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In the eye of a hurricane, Irish pop siren Sinead O'Connor last night performed for a wildly enthusiastic capacity crowd at Massey Hall, some of whom reportedly paid as much as $500 scalped seats
In the eye of a hurricane, Irish pop siren Sinead O'Connor last night performed for a wildly enthusiastic capacity crowd at Massey Hall, some of whom reportedly paid as much as $500 scalped seats

In the eye of a hurricane, Irish pop siren Sinead O'Connor last night performed for a wildly enthusiastic capacity crowd at Massey Hall, some of whom reportedly paid as much as $500 scalped seats

Date5/15/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: In the eye of a hurricane, Irish pop siren Sinead O'Connor last night performed for a wildly enthusiastic capacity crowd at Massey Hall, some of whom reportedly paid as much as $500 scalped seats.
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