Friendly Fires singer says crippling anxiety meant he needed a drink just to get on stage

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. FriendlyFires singer,Ed Macfarlane, says crippling anxiety meant he needed a drink just to get on stage

AFTER eight years away, Friendly Fires’ third album, Inflorescent, finds them more confident than ever.

“It wasn’t until a year later when I realised what a big thing it was.

“All I could think was that we were about to get booed off stage. And I’d got into the habit of needing a drink to get on stage.” “Then the anxiety got out of control. I’ve always been stupidly over-critical about what I do. I’m a perfectionist, I guess, so I’m never going to be satisfied.”It left him to reflect on what the three friends — who had met at school in St Albans aged 13 — had achieved as a band.It took a while before the trio began to enjoy each other’s company again. They had to become friends again first.He says: “Seeing people on others’ shoulders, singing along, has been really emotional.

“Someone spending ages in the mirror, double-checking what you are wearing and being self-conscious — and so they’ll never get in like that. “It was great to find where we were going, what the next step was for the band. We have this real energy again.”

 

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FriendlyFires Choose a different career then.Or do what Kate Bush did and not gig.

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