Ellie Goulding celebrated her birthday at a bowling alley with Dougie Poynter. The Burn hitmaker who turned 28 in December, was unable to mark the occasion, as she was heading to the United States for a gig and opted to celebrate with her 27-year-old beau and a group of friends, at Basement nightclub in Miami over the weekend, instead.

The blonde beauty who has dated Skrillex and DJ Greg James in the past, shared a photo of the happy couple on her Instagram account, before they headed out for the evening.

Ellie kept her fans updated throughout the night by posting a number of birthday snaps on the picture sharing site, including an image of the group enjoying dinner, and a photo of her enormous birthday cake, decorated with the words, 'Happy Birthday Ellie'.

Later, the singer shared a photo of the club's rainbow-lit bowling alley, before hitting the dance floor with the Air Guitar hitmaker. Meanwhile, Ellie recently admitted she was shocked when her close pals treated her to a surprise birthday bash last month.

She previously said: "I'm flying on my birthday to do a show in New Orleans. "I got a surprise birthday. I was like, 'What's going on? My birthday isn't for three weeks.' It was awesome."