Cait O’Riordan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Cait O'Riordan
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 4, 1965(1965-01-04)
Age	59
Birthplace	Lagos
Country	Nigeria
Birth City	Lagos State
Horoscope	Capricorn

Cait O'Riordan Biography

Cait O'Riordan is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on January 4, 1965 in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. Caitlin O’Riordan, a Nigerian-born British musician with Irish and Scottish heritage was born 4 January 1965. From 1983 to 1986, she was the bass guitarist for The Pogues, a British-Irish punk/folk group. Later, she played with Elvis Costello (her husband) from 1986 to 2002 as well as other projects.

O’Riordan met Elvis Costello while he was recording the Pogues’ album Rum Sodomy & the Lash in 1985. They were married on 17th May 1986. Darryl Hunt, her former Pride of the Cross bandmate, was able to fill in for her at several shows on the 1986 U.S. tour. He then replaced her permanently on the King of America tour.

She co-wrote the track “Lovable” from that album, and wrote, co-wrote, and appeared on songs on Costello’s subsequent albums Blood & Chocolate, Spike and Mighty Like a Rose. O’Riordan and Costello divorced in 2002. In a 2008 interview with the Irish Independent, she denied ever having formally married Costello: “We weren’t married…It was a kind of Muslim ‘I divorce you’ kind of thing.”

In 2004, she joined Pogues’ guitarist Phil Chevron’s re-united band The Radiators; that year she toured with the Pogues for the first time in 18 years. She left the Radiators and was replaced in February 2006 by Jesse Booth, and went on to form a band of divorcées named PreNup with Hothouse Flowers guitarist Fiachna Ó Braonáin.

She was the first to be the singer of Darryl Hunt’s jazz group Pride of the Cross in 1983. Hunt originally wanted Wendy May from the Boothill Foot Tappers as the singer. O’Riordan told Hunt that he had originally planned to ask Wendy May of the Boothill Foot Tappers to be her singer. She laughed at him and suggested she should do it. The band told her she couldn’t sing at the audition. She sang the lead vocals on “Tommy’s Blue Valentine”, their single during her time with Pride of the Cross.

Cait O'Riordan Net Worth

Cait O'Riordan is one of the richest Singer from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cait O'Riordan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Caitlin O’Riordan was born to Irish and Scottish parents in Nigeria. She moved to London in 1967 after the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War. In 1979, she heard “Gabrielle” by The Nips on the radio and met Shane MacGowan, the future Pogues frontman. She then went to Rocks Off Records to buy the record.

MacGowan invited her to join his newly formed band, Pogue Mahone in 1982. Before leaving in 1986, she appeared on two of the group’s albums, Red Roses for Me, and Rum Sodomy and the Lash. She also recorded several singles and EPs. She was also a bass player and sang “I’m a Man you Don’t Meet Every Day” for Rum Sodomy & the Lash. “Haunted”, the soundtrack to Alex Cox’s Sid and Nancy film, was her vocal performance. “Fairytale of New York”, the Pogues’ biggest commercially-successful song, was originally written by O’Riordan & MacGowan. However, Kirsty MacColl recorded the song with the female vocals. Costello and O’Riordan are mentioned in the lyrics of “Fiesta”, from If I Should Fall from Grace With God.

She acted in the 1987 Alex Cox film, Straight to Hell, as the singing dancehall girl Slim McMahon, and also in the 1988 Frank Deasy film The Courier.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Cait O'Riordan Dating?

According to our records, Cait O'Riordan married to Elvis Costello. As of December 1, 2023, Cait O'Riordan’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Cait Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. Cait O'Riordan celebrates birthday on January 4 of every year.

Who is Rocky O Riordan?

The show, called “The Rocky O’Riordan” show will feature Caitlín “Cait” O’Riordan as a host. Rocky is the name she uses on social media such as Twitter and Instagram if you are looking for her. O’Riordan is an amazing bass player and has played with the Pogues and the Radiators.

Who was the female guitarist in the Pogues?

Cait O’Riordan
Instruments| Bass guitar
Years active| 1979–present
Associated acts| The Pogues, The Radiators, Elvis Costello

Is Cait Riordan married?

Elvis Costello

What does O'Riordan mean?

Riordan, with its variants O’Riordan and Reardan, comes from the Irish original O Rioghbhardain (O Riordain in modern Irish), riogh- meaning “royal”, and bardan a diminutive of bard, “poet”.

Who was the female bass player in The Pogues?

Bassists