
Last updated: Friday, June 8, 2007
Irish singer SINEAD O'CONNER came to blows with flamboyant musician Prince after he objected to her covering his song NOTHING COMPARES 2 U.
The Purple Rain hitmaker wrote the song in 1984 for funk band The Family, but it was only until O'Connor's 1990 version that the track became an international success.
However, Prince was not happy she had covered the song as he had planned to give it to another female singer - and their meeting to discuss the matter did not go as planned.
O'Conner says, "At the time he had a lot of female proteges and I had covered his song without having anything to do with him.
"He invited me to his house in Los Angeles and started to give out to me for swearing in interviews. When I told him to go f**k himself he got very upset and became quite threatening, physically. I ended up having to escape."
"He can pack a punch. A few blows were exchanged. All I could do was spit. I spat on him quite a bit."
- THE THINGS THEY SAY:
- O'CONNOR ATTACKS 'UNLISTENABLE' MINOGUE
- O'CONNOR BRANDS BUSH A BAD CHRISTIAN
- O'CONNOR BEMOANS 'CURSE' OF FAME + GOOD LOOKS
- O'CONNOR: 'I AM A RASTAFARIAN DESPITE ANTI-GAY VIEWS'
- BULLOCK WANTS TO BE PRINCE'S MUSE
- PRINCE CONCERTS SELL OUT IN MINUTES
- THE THINGS THEY SAY: TRENT REZNOR
- PRINCE TURNED TO MUSIC TO ESCAPE BULLIES
- PRINCE'S TRIPLE TREAT
Source: WENN
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