“MTV Unplugged” on CD, sealed with hype sticker! To be released next Friday…
Sources: mrcheapocds (Instagram), eclipserecordswalsall (Instagram)
Below the first images of the “MTV Unplugged” standard black vinyl edition posted a couple of days ago on Facebook by Jonathan Thornton who received his review copy quite early! Special thanks to him.
To be released next Friday 7 November.
…and sealed with hype sticker!
Source: ebay.co.uk
Fergal composed music for the documentary film “Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There” about the life of Don Bluth. He’s just back from the 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival (in Savannah, GA, USA) where he traveled over for the world premiere just a couple of days ago.
Don Bluth (center), Lavalle Lee (l), Dave LaMattina (r), Fergal and Chad Walker (standing, l-r)
And about 20 photos more from the opening night red carpet, Q&A, special exhibition visit, and posing for portraits (all on 25 October 2025) available on gettyimages.com
That was fast!
The English version of “Dans les brumes d’Irlande” by Fabien Roux titled “In the mists of Ireland” is now available both on paperback and Ebook on Amazon UK and across most Amazon marketplaces; searching for the book title should bring it up!
“Dans les brumes d’Irlande · La voix des Cranberries et l’âme d’un pays” (In the mists of Ireland · The voice of The Cranberries and the soul of a country), is a new biographical essay in French dedicated to Dolores O’Riordan, just released this month and available on Amazon.
According to the author, “this book is not a traditional biography. It offers an in-depth analysis of Dolores’s unique voice, exploring how it was forged and examining the importance of her early musical training, particularly the acoustics of her childhood church in Ballybricken and the specific social and media context of the Ireland she grew up in. The book also details the studio methods, especially with Stephen Street, that preserved her vocal clarity on the albums, from the softness of “Linger” to the sonic break of “Zombie”. It also touches on her personal relationship with faith, evident in her performances in Modena and at the Vatican.”
The Ebook version should also be available soon, as well as a possible English translation.
Read it on alternativenation.net
Fergal did the same about U2 and their influence on The Cranberries, still exclusively for alternativenation.net
The back singer of The Cranberries, Johanna Cranitch, just released “Woman” available on the main streaming platforms. All the links here.
thebarn.media recently published an interview with Fergal on YouTube
Special thanks to Jason for the links!
Another great share on dimeadozen.org a couple of days ago.
Please note that you have to be a member of the site to view the page and download.
A major video upgrade recorded at Alabamahalle in München on 24 October 1994. The show was rebroadcast last Friday on German TV “ARD Alpha” and immediately shared in HD 720p on Dime. A very famous concert circulating in trading circles for 30+ years in poor quality now perfect… at last!
Special thanks to user nirtorr.
For those who have no access to Dimeadozen, the video captured by another user (Alexa) is available on guitars101.com and was also uploaded on YouTube.
The MTV Unplugged Alabaster White LP first announced as a Complex Shop exclusive and available on complex.com appears to be not so exclusive after all!
It is now available for pre-order in a few more shops, like cede.ch in Switzerland, jukebox.ch still in Switzerland, wom.de in Germany, jpc.de still in Germany and there is a good chance that more shops will appear soon as well as more continents.
For now, a good news for European customers to avoid US custom taxes!
Conclusion, never pre-order too fast…
Update #1: Available in Denmark on imusic.dk and moby-disc.dk
Update #2: Available in France on fnac.com, in Belgium on fnac.be
Update #3: In UK on hmv.com
Available in a variety of formats, including a CD, a crystal-clear colored LP, a standard black LP, and an exclusive white LP with an alternate cover (only on Complex Shop and not yet available at this very moment). Edit: now available on complex.com
Pre-order now at https://thecranberries.lnk.to/mtvunplugged.
3 rare bootlegs recorded in San Francisco by Nick Baker on 25 October 1993, 25 November 1994 and 17 May 1999 are available on guitars101.com
To be honest, these recordings are some of the worst sound qualities ever but at least they exist. The 1994 show even includes “Disappointment” rarely recorded in concert!
Special thanks to Sergei and Luis for the links
September 7, 2025 | Comments Off on AUDIO BOOTLEG · Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre · 31 August 1995 | by Axl | The Cranberries
A new audio bootleg surfaced on YouTube exactly 30 years after the concert. Recorded by Shayne Stacy on DAT at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA, USA, on 31 August 1995.
The last show of the NNTA world tour!
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Happy 54th Heavenly Birthday, Dolores. The melodies linger on!
Photo: Collin Keegan
September 5, 2025 | Comments Off on More Electric Picnic photos & videos shared by Dermot Kennedy | by Axl | The Cranberries
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The show at Electric Picnic is just over, here below the setlist… more photos, videos and review to be posted a little later!
Dermot Kennedy is the special guest playing at Electric Picnic today with the Hogan bros and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. This was just announced on the festival official accounts like Facebook etc…
August 29, 2025 | Comments Off on musicradar.com “The way she delivered it was more important than…..” | by Axl | The Cranberries
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Read the article on ilovelimerick.ie
The song “Rock And Roll Angel” is available on streaming platforms as well as YouTube
August 27, 2025 | Comments Off on leinsterexpress.ie “WATCH: Cranberries brothers (LOL!!) perform as we get first look inside EP25” | by Axl | The Cranberries
Except the facts that according to the title of the article it must be Mike in tuxedo on the piano, and that we barely hear Noel’s guitar… it’s a nice 47-sec video recorded yesterday at Electric Picnic press day!
Watch it on leinsterexpress.ie
August 26, 2025 | Comments Off on Noel Hogan at Electric Picnic today · photos & interview | by Axl | The Cranberries
Today was the Electric Picnic press day on festival site in Stradbally in Ireland, and media were treated to a piano performance by Niall Kinsella in full tuxedo. On the Croí stage he performed hits including Hozier’s rendition of “Take Me To Church” and an acoustic version of “Zombie” joined by Noel Hogan.
Afterwards Noel and Niall spoke to the press seated on stage, see photo below! The interview is for now available on irishmirror.ie (go to the second half of the page), more media might appear in the coming hours…
Below photos published on rte.ie & extra.ie
EDIT
More and high quality photos shared on photographer Alf Harvey’s Facebook
August 25, 2025 | Comments Off on Electric Picnic: Stage times revealed for this weekend’s festival | by Axl | The Cranberries
Mike and Noel Hogan (with orchestra and special guest) appearing on the main stage on Sunday 31 August 2025 from 15h30 to 16h30.
Source: irishexaminer.com
August 20, 2025 | Comments Off on “Zombie” Urban Outfitters Exclusive 7-inch single · 1st images | by Axl | The Cranberries
Title says it all; still available on urbanoutfitters.com
Special thanks to John Massaro for the photos.
August 20, 2025 | Comments Off on Noel & Mike Hogan at Electric Picnic on 31 August 2025 | by Axl | The Cranberries
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Listen to the interview with Fergal.
Podcast available on many platforms; all the links on smellslikeinfinitesadness.com
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Bootleg vinyls seem to be trendy again these last months… at least when it’s about The Cranberries. A new one just surfaced a few days ago and is titled “May The Saints & Angels Watch Over You”
A little more interesting than what’s been released lately, this one was recorded in Madrid in April 1999. Back cover says soundboard recording, and you probably all know the show was broadcast on Spanish TV, so no doubt the audio is coming from this source… pirates are lazy people!
As always with bootlegs, there is no store listing and you have to search record shops, eBay, or other websites and apps. Photos below from Vinted!
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August 18, 2025 | Comments Off on Fergal recently appeared on the “Today” show in Australia (UPDATED) | by Axl | The Cranberries
Fergal interviewed a few days ago on a morning TV show called “Today” which airs on Channel 9 in Australia.
For now you can watch only a cropped version made for the show’s Facebook & Instagram pages. The widescreen video was only shown on TV, hopefully soon someone will share it somewhere someday…
Thanks to Jason for the info and link!
UPDATE – 18 AUGUST (11:15 PM)
That was fast!
Widescreen format now shared on YouTube.
Special thanks to Jason once again!
Yesterday, and more than a month and a half after the release of the 3LP edition, all the other “No Need To Argue (30th Anniversary)” editions were physically released. For die-hard collectors, there are European and US pressings for each format (2LP, 1LP, 2CD, 1CD) and even a Japanese 2CD edition (SHMCD).
All the tracks except the MTV Unplugged ones are also available on all streaming platforms. Once again, the MTV Unplugged is a 3LP Edition exclusive.
Producer Stephen Street posted a very important tweet regarding the remastered album; so this is not just another reissue again and again:
Order your NNTA30 copy(ies) on the official links here.
And new, new merch is also available on the official shop here (more items than previously announced about 2 months ago).
These past weeks and to celebrate the anniversary, The Cranberries shared quite a few unseen footages from the archives. And now for release day, even 2 more rarities:
First, the “Ode To My Family (Iain Cook Remix)” official music video published in 4K on YouTube, crafted from never-before seen footage from the 1994 original shoot.
Secondly and still on YouTube, 55 seconds of never-before seen music video cuts of “Ridiculous Thoughts”
August 14, 2025 | Comments Off on 18 August: Launch of “Limerick Athenaeum · If Walls Could Talk” | by Axl | The Cranberries
Launch of Seamus Flynn’s new book “Limerick Athenaeum · If Walls Could Talk” next 18 August from 2pm to 4pm at People’s Museum in Limerick.
Special guest Noel Hogan will be launching the book dedicated to the Athenaeum theatre as The Cranberries played there quite a few times in the early years of the band.
The doors of what was known in its last incarnation as the Theatre Royal have been closed since 1997 and Seamus Flynn was the former owner of the venue in its late years.
All proceeds go to Historic Houses of Ireland and Limerick Civic Trust.
More details on heritageweek.ie
August 14, 2025 | Comments Off on 1st images: NNTA 30th Anniversary · Japanese SHM CD | by Axl | The Cranberries
Fergal talks to Jonathan Thornton from the website OUTSIDELEFT.
Read the interview published just a couple of days ago on outsideleft.com
