Singer Sinead O'Connor now has the words "Free Pussy Riot" shaved into her famous short hair.
She carved the name to show solidarity with Pussy Riot, the Moscow female punk band, who were sentenced to jail for two years for insulting Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a “punk prayer.”
The three female Russian punk performers will serve two years in jail for “inciting religious hatred” after they appeared in a Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Moscow and sang a number in the form of a prayer asking the Virgin Mary to save Russia from Putin.
Speaking to the Sunday Independent, O’Connor stated: "People don't see any way out of what's going on economically or politically -- not just in Russia but all over the world. But artists have recognised there is a way out and it's that we begin to realise the problem is spiritual, not economical or political.
"When we recognise that, we can begin to claw our way back to a world as it was intended by its creator to be. Caring and compassionate."
She said: "These ladies are showing spiritual leadership in times of great crisis and that is the job of true artists."
Madonna, Sting and Paul McCartney have also backed the band.
O’Connor stated: “What I'm struck by is that it seems very strange to me that people would think prayer would be something that you can legislate about. I'm curious about that aspect, rather than the artistic element.
"I can identify with these girls in that they are using music as a priesthood. Artists are there to push the boundaries and they've made a very powerful artistic statement.
The Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Ekaterina Samutsevich, 30, and Maria Alekhina, 24, smiled and waved in a Moscow court when the verdict was read.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.aloistmartin | Aug 20, 2012, 04:22 PM EDT
DeanJackson@ Yeah, and British Aristocrats still run Momma`s Behind, round his Lordship`s Laundry Room. Ambition is Ambition, no matter what side of Ye Ol Kings Table ( Right/Capitalist, Left/Communist ) one takes his Bread and Butter !
aloistmartin | Aug 19, 2012, 07:11 PM EDT
ROFLOL ! Putin`s Epitaph ! Who said Genital Mutilation was not a viable form of Social Protest? Dublin Beware !
WoundedKnee | Aug 19, 2012, 11:17 AM EDT
10 years seems excessive. I would have given them a year or two community work. The job I would reserve for them is scrubbing the floor of the cathedral every day. This work would also bring them in contact with the plain people of Russia whom they have so disgracefully disrespected. I looked up the lyrics of the "song" these individuals screamed in the cathedral. I would like to quote them in full, but even the Irish Central censor would reject some of the words they used. One of the lines of their "song" repeats several times "the Lord is sh1t!" and there's lots more talentless offensive nonsense of this sort. This is the "spiritual leadership" that O'Connor invokes. I commend the charity and forbearance of the Russian Orthodox Church, who have already forgiven these fools. I am sure they'll be kicked out of jail soon and sent on their way. Maybe they could be a back-up group for Sinead O'Connor.
bogsidebunny | Aug 19, 2012, 09:48 AM EDT
Sinead o'Connor's current and past infantile tirades have proven she's not "a full Shiiiling" and anyone male or female (she's Bi) who thinks this Hibernian harlot is stable should see a good shrink themselves. PS: The Russian punk rockers should have gotten 10-years!