The day the music died?
Outspoken Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor has called for a boycott of Rolling Stone magazine for putting reality-TV star Kim Kardashian on its cover. In an expletive-laden post on her Facebook page, O'Connor said: "What is this **** doing on the cover of Rolling Stone? Music has officially died."Who knew it would be Rolling Stone that murdered it? Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh can no longer be expected to take all the blame. Bob Dylan must be ******* horrified. #BoycottRollingStone."Many people who commented on the post agreed.Lily Hoshi wrote: "Rolling Stone hasn't been a serious music mag in a long time, but yeah, this cover choice is extra annoying."Others disagreed. "Let's not pretend that this is the first non-musician or even first reality star to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. [It] hasn't been about the music for a long time now. Get over yourself," Morgan Mcdonald wrote.O'Connor is not afraid of making her strong views known. In 2013 she wrote three open letters to Miley Cyrus, following the release of her single Wrecking Ball, in the video of which she appears almost naked, urging the singer to "send a healthier message to her peers"...
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