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31st July 2023
05:56pm BST

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This performance was done in protest against the sexual abuse of children within the Church which resulted in Sinead being banned from SNL and chastised by the Catholic Church.
Speaking of the infamous SNL performance, Geldof went on to confess that he believed Sinéad did this following his own act of protest against “disco” whereby he tore up a picture of John Travolta on Top of The Pops.
However, he admitted to audience members at the Irish festival that what Sinéad did was far more powerful and extreme than his own actions, and told fans he wished he “had done it”.
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