Billy Corgan opens up about friendship with Sinéad O’Connor: “Such an incredible talent”
nme.comBilly Corgan has opened up about his friendship with the late Sinéad O’Connor, calling her “such an incredible talent”.In a new interview with the Irish Times, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman shared details about his friendship with O’Connor, who tragically died aged 56 in July last year.Corgan revealed O’Connor lived with mutual friend and drummer Matt Walker (The Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey) in Chicago, where Walker got to know O’Connor whilst he was playing with Morrissey.
From then on, O’Connor lived in Walker’s attic.Recalling the singer as “shy”, Corgan said: “I’d met Sinéad once at a show. We talked a little bit, but I can’t say I knew her.
So now she’s living at my friend’s house, where I go for Sunday dinner. Four or five, six times I was over for Sunday ham and Sinéad would come down and have dinner.
And then I finally got to know her as a person. We talked about her children a lot and relationships in life and her struggles.He went on to describe O’Connor as “very, very honest.
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