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Cranberries singer was preparing new version of 'Zombie'

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/01/16/dolores-oriordan-rtr-011618.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Irish band The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O&#x27;Riordan performs live at Dublin&#x27;s Castle on April 29, 2000. <em>Ferran Paredes, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LONDON -- The Cranberries singer Dolores O&#x27;Riordan, who died in London on Monday at the age of 46, was about to record a version of her hit &quot;Zombie&quot; with the hard rock band Bad Wolves, the group said on Tuesday.</p><p>&quot;We are shocked and saddened at the news of Dolores&#x27;s passing, mere hours before she was to record vocals on our upcoming version of Zombie,&quot; the band said in a message on Facebook post late on Monday.</p><p>The band&#x27;s singer Tommy Vext said: &quot;We always felt the rawness and honesty she projected on stage and in her recordings was something to which all bands should aspire to, regardless of genre.</p><p>&quot;When we heard she liked our version and wanted to sing on it, it was the greatest compliment a new band, or any band for that matter, could have received,&quot; he said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Ejga4kJUts?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Music producer Dan Waite, a friend of O&#x27;Riordan&#x27;s, said she had left him a voice message shortly before her death &quot;stating how much she loved the Bad Wolves&#x27;s version of Zombie; she was looking forward to seeing me in the studio and recording vocals.</p><p>&quot;She sounded full of life, was joking and excited to see me and my wife this week. The news of her passing is devastating,&quot; he said.</p><p>Police said they were called to a hotel in Park Lane in the center of the British capital at 0905 GMT on Monday and the death was being treated as &quot;unexplained&quot; as an investigation continues.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>The Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan, who died in London on Monday at the age of 46, was about to record a version of her hit "Zombie" with the hard rock band Bad Wolves, the group said on Tuesday.</p>

The Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan, who died in London on Monday at the age of 46, was about to record a version of her hit "Zombie" with the hard rock band Bad Wolves, the group said on Tuesday.