Sinead O’Connor has revealed she wants to pull out of an Israel concert but can’t afford it.
The Nothing Compares 2 U singer is due to perform in Tel Aviv in September – 19 years after her first concert in Israel.
But Sinead now wants to stop the gig, after being unaware until now of an international request to boycott the country.
“I was not informed by my booking agent, and was unaware myself, that a boycott of Israel had been requested by the Palestinian people,” she said.
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“I agreed to perform having been unaware any such boycott had been requested. Had I been aware I would not have agreed to perform.
“I have four children for whom I am the sole breadwinner. If I can remove myself from the show without financial cost to myself then I will do so.
“If I cannot remove myself from the show without cost to myself then I will perform because I can’t afford the legal costs involved in not performing.”
The Wicklow singer had been approached by several pro-Palestine supporters, asking her to cancel the concert in Israel.
