Sheena Easton ditches ‘craziness’ of pop star life-style…for video video games

She went from Bellshill to Bond, turning into a world star.

But a long time after topping the charts, Sheena Easton has revealed she now prefers battling digital dragons to performing in entrance of crowds.

The singer, recognized for her hits Nine to Five (Morning Train) and Bond theme tune For Your Eyes Only, stated: ‘I’m a hardcore gamer.

‘I’ve received to place in, like, an hour or two into my gaming every single day.’

She stated her favourites embrace World of Warcraft and Ghost of Tsushima.

As the youngest of six born right into a Lanarkshire household steeped in music, Ms Easton gained a scholarship to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama earlier than a BBC present, The Big Time, catapulted her to stardom. 

Sheena Easton has revealed she lives a quieter life a long time after topping the charts

The 66-year-old says her favorite video games embrace World of Warcraft (pictured) and Ghost of Tsushima  

The Bellshill singer bought greater than 20 million data in her heyday 

Her meteoric rise led to duets with Prince and Kenny Rogers, two Grammys and a Bond theme tune. 

In the Nineteen Eighties Ms Easton bought greater than 20million data.

But the 66-year-old star stated she is content material to have left fame behind her for a quieter life in Las Vegas – gaming, dog-walking and doing pilates.

She now performs small-scale reveals on the metropolis’s Hilton Hotel and stated: ‘When I walk onstage now, there’s 500 folks within the room, as a substitute of fifty,000.

‘I can lead a normal life 99 per cent of the time. I’m open to completely different artistic issues. 

‘What I’m not open to is the craziness of what it’s important to do to be a pop star. I did that after. I don’t must do it once more.’