Dear Cranberries fans,
As a community, we are bound by the same passion towards Dolores
O’Riordan because her songs are our inspiration. They have provided
the soundtrack to our lives. Through good times and bad they have
given us something to hold on to and helped make us stronger people.
Today is the day we have to tell Dolores how much we value
this and how important she is to us !
Indeed, many of us were moved by Dolores recent expose in the major Irish newspaper The
Sunday Independent where she gave a very intimate interview with the
journalist Barry Egan of that paper’s LIFE magazine,
revealing she was sexually abused as a child.
Following this
publication, numerous fans expressed a desire to show their
solidarity, especially as Dolores stated « if I tell my fans that
this happened to me and they still love me, that’s going to make me
feel good about myself ».
Our idol is reaching out for
help. This is therefore the time to tell her that our love is
unconditional and will never fade.
To make this happen the Cranberries World team has decided to
launch a global support project:
In partnership with the Sunday Independent’s LIFE,
we’re going to publish the following half page advert in the magazine
on December 15th so as to answer Dolores via the same means she
herself used to confess her most intimate secrets. We believe that by
acting this way, we will be demonstrating to Dolores how much we love
and respect her no matter what has happened in her past.
Please
note that we can guarantee Dolores will be provided with a copy of the magazine.
How can you contribute to this project?
First, you can encourage Dolores and express your love by sending
your support messages together with your name/username and your
country to supportdolores@cranberriesworld.com.
Collective messages are also welcome. Please don't be shy, show her
that her revelation will in no way affect our respect or feelings
towards her.
We will then publish all of your messages on http://cranberriesworld.com/supportdolores (to
be online soon!) in order to show Dolores that fans from all over the
world are supporting her.
Secondly, we’re asking help from all of you to finance that advert as
we need to raise €2,500 for a half page in LIFE magazine
(27x14cm).
We believe this opportunity is unique, and we can only
make it happen if we all contribute.
Let’s tell the Irish people
and the entire world that The Cranberries fans are passionate and
devoted. Let’s show them how strong we are when it comes to supporting
the woman who gives us so much.
You can donate via this donations
platform which accepts secure payments.
We’ve got less than 3 weeks to act, deadline for messages and
fundraising is December 13th !
Thank you to all those who have supported us thus far and those who
plan to support us in the near future. We know your support will be of
great encouragement to Dolores and help her move forward with her
life.
Thank you as well to Mattia
Sarzi Madidini who allowed us to use his wonderful picture of
Dolores for the ad.
We’d also like to give a big shout out to
Barry Egan and Eoin Healy of The Independent for the
confidence and trust they have placed in us so that our ambitious
project may see the light of day.
Last but not least, spread the word! Tell your Cranberries mates
about our campaign!
Let's make it huge and important, for us and
for Dolores.
Let’s keep the love alive.
Thank you.
Camille & all the CW team