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 cryBorn in Scotland, Sharleen Spiteri, 56, worked as a hairdresser before forming Texas with Johnny McElhone aged 17. They went on to have hits I Don’t Want a Lover, Say What You Want and Inner Smile. Last year they released The Very Best of 1989-2023 and played Glastonbury. This March, Texas released The Muscle Shoals Sessions with Spooner Oldham, and in September there will be a UK arena to