Belinda Carlisle in Gateshead

Belinda Carlisle is an American pop-rock singer, born in Los Angeles in 1958, who first became known as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go’s. The group recorded “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat”; her solo catalogue includes “Mad About You,” “Heaven Is a Place on Earth,” “Circle in the Sand” and “Leave a Light On,” as well as the albums Heaven on Earth and Runaway Horses. The Runaway Horses Tour brought her to Birmingham’s NEC in 1990, where a concert was filmed and released as Runaway Live. In 2023 she took the Decades Tour through UK theatres, building its set around songs from across her solo career. She brought her solo set to Glastonbury in 2019 and has also performed at Rewind Festival.

Go West are an English pop duo formed in London in 1982 by singer Peter Cox and guitarist Richard Drummie. Their polished pop and blue-eyed soul first found an audience through “We Close Our Eyes” and “Call Me,” while “The King of Wishful Thinking” appeared on the Pretty Woman soundtrack. Their catalogue also includes the albums Go West and Indian Summer and the single “Faithful.” Go West performed on the Here and Now arena tours, presenting their 1980s and early-1990s catalogue to UK audiences. Peter Cox and Richard Drummie have since toured British theatres under the duo’s name and performed at outdoor revival events including Rewind Festival.