Belinda Carlisle takes on 2021 with 16-date UK tour

Belinda Carlisle has been at the forefront of American pop for more than four decades and this year, under the umbrella of ‘Decades’, three of the singer’s musical anniversaries will be celebrated by Demon Music with the release of a trio of vinyl collectibles including two Deluxe boxsets. 

The celebrations will continue throughout the year when the singer embarks on a series of festival dates from 23- 30 July and a 16-date live tour of the UK and Ireland – Decades – which is scheduled to kick off on 8 October in Nottingham and conclude on  2 November 2021 in Dublin.

With her first foray into the music business with the LA based, punk-influenced band The Go-Go’s in 1978, and then as a successful solo artist, Belinda has delivered a string of pop hits, including Circle in the Sand, Leave a Light On and Heaven Is a Place on Earth.

The three vinyl releases for 2021 are a 35th Anniversary, 2LP edition of Belinda Carlisle’s first solo album Belinda, released on 28 May;  A Woman & A Man (27 August), a 3LP Deluxe 25th anniversary boxset; and Live Your Life Be Free (8 October), a Deluxe 30th anniversary 3LP boxset.  

This 2LP 35th anniversary edition includes five bonus tracks on Side Three amongst which are three mixes of Belinda’s version of Band Of Gold recorded with Freda Payne. Side Four has five live tracks lifted from the Belinda video release.

A Woman & A Man, Belinda’s only album on the Chrysalis label, was produced by David Tickle but also saw her reunited with Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley and fellow Go-Go Charlotte Caffey, the writers of her biggest chart successes. Nowels’ In Too Deep reached No.6 in the UK and Always Breaking My Heart (written by Roxette’s Per Gessle) was another Top 10 hit. Love In The Key of C followed them into the charts while the fourth hit California features backing vocals from Beach Boy Brian Wilson.

The two bonus LPs feature 17 tracks:  non-album B-sides, including covers of Jealous Guy and The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan, plus I Won’t Say I’m In Love – Belinda’s contribution to the soundtrack of the Disney film Hercules; a cover of the Sex Pistols’ Submission, recorded with Radiator for a compilation album, plus live and acoustic versions of her earlier hits and rare remixes.  

The final release for 2021, Live Your Life Be Free, was first released in 1991 and produced by Rick Nowels, Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly and David Munday. The album featured four more hit singles – Live Your Life Be Free, Do You Feel Like I Feel, Half The World and Little Black Book.  

All titles will also be available digitally.

Tracklistings

BELINDA – 2LP SET – 35th Anniversary Edition – Release Date: 28 May 2021

A WOMAN & A MAN – 3LP boxset – Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition – Release Date: 27 August 2021

LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE – 3LP boxset – Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition – Release Date: 8 October 2021

 Festival dates

Decades tour dates

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