Belinda still Go Going.. ‘QUIT PLANS ON HOLD’

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POP veteran Belinda Carlisle was ready to give up on music until a chance meeting with a songwriting legend.

The star is back with new EP Kismet featuring songs by one of the greatest living hitmakers – Diane Warren.

And the new music shook up her plans for retirement.

The former Go-Go’s lead singer, 64, said: “The way it happened was strange because I wasn’t planning to do anything else.

“I was ready to slow down, had done pretty much everything in my career, and then my son ran into Diane Warren.

“She said, ‘What is your mum doing? Let’s get her on the phone.’

“So they

Facetimed me and she said,

‘Get down to the studio, I have

Steel Banglez says being imprisoned for six years, serving three for firearms offences, inspired new tune Essence.

Banglez told me: “I was 17, sat in a cell thinking, ‘I’m never going to be able to get a job again’. “Essence is a therapeutic release, of never forgetting the place

I’m from, remembering its positives and negatives.” some hits for you.’” But Belinda was still unsure: “I thought, do I really want to go there and open that door? “Then I thought I’d be stupid not to hear her out. She played me Big Big Love and I freaked out and said, ‘I wanna sing this song.’ You can’t say no to the women who has written more hit songs than anyone else.”

She’s not wrong. Warren has sold 125million records, and had nine US No1s and 32 top 10s, including Belinda’s 80s top tune I Get Weak. Belinda said: “I adore her. I ended up recording five songs and calling the EP Kismet because that really encapsulates what happened. “All these weird coincidences that lead me to singing.”