The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Led by the distinctive voice of Dolores O’Riordan, Irish rockers The Cranberries carved out a niche for themselves in the 1990s mainstream music scene.

The 1993 single “Linger,” propelled the band to stardom and enabled their first album “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?” to go multi-platinum across the globe and in the process help the band crack the lucrative US market at their first attempt.

Their second album “No Need to Argue,” which contains the band’s biggest hit, “Zombie,” improved on the success of their debut, selling a remarkable 17 million copies worldwide.
Although big sellers, the next three releases failed to achieve the same success and in 2003 the band went on a hiatus to allow members to work on other material.

But after reforming in 2009, the group, which hails from Limerick, is back on tour to promote its sixth record, “Roses.”