愛爾蘭小紅莓樂隊主唱桃樂絲?歐萊登于當地時間1月15日在倫敦逝世，年僅46歲。或許，這個主唱的名字你并不熟悉，但是只要你聽過王菲的歌，看過高曉松的《曉說》，這個聲音你一定聽過。

The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan has died suddenly at the age of 46, her publicist has confirmed.
宣傳人員證實，小紅莓樂隊主唱桃樂絲?歐萊登突然過世，年僅46歲。

The Irish musician, originally from Limerick, led the band to international success in the 90s with singles including Linger and Zombie.
愛爾蘭小紅莓樂隊主唱桃樂絲?歐萊登來自英國利默里克，在上世紀90年代以《逗留》和《僵尸》等成名單曲帶領樂隊走紅國際歌壇。

A statement from her publicist said: "The lead singer with the Irish band The Cranberries was in London for a short recording session. No further details are available at this time."
她的宣傳人員發布聲明說：“她來到倫敦是要來錄幾天音。目前沒有進一步細節透露。”

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said the police were called to a hotel in Park Lane at 09:05 GMT on Monday, where "a woman in her mid-40s" was pronounced dead at the scene.
倫敦警察廳一位發言人說，格林威治時間周一早上9點零5分，警察被叫到帕克巷的一家酒店，“一位40多歲的女性”被宣告死亡。

The death is, at this stage, unexplained.
目前死因不明。

小紅莓樂隊的其他幾位同伴：吉他手及貝斯手諾爾和邁克?霍根兄弟和鼓手弗加爾?勞勒都在社交媒體上對她的去世表示了哀悼。

The message said: "She was an extraordinary talent and we feel very privileged to been part of her life from 1989."
其中說到：“她是位非凡的天才，從1989年起我們就在一起合作，感到很榮幸。”

Her publicist added: "Family members are devastated to hear the news and have requested privacy at this very difficult time."
她的宣傳人員補充說：“家屬聽到這個消息很崩潰，在這艱難時刻，希望能保有隱私。”

主唱桃樂絲1971年9月6日出生在愛爾蘭，是90年代最具代表性的女主唱，三歲起就開始唱歌，因此練就了一副天使般的嗓音，尤其是她獨特的咽音發聲，更啟發了許多女歌手。這些年來小紅莓專輯全球銷量超過4000萬張，在世界各地擁有億萬歌迷。

Irish pop group The Cranberries (L-R) Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan, Dolores O'Riordan and Fergal Lawler pose for photographs after performing at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards at the Point Theatre in Dublin, March 4, 2002. REUTERS/Paul McErlane/File Photo

The Cranberries shot to international fame with their 1993 debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? and went on to sell over 40 million records worldwide.
小紅莓樂隊1993年發行首張專輯《有何不可》走紅國際歌壇，專輯全球銷量超過4000萬張。

In 2017 The Cranberries announced a tour including dates in Europe, the UK, and the US.
2017年，小紅莓樂隊宣布將在歐洲、英國、美國等地舉辦巡演。

However, in May - shortly into the European tour - the group had to cancel the remainder of the European dates as a result of O'Riordan's health issues.
而在去年5月，也就是歐洲巡演開始后不久，由于桃樂絲的健康問題，團隊不得不終止了在歐洲的演出活動。

The official Cranberries website cited "medical reasons associated with a back problem" preventing singer Dolores O'Riordan from performing.
小紅莓樂隊官網稱：“由于背部問題”，桃樂絲無法上臺演出。

But just before Christmas O'Riordan had posted on Facebook saying she was "feeling good" and had done her "first bit of gigging in months", leading fans to believe she would soon be performing again.
但就在去年圣誕節前，桃樂絲在臉書上發貼說“感覺不錯”，并且“幾個月來首次演出”，于是粉絲們認為桃樂絲不久就能登臺了。

O'Riordan tweeted a picture of herself with her cat to fans in early January saying she was "off to Ireland".
1月初，桃樂絲在推特上發布了一張抱著貓的照片，說她“要去愛爾蘭了”。

O'Riordan split from her husband of 20 years, Don Burton in 2014. She and Burton, who is the former tour manager of Duran Duran, have three children together.
2014年，桃樂絲與結婚20年的丈夫唐?伯頓離婚。柏頓是搖滾團體“杜蘭杜蘭”的前經紀人，兩人育有三名子女。

小紅莓樂隊又譯為卡百利樂隊，建立于1989年，與U2、恩雅并稱“愛爾蘭國寶級藝人”，被視為愛爾蘭歷史上最偉大的另類搖滾樂隊之一。桃樂絲和小紅莓樂隊的作品對于愛爾蘭乃至世界音樂有深遠影響，愛爾蘭總統也發表聲明悼念，稱是“巨大的悲痛”。

Irish band 'The Cranberries' lead singer Dolores O'Riordan performs live at Dublin's Castle April 29, 2000. REUTERS/Ferran Paredes/File Photo

Irish president Michael D Higgins called her death "a big loss", and added O'Riordan's work with The Cranberries "had an immense influence on rock and pop music in Ireland and internationally".
愛爾蘭總統邁克爾?希金斯稱桃樂絲的去世是“巨大的損失”，他表示桃樂絲與小紅莓樂隊“對愛爾蘭和全球的搖滾和流行音樂影響深遠。”

一大批中國聽眾也是聽著小紅莓的歌成長起來，《Never Grow Old》《Dying in the Sun》《Ode to my Family》都非常熟悉。桃樂絲也影響了不少中國音樂人，王菲的《夢中人》就翻唱自小紅莓的經典名曲《Dreams》，在王家衛的電影《重慶森林》中作為插曲出現。

中國音樂人高曉松也曾在2017年9月于利默里克探望了養傷中的奧·瑞沃丹與小紅莓吉他手諾爾·霍根，并將他們的合照發到了微博上。奧·瑞沃丹告訴高曉松，她希望11月來中國巡演，并表示很喜歡中國。

但最終未能成行。

【經典歌曲回顧】

《Dreams》

《Never Grow Old》

《Dying In The Sun》

《Ode To My Family》

英文來源：BBC
翻譯&編審：yaning