I don't love headsets for performing music, but I have several for theatre and corporate stuff. I primarily use DPA 4266, which are the omni version of what you're looking at. The industry standard for this purpose is the Crown CM311, and has been for a long time. It doesn't sound quite as good as DPA (nothing does), but there's a reason everyone is still using them after all these years.
In general, cardioid headsets tend to have more irregular frequency response and pick up more breath noise. Omni headsets tend to be more even and natural sounding. Obviously sometimes you need a tight pattern on stage, but you'll sound better if you can get away with an omni. If your stage volume isn't ridiculous, an omni might work fine.
I have single and double ear attachments for all of my DPA headsets, and you'd be surprised how stable the single ear version is on your head.
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