Sinéad O’Connor retracts retirement announcement

The Irish musician said her statement, made on 5 June, was a kneejerk reaction' against the UK and Irish media's constant abuse and invalidation' of her mental health

Sinead O'Connor has retracted her announcement, made over the weekend, that she would retire from music and live performance.

In a new statement posted to Twitter, the Irish musician explained to fans that she had felt badly triggered" by a series of interviews regarding her new memoir, Rememberings, in which she writes of surviving physical and psychological abuse.