Sinéad O’Connor supported her longtime friend Bob Geldof at the world premiere of his film Citizens of Boomtown during the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, held at the capital’s Cineworld venue on Tuesday evening.
The Irish singer, 53, appeared in great spirits as she took snaps with the activist, 68, just weeks after admitting she was ‘seriously in danger of dying’ during her mental health battle.
Bob’s two-part documentary – which will air on RTÉ One from Thursday – follows the story of the musician and his rock band The Boomtown Rats, who boasted a successful career during their height of fame from 1975 until 1986, before reuniting in 2013.
Longtime pals: Sinéad O’Connor supported Bob Geldof at the premiere of his new film, Citizens of Boomtown during the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, held at Cineworld on Tuesday (P-R Simon Crowe, Pete Briquette, Bob, Sinead and Garry Roberts)
Mandinka hitmaker Sinead will also appear in Citizens of Boomtown, in addition to contributions from fellow music legends Bono and Sting.
The group – which compromises of lead singer Bob, lead guitar Garry Roberts, drummer Simon Crowe and bass player Pete Briquette – are set to release an accompanying album on March 13.
The release of their LP will be followed by a nationwide tour, which will kick off from March 26 until late October.
On their new project, songwriter Bob recently told Rolling Stone: ‘We made this album for 2020. But I have doubt if anyone who loves Billie Eilish is going to want to come see us.
Cheery: The Irish singer, 53, appeared in great spirits as she took snaps with the activist, 68, just weeks after admitting she was ‘in danger of dying’ during her mental health battle
Exciting: The Mandinka hitmaker will also appear in Citizens of Boomtown, in addition to contributions from fellow music legends Bono and Sting
Poking fun: On their new project, the songwriter Bob recently said: ‘We made this album for 2020. But I have doubt if anyone who loves Billie Eilish is going to want to come see us!’
‘What do we have of interest to see to those people? I would like to play festivals because I’d take on anyone and it’s a huge crowd. Maybe people will walk away and go, “F**k, did you check out this band?” That’s what I want.’
Sinead’s outing comes after she opened up on her mental illness, insisting she ‘wouldn’t be here’ if she didn’t publicly reach out.
The Dublin-born star sparked widespread concern back in August 2017 when she released a teary-eyed 12-minute video on her Facebook page in which she stated that she had wanted to kill herself for two years.
A subsequent post on the page reassured fans the then 50-year-old was not suicidal, but the singer has made it known that she has been in the past.
Speaking on Irish broadcaster RTE’s Tommy Tiernan show last month, the Nothing Compares 2 U songstress shared: ‘I was really seriously in danger of dying.’
Sinéad, who also goes by the name of Shuhada Sadaqat since converting to Islam, told the comic that a combination of factors left her feeling ‘a bit mental’, not specifying on whether she was talking about the 2017 video.
‘There was s*** going on in my life that drove me a bit mental in the midst of which I had a radical hysterectomy which would drive anyone mental,’ she said.
Sinead added: ‘I can laugh about that now, but at the time it was terrible. I don’t enjoy suffering and it is not like I am one of these artists who feels like I can’t get creative unless I am suffering.
‘There was s*** going on in my life’: Sinead’s outing comes after she opened up on her mental illness, insisting she ‘wouldn’t be here’ if she didn’t publicly reach out
‘In fact I am the opposite and it is over, thanks be to God. And the great thing about going mental is that you get sane again. So it is over. There is no point looking back or behind, if you get well you just keep looking forward.
‘If I hadn’t done the reaching out that I did do I wouldn’t be sitting here, talking now, I really wouldn’t.’
The media personality is set for a busy schedule in the coming months, with her tour taking her to Netherlands, Croatia, Germany and Italy.
Her busy schedule will see her head to the US in April, before her native Ireland the following month.
Struggles: The Dublin-born star sparked widespread concern back in August 2017 when she released a teary-eyed 12-minute video on her Facebook page (pictured)