Dolores plays for Pope

Dolores O’Riordan pays her second visit to the Vatican on December 14 for the Pope’s Annual Christmas Concert.

Ahead of that she and the Cranberries are playing The Point Theatre, Dublin (December 6) and on So Graham Norton (9).

Meanwhile, worldwide sales of Stars: The Best Of The Cranberries have just passed the million mark with gold or platinum certifications in 13 territories.

This week also sees the band releasing two DVDs – Stars: The Best Of The Videos 1992-2002 and Beneath The Skin: Live In Paris