Belinda Carlisle | "Kismet"
Belinda Carlisle has touched the hearts of pop fans around the world while creating the song-track to so many of our memories!
She began her career as co-founder and lead vocalist of the all-female new wave/rock band The Go-Go’s and has amassed worldwide sales in excess of 15 million albums and singles!
Their 1980's self-penned, multi-platinum debut album, Beauty and the Beat saw international top-10 singles in “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat” which became enduring anthems for independent women from ages 8 to 80.
When the band dismantled in 1985, she quickly released Belinda in 1986 with an out-of-the-box, gold-certified smash, “Mad About You”, and the hits just kept coming. “I Get Weak” and “Circle in the Sand,” put Belinda-mania into full effect.
So much has happened since then and you can catch up on it all by listening to my podcast episode with Belinda HERE.
But the big big news???
Belinda’s latest 5-track EP, KISMET, dropped on May 12, and she has a US tour coming in July & August too!
All songs were written by the incomparable songwriter Diane Warren.
KISMET, is released on Warren’s label imprint RAF through BMG and features the brand new tracks, “Big Big Love”,“If U Go”, “Deeper Into You”, “I Couldn’t Do That To Me”, and “Sanity”.
Belinda and Diane first collaborated in 1987 on the Diane Warren songs, “I Get Weak”, “World Without You,” and “Heaven Is A Place On Earth,” - the track that established Belinda Carlisle as a global star. They’re working together again after a chance meeting in a coffee shop!
Belinda, after decades in the music business, shows no signs of slowing down. Like most of us, she's more grounded than she was back in the 80's but just as talented and sharing the same energy and verve as she did when she burst onto the scene.
Tickets for her American “Decades” tour are on sale now!
The tour kicks off on July 1st in Peachtree City, GA, hits multiple cities including New York, San Fransisco, and Las Vegas, before coming to a close on August 27th in Los Angeles. The set list will be comprised of her more than twenty top-charting singles performed with her infectious energy and verve.