Kate Bush to appear in concert for the first time since 1979

[FireOpal]

Ms. Bush will play a 22-night residence at the Hammersmith Apollo starting next week. I'm not a huge fan, but that's just amazing to me - I don't think I've heard of an artist coming back to live performance after such a long... sabbatical, let us say. Good for her.

The Daily Mail - which is not known for its factual accuracy - mentions that Kate Bush was the first woman to go to number one singing one of her own songs. In 1978, this would be. Isn't that quite late? Wasn't Carole King popular in the UK? Surely Carly Simon had a number of hit records in Britain. Maybe they didn't get to #1 though.

[azad]

Wow, I hope she does well. I haven't listened to Kate Bush for a long time. Might have to get out the cd.

I will be interested in hearing her new performances this time round.

[Walter]

Wonder if David Gilmour will join her? I know there is mutual respect and he's played on her studio stuff before.

[mstork]

Good for her, that's hard to believe. And some think Jimmy's had a long hiatus from playing live! :-)

[Disco Duck]

Has she mentioned why she took such a lengthy break? Was she raising children or caring for an elderly parent

[FireOpal]

She does have a child, but her reason for stopping was apparently that it was very exhausting. I could be wrong but hasn't she had anxiety issues - no one needs to rest for 35 years I wouldn't think.

[SteveAJones]

I'd be interested to learn how they went about choosing a venue and determining how many nights she should perform. I realize she was once (and could still be) immensely popular in the UK, but that's a lot of shows to announce all at once for anyone.

[FireOpal]

They chose the venue because it was the last place she had played, for sentimental reasons I guess. As for length of time, I don't know. She has a fear of air travel - or did at one time - so maybe that's why she chose to stay in one place and have people come to her rather than the other way around.

Apparently I'm the only one who was intrigued by the "first woman to go to #1 with a song she wrote" conjecture! But just in case anyone else has been puzzling over it: I think Grace Slick has that distinction in the U.S., unless I'm missing someone, and she nearly did it twice: "Somebody to Love" went to #1 in 1967 and "White Rabbit" reached #2.

Next I think would be Carole King "It's Too Late" 1971, then Carly Simon "You're So Vain" 1972. Feel free to chime in anyone! In the meantime, I'll commune with Casey Kasem in spirit.

[chillumpuffer]

I'd be interested to learn how they went about choosing a venue and determining how many nights she should perform. I realize she was once (and could still be) immensely popular in the UK, but that's a lot of shows to announce all at once for anyone.

It's London. Us in the "other" parts of this country are not deemed suitable. Always the same