City Winery New York hosted a special night to remember Sinéad O’Connor on October 29th. What started as an idea by Amanda Palmer took shape over the last few months and came together with a star-studded lineup.
The lineup included Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields), Amanda Palmer, John Cameron Mitchell, Kevin Devine, Suzanne Vega, Kat Edmonson, Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean), Catherine Russell, Martha Wainwright, Resistance Revival Chorus, Bilal, Dida Pelled, Toby Lightman, Susan McKeown, and Joy Askew.
The house band was led by Tony Shanahan (Patti Smith) and featured Gerry Leonard (David Bowie), Jamie Edwards, and Yuval Lion. All the proceeds were donated to Bring Change to Mind and the Emma Swift Mental Illness Recovery Fund.
Setlist: Dida Pelled: Jealous/Toby Lightman: You Made Me The Thief of Your Heart/Lahna Deering: Dense Water, Deeper Down/Susan McKeown: I Am Stretched on Your Grave/Joy Askew: Mandika/Kevin Devine: This Is To Mother You/Bilal: Just Like You Said It Would Be/Julia Cumming: Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home/Stephin Merrit: The Last Day of Our Acquaintance/Amanda Palmer: Black Boys on Mopeds/Kat Edmonson: In This Heart/Martha Wainwright: Nothing Compares to You/Resistance Revival Chorus: Thank You For Hearing Me/John Cameron Mitchell: The Emperor’s New Clothes/Suzanne Vega: All Apologies/
Catherine Russell: No Man’s Woman
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