ROLLING STONE: Why the Cranberries’ ‘Linger’ Is Lingering So Hard Right Now
SOURCE By Rob Sheffield April 23, 2026 It’s official: Never before have so many worked so hard to let it linger. The world has a case of Cranberries fever these days, but especially their 1993 classic “Linger.” The Irish band crashed the U.S. Top 10 with their shimmering dream-pop ballad, an ode to obsessive desire with […]
The Cranberries
The tiny Flag Café was the venue on November 18th, 1989 as teenage Limerick four-piece The Cranberry Saw Us played their first hometown gig. Bonding over a shared love of Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths and Talking Heads, the line-up that afternoon was Noel Hogan on guitar, his younger brother Mike on bass, Fergal […]