The women of the iconic eighties band the Go-Go s will always be remembered as they appeared on the back of their debut record: sunny, smiling, each soaking in her own private bubble bath with chocolates and champagne. The photo is a perfect tribute to the fun, irreverent brand of pop music that the Go-Go s created, but it also conceals the trials and secret demons that the members of the group and, in particular, its lead singer, Belinda Carlisle struggled with on their rise to stardom.
Leaving her unstable childhood home at the age of eighteen, Belinda battled serious weight issues,...