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Reminder that Kris Kristofferson defended Sinéad O’Connor and was so inspired by her courage and relentless fight to speak her truth, he wrote a song about her. Rest in peace King americansongwriter.com/remember-whe...
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O'Connor stepped on stage at MSG to perform Dylan's 1979 song "I Believe in You" during his 1992 tribute concert and was met by an audience of boos.
Kristofferson, who had introduced her as an "artist whose name has become synonymous with courage and integrity," was asked to get her off the stage but did the opposite.
"I was not about to do that," said
Kristofferson in 2010 on the Irish television show Saturday Night with Miriam. "I went out and I said 'Don't let the bastards get you down, and she said 'I'm not down, and she sang. It was very courageous. It just seemed to me wrong, booing that little girl out there, but she's always had courage."
[RELATED: 4 of Sinéad O'Connor's
Surprising Moments in Country Music]
During Kristofferson's appearance,
O'Connor came out to share a duet on his 1970 song "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
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he really and truly gave a shit about people and that was just one of his incredible qualities.
I was at that show! A wee college freshman watching history.
K
kerry
@kschwenky.bsky.social
Fortune cookie poet. Wishful thinker. Goalie mom.
Trans rights are human rights 🩵🤍🩷
cis - She/her
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