We’re experiencing so many mixed emotions at the end of this EXTRAORDINARY series of concerts from Kate. It’s been incredible. Here is a beautiful tribute to the KT Fellowship, by our friend and colleague in Kate, Brian Cloughley.
BBC … NME …NME Blog (Ben Hewitt) … Yahoo Music … Daily Express … ContactMusic … SuperDeluxeEdition … A Journal of Musical Things …. SupaJam … Independent … Music Times … Daily Mirror ( and here) …
The new issue of Q Magazine, out on Tuesday 30th September, features three special Comebacks Of The Year covers – Kate Bush, Aphex Twin and U2. The tagline for the Kate cover reads: “Kate Bush: Her Remarkable Triumph!”
From the Q website: “From her beginnings in the 1970s to her recent live return, we trace the career of the artist in a 22-page celebration including new articles, vintage interviews, previously unseen pictures and much more.” The feature concludes with a 4-page illustrated glowing review of the show, with writer Tom Doyle giving the show yet another 5 stars!
Copies of Q purchased at UK Tesco shops exclusively feature limited-edition double-sided Kate Bush poster (see below).
More on how to order Q Magazine at their website here.
Don’t forget to vote for Kate in the Q Awards! More on how to vote here.
UPDATE: Here’s what the special Tesco-only cardboard wallet cover and exclusive double-sided poster look like. It shows Kate performing Under Ice on stage. The reverse of the poster is a reproduction of the regular Q Magazine lifejacket cover. The cardboard wallet contains the regular issue of Q magazine with the lifejacket cover along with this poster. Fans have been scouring Tesco shops around the UK looking for this limited edition!
Inevitably, Kate has arranged for her new live show Before the Dawn, to be filmed with the intention of producing a DVD of the production. This will be done at the performances on 16th and 17th September. Some ticket holders for those shows have been notified by the venue that their seats have been moved in order to accommodate the cameras and other equipment.
Meanwhile the explosion of publicity around the live shows, which we already knew had propelled all of Kate’s albums back into the charts, has produced a sales surge on Amazon averaging 2,813%. This however conceals an 8,000% increase in sales of The Red Shoes, and a 5,000% increase in sales of Hounds of Love.
NME … Digital Spy … Stereogum … Gigwise …
VOTE FOR KATE BEST LIVE ACT HERE!
VOTE FOR KATE BEST ACT IN THE WORLD TODAY HERE!
Kate has been nominated in two categories in this year’s Q Magazine awards – Best Live Act and Best Act in the World Today. From the Q website:
“Kate Bush‘s comeback residency at London’s Eventim Apollo after a 35-year absence from the stage earns her first ever nomination for Best Live Act presented by The Cavern Club. She’s also nominated for the coveted Best Act In The World Today Award presented by Buster + Punch.”
Nominees for Best Live Act are: Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Kate Bush, Jack White
Nominees for Best Act in the World Today: Arctic Monkeys, Pharrell Williams, Kasabian, Kate Bush, Arcade Fire
Read more at the Q website here.
BBC … Entertainment Weekly … London Standard … Daily Express … Independent … ITV … Entertainmentwise …
“Holy s***. The Kate Bush show is reinventing the pop concert…laughing, crying and wondering what the hell is gonna happen next.” – BBC Radio 6 Presenter Rob da Bank.
We’ll gather the reviews of Kate’s live show here.
Daily Telegraph picture gallery.
Rod McKie’s definitive review.
The Guardian (Alex Patridis and Nick Grimshaw) … Daily Telegraph (Bernadette McNulty) and also on audio and more and more … The Irish Times (Sinead Gleeson) … Mirror (Gavin Martin and Katy Forrester) … BBC (Gemma Arterton and Anna Calvi) … BBC (Tim Masters) … Daily Express (Simon Gage) … Daily Star (James Cabooter) … ITV (Neil Connery) … Daily Mail (Jan Moir) … The Independent (Andy Gill) … The Times (Will Hodgkinson) and Times Saturday Magazine (Caitlin Moran) … NME okay – we forgive you for 1979! (Lucy Jones) and also Emily McKay … New York Times (Ben Ratliff) … London Standard (John Aizlewood) … Spectator (James Walton) and comment from John-Paul Marney … Uncut (Anon and then John Mulvey) … Time Out (Andrzej Lukowski) … Mojo (staff) and second night (Jenny Bully) …. Gay Times (Mikey Walsh) … Channel 4 (Anon) … Billboard (Richard Smirke) … Rolling Stone (Mark Sutherland) … Drowned in Sound (Alan Pedder) … Pitchfork (Jude Rogers) … The Quietus (Simon Price) … Financial Times (Ludovic Hunter-Tilney) … Digital Spy (Kate Goodacre) … Louder than War (Dave Jennings and Martin Unsworth) … Hot Press (Hannah Hamilton) … Irish Independent (Bernadette McNulty) … Metro (Anon) … Magnet (Cory du Browa) … The Arts Desk (Russ Coffey) … Prog (Chris Roberts) … Back Seat Mafia (Nickety) … Sunday Express (Charlotte Heathcote) … The Observer (Kitty Empire) … Get to the Front (David Dunn) … PanCakePictures (Fiona Smith) … Huffington Post (Karen Ruimy) and then Victoria Sadler … Hidden Tracks (Pete Paphides) … The Trio of Oz (Rachel Z) … National Post (Mike Doherty) … GScene (Criag Hanlon-Smith) … Specs (Adrian) … Beige (Collin Kelley) … Clash (Anna Wilson) … Even the Stars (Deborah Walker) … Chris Rogers … So So Gay (Jon B) … Gloucestershire Echo (Giulia Crouch) … Plastic Bag (Owen and again) … Coffee-Table Notes (Neil Cooper) … The Woman’s Room (Jane) … The Plashing Vole (Anon) … Candy Pop (Natasha) … The Age (Bernard Zuel) … Lilly in the Labyrinth (Lilly) … Chris n that (Chrisv) … Pedlar’s World (Charlie) … The Monitors (Eamon Murtagh) … Toronto Star (John Sakomoto) … Disorder (Kate Allen) … Melodee Writes (Melanie Hayden-Williams) … Daily Star (Nicole Morley) … Echoes and Dust (Dave Cooper) … The 405 (Robert Whitfield) … Rick Wakeman’s Cape (Wizard of Ooze) … PJ Media (Clay Waters) … John Guy Collick … Liverpool Sound and Vision (Donna Lesley Price) … Freq (David Solomons) … News.com.au (Nick Bond) … GigSlutz (Rosie James) … Mr. Haircare (ditto) … Martin Beam … ChoirBoyMotel (John Forde) … The Examiner (Gillian Gaar) … Gigwise (Andrew Trendell) … The Skinny (Dave Kerr) … Retrocosm (Charles Heady) … Rants of a Bitter Northerner (Helen Richards and again and again and again ) … Put the Kettle on (Mark) … Moving Brands (Phillip Browning) … Minibreak Mummy (Ruth Jenkins) … The Art of Jane Tomlinson (the same) … NotAllWomenAreTheSame (Sue Sherman) … The Morning after the Deluge (Sasha Loske) … Tunnels of Green (Maree) … The Music Chronicles (Stratos Bacalis) … Louder than War (Youth) … All That’s Left (George East) … North Devon Journal (Anita Butler) … Lesley Anne Jones … EQView (Roy Ward) … Bloggertropolis (Steve) … Diary Von Davidly … Yahoo Music (Lyndsey Parker) … My Bloggywog (Lealoo) … Greenwich Catholic (Tamas) … Strange Times (Dave West) … Waking Life has Blurred the Lines (Casey Stratton) … Liisa Ladouceur … From Beer to Eternity (Paul) …
Through the Wire (Justin Holford) … Dyverse Music (Mike Butler) … The Figure Ground (Alex Dale) … You Tube (Hitler) …. Spiked (Alex Dale) … The Big Issue (original version by Rachel Johnson and reply by Suzanne Barbieri and incomplete “apology” by Johnson) … Brussels Bronte Blog (Marina Saegerman) … The Afterword (Poppy Suceeds) … A West End Whinger (Phil) … London Live (Alistair Foster) … Tiny Camels (Jonathan Gibbs) …
Collections of reviews: Guardian … BBC … Daily Express … Gigwise … Agenda … Washington Post … Hollywood Reporter … Huffington Post … ITV … Metro … Los Angeles Times … The Wild Reed …
Suddeutsche.de (Urs Arnold) … Volkskrant (Gijsbert Kamer) … Musik Express (staff) … FranceTV (staff) … Lust for Life (Peter Douma) …
“It’s quite stunning, undoubtedly the most ambitious, and genuinely moving, piece of theatrical pop ever seen on a British stage. Which is just what everyone here tonight was hoping for.“ Andy Gill
“Everyone’s calling it a triumph. Everyone’s right. The unconscionably influential Kate Bush could have blown her mystique by returning to the spotlight in such a no-prisoners manner, but from the first minute she is in her element. The prog event of the year. The musical event of the year. The event of the year. Just don’t expect three chords and the mundane truth. Or Wuthering Heights. I put this moment here“ Chris Roberts
“In A Sea of Honey’s long day, nothing particularly remarkable happens, just as nothing really remarkable happens in Ulysses. The sun comes up, and “the sky is filled with birds”, and the Moon rises, and the protagonists swim in the sea, at night. But some people are just more alive than others, all eyes and mouth, and overloading senses – and that’s what Joyce was, and that’s what Kate Bush is. They appear in your life to remind you that to watch a sunrise is to watch a burning star, and that pollen is sperm, and summer is fleeting, and everything on Earth is so unlikely – so improbable – that we might as well live somewhere where Kate Bush can end a concert by turning into a one-winged bird and flying out into the auditorium …” Caitlin Moran
As a by-product of the publicity for Before the Dawn, Kate has seen eight of her albums catalogue return to the Top 40, and her entire eleven album output is in the Top 50. That is Kate takes 22% of the Top 50 album chart this very special week.
As well as dominating this week’s albums rundown including two albums in the Top 10 The Whole Story no.6 and Hounds of Love no.9), Kate now rides only behind Elvis, the overall record holder who managed 12 entries in the Top 40 following his untimely death in 1977, and The Beatles who notched up 11 simultaneous Top 40 entries with their 2009 album reissues.
The other albums re-entering the top 40 are: 50 Words for Snow no.20, The Kick Inside no.24, The Sensual World no.26, The Dreaming no.37, Never for Ever no.38, Lionheart no.40 Outside the Forty Aerial is at no.43, Directors Cut at no.44, and The Red Shoes at no.49.
Kate is no stranger to making chart history. Back in 1978 she became the first female artist in history to score a UK Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with a self-penned song. Wuthering Heights went on to top the chart for four weeks, becoming the first of Kate’s 26 Top 40 hits.
Running up that Hill, Wuthering Heights, and the This Woman’s Work are also back in the singles chart at numbers 51, 58 and 80 respectively. With Babooska and The Man with the Child in his Eyes, Kate has five singles in the Top 100.
Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company, said: “This is a fantastic achievement for Kate Bush.Her new live shows have created a huge stir, but for them to help push her catalogue to make such a significant sales impact is further evidence of the love that the British public have for her music, from generation to generation.”
(Via Daily Mirror)
The official Charts Company … BBC … The Independent … NME … Daily Mirror and again … ITV … Yorkshire Post … Daily Telegraph … The Guardian … Music Week … Billboard … Classic Rock … Daily Mail … Hollywood Reporter … Huffington Post … Gigwise … New York Times … Rolling Stone … Uncut …
The BBC celebrate Kate’s return and speak to Toyah … The Daily Mirror is still banging on about tickets and “11 facts you should know” … the Independent notes inflated ticket prices … ITN reviews the Harari/Mankowicz photo exhibition … The Daily Telegraph reviews and ranks Kate’s singles and notes Kate’s albums returning to the charts as does the official charts company and the Scottish Daily Record.
The Liverpool Echo is still looking in the archive and the Independent remembers Kate talking to Delia
Daily Mirror celebrates Kate’s return to the stage and explains why many fans didn’t get tickets … Vogue looks at Kate’s influence on fashion … Guardian commentator Vanora Bennett explains how a Kate song enlarged her view of those crazy Russians … what Grazia expects … Metro has reasons to celebrate … NME gives us Ten Things we Didn’t know about Wuthering Heights (but not their contemporary non-review) …
TimeOut lists the “Alternative Kate Bush events” … The Daily Mash ferrets out the true intent of Kate’s gigs.
Others have been digging out the archives: The Guardian/Observer … Telegraph … RTE.
Kate has FIVE albums in this week’s Official UK album chart, plus more than twice that many on the UK iTunes chart. The massive interest created by her live shows and the BBC4 documentary shown last Friday have created a surge of interest in her back catalogue. More at the official charts site here. Well done Kate! The UK Top 100 chart placings are:
#15 The Whole Story
#29 Hounds Of Love
#83 50 Words For Snow
#87 The Kick Inside
#93 The Sensual World
Note: Please also keep an eye on our Facebook page and Twitter feed for the most instant news updates as Kate’s live shows kick off – Wednesday in particular should be hectic!
A quick roundup of the Kate Bush news before her Before the Dawn shows kick off in the Apollo tomorrow!
…BBC Essex have an interview with Brian Southall, the EMI exec who signed Kate, listen here…BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour talks about the “enduring appeal of Kate Bush” here…acclaimed writer Jeanette Winterson writes about her “hero” Kate in The Guardian here. “Kate Bush used herself as an invention – something that interested me greatly as a strategy for both life and art. The songs were like stage plays in miniature – a character, a situation, a verbal collision (oh to be in love and never get out again), a vocal polyphonics that allowed her to range through pain and doubt to resolution…she’s still here. And I’ll be there next week to see her play once more.”
HomeGround Magazine are to publish a special PDF download edition of the Kate Bush magazine in the Autumn to mark the Before the Dawn live shows. They’ll be looking for your thoughts, reviews, memories etc for the issue…a very nice blog post about The Ninth Wave has been published at the ‘ohbytheway’ blog here, we have a feeling we’ll be talking about The Ninth Wave a lot more over the coming weeks…The Guardian and Observer’s relentless coverage of all things Kate lately continues with The 10 Best Kate Bush moments here. From the article: “in Bush’s hands, even a washing machine can make you cry”…one of Patrick Lichfield’s portraits of Kate (pictured here) is “Portrait of the Week” in London’s National Portrait Gallery, more here…singer Jesse Ware‘s comments about Kate from the BBC 6Music Special last weekend are at the NME site here…speaking of which you can listen again to that special, which features John Carder Bush talking about the new edition of ‘Cathy’, and his thoughts on Before the Dawn at the BBC site here…
The Guardian looks at the recent excitement over Kate’s shows with the following headline: “Bushmania sweeps the nation before comeback gigs. Excitement over Kate Bush’s first gigs in 35 years fuels entire cottage industry in memorabilia.” The article also has a nice mention of the HomeGround Anthologies here…the Irish Independent explores “Kate Bush: the recluse who never really went away” here. Ed Power writes: “Whatever sort of production Bush brings to London, fans are assured it will be an evening to tell their grandchildren about. In an age in which it feels we know almost as much about pop stars as about our immediate family, Bush is a rarity: an enigma who fuels our fascination the further she withdraws from the limelight.”
We are reliably informed that the two special BBC4 Kate programmes produced some great viewing figures for a channel like BBC4. The documentary peaked at around 930,000 viewers in total towards the end but held a solid audience of over 1/2 million for most of the programme…Uncut Magazine have republished an article from 2012, “Kate Bush – Album by Album” here…
…The Guardian looks at Kate’s fashion in the past here. “Spandex and chiffon: Kate Bush’s most stylish moments – in pictures”…in The Guardian, Zoe Williams looks at Kate as a role model of self-expression and female creativity in an article titled The genius of Kate Bush in an age of subjugation. “Kate Bush is a one-off, a prodigy, an experiment of the species – dazzlingly successful but unreplicable.” Read it here...for Kate fans in London on Sat 6th Sept Dave Cross from HomeGround will be DJing at a gay club called Songs Of Praise, it’s cool pop music in 3 rooms and they are having a Kate room with Dave and Phil Marriott who also played at the HG party. There will be a discount offered to Kate fans, stay tuned for details. The flyer is here…
Songs Of Praise, Saturday 6th September, 10.30pm – 6am
M.O.ments Of Pleasure
Next Saturday night Dave Cross from HomeGround and Phil Marriott, who also DJ’d at the last 2 HG parties will be playing Songs Of Praise at East Bloc, City Road, EC1, nearest tube Old Street.
Songs of Praise is a gay club that specialises in the very best pop music. There’s three rooms and next Saturday one of the rooms will be 100% Kate. In the other rooms it’s pop all the way and DJs include Neil Prince, Sugalow Boys and David Oh there’s also a live PA from new girl band M.O
If you mention HomeGround on the door the entry cost is just £5 before 11.30pm, otherwise it is £10.
Plus there a limited set of Kate Post cards featuring Aerial, King Of The Mountain and The Man I Love for the 1st 20 people that ask on the door.
More about the event at this Facebook page here.
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