Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has cancelled all upcoming tour dates so she can enter a one-year programme for trauma and addiction.
The 53-year-old has postponed all tour dates and performances until 2022 in order to focus on her recovery after a ‘traumatic six years’ which have had a major impact on her mental health.
Last month, Sinead – who alternatively goes by the name Shuhada Sadaqat after becoming Muslim in 2018 – asked for help from fans when her agoraphobia left her out of food and unable to leave the house.
Explaining and apologising to her fans in a long and poignant statement, Sinead posted on Twitter: ‘Message for folks who have tickets for next year’s shows: those shows are being postponed until 2022 so that I may go into a one-year trauma and addiction treatment program because I had a very traumatic six years and this year was the end of it but now recovery starts.’ (Metro)