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’80s Icon Belinda Carlisle Stuns With 67th Birthday Selfie<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n Belinda Carlisle<\/strong> rose to stardom as the lead singer of the Go-Gos, but the beloved songbird is thriving in her sixties.<\/p>\n Carlisle, who also had a successful solo career with hits like \u201cHeaven Is a Place on Earth\u201d and “Mad About You,” took to Instagram on Sunday to celebrate her 67th birthday with a poignant message about gratitude. Looking as stunning as ever, the classic beauty posed in a straw hat and a chambray shirt as she looked off into the distance.<\/p>\n “Another trip around the \u2600\ufe0f\u2026.. grateful to be here when so many of my friends and loved ones aren\u2019t. So the word of today is GRATITUDE \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\ude75\ud83e\ude75\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffcHappy Sunday!!” she wrote.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfacSIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a>\ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n In a recent interview with The Sunday Times<\/em><\/a>, Carlisle opened up about her past issues with drugs and alcohol, which continued for many years.<\/p>\n “I thought, I\u2019ll just drink wine, and I won\u2019t do coke.\u00a0I realised that in order to continue with my career \u2014 which was in the toilet \u2014 the most important thing was to get sober. I remember playing this little club in Northampton at the end of my drinking and using. There were 12 people in the audience, and my dressing room was a closet for cleaning materials, mops and brooms. I thought, wow. I was able to turn things around, but I wouldn\u2019t have been able to if I had been behaving in the way I was before I got sober,” she recalled.<\/p>\n These days, things look a lot different for Carlisle, who is married with one son.<\/p>\n “I get up at 3:30 am.\u00a0Then I chant for 40 minutes. I love chanting. It\u2019s not airy-fairy; it\u2019s scientific,” she explained.<\/p>\n Carlisle will release her new album, \u201cOnce Upon a Time in California,\u201d on August 29.<\/p>\n Related: ’80s Pop Princess, 66, Releases New Music and Fans Are Going Wild: ‘Sounds Incredible’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n