The Cranberries

Getting to see The Cranberries in 2012 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. was simply one of the best rock concerts I've ever been to, especially considering I wasn't very familiar with The Cranberries before that evening.

Sure I knew "Zombie" and "Linger", their two big radio hits during the mid-1990's. But what I didn't know is The Cranberries have been releasing music on and off since then, including their 2012 album, Roses (which is what they were touring at the time).

Dolores O'Riordan is truly a vocal master, seeing her perform live, I was blown away at how completely identical she sounded to the songs on the album. In the age of auto-tuning, Dolores and The Cranberries brought such an authentic, almost past world sound to the concert that night, it was hard not to be swept up in their total Irish whimsical charm.

Their style is a bit more melodic than the angsty 90's rock vibe I remember being drawn to, like so many other listeners of alternative rock. Instead of moshing and crowd surfing, the audience was mostly relaxed, happy, and just starstruck by The Cranberries beautiful, yet sometimes still dark music.

The show was amazing! The band performed extremely well and the mood in the concert hall was buzzing. Dolores' voice remains one of the most unique voices by a band's lead singer and it was an honour for me to see and listen to the band live. Definitely one of my most awesome concerts ever! :)

The Cranberries show was amazing!
all the classics in a great show! definitely worth it!

But the opening show, cant remember the name of the duo, was terrible... sounded like playback

Nothing to review. All United States shows were cancelled. Refund received. Waiting to see if a another tour is announced. All depends on Dolores health. Keeping an eye on this.