![\"Self](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4858260_1_articleinline_01JWWR11J0RTN84ARMW75WYZBD.jpg\" "\\"Self")
Self Esteem.<\/p>\nI usually don\u2019t have any spare time so the key to me not feeling insane is doing a bit of exercise and replying to emails\u2026 it sounds very simple but sometimes it\u2019s hard to get around to these things.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll feed my dog and then get ready for the day. I don\u2019t eat until around midday \u2014 I don\u2019t have that breakfast thing going on.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll either go for a run or do some exercises like squats at home. Sometimes I don\u2019t do anything but I have figured out that it definitely improves my mood if I exercise. When I\u2019m on the tour bus, I can sleep and sleep.<\/p>\n
If I\u2019m on tour, I\u2019ll try to stay asleep until about 11am because I\u2019ll be in my bunk and I\u2019ll be cosy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll go searching for a shower if I\u2019m at a festival \u2014 it\u2019s usually very unglamorous.<\/p>\n
Catering usually starts at around 12 and you\u2019ll be hoping that the food is good.<\/p>\n
There are 15 people in my band now so I will wait around to see if anyone wants to come for food.<\/p>\n
I might not be going on stage until 9pm so I will either sleep more or try to do some work.<\/p>\n
At Electric Picnic, there was a tattooist, a masseuse, a makeup artist, and a hairdresser available backstage so the artists could get anything they wanted done.<\/p>\n
Because we all had so much time, we all got tattoos. I got my dog\u2019s initials tattooed.<\/p>\n
If I\u2019m at a festival, I like going to see other things but I am quite shy so, if people want to talk to me when I\u2019m walking around, I can find it a bit exhausting so I tend to keep myself out of the way.<\/p>\n
The show is quite taxing these days so it\u2019s important for me to be well rested before a performance.<\/p>\n
As a performer, there can be quite a lot of hanging around. When I was younger, we\u2019d drink but I\u2019m 40 next year so I\u2019m not spending my time drinking any more.<\/p>\n
There was a period of hardcore Uno playing and, no matter how disciplined we try to be, there is still a good bit of sitting around talking or scrolling on our phones.<\/p>\n
Self Esteem.<\/p>\n
If I\u2019m on stage at 9pm, we will all eat at around 6pm.<\/p>\n
Everyone I work with is so professional \u2014 a lot of them have worked in theatre and they are used to protecting their energy and spending time wisely.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s one of the reasons I really love theatre \u2014 it\u2019s a completely different energy to being in a band.<\/p>\n
I love performing and am really proud of this current show. I can\u2019t wait to get on a stage. There\u2019s a real community feel and sisterhood to it all.<\/p>\n
I need the exchange of energy with fans. This industry can be relentlessly unfair and it can be hard to remember why I do this but then I have that exchange of energy with the crowd and it heals me.<\/p>\n
When I came off stage at Glastonbury, everyone wanted me to party \u2014 I didn\u2019t want to at all.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m still learning what I need after this latest show but invariably you do have to \u2018come down\u2019 after a performance.<\/p>\n
That is hard because the industry provides you with so many ways to stay up if you want to but we do a bit of yoga now and we get some food and try to do all the good stuff.<\/p>\n
In the past, it was second nature for everyone to be a little bit drunk all the time and no one told me how damaging that was. Now it\u2019s all about moderation.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s nice to have a few gigs in one city at a time because you can get your bearings.<\/p>\n
The thought of travelling from city to city is also worse than actually doing it. I\u2019ve spent most of my career in Sprinter buses and sleeping on floors so I feel blessed to have the tour bus sleeping situation I have now.<\/p>\n
As much as I am a free spirit, I now realise that I love having all my stuff in one place. I have just moved into my own flat in London.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m currently sleeping on a mattress on the floor but it\u2019s wonderful because it\u2019s my mattress on my floor and the landlord can\u2019t make me move.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m constantly surprised that I\u2019m an adult and I have to spend my money on boring things like laundry baskets.<\/p>\n
Before I go to sleep, I\u2019ll listen to Trixie and Katya talking about drag and another podcast called Race Chaser, where they review all the RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race episodes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I also love history so I enjoy listening to Dan Snow\u2019s History Hit podcast. Basically, I can\u2019t be alone with my thoughts.<\/p>\n
This year, Self Esteem collaborated with Three on supporting the next generation of Irish artists which culminated in a special performance with emerging artist and City Stages talent, Rebecca Lane. Follow the City Stages journey at @threeireland on social media. Follow Self Esteem at @selfesteemselfesteem on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I usually don\u2019t have any spare time so the key to me not feeling insane is doing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,6405,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-140410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-music-movies-reviews-munster","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}