The Cranberries new album to feature vocals of dead singer Dolores O'Riordan

The singer was found dead in January
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Martin Coulter9 March 2018
The Weekender

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The Cranberries have announced plans to release two new albums following the sudden death of lead singer Dolores O'Riordan in January.

Band members Noel and Mike Hogan and Fergal Lawler said they would release a 25th anniversary edition of their debut album, as well as new material by early 2019.

Ms O'Riordan, who fronted The Cranberries from 1990, was found dead in a London hotel on January 15, aged 46.

In a statement on the band's website, they said: "Since last summer the band had been working with Universal Music on the creation of a very special 25th anniversary edition of the album.

"[This will be] a newly remastered version with previously unreleased material of ours as well as other bonus material from the era of our debut album.

"We had planned to release this special edition this month to coincide with the 25th anniversary. However, given Dolores' passing in January we put the entire project on hold.

"We thought about it and decided that as this is something that we started as a band, with Dolores, we should push ahead a finish it.

"So that's the plan, to finish the project and get the special 25th anniversary edition album out later this year.

"All going well we hope to have this new album finished and out early next year. We will keep you all up to date as things progress."

Ms O'Riordan, from Friarstown, Kilmallock, Limerick, was renowned for her distinctive singing voice and The Cranberries enjoyed huge success in the 1990s with tracks including Zombie and Linger.

The singer had been in London to record a cover of Zombie with hard rock band Bad Wolves and, hours before her death, was described as sounding "full of life" in a voicemail, according to her friend and music producer Dan Waite.

In 2014, O'Riordan split from her husband of 20 years, former Duran Duran tour manager Don Burton.

They have three children together.

Additional reporting by the Press Association

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