The latest news and comment on singer Sharleen Spiteri
May 2024
The Q&A
Sharleen Spiteri: ‘I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you’
The Texas singer on her crush on Emma Stone, a faux pas in France, and why the news makes her cry
August 2023
The secret to maintaining your youthful passion? I learned it this week
Adrian Chiles
Three decades a rock star is some innings. But Sharleen Spiteri, the lead singer of Texas, has found a way to stay motivated
June 2023
Female musicians defend Emily Eavis after row over Glastonbury gender split
‘I’m like a Labrador, I get very excited’: Sharleen Spiteri in conversation at Glastonbury
The reader interview
Post your questions for Sharleen Spiteri of Texas
Flashback
Sharleen Spiteri looks back: ‘I was in my own little world and wouldn’t have enjoyed posing like this’
January 2023
Dame Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri delight hotel guests with Abba’s Waterloo
Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri sing Abba's Waterloo – video
January 2022
The reader interview
Sharleen Spiteri: ‘I blew my drink at Paris Hilton. We ended up nose to nose’
The reader interview
Post your questions for Sharleen Spiteri of Texas
December 2020
'Sharleen is my homegirl' - how Texas and Wu-Tang Clan became pop's weirdest pals
The soft-rock Scots and the hardcore New York rappers have been mates ever since a riotous recording session got them banned from a studio. Is their friendship about to score them another hit?
April 2017
A brush with greatness
The night Sharleen Spiteri got to hang out with Harry Dean Stanton
It was 1989 and a 22-year-old singer from Glasgow was fronting up her band Texas, when she spotted her idol standing at the side of the stage…
February 2017
My first love song: musicians remember the soundtracks to their teenage crushes
A shaggy Texan, a firebreathing dancer, Liz Taylor … stars relive their first loves – and the tunes that bring them back
April 2015
Texas review – sparkling pop singles and monster stage presence
Velvet-voiced Sharleen Spiteri dominates the show from the second she arrives – and not even a Peter Kay cameo can put her off her stride
July 2014
Yes or No? Scotland's stars take sides in independence debate
Sharleen Spiteri criticises YouTube's 'take it or leave it' music licensing deals
May 2014
Truth and Soul: the production team making Texas sound vintage, and helping Lee Fields rewrite history
These New York sessioneer-producers minted the sound that took Amy Winehouse and Adele up the charts; now an army of admirers is coming to them to record the old-fashioned way
October 2013
Peter Robinson's radio daze
A day in the life of Radio 2
In his latest exploration of the many sounds of radio, Peter Robinson goes toe to toe with Radio 2's big man, Ken Bruce, Live In Hyde Park
September 2013
BBC Radio 2 in the Park – review
Glimmers of greatness amid a safe-as-houses bland-out at Radio 2's one-day festival, writes Ian Gittins
May 2013
30 minutes with …
Sharleen Spiteri: 'I'd cut off my arm for someone to call us a pop band'
The Texas singer on the new album, her fruity language – and that video of her falling over
