The Cranberries and their managing company have released an official statement published on their official website today about their Summer tour cancelation.

For personal reasons I would prefer to keep private, it turns out that this is not a good time for me to be on the road this Summer. I apologize to the fans and promise that The Cranberries will be at our best for the rescheduled shows.

The Cranberries World team wishes Dolores all the rest she needs this Summer with her family and friends.

Click here to read the full statement. (link no longer available)

Numerous fans noticed a UK 1-track promo CD of “Waiting in Walthamstow” on eBay no more than two weeks ago, which led people to wonder whether this song could possibly be The Cranberries new single.

Difficult to know whether this information is true as no one could verify if this CD is a fake or not especially as the cover appeared to be that of Tomorrow’s single.

However, doubts are slowly vanishing away as another user listed one of these promo CDs, which tends to show that “Waiting in Walthamstow” might definitely be the next single in the UK!

“Waiting in Walthamstow” promo CD as seen on eBay

Gerard Drouot Productions and Pias France, respectively French concert promoter and record label, just released an official statement regarding the whole upcoming European leg of The Cranberries’ Roses Tour. Dolores explains that she cannot be on the road this summer for reasons she wants to keep private. She apologizes to all the fans and reassures them saying that The Cranberries will be at their best for the rescheduled shows.

As for details regarding which concerts are postponed and which ones are cancelled, it seems that Toulouse (July 6) is postponed to October 25, whereas Paris (June 20), Ruoms (June 22), Zagreb (June 29) and Cognac (July 7) are cancelled! Refunds will be provided for all these shows except Toulouse where fans can keep their tickets for the reschedule date.

[EDIT:]
The same announcement was released via Cooking Vinyl a few minutes ago providing us with more details regarding other shows:

2/10 London, England HMV — Hammersmith Apollo * rescheduled from 18/6
4/10 Barcelona, Spain — Palau Sant Jordi Club * rescheduled from 9/7
5/10 Madrid, Spain – Palacio Vistalegre * rescheduled from 10/7
8/10 Berlin, Germany – Max Schmeling Halle * rescheduled from 25/6 and1/11
14/10 Warsaw, Poland – Torwar Arena * rescheduled from 26/6
25/10 Toulouse, France – Le Zenith * rescheduled from 6/7
28/10 Padova, Italy – Palafabris * rescheduled from 30/6
29/10 Milan, Italy – Mediolanum Forum * rescheduled from 4/7
31/10 Rome, Italy – Auditorium * rescheduled from 2/7

The show currently scheduled for Bratislava on 24/6 will also be rescheduled – we will advise the new date asap. We are also trying to reschedule the show in Beirut scheduled for 4/7 and further announcements will be made regarding this.

More dates to be announced shortly.

Thanks to G. who sent us the press release.

A member of the official community reported yesterday that Fergal was online in the chat room of the community and wrote the following message, as shown on her screencap:

Hey there, we are all so sorry about postponing the shows but it will all be made clear soon. We have huge love and respect for our fans and understand how frustrating it is for you all.

This is the first official message since the last cancellations in the US. It is unclear whether this statement concerns these past cancellations or a postponement of the upcoming European dates, but it definitely seems that things are going in this direction.

We should know more about it very soon now.

Source: Maria Laura

Barra -who seems to be a member of The Cranberries Team- announced that the official community of The Cranberries would be closed in the upcoming month. The band and their team have indeed chosen to develop their Facebook page instead and fans are thus advised to join there. For those who do not have a Facebook account… I’m afraid you’re gonna have to stick with us 😉
Welcome on board, lads!

Below a screen cap of Barra’s message:

Hi guys

I’m afraid that this community website will be phased out over the coming month or so as the band and the band’s web admin have decided to maintain and develop official Facebook page only. We’ll be adding a forum on the Facebook page over the Summer, where discussion similar to that here can be continued and hopefully you can contribute and join the Facebook community there. As I’m sure you all know, there’s also a fan resource at https://cranberriesworld.com

I’m sure some of you may be disappointed at this news, and where sorry for any inconvenience, but we’re trying to consolidate our fan resources over the coming Summer; tidy things up and develop a Facebook based community that will be well maintained and updated regularily.

Have a good weekend, and all the best…

Barra
On behalf of The Cranberries

Italian fans found out today that tickets for the concerts in Piazzola-sul-Brenta and Milano were not on sale anymore whereas everyone states that these shows were far from being sold out.

Is this another clue pointing to a possible cancellation of the whole/part of the European Summer Tour?
What is certain is that we should know more about the Italians gigs very soon.

It is unclear whether concerts will be maintained, postponed (like the Berlin one) or cancelled on this leg of the Roses Tour.

While fans were waiting for official announcements regarding the cancelled US shows, the Limerick Leader just published an interview of Dolores’ mother -Eileen O’ Riordan- which gives us a bit of answers.

As a matter of fact, it seems that Dolores needs a break from her “hectic touring schedule”.

Also, as mentioned before, a concert due to take place this June in Germany was postponed two days ago, raising questions regarding the upcoming leg of the Roses Tour in Europe. The Limerick Leader’s interview confirms what we suspected as it reveals that Dolores is considering a possible cancellation.

Let’s all wait for more news and again, we hope that all goes well for Dolores.

One concert postponed to November in Germany = 2 new dates on the tour!?
As mentioned a few minutes ago the band will be performing in München, Germany on November 1st at the Max Schmeling Halle. What’s new though is that a French article just announced tickets would go on sale this Friday for a show in Beauvais, France on November 8th at Elispace.

According to some German members of the official community Eventim.de -a German ticket company- announced the postponement of The Cranberries’ concert of June 25 to November 1, 2012 at the Max Schmeling Halle. It seems people can keep their ticket or send it back to the company to get a refund. Those who want to purchase tickets for the rescheduled date already can on their website.

This could mark the beginning of a series of cancellations regarding their European summer tour, starting on June 18 in London. As you may all know now, the band lately cancelled a lot of shows as Dolores was not able to perform. We wish Dolores well and hope things are going to get better shortly.

Note that no official statement was made on the side of the band.

In the meantime, we’ll try to get you informed of any change in their upcoming legs of the Roses Tour. On a lighter note, a new concert in München, Germany (2012.12.02) was added along with the rescheduled Berlin show!

The Electric Factory published the following statement a few hours ago announcing the cancellation of the rescheduled show in Philadelphia on May 19.

CRANBERRIES UPDATE //

Due to a family emergency, The Cranberries have cancelled their rescheduled date.

The band sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience and appreciates your understanding in this matter.

Refunds available at point of purchase.

It seems things are going wrong for The Cranberries as they already had to cancel a show last night in Minneapolis. The band hasn’t released any official statement yet regarding both these shows, although the Minneapolis crowd was told that Dolores was not feeling well enough to play. People may remember that Dolores O’ Riordan lost her father last November which might be linked to the numerous cancellations that have taken place since March 2012. As many fans, we’re worried and wish the band and Dolores all the best.

The Cranberries just cancelled their show in Minneapolis at The Brick on May 17. Dolores wasn’t feeling well and was unable to perform. here is the official message published few minutes ago on Twitter directly by the venue:

THE BRICK @TheBrick_MN
Sorry to all who made it out tonight! Dolores of The Cranberries fell ill and is unable to perform. We will be issuing refunds Monday.

Message is very clear and it looks like the show won’t be rescheduled at all as only refund is offered for now. More details very soon….

EDIT #1:
If like Bob, you know a little more about the exact circumstances of the cancellation, just let us know like he did. Thanks to him.

EDIT #2:
Thanks to you all below for your comments. Very interesting. Don’t hesitate to continue if necessary.

Great news for fans who were expecting to hear more songs from the new album live: The Cranberries played “Show Me” last night at La Riviera in Chicago, USA. They performed a rather slow but very good version of the song which a fan, YouTube user Terri Dactyl, managed to capture perfectly from the first rows (as well as many other songs that night). Watch video below. Also note that “You And Me” and “Time Is Ticking Out” were played for the first time on the “Roses Tour”.

Show Me – 1st time live

The “Roses Tour” started exactly 2 months ago and more than 20 shows have been done so far. As you may know or not, there already are some live bootleg recordings surfacing the internet and mostly made by fans for fans (meaning recorded in the audience).

Like said in the “About CW” section, there is no recording available for download on Cranberries World. It doesn’t mean we don’t like bootlegs. Like any die-hard fans that you are and that we all are, it’s pretty much the opposite and one of our goals in the coming months (and years !!) will be to database them all.

In the mean time, a new recording from Washington, DC‘s 9:30 Club surfaced today. Yes it’s yesterday’s show! The file was released on the internet on the famous torrent site dimeadozen.org and it’s pretty simple to find link(s) if you are interested…

Philadelphia’s show has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 19th.
Below the message published on the venue’s Twitter account:

“Cranberries Update
The show has been rescheduled for Sat, May 19th
All tickets honored
Thanks for your patience and understanding”

Dolores was guest of “Out Of The Box” on New York’s Q104.3 last week. Among other things she talked about how quickly she wrote “Zombie” back in the 90’s, why she does not bring her kids on tour and the recording of “Roses”.

When asked to pick a song of The Cranberries’ latest album to be aired after the interview, Dolores chose “Losing My Mind”. She told the host that she likes that song because of its experimental aspects. “The verses are soft and vulnerable and sweet while the choruses are loud in-your-face guitars.”

Out Of The Box – Q104.3

Electric Factory just confirmed via Twitter that tonight’s show has been postponed. The Cranberries have not released a statement yet. We wish Dolores all the best and hope she’ll be in good shape for the Montréal show next Tuesday [where I’ll be at! 😉 ].

“Due to illness tonights Cranberries show has been postponed.
Please check back 5/6 for an announcement on what we hope is a quick reschedule.”

According to some Uruguayan fans who travelled to New York City to see the band perform at Terminal 5, The Cranberries would be playing in Montevideo (URUGUAY) on September 21, 2012.

There is no doubt that what these fans report is true as they obtained this information via Don Burton himself who had already mentioned (earlier in January during the promo of the new album) a new leg of the world tour to start in September.

Let’s now wait for more South American dates.

Thanks to Andrea for the info.

The Cranberries started the first North American leg of the Roses Tour yesterday in New York City. The band played Terminal 5 on Wednesday with a setlist identical to their latest Oceania/Asia Greatest Hits shows from last March and April.

The same five tracks from “Roses” were performed (“Astral Projections” still out!!) as well as their collection of older hits and usual non-single tracks. A setlist to please the general public and the occasional fans.Those who hoped for a fresher set -one that would have been much different from the 2009 Reunion Tour- will be disappointed. The band seems to have chosen continuity over diversity.

But one thing that will please all fans is the performance quality that the band delivers on this tour. Here’s a taste of what you’ll get to enjoy in the next weeks in a city near you!

Conduct – Terminal 5 – New York City

This week,  the final round of the “dream setlist” poll. Chose 20 tracks from the top 7 songs of each album era voted by all of you in the past two weeks. No limitation by album.

Remember that this has nothing to do with the current tour nor with the band itself. This is not a competition, but an interactive way to see what songs fans like to hear live. Vote for each poll once. Spam votes will be deleted.

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The Cranberries will be part of the Beiteddine Festival in Beirut, Lebanon next July.
The band will perform at the Beiteddine Palace on July 14.
This will mark the first visit of The Cranberries in this Middle East country.

Source: beirutnightlife.com

On their last promo tour in Europe last January, The Cranberries performed on the German/French TV ARTE in Berlin. The TV show was broadcast last night.

Dolores at ARTE Lounge

The band opened the evening with “Tomorrow” and closed it with a particularly remarkable performance of “Zombie” and Schizophrenic Playboys, but that’s not all: the show happened to feature priceless moments including Dolores almost falling asleep during Albrecht Mayer’s performance and a pretty funny interview during which she decided to answer a question regarding their comeback with humour.

Indeed, when asked if they reunited because they had spent all the money, Dolores went:
“well actually the reason we were gone for 7 years is because we came here in a little canoe from Ireland and we sailed here and we came as well for the free beer. Ein bier bitte!“

She added that what they were looking forward to on their upcoming world tour were “the gigs and see the planet again” as well as “nice food, restaurants, wine, vino, […] , all the good stuff.“

Here are the results of the second part of the “dream setlist” poll…
Remember that this has nothing to do with the current tour nor with the band itself. This is not a competition but an interactive way to see what songs fans like to hear live.
Up next, the final round.

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The poll has ended and now the results are in…
There were a couple of surprises in the results. Some long forgotten tracks like “Not Sorry”, “So Cold in Ireland” and “Forever Yellow Skies” got so many votes that they ended up on the top 5 of their respective album era polls. Other tracks, that haven’t been played in a while got lot of votes (“Sunday”, “Liar”, “Hollywood”, “Electric Blue”).

On the other hand, some permanent songs on the band’s set list, like “Wanted” and “Free to Decide”, failed to make it to the top 10 of each poll, but most singles ended up in the top 5. Keep in mind that this poll was done for the fun of it and that it has nothing to do with the current tour nor the band itself. This is your collective “fantasy” setlist results. The second part of the poll will start on Friday. Here are the final results of part 1:

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The Italian radio “Kiss Kiss Radio” published on their Facebook a few pictures of the 3 guys’ inside their “studi milanesi” last February 20. Here’s 3 of them below:

with radio hosts Marco, Marisol and Giò

Listen back to the interview here.

U.S. TV series Suburgatory featured The Cranberries classic “Linger” on last night’s episode entitled “Entering Eden”. The show featured Jeremy Sisto, who plays the main character, and guest star Alicia Silverstone.

Alicia Silverstone and Jeremy Sisto – “Suburgatory” (2012)

As you may remember the two actors already worked togheter on the 90’s movie Clueless which also featured a Cranberries song “Away”. Back then Jeremy Sisto played Elton, you know, the guy who couldn’t find his Cranberries CD and had to go to the quad before anyone snags it.
(watch again below!!)

“I can’t find my Cranberries CD…“

For all the 90’s teens out there, last night’s Suburgatory episode was packed with references to this movie.
US and Canadian residents can watch the episode online, respectively on ABC.com and CityTV.com

Alicia Silverstone and Jeremy Sisto – “Clueless” (1995)

Los Angeles-based band Vintage Trouble will be The Cranberries support act for the North American dates of the Roses Tour. The foursome features vocalist Ty Taylor, guitarist Nalle Colt, drummer Richard Danielson and bassist Rick Barrio Dill.

Vintage Trouble with The Cranberries Tour Dates:
5/2 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY
5/4 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY
5/5 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
5/8 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC
5/11 – House Of Blues – Boston, MA
5/12 – MGM Grand Theatre – Mashantucket, CT
5/14 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
5/16 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
5/17 – The Brick – Minneapolis, MN

Vintage Trouble – “Blues Hand Me Down”

Source: The Daily Rind

This week, chose 5 tracks from each first three albums that would be part of your dream setlist. Remember that this has nothing to do with the current tour nor with the band itself. This is not a competition, but an interactive way to see what songs fans like to hear live. Vote for each poll once. Spam votes will be deleted. Next week, Bury the Hatchet, Wake Up/Stars and Roses.

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The Cranberries finished their mini Asian tour today at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. The setlist was similar to the one from their previous show in Hong Kong.

Asian fans were the first to enjoy a live version of “Losing My Mind” from the “Roses” album on this tour. The band also performed “Tomorrow”, “Raining in My Heart”, “Schizophrenic Playboys” and “Conduct”. The Cranberries also made a few changes to their setlist of olders songs: “Wanted”, “Dreaming My Dreams” and “Animal Instinct” were replaced by “How”, “Put Me Down” and “Analyse” on the last 3 shows. “Animal Instinct” was put back in the setlist on the last 2 shows while “Promises” got bumped away.

The Cranberries will now take a few well-deserved weeks off before their Canadian/Northeastern American tour in May, then Europe in June and July. Tickets are now on sale and few dates are already sold out (Washington, New York City [first night of two], Montréal, Paris). For more information visit the official website of the band at cranberries.com.

Any more changes to the setlist on the upcoming tour? We’ll have to wait until May 2 to see if the band will include other tracks from Roses and different fan-favorite oldies like “Sunday”, “Liar”, “Forever Yellow Skies”, “Shattered” and so many more!

The Cranberries started to change their setlists on the Asian leg of the “Roses Tour”. In Taipei the band replaced “Wanted”, “Dreaming My Dreams” and “Animal Instinct” with “How”, “Put Me Down” and “Analyse”.

A few days before in Kuala Lumpur, The Cranberries introduced “Losing My Mind” which took “Roses” spot on the set. Five tracks from “Roses” are now currently played live.

Glimpse of “Losing My Mind” in Taipei

CW readers chose “Conduct” as their favorite song from The Cranberries latest album “Roses”. The first track from the album came first at 31%, followed by “Schizophrenic Playboys” at 23%. “Astral Projections” (14%) and “Raining in My Heart” (9%) took the 3rd and 4th spots.

Surprisingly “Tomorrow” -the first single- finished second last. This might be explained by the fact that the song was released more than three months before the album and does not feel as new as the rest of the songs.

There is still no word about the release of the second single (or third if you count “Show Me”), except in Italy, where “Raining in My Heart” was released to radio stations last month.

Here are the final results of the poll:

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You can now vote for your favorite bonus track from Roses. The poll ends on April 13.

Four songs almost finished head to head in this poll… See the final results here:

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Note that obvious SPAM VOTES have been deleted. People were allowed to vote once. Remember that this is not a competition to “make your favorite song win”, but a way to see which song(s) fans prefer.

Universal Music Enterprises will release a limited edition of the Empire Records soundtrack on vinyl for the Record Store Day on 21 April. The 1995 soundtrack features The Cranberries’ “Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?” B-side “Liar”.

This is the first time the Empire Records soundtrack will be available on vinyl.
Only 5,000 copies will be pressed on orange vinyl.

For more information about Record Store Day visit www.recordstoreday.com

Source: Sys-Con Media

As you might remember, The Cranberries were on Taratata on January 19th where they performed live “Tomorrow” and a cover of The Cure “In Between Days”. The band was also asked to choose a performance by another artist from the archives of the French TV show so it can be broadcast later on “Mon Taratata à Moi”.

And this episode aired tonight. We discovered the band sitting in photo booth laughing out loud and picking… Metallica’s Enter Sandman. Dolores explained she used to enjoy the video of this song a lot.

Do not miss Mike clowning around!

Mon Taratata A Moi

The Cranberries will not rush into recording a new album, according to Noel Hogan. The band does not want to repeat the errors they made with “Bury The Hatchet” and “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee”.

“When I listen back to particularly the last two albums before we took the break, the things on there, I kind of go ‘God, what was I thinking!'” said Hogan with a laugh to Chanel News Asia.
“We’re not going to do that again. If that (writing songs for a new album) takes a few years, so be it. If you rush into this just to get a song out, you have to live with it for the rest of your life.”

Hogan also told that, beside the fact that they all became parents and wanted to spend time with their family in the early 2000’s, they went into hiatus because “the fun had gone out of it. We just kind of weren’t really feeling it was working for us any more. We weren’t arguing with each other, because I don’t think anybody cared enough to even bother arguing.”

About the Roses Tour setlist the band intend to keep playing their past hits while adding a bunch of new songs from Roses: “We are still going to do the hits because if I go see a band, and they just play all the [songs from the] new album, and nothing else, you kind of go ‘Oh God’ [as] you are kind of waiting for the hits all night. I hate it when that happens!”

Source: channelnewsasia.com

The Cranberries ended up the NZ/Australia leg of their “Roses Tour” on Wednesday. The band was the opening act on six Lenny Kravitz concerts where they performed about 14 songs every night.

They also gave two full-length shows, one in Auckland and one in Sydney. This last was first scheduled on March 22nd but was postponed to the 26th because Dolores suffered from food poisoning. Of course the band performed more songs from the new album “Roses“ on those two shows (6 in Auckland and 5 in Sydney – Sadly, “Astral Projections” was cut off the setlist in Sydney).

Next stop:  South Asia!

“Conduct” – Enmore Theatre, Sydney

Thanks to Nikki (for the info and “Conduct” video)

Many Australians websites go back on Thursday’s concert at the Enmore Theatre that was cancelled at the very last minute. It seems that the announcement was made after 9:00 pm causing confusion in the venue as the opening band Bonjah had already played their set and the crowd was waiting for The Cranberries to come on stage. This unusual very late cancellation led people to believe it was a joke at first before everyone eventually left the venue.

The Enmore Theatre after Bonjah’s show (opening act)

Obviously the numerous comments on social networks such as Twitter or Facebook show that lots of Australian fans are disappointed with the way things went, especially as the band is touring Australia for the first time in 15 years, whereas others wish Dolores a fast recovery. Indeed, some articles report that she was actually taken to the hospital at the very last minute.

Note that those who couldn’t make it on Monday were given a refund at the Box Office of the venue.

More information on the follwing websites:
Music Feeds
Faster Louder
The Music Network  (no longer available)
Sludge Factory  (no longer available)

The Cranberries cancelled their show at the Enmore Theatre tonight due to illness. It is rescheduled on March 26. Unfortunately, Dolores suffered from food poisoning and was unable to perform. Here is the band message from Facebook:

Hi Guys,

We want to apologise for tonight’s last minute cancellation at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney. It was unavoidable, and we’re very sorry. Dolores is suffering from food poisoning and was unable to perform. Right up to the last minute we were hoping the show might be able to go ahead, but Dolores was just too unwell.

We know you’re all very disappointed and this has been a huge inconvenience for you. Hopefully most of you can make the re-scheduled show. Once again, we’re very, very sorry…

Noel, Mike, Ferg and Dolores

We’re trying to keep you updated on what’s happening on this first leg of The Cranberries 2012 tour on a daily basis. Our Wollongong and Sydney pages are now online and include setlists and a few pictures of these shows.

Wollongong setlist

Also do not miss Auckland’s new photos and the recordings information regarding the second Melbourne show. As information takes time to reach the other side of the world, keep on checking these pages because they’ll grow larger on the following days 😉

Italian radio stations are now playing “Raining in My Heart” on their airwaves.
During their promo tour last month in Italy, the band said that this song was chosen as 2nd single.
Last Saturday, London Live 2.0 aired the live version the band performed for this show on February 21.
There is no word yet if a video will be shot nor if the song will be released as a single.

Source: earone.it

Noel Hogan told TCP/CranberriesWorld today on Twitter that “Eyelash” was the working title for “Losing My Mind”. The song was recorded in Toronto last year along with 14 other tracks.

During her stay in New Zealand, Dolores visited the Auckland Zoo with her family last Monday (March 12).
All photos below from Auckland Zoo’s Facebook

The Cranberries started the “Roses Tour” in Auckland, New Zealand with no real surprise on the setlist. The band kept almost the same list as the one from the “Reunion Tour”, only replacing songs from “Wake Up And Smell The Coffee” and Dolores solo albums with tracks from the “Roses” album.

The band chose to play only 6 songs from their latest record: current single “Tomorrow”, next single contenders (“Raining in My Heart”, “Conduct”, “Schizophrenic Playboys”),  fan-favorite “Astral Projections” and title track “Roses”.

As for the oldies, the band stuck with the same list of songs they have offered fans on the last tours. And pretty much in the same order. This could be a special “Best of” setlist for Oceania as The Cranberries have not played there in more than 10 years.

The Cranberries are few days away from their first show of the Roses world tour (Auckland, March 15). Let’s take a moment to look back at some of the most memorable performances of the January/February promo tour.

“There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” (OUI FM) – Pure magic!
For their first media performance in almost a decade, The Cranberries offered listeners a cover version of this Smiths song.

“Roses” (Le Figaro: Le Live) – Simple without being simplistic
This delicate haunting song instantly became a fan favorite with this performance. Noel’s beautiful music piece was a perfect fit for Dolores’ touching lyrics.

“Tomorrow” (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) – The US welcome back the Berries
For their big return on US television (first time in more than 10 years), the band chose to perform their current single in front of an ecstatic crowd… and show host!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9R4jxku-DM

“Raining in My Heart” (Soundcheck) – Sunshine for a cold February day
An heartfelt interpretation of – what could be – the band’s next single.

Tiny Desk Concert – Perfection
This whole performance is perfection. Nothing more, nothing less.

“Linger” (The Edge FM) – Three’s company
Dolores and Noel surprised us with a beautiful version of this Cranberries classic, with guest backvocals by Johanna Cranitch.

“Animal Instinct” (RTL2) – Another Classic
A nice flashback from Bury The Hatchet. It was great to hear this other Cranberries classic.

“Schizophrenic Playboys” (On Connaît la Musique – Europe 1) – Rock the house
Sadly, only one of the few times this great rock track was performed during the promo tour.
Click here to listen to the whole show.

“In Between Days” (Taratata) – New Wave Berries
The band performed another cover – this time by The Cure – during their French promo tour.  Oulala, that was goooood!

In an interview on New Zealand television show Breakfast, Mike Hogan  revealed that the band plans to perform 8 or 9 new songs on the next tour.

This is great news for all the fans who can’t wait to hear more new tracks live! It is unclear if these 8 or 9 songs are all album tracks or if this number includes bonus tracks like “Stop Me”, “Perfect World”, etc…

Which ones do you think the band left behind?

Watch the whole interview on tvnz.co.nz

The Cranberries 6th studio album “Roses” entered the Billboard 200 Chart at #51 on its first week in stores.

Here are the other Billboard charts results for Roses:
Rock Albums: #10
Independant Albums: #4
Alternative Albums: #9
Canadian Albums: #6
TastmakerAlbums: #20

“Roses” is still in the Top 10 of the Mexican iTunes Chart, but falls free in most markets. For instance, the deluxe edition is now #116 on iTunes Canada.

Maybe it is time for a second single to be sent out to radio station. “Tomorrow” was released more than 3 months ago and did not get much airplay with the release of “Roses” in the last weeks.

Here’s a summary of “Roses” first week on the album sales charts.

France: #4 (9,708 copies sold)
Canada: #6 (3,100 copies sold)
Italy: #9
USA (StreetPulse Weekly Sales Report*): #16 (Triple A Format: #6).
*Billboard Charts not published yet.
Ireland: #17 (Indie Album Chart: #3)
UK: #37 (3,395 copies sold)

Did the album chart in your country? Let us know!

As for “Tomorrow”, the single is #36 on its second week on the Japan Hot 100 (a jump from #65). In most countries, the single is whether not in the charts anymore or failed to entered them in the first place since its release three months ago, at the end of November. Time for the second single to be sent to radio stations!

Thanks to everyone who sent us info about the chart data!

The Cranberries 6th studio album is set to enter the UK Album Chart at #27 next weekend, according to the mid-week sales report. The band last album “Wake Up And Smell The Coffee” peaked at #61 on the same chart in 2001.

Source: NME.com

“Roses” debuted at #9 on the US sales report, StreetPulse, making it the 3rd highest debut album this Tuesday. StreetPulse reports the percentage of CD sales in the US and the ranking of those album sales by recording artist, song title, and record label.

Roses is also #15 on the independent retail sales report.
Thanks to Rick for the info.

Over the last days, there has been a certain amount of confusion in the fan community on how to purchase/legally get Roses bonus tracks.

Sadly not all bonuses are available for everyone to purchase, due to some restrictions on iTunes and Amazon. Plus, with the “extinction” of CD-singles, those non-album tracks are being harder and harder to get on CD releases.

Here’s a suggestion for Cooking Vinyl and the band. An EP (CD) with all bonus tracks or a Complete Session of Roses later on this year. Older-fashoners who still care for CDs -and there seems to be a lot of them in the Cranfan community- would be ecstatic.

Here’s a recap of the situation:

“Someday”
This is the only bonus to be available on CD so far, if you are willing to buy the Japanese CD edition at a 30-something dollar price.
Available on: Roses CD (Japan), Itunes Japan

“Always”
ITunes bonus track when you purchase the whole digital Roses album.
Available on: every Itunes stores… where ITunes is actually available.
*Note that unlike some Canadian CD stores say on their website, this song is NOT available on the Canadian 2-CD edition.

“Perfect World”
ITunes bonus track in some countries when you purchase the whole digital Deluxe edition of Roses.
Available on: Itunes (UK, Japan only)
*Note that unlike some Canadian CD stores say on their website, this song is NOT available on the Canadian 2-CD edition.

“Stop Me”
ITunes bonus track in Canada when you purchase the whole digital Deluxe edition of Roses.
Available on : ITunes Canada only

“In It Together”
Amazon bonus track in Germany
Available on: Amazon Germany only

“Serendipity”
Amazon bonus track in Germany
Available on: Amazon Germany only

“Eyelash”
Unreleased

4th London track
Unreleased