Sharon Corr on illegal downloading

In a frank and revealing interview with Hot Press out today (Thursday), Sharon Corr talks about her battles against illegal file-sharing and the way the music industry treats artists, shares her views on the pleasures and challenges of motherhood and its impact on her debut album Dream of You, and confirms that The Corrs will re-unite.

Ahead of her appearance at the Music Show, which takes place at the RDS on October 2 and 3, Sharon talks about the way in which illegal internet downloading has affeted the careers of artists. "You have to decide to do something. Even if it’s something as simple as sending the sites take-down notices. I do it, and they do take them down. I believe that if you keep doing that, slowly but surely, the problem can be tackled. People file-share because it’s easy. If it’s not easy, they won’t be able to do it. And then they won’t really mind paying the euro for a single."

When it comes to balancing motherhood with working on her debut album she explains, “It was insane – there would be nappies everywhere and I would be in the middle of writing a song and I’d be able to leave it, go change the nappy and come back.”

Regarding The Corrs she says, “The Corrs came off the road in 2005 because we’d been on it non-stop for fifteen years. We were wrecked! Plus, we weren’t just a band, but a family. It was time to get our individual lives going."

Asked if she sees the band getting back together again she unequivocally says “Oh, for sure. We get on really well.”

Read this interview in its entirety in the new issue of Hot Press, out now.

Sharon Corrs performs at The Music Show, presented by Hot Press in association with RTÉ 2FM, runs from October 2nd-3rd in The RDS, Dublin. Saturday 2nd October 10 am - 6.30 pm, Sunday 3rd October 11 am - 6.30 pm.

Tickets available on Ticketmaster
For more info see The Music Show's website