Belinda Carlisle biography
Recent performances
She performed live at Free at the Dee 2006, a free outdoor concert, in Aberdeen, Scotland and on the opening night of Manchester Gay Pride 2007. Carlisle performed a set with other 1980's acts at Retrofest, on September 1, 2007, at Culzean Castle, in Ayrshire, Scotland.
She recently toured as part of the Regeneration tour in the U.S., and the Here and Now tour in the UK and Ireland in 2008 and summer of 2009. The line up included Carlisle, as well as other acts such as The Human League, Bananarama, Boy George, Howard Jones, Paul Young, Naked Eyes, ABC, T'Pau, and Cutting Crew.
She took over the role of Velma von Tussle in London's West End production of Hairspray on October 28, 2009 at the Shaftesbury Theatre. She remained with the show till late January and was replaced by Siobhan McCarthy.
Carlisle has recently announced a Go-Go's farewell tour planned for July 2010.
Television appearances
Outside of appearances on tour with The Go-Go's, Carlisle continued her string of TV appearances.
In 2004, Carlisle was the first star to be voted off the UK reality TV show Hell's Kitchen.
In 2006, she appeared on the Simon Cowell-produced Celebrity Duets, a Fox network reality competition, pairing celebrities not famous for singing (like Lucy Lawless and Cheech Marin) with actual singers like Carlisle, Michael Bolton, Jon Secada, Taylor Dayne and Macy Gray. Carlisle sang "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" and "I Get Weak" with Lea Thompson on the September 7 episode.
In 2008 she appeared as a judge on the MTV reality show Rock the Cradle, a competition reality show featuring aspiring musicians who were also the children of famous musicians.
In 2009 Carlisle was on the 8th season of Dancing with the Stars, paired with Jonathan Roberts. She was the first star to be eliminated from the competition, on March 17.
Personal life
In 1986, Carlisle married Morgan Mason, son of the British actor James Mason, and former Special Assistant to the President of the United States. Mason made appearances in Carlisle's videos "Mad About You," and "Heaven Is a Place on Earth". They have a son, James Duke Mason, born on April 27, 1992.
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