P!NK & Brandi Carlile Honor Sinéad O’Connor With Powerful ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ Performance

Shortly after news broke of Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor’s tragic death at age 56, P!NK held a concert on Wednesday night at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park. Brandi Carlile, who opened the Summer Carnival Tour stop, came back out during P!nk’s set for a joint performance of “Nothing Compares 2 U.”

According to Billboard, P!NK addressed the audience, stating:

“When I was a little girl, my mom grew up in Atlantic City and I used to go down to the Ocean City Boardwalk with my ten dollars and I would make a demo tape… I would make a little cassette tape and imagine it was my demo for the record company. And it would always be either ‘Greatest Love of All’ by Whitney Houston or ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ by Sinéad O’Connor. So in honor of Sinéad, and in honor of my very, very talented friend Brandi Carlile, I asked her if she would come out here and sing this song with me.”

Carlile then emerged to help perform “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Written by Prince, “Nothing Compares 2 U” was recorded by O’Connor and released on her sophomore album, 1990’s I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got. The single topped charts around the world and propelled O’Connor to global popularity.

Watch audience-shot video of P!nk and Brandi Carlile’s powerful performance of “Nothing Compares 2 U” below: