The Texas singer talks about hanging up on Ol’ Dirty Bastard, being recognised by younger crowds and her festival history in the first of the Guardian’s onstage talks with musicians at Glastonbury
Sharleen Spiteri appears on stage at the Cabaret tent relieved to see the sizeable crowd: “I’d worried no one would show up.” In fact it’s a “decent turnout” (in the words of the Guardian’s own Alexis Petridis) for the Texas frontwoman speaking about her musical career, which has lasted as long as her adult life. So long, in fact, that she’d only ever been to one festival ever before she started performing at them.
“I’ve been in a band since I was 17 years old. The truth is, I went to one festival in Scotland, and we played our first festival that year. My festival-going is playing them, basically.”
