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The Kick Inside & Lionheart have been released as a double pack by EMI (this is NOT the new remasters we are still waiting for – just the usual CDs with simple cardboard slipcase). The double pack is available from amazon.com. Also, EMI Records issued two German DVDs featuring Kate songs on Nov.18th. The Greatest Eighties features Army Dreamers and The Greatest Love features Hounds Of Love. A 2 CD set called RTL Christmas Megastars Vol. 3 features December Will Be Magic Again. (thanks to John Roger and Michael Leitz)

Newsbits: Paramount Picture’s 90th Anniversary Memorable Songs is a CD that “features popular songs that were featured in some of Paramount Pictures most successful motion pictures”, including Kate’s This Woman’s Work from “She’s Having A Baby”, read more here about this Sony release…the BBC’s Top Of The Pops website has five excerpts (Real Player) from Kate performances (Wow, Them Heavy People, Running Up That Hill, Hounds Of Love, and And So Is Love) here in their newly launched “microsite” on Kate, one fan commented that he had previously never heard of the Them Heavy People clip, so it could be a rare one (thanks to Cynthia and Michael Leitz)….a writer in The Guardian mentioned Kate in an article about a football club manager who was persuaded by “Heathcliffian tossing and turning” to pack his bags.”Heathcliff, it’s me, Cathy come home, I’m so cold, let me in-a-your window oh-uh-oh-oh-oh-uh-ho-oh.” That – as those of us who marvelled at a pert Kate Bush shrieking away like the great grandmother of all banshees on Top of the Pops – is the lung-busting chorus of Wuthering Heights. A chorus which, as anyone who’s muddled through GCSE English knows, refers to the haunting of the once-rugged Heathcliff by the ghostly figure of Cathy on the Yorkshire moors.” Read more here….Underground hip-hop icon Cage, a member of the Smut Peddlers, uses samples from Cloudbusting (the violins) in his song A Crowd Killer from his album Movies For The Blind (thanks to Michael Leitz)….a part of “Under Ice” was heavily aired in Japanese TV, in Fuji Television‘s ad for its drama series “Bara-No-Jujika (Rose Cross)” which starts this month. Fuji Television also used Night Scented Stock four years ago, which signs someone important in their drama section likes Kate. (thanks to Sozo Yamamoto, who keeps this site’s Japanese translation ticking over! – read more here.)…Sandra on the guestbook tells us that in Rolling Stone magazine’s Women in Rock issue, The Kick Inside was listed at #42 on the 50 most important albums by women chart (thanks Sandra)

A whole load of Newsbits!: Don’t forget to go to www.q4music.com and vote for Kate’s albums on their 100 best albums poll (thanks to Damien Bryce)….VH1 100 Greatest Women Update: From the guestbook: “VH1 did a really good piece on her. Toyah said some beautiful things about Kates work, Toploader, who sing to Kate’s records at home, and Midge Ure contributed. They showed excerpts from various videos and even the lady herself made a small comment. It looked like she was filmed around the Red Shoes time. All in all it made me really proud of her, and also she really did stand out amongst the others. Tori Amos made a comment too, singling out Kate’s production skills.”….Michael Leitz: “Xavier Naidoo, German soul star, currently on tour in Germany, is doing a cover version of Don’t Give Up at his concerts. Kate’s part is sung by Yvonne Betz. The studio version can be found on his second solo CD called “Zwischenspiel/Alles Für Den Herrn”. Both the live and the studio version have received excellent reviews in the German press….fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier launched his Spring/Summer 2003 collection using Wuthering Heights on the catwalk as well as trapeze artists. Designer Emanuel Ungaro also used Kate’s music to accompany his latest creations on show, during the Paris pret-a-porter shows. (thanks to Michael Leitz, Cynthia Conrad and Swan)….Bill Richotte writes; “The trailer for the new Pierce Brosnan movie Evelyn uses “Don’t Give Up”, which isn’t so unusual, but as the trailer progresses, they have re-scored the song, adding orchestration and such, kinda cool. Here is the link….In Brazil, The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball has also been released on DVD, see here, also the German label “In-Akustik” will release a DVD called “The Secret Policeman’s Balls – In Concert” on Oct 14th that features Kate’s live performance of Running Up That Hill with David Gilmour, see here….The BBC have a “TOTP2 wallpaper” featuring Kate. Three different resolutions ready for download here, the beautiful shot of Kate is from the newly released BBC Top Of The Pops book. (thanks to Michael Leitz)….On Sept 25th MTV USA did a show called “No Hit Wonders.” Kate was referenced in mention to singer/actress Milla Jovovich (Fifth Element, Million Dollar Hotel), who released an album back in 1994. They compared her single “Gentlemen Who Fell” as a “weird combination of Enya meets Kate Bush, but not nearly as good.” (thanks to Collin Kelley)….an article on Kate has appeared in the current issue of Swedish magazine “Rock” (thanks Magnus)….Running Up That Hill has been recently added to a compilation CD called “Promises & Memories” in Italy. In the booklet included is a small photo of Kate performing “The Dreaming” on an Italian show called “Discoring” back in 1982, and a very positive review of the track. (thanks to Antonello Saeli)….Jenn Crowell in Washington DC writes: “there is an article on “Generation X” writers in the Sept./Oct 2002 edition of Pages, a US literary magazine, in which I mention Kate Bush as one of my major pop culture influences, I’m a novelist, and my novel Necessary Madness, which came out in the US and UK a few years back, actually quoted a line from Hounds of Love by name.” (thanks Jenn)

Newsbits: Brett Anderson from Suede appeared on the Channel 4 programme RISE on the 17th Sept. When asked the first single he ever bought was he replied “Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights”. He then went on to say he was completely mad about Kate (thanks to Rafferty on the guestbook)….Greg Kearney in Toronto writes: “Just happened upon the new “Paramount 90th Anniversary” compilation CD. It features “This Woman’s Work“, sandwiched between mega-hits from Saturday Night Fever and Titanic. A good barometer of our gal’s ever-rising stock in the U.S, “She’s Having a Baby” is not, after all, a prime jewel in the Paramount crown.” (thanks Greg)….while the new live DVD from David Gilmour (out this month in the UK, November in the US) does include the track Comfortably Numb alas it is NOT the version with Kate from earlier this year (John on the guestbook adds “The DVD is of the June ’01 gig with extras from the Jan ’02 shows.”)….vote for Kate (yet again!). BBC Radio 2 are organising yet another of those all time Top 50 charts of number one hits, so run, don’t walk, to this site and vote for Wuthering Heights. If you go into the “Presenters  Choices” link, you will see that DJ Simon Mayo picks WH as his favourite and says “When the vocals started I just stopped and looked at the radio.” Radio 2 are also using a  snippet of WH with Simon Mayo’s quote to advertise the poll (thanks to Boolbar)….Swan fom the French site says “the soundtrack to the TV series Alias includes “This Woman’s Work” – in the second episode titled “So It Begins” (thanks Swan)….Mark B writes: “In the current edition of UK’s Record Collector there is an interview with Claudia Brucken (ex Propaganda) currently working on new material which includes a new version of Running Up That Hill, also mentioned is promos having been released of  Hammer Horror by PHATS….The September 2002 issue of Classic Rock magazine includes an  interview with Joe Elliott (Def Leppard). On the subject of the new album ‘X’ he says “with this record we’ve taken snippets of Linkin Park and we’ve taken snippets of others, but its not just the modern stuff. I mean, Kate Bush pushed the boundaries of pop music, and we still steal from people like her and Peter Gabriel – people who sold lots of records but who were sonically challenging and appealing.” (thanks to Malcolm Calder)….Ernest Stoddart saw Kiki & Herb‘s live show: “I went to see Kiki and Herb at the Soho Theatre last night and they were very funny and manic. They sang versions of Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart, Radiohead’s No Surprises and Patti Smith’s Horses amongst others. Included in the show was a version of Moments of Pleasure. The show has been extended to the 30th August. A must see at only £12″….Ernest also had this news for bargain hunters: “Most of Kate’s albums can now be found at bargain prices in the record stores. Virgin are selling the Red Shoes and The Sensual World at a sale price of only £3.99 while FOPP a new record store in Covent Garden London has all albums from The Kick Inside through to Hounds of Love for only £5 each.” (thanks Ernest)….

Newsbits: A lot of recent rumours about the progress on Kate’s new album and indeed who is handling the promotion or otherwise of the new work have been circulating, one rumour suggested that a particular person in the record industry has been given a list of tracks from the new album already. Just so you know, the editors of HomeGround magazine have told me that they have good cause to be sceptical about the latter story….Tony B on the guestbook writes: “I’ve just returned from two weeks holiday in Cornwall. While there, I went to see ‘The Eden Project.’ Kate is a part of it. There is a part of the project dedicated to the production of rubber, one display is lots of rubber wellingtons happily dancing away to a very loud Rubberband Girl. It is so sureal to see all these boots jigging away to Kate, next to a condom display. You just have to be there!”…Hideaki Nishihara of the Lionheart Japanese fan club has sent me a link to a new “Kate Museum” page which features a lot of rare promotional pics (see photo left) and photos from Kate’s time in Japan (including those Seiko watch ads) in the early days here…VH1 are currently taking votes for the 100 greatest women to be screened late September, Simon Fourny has sent in this link to vote….Kate’s Babooshka video was played on the French TV show “80 à l’heure” on 5th August (see French Kate forum here, thanks also to FX of The Ninth Wave site for letting me know)….Geoff Tate, while promoting his solo release, mentions Kate as a personal favourite artist here (thanks David)….Malcolm Calder also noted in the recent issue of Record Collector, hidden in the ‘Big Heart For A Big Country’ article – tribute to Stuart Adamson, three of the participants (Bill Nelson, Midge Ure & Mike Baillie) are asked ‘What do you miss about him most?’ Midge Ure replies: “The fact that there’s one less person fighting against mediocrity. I had a great conversation with Kate Bush about 10 years ago. We were doing a duet and we went to her studio. She was talking about quitting and I said, ‘You can’t because if you quit, I’ll quit, and if I quit somebody else who cares will quit…’ Stuart was one of those steps down the line. He was someone who cared, who’s not there now.”….David Sheasby has sent in this very proper mention of Kate’s birthday fromThe Daily Telegraph….Justin in Bath let me know that Naked Voices (see July 28th news) performed Rocket’s Tail that day, “It was almost as if Kate and the Trio were there themselves amazing”….Kate’s rendition of Rocket Man is played in the film Women Talking Dirty, starring Helena Bonham Carter. (thanks to “Bonzo” on the guestbook)

Newsbits: There is a picture of Kate (back cover of Lionheart by Gered Mankowitz) in the ‘She Bop‘ exhibition at theNational Portrait Gallery in London, downstairs, next to the bookshop. See the gallery’s site here. (thanks to David Sheasby and David Plaister for letting me know)….this site and many others have been reviewed and assessed in a two page article about Kate Bush on the Internet in the August issue of Record Collector magazine. I’m pleased to say that Kate Bush News & Information is recommended as a first stop, so thanks to writer Cliff McLenehen (thanks to Mark for spotting the article)….two artists discussing Kate on the BBC website recently include Jane Weaver and Euros Child (of Welsh band Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci), click on their names for the interviews….the BBC site also mentions a concert last year at the Bristol Community Festival where the group Naked Voicesperformed “soothing acappella interpretations of everything from Kate Bush to Seal, enough to bring warmth to the coldest soul”….Tristan and Jeremy send some news from France about two new compilations Platinium Pop includes Babooshka andTogether – Pop includes Running Up That Hill….Michael Leitz found Kate at number one in the Ulver Music Top Ten with Hounds Of Love, “A classic Kate Bush album and the one that broke her into major stardom in the US. Interestingly enough, the UK pressings sound much better than the US ones.” See the BBC site here…Michael also found an article in the Guardian newspaper by singerLouise Wener of Sleeper: “The one good thing about growing up with chronic asthma was the frequency with which I was allowed to stay home from school in the winter, listening to music….I discovered that the force of singing along to Wuthering Heights and whirling my arms above my head like Kate Bush made my breathing easier; and that the addition of a hairbrush, a mirror and a touch of bathroom reverb made it all the more enjoyable…I spent the rest of the night singing along to Kate Bush in front of the bathroom mirror, writing a new chapter for my second novel, counting my blessings and wondering what on earth I could have been thinking of…” See the article here….Kevin Tachman says that Kiki & Herb (see April 22nd news) will be performing in London 24 July-17 August, not sure of venue…John Lang heard Hello Earth played on the BBC Radio 3 show Late Junction, see the site here….JOY FM, Australia’s only gay and lesbian radio station ran a 2 hour special on Kate and Tori Amos at Saturday 27 July 2002 (thanks to Henry Chan)

Newsbits: Joseph spotted a sample from Under Ice on a CD mixed by DJ John Digweed. The track by Liquid Language is called Blue Savannah on the album 006 Sydney. The repeated lyric is “I’m speeding past trees” (thanks Joseph)…Peter Gabriel‘s back-catalogue has been re-released in digitally remastered form. Albums with contributions from Kate: Peter Gabriel 3 features “Games Without Frontiers” and “No Self Control” with Kate on BVs. So features “Don’t Give Up”, Shaking The Tree features “Games Without Frontiers” and “Don’t Give Up”. See Peter’s site here. (thanks to Michael Leitz)…Iarfhlaith Manny noticed that in the current issue of theRTÉ Guide (Irish radio and television listings) it said that this week 24 years ago, Kate gave an interview with the RTÉ Guide telling that her top 3 favourite albums were: 1. David Bowie “Young Americans”, 2. Anything by Eric Satie, 3. The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper’s” (thanks Iarfhlaith)…Hounds Of Love was voted number 50 in the BBC Radio 6 “Glorious 50” poll. Stone Roses by Stone Roses was number 1. Check it out here. (thanks to Cynthia Conrad)…TV Kanagawa in Japan have featured Kate on 14th June in a “Nothin but Piano” editon of “Sony Music Access” in which DJ Chris Tomoko showed videos of songs “with impressive piano sound”. They played This Woman’s Work. The show had contacted me for permission to mention my site, and I gladly agreed! See their site here. (thanks to Sozo for help)…SingerCara Dillon has written a piece for the 25th Anniversary issue of Ireland’s Hot Press magazine dated 3rd July. “..please, please can she record another album soon? People like her shouldn’t be allowed to retire!” The feature includes a large B&W pic of Kate, click on the image here for a scan of Cara’s article…Q Magazine had a jokey headline featuring Kate in their recent issue. “P45 for Kate Bush?” The cash strapped Capitol/EMI/Virgin Group recently “re-structured”. So who’s in the firing line? On borrowed Time? Bryan Ferry, Billie, David Sylvian, Kate Bush – no new album since 1993’s The Red Shoes. Are her bosses prepared to keep waiting, standing ovation at last year’s Q Awards or not!” (thanks to Bill Richotte)…Barbara Ellen in The Observer UK newspaper was complaining that the arty Meltdown Festival was always hosted by men. This year’s host is David Bowie and he is rumoured to be playing Low in its entirety at his concert. Kate is pictured and mentioned as a possible female host of the festival along with a list of others including Tracy Chapman and Madonna (thanks to Andrew Thompson)…Ben on the guestbook writes: On Thursday 27th June Brian Kennedy chose Running Up That Hill as one of his Tracks Of My Years on BBC Radio 2. He raved on about how wonderful Kate is and especially Hounds Of Love. He also urged Kate to ‘release the new album soon’. (thanks Ben and thanks also to Jane Blackley at Brian’s official site, I’ve previously interviewed Brian, read the chat here)…

Newsbits: Marco Gatti in The Netherlands writes: “The Efteling celebrates it’s 50 birthday this year with a book about its history, “Efteling, Kroniek Van Een Sprookje” (“Efteling, A Chronicle Of A Fairy Tale.) The text is accompanied with a small picture of Kate in front of the haunted castle with the caption “Beautiful Kate fits perfectly in the Haunted Castle”. Kate performed dramatised versions of seven of her songs from The Kick Inside for a Dutch TV programme in May 1978, filmed at these gardens. (thanks Marco)…this weekend’s UK press reports that Wuthering Heights was voted #18 in the poll of the top songs by British artists since the Queen’s coronation in 1952. (thanks to Steve Thomas)…Dance group Faithless played their favourite video clips of all time on the Australian ABC TV  Programme “Rage”- they picked Cloudbusting as one of their favourite tracks and the clip was played (thanks to Brian Parker)…Cynthia tells me that a UK magazine listed Kate at 47 in a poll of the 50 Best Looking British Women of all time (thanks Cynthia)…Henrik Nilsson from Stockholm noticed that Cloudbusting (and a nice pic of Kate) was featured in the in-flight magazine of airline company Britannia in the presentation of the different radio channels on offer…according to The Independent, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain plays Wuthering Heights. “It took some cheek for George Hinchcliffe, the orchestra’s boss (he started the band 16 years ago) […] to reinvent Kate Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ as a cocktail-jazz croon, but he did it. By the end, I was a delirious convert to the instrument” For more info on the orchestra, you can visit their homepage (thanks to Michael Leitz)

Newsbits: Guy Pearce, star of LA Confidential, Memento and the upcoming film version of The Time Machine has been interviewed in the February 2002 issue of the US edition of GQ magazine. Here’s an excerpt: “Pearce needs to buy a Jeff Buckley CD for a friend…inside (the record store) he finds the CD, then, after a short, yearning pit stop near the Kate Bush selections (“I know the President of her fan club”), he cruises the DVD aisle.”(thanks to Irene)…an excerpt from Don’t Give Up was played on Pop Idols on ITV in the UK to accompany a montage of retrospective clips as Darius Danesh was voted out. (thanks Talia)… Beate tells us about a CD sampler with an interesting title that she found, containing Rocket Man. “Women Talking Dirty”. It includes tracks from Dolly Parton, Marianne Faithfull, Sheryl Crow, Bananarama, Lulu, The Honeyz and more. Beate also spotted a  DVD video collection at the German shop WOM (World of music) containing The Man With The Child In His Eyes, as far as she can recall it was called “The Greatest Hits Of The 70’s“. (thanks Beate, and thanks to SWAN for the cover pic)…Sky One in the UK has screened the episode of Alias which features This Woman’s Work. (thanks to Glenn Monks)