I have been a The Cranberries’ fan since 1994. They were, and still are, my favourite band in my whole life. No other band will ever make me see things like Dolores O’Riordan and the boys made me see.

I guess I have a peculiar vision about the band that no one can fully comprehend it. I have been involved in futile discussions and polls within friends, the Internet and public forums. All of this because of nothing, or maybe because of everything. It made me realise that the best thing to do is to stay at your little place/corner, get on with your life, take care of yourself and nothing else matters.

I have made friends all over the world because of The Cranberries. I have lost contact with some of them, but still in touch with some others. Life has made me see that the best thing in life is friends and family and all you have to do is to be yourself and you will never lose the ones that truly love you.

So, it’s time to move on. My friends, my family and my memories will still remain and that’s all I really care for, now. I will never forget the times I have been with Dolores O’Riordan and the boys and I will never forget all my efforts to travel a bunch of times to see The Cranberries in Spain and Portugal and Dolores O’Riordan in Spain and the UK, all of this between 2002 and 2007. But one thing that really needs to go and to fly is my personal collection of items from The Cranberries and Dolores O’Riordan. I will only keep a few DVD’s and some official albums. That’s all I’m in interested in to keep that small flame alive until the day I die.

So, in a few days I will be selling – at eBay – some dark and obscure items from The Cranberries. As some people have done and said before, I don’t need all of this to express or to prove that I am an addicted to The Cranberries. I have always been and will always be a true fan.

If you have any questions about the things I will be selling, please be my guest to send me an e-mail to vitorjsfernandes@hotmail.com.

Let me assure you that I will sell the major part of my collection, including t-shirts, posters, rare magazines, album and single cassettes (tapes), books, a few bootlegs, the Uncertain vinyl and CD, and so on. Yes, I will sell that radio cassette that has that song that I never shared (I suppose the song may be “The Same Old Story”, but it was never confirmed). I never got the chance to rip the damn song and I am not interested in sharing it. So, the cassette will be for sale and the one who grabs it will have that chance to shine in The Cranberries fans’ world! I will also be selling Hollywood singles and some other items that you don’t even know they exist. Last but not least, I will also sell some personal and strange items, such as the drumstick Dolores used to start the song “Animal Instinct” (in 2002) with, a few signed CD’s and some others.

So, this is it for now. Life here is hard and I have to move on with it. Again, feel free to e-mail me to ask anything you want about what I’ll be selling.

Take care, have fun and be happy!

Vítor José da Silva Fernandes [A.K.A. O-Riordan A.K.A. absolutvitor]