Country star Twinnie shares best and unique festival tips ahead of huge performance

Country-pop star Twinnie has shared her top tips for surviving festival season and it turns out she's more "festival grandma" than party queen.

The singer, who is set to perform at The Long Road Festival later this month, admitted she rarely attends music festivals unless she's on the line-up herself, but insists there are a few essentials every festival-goer should never leave home without.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Twinnie laughed: "Make sure you have sunscreen if it's hot, that's one for me, for sure. I don't really, this is so weird, but I don't really go to festivals unless I'm playing them.

"I played Glasto last year and then spent the rest of the time when I wasn't performing being a fan, and that was amazing. But I feel like at a festival you just gotta take a little backpack and your essentials, especially if it's warm, and stay hydrated. I'm not that cool, I'm like a grandma saying, 'Keep hydrated, wear sunscreen'."

The former Hollyoaks actress, 39, also revealed the one trick she swears by to avoid a festival disaster. She said: "You've got to make a meeting point.

"Just in case you get lost, that is a really good one because the phone signal is always not great. So if you have a little meeting spot and one of you gets lost, then at least you have that spot."

Twinnie will be putting her own advice into practice when she takes to the stage at The Long Road Festival, where she'll perform tracks including her upcoming new single, Wild One .

The empowering anthem reflects the message that has shaped much of her career, with the Yorkshire-born singer determined not to let anyone put her in a box.

She explained: "I really want to live a full life. There are so many inspirational women I look up to like Dolly Parton and Cher. I just live in this world that anything is possible.

"I mean, I am from Yorkshire, I do country-pop music - even my music doesn't fit in the traditional mould of country. I have always been an artist to really celebrate people being themselves, being truthful and not settling.

"We're only here once, so as long as you're not hurting anybody, you can live the life you want to live. I just like to be myself and I think when you shine your own light, you give others permission to shine their light."

The Long Road Festival takes place August 27-30 with The Shires, Ronnie Wood and his band, Maren Morris and more on the bill.

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