A New Beginning???

[Zudeek]

All of you guys know that 2007 wasn´t a good year for Dolores. And I was thinking about what will it happen when she start the promotion of her second album? I mean, during release of AYL? we saw that all interviews are very similar; the question and answer, all of them were about: Meeting with The Cranberries, Her children, Her mother in law’s death, Her inspiration in these years, etc, etc, etc.

But, do you think that next interviews, Dolores going to talk about: Zombieguide’s closing, Tour cancelled, Label closing, Her diseases, Lack of promotion of her first album, etc. etc. Or will she handle in the same way that her space says: A new beginning, without talk about these themes…

What do you think??

[Juanberries]

It's gonna be the same 'cos this is not Dolores choice. Interviews are almost all the same, the press will keep asking about The Cranberries for obvious reasons and also about her children 'cos there may be another song(s) inspired by them. They will talk a bit about what happened with the label 'cos she haven't said that much about it 'till now. About the cancelled dates, Dolores said why she cancelled the rest of the tour so I think there's no need to ask about it anymore. And she ofcourse will keep talking about what inspired her during the last year to make new songs. That's all what press wanna know, that's why they always talk about the same thing.

In any case, Dolores likes to talk about her present. She always answer questions about her past but now, most of the time is just like "Yeah, it was fun when we were a band. Now, let's talk about my new album"

[little_dolores]

I agree with Juan, its not up to Dol to make the questions.

[DoLitsAstralProjection]

why wasn't 2007 a good year for Her? i think it was great.
of course She had bad times but it was good in general! She brought out Her solo which
was welcomed from every side of the planet. She made two great hits "ordinary day" and "when we were young". OD especially is tend to be a classic by now. It is playing everywhere and so many young people got to know dolores as an artist because of this. The tour was grand, eventhough she played in small venues they were always full and with great audience who never forgot her. As for them who were there accidentaly or with doubts they re all very impressed. I read everywhere reviews and the main feeling at the end is "RESPECT" to Her 'cause She is a big artist.
She even tried countries She never went  before (which is a risk) and for example "Chile" was one of the biggest concerts..She may cancelled some shows but thats ok, as She is a human after all and this happens to everyone. Those who saw her live they know that She was in a very good mood and full of energy. She seemed happy and satisfied. She saw people who 'd wait for Her forever and she knows this meeting them around the world. i think Her return was a very very good one. Ok, nowadays its hard to make big big sales as everything is free and easy through the web. So she made the best it could be done. She is not thrash comercial hit maker. She a high quality singer, with history in music. Those can give up very soon after few successful works.,,i am glad that Dolores didnt give up and she is still there, standing on Her own now and She can still charm people, old and young, fans and non fans, rockers or not...
2007 was a good one sometimes the interviews are boring but its part of the job. i think She can do it again and im glad she is willing to. 2007 a year we will never forget (i personally NEVER EVER)
2008 it will be even better:) and thats all i wish and thats all im waiting for.

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[Wasted]

heh, i also think that it was really a cool year, i mean it was hard sometimes i guess but in the end it was always a cool experience personaly i think Dolores should be brighter in her music and well somehow more optimistic, because that is what i need to hear now. Anyway Dolores rocks really good and i dont know what i could say more about the subject.

[Zudeek]

why wasn't 2007 a good year for Her? i think it was great.
of course She had bad times but it was good in general! She brought out Her solo which
was welcomed from every side of the planet. She made two great hits "ordinary day" and "when we were young". OD especially is tend to be a classic by now. It is playing everywhere and so many young people got to know dolores as an artist because of this. The tour was grand, eventhough she played in small venues they were always full and with great audience who never forgot her. As for them who were there accidentaly or with doubts they re all very impressed. I read everywhere reviews and the main feeling at the end is "RESPECT" to Her 'cause She is a big artist.

2007 was great for us, 'cause we are fans of Dolores and we were waiting so long for her return, but, in the other side, I'm not sure if she considered it as good as we do.

Two great hits?? OD a classic?? Please... ask to any person "no very fan" of Dolores in a couple of years and (s)he won't remember the tittle of that song, maybe (s)he going to say "Beautiful Girl" 

I know nowadays it's hard to make big sales, but, I meant that the name "Dolores O'Riordan" is not so known as probably she wished with first album.

I know she is a great artist. I really love her. I'm worried 'cause I don't know how common people and press going to receive her 2nd album after everything is told about her last year (Zombieguide, and things I wrote before) I hope this really gonna be a new beginning and have the success and recognition she deserve...  'cause if not, I don't think we're going to have a 3th album 

[DoLitsAstralProjection]

ok i will (ask any non dolores fan to tell me the title of beautiful girl)
but don't be so sure pz. i wouldnt tell the same about WUASTC era and songs. i didn't say they made hits out of this album etc. i never heard anything.
OD is everywhere, i listen it on radio even now, i listen it to bars...and to kid;s mobiles...
ok maybe it wasnt another "zombie" but it was a successful great rocking (alternative kind of-as they say) sound and believe me its very hard this kind of songs to be on spot for such a long time.
OD is still here...and you can't change my mind cause i see it around.
i dont think Dolores would return so soon if 2007 wasnt a good year.
so let me be more optimistic (she actually needs a good wishful thinking vibe )
and let me think She had a great year and she will have an even better one when She ll return.
pz don't worry too much. i dont think anybody (media etc) give a damn about zombieguide and such details. She can make treasure songs and i am glad that there are still people out there (even the non fans) and journalists who can appreciate Her work.

ps. i wouldn't consider 2007 as a good year just because im her fan. if it wasn't good for her it wasn't good for me either.

[CranberriX]

I agree with Litsa. 2007 was a pretty good year for Dolores AND her fans. AYL had many positive reviews, Ordinary Day was quite successfull (well, it wasn't a massive hit but it was pretty much popular, especially in Europe), and despite the fact that her label was bankrupt she still managed to sell around 700 000 copies of AYL which is HUGE nowdays for an artist who had almost zero promotion and whose label was bankrupt. So I consider it as a success. Yeah, the end of the year wasn't as great as the beginning and the summer but still she proved that she can stand on her own and she can be successefull without any promotion.

[CranberriX]

as for Zombieguide, I'm sure media won't give a shit about it.

[little_dolores]

Yeah, the end of the year wasn't as great as the beginning and the summer but still she proved that she can stand on her own and she can be successefull without any promotion.

AYL? was great, and yes the promotion sucked, here in Holland there was an interview in a newspaper...
2 days before the concert in Amsterdam. Not a word in the article about the concert..
Not a word anywhere about the concert.

I think that when it was promoted a little bit more, it would be a big succes...


And yes the end of the year wasnt such an succes, in Gent, her last concert before she canceled, there were only 300 tickets sold 

[cranfandy]

I'm totally agree with CranberriX.
Despite the lack of promotion (here, in south america was...almost zero) she managed to sold out all shows and she had decent album sells...600000 copies sounds great!
But, as Barbara says, with a little bit more promotion...this can be huge!!!
So...i think 2009 will be even better for Dol, the talent is there, so we don't need to worry 
Salu2,
Cranfandy

[CranberriX]

I just hope now she has a good label.

[Zudeek]

I think that if Dolores returned is because she feels that her solo era was incompleted in 2007, no 'cause she had have a HUGE succesful debut with AYL?

Don't you think that she didn't expect more promotion, more than 300 thickets sold in Gent, more than 600,000 copies, a third single in the radio, etc. Yes, we know she is talented, and we're sure the fault of those numbers is the lack of promotion, and she must know, I hope her team really work on it, cause if not, she's going to reach just the middle of the road. again... 

I really hope things get better in 09, cause last year wasn't good, sorry its what I think 

[dominestar]

great topic i must say..first, lack of promotion came cause of Sanctuary didn't do all it's job, it's their to do those promotion of album but as you can see they failed and it's so silly that now Dolores can't get her rights on AYL album. so the label, in this case Sanctuary didn't promote this album as much as they had to. Im not saying the promotion was bad bad but it wasn't as it shud be, the promotion, one label shud do for her artist. In case of the concerts, that is the problem of the orgnizator (so in every country or city is different one), if they dont' promote it well you can expect the sale will go well..so it was different in different part of the world, cities and country. as of south american's, i think they are all hungry of concerts, as usually artists don't visit them often like europe or america, so most of those concerts goes pretty big..don't wanna sound bad or smth it's totally oppposite, you can only imagine how big Dolores must have felt being received there so good..and also even though she filled some small venues in europe, she also sold out big venues, like for exm. Chile..
I dont really think it was bad year for her, i think she was really satisfied, cause it's the risk that all artist take when they go solo...but she was big before so there was no reason to worry..
about the int it's not her fault to answer all over again on the same questions, it's always like that..it's indeed good for her cause it's also promotion in one way..i think she has so much to offer to us, fans, and she decided to do it this time even bigger, including us fans to help her..cause the way we respect her, this is her way of thanking  and respecting us..
well we all have our own opinions and if you think that way we can't change it but i think that this new album, new beggining and new world tour says everything of how 2007 was a really really succesfull year..

[IrishPretty]

I must in part agree with both sides:
2007 wasn't the best year for Dolores:
she'd put a lot of trust and illusion in her first solo album, and it didn't get the promotion it deserved ( most of you who are writin in this topik were in Spain: auditoriums were full the four days, however, most people heard about the concerts by chance! whose is the fault, lack of fans or lack of promotion? )
besides, she'd been ill many times and had to cancel shows, she even broke one of her perfect teeth, and the day of her birthday, Sanctuary was closed and Pavarotti, who was one of her idols, died.
To this we should add the Zombieguide closing theme... which fortunatelly, wasn't a big trouble for her
On the other hand, her album had a great appreciation by critics and people, which is very important for someone who had been lost of this music world, where is so difficult to stay, for five years.
Dolores has seen sold out venues and full auditoriums, the love of the old fans, and the love of new fans who greatly received her in those countries where she'd never been to before ( ex. South America )
My Spanish language teacher in high school used to tell us "you can see half empty or half full bottle"
2007 has got beautiful and not-that-beautiful memories for Dolores, remembering the year for the good moments or the bad ones is her choice, but knowing her for almost 15 years, I think I know which memories Dolores will remember the most
As far as for interviews, I think they will keep being as boring as they used to, cause questions and answers are already preestablished.
Two years ago we Spanish fans could participate in an interview for Within Temptation. We made really interesting questions, always about the professional side of the subject, no one asked anything private...
however, the chosen for the interview questions were quite similar to the questions we were fed up of reading.