Cranberries’ music videos will be rolled out in remastered HD on the band’s YouTube channel. 1994’s ‘Ode To My Family’ will follow on October 11; 1995’s ‘I Can’t Be With You’ on October 18; 1993’s ‘Linger’ on October 25; 1993’s ‘Dreams’ on November 1; 1996’s ‘When You’re Gone’ on November 8; 1999’s ‘Animal Instinct’ on November 15; 1999’s ‘Just My Imagination’ on November 22; and 1999’s ‘Promises’ on November 29.

There is also more information about the “Zombie” video that should be available in 4K very soon:

#ZombieToABillion
The Zombie (Astoria live) video kicks off the band’s #ZombieToABillion campaign for the international chart-topping song’s official music video. When the video’s YouTube view tally hits one billion, the official Zombie video’s newly remastered 4K version will be released.

As you all know, the album “No Need To Argue” turns 25 tomorrow, we can thus expect more news in the upcoming days, especially as the band is to release an anniversary edition later this year; we shall thus learn more about the content of this boxset very soon now. Will it include a Blu-Ray version of the Astoria’s “Cranberries Live” (?) Time will tell…

Read the article directly on dublinlive.ie

The single was released 25 years ago today.

And today, Mike Hogan published on his Instagram (story) a very rare behind the scenes photo from the NNTA era. Everyone will recognize the very famous photo shoot (notice the sofa). Thanks to The Cranberries Newspaper on facebook for sharing.

Noel Hogan will be discussing the making of “In The End” with Professor Eoin Devereux at Dún Laoghaire Vinyl Festival on Sunday 3 November 2019. Event takes place at the National Maritime Museum, Haigh Terrace in Dún Laoghaire (Ireland) from 5pm to 6pm.

Ticket: €12

Booking details on evenbrite.ie

YouTube user Munster Multimedia published yesterday the audio of the “In The End” album launch listening party that took place at Dolan’s Warehouse in Limerick on 25 april 2019.

Host Niall Colgan interviewed Pr. Eoin Devereux, Orla Colgan and Declan Hogan.

Thanks to The Cranberries Newspaper on Facebook for the link.

A few days ago the MDA Telethon published on YouTube a very rare video of The Cranberries performing 2 songs in Boston, MA, USA for the Telethon 1996. It was broadcast on the US TV show “Jerry Lewis Stars Across America MDA Labor Day Telethon” on 2 September 1996. The video quality is perfect, upscaled in HD 1080p and respecting the original 4:3 format.

The Cranberries played 2 shows in Boston that year, on September 1st and 2nd, so without more information it is impossible to know the exact day of that performance, depending on the fact that it was live broadcast or prerecorded.
[EDIT – JULY 27th: The performance was recorded during the band’s first show on September 1st according to the TV report “On Music” broadcast in Spain on C+ in 1996 where Dolores (and the whole band) has the same outfit during the song “Forever Yellow Skies” (starts at 2:10). Thanks to Luis Hernández for the info.]

The “MDA Labor Day Telethon” was an annual telethon held on Labor Day, starting the night before and throughout.