Sharleen Spiteri opens up on 'difficult relationship with music industry' and being forced to 'change look'

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Sharleen Spiteri of Scottish rock band Texas has opened up on the difficulties she’s experienced in her time in the public eye, revealing she’s ‘never had a great relationship with the music industry.’ Opening up on podcast I Never Thought It Would Happen from the charity Help Musicians, the Scots star explains the tricky relationship began the day Texas was first signed, and that she’d been told to change how she looks and what she wears.However, despite the criticism she claims it has given her ‘the balls and the guts to say no’.

While she believes that comments like this are still commonplace, she thinks these days, they are delivered differently, ‘completely camouflaged’ and ‘hidden really well’.The Glasgow-born star - who rose to fame in the 80s - also revealed how playing at Glastonbury 2023 was ‘the best day' of her life, and how their performance changed things for the band, as well as the ‘privilege’ of still being relevant - in the new podcast episode, released on Tuesday.In the episode, Sharleen opens up on her experience at Glastonbury, revealing she ‘absolutely loved’ performing at the festival, exclaiming: "I didn’t think they were going to act the way they did".

She also reveals how the Glastonbury set changed things for the band, with the likes of Fred Again playing their songs - leading to her daughter saying, for the first time, that she thought her mum was ‘actually quite cool’.While reflecting on her career, Sharleen shares that she feels ‘privileged to still be relevant’ - particularly as a woman in music.

And although the 56-year-old loves being on stage, she also explained that touring can be difficult - particularly becoming ‘a schlep’ after Covid and Brexit, relating how ‘long and laborious’ the