Kate Bush

now I'm fucking mad I can't make these shows.

I'm considering avoiding pictures, liveblogs, this thread &c till Ive seen the show next week. I know the idea that you can "spoil" a concert is kinda dumb but I think that anything particularly holy-shit about the way they present these songs might have more impact if it comes as a suprise

Didn't Danny Baker play R2d2?

Talking about Danny's/Dan's, I wonder if she'd ever consider bringing in Danny McIntosh or even Bertie for that one track on 50 Words

bertie is there already, guardian has a photograph of him on stage in costume

Oh! I totally missed that!

sounds amazing so far.

so is this correct? No Wuthering Heights?

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kate-bush/2014/eventim-apollo-london-england-23ce788f.html

Str8 trolling, heading back home on the train, mind blown. I urge anybody who is going not to read any reportage, seriously folks

It's not like we're jealous or anything you know.

Wins is 100% right, shit is crazy and the internet will spoil it

all us americans are going to look up the spoilers anyway since I think we have a next to nothing chance of getting to experience this live, unless she heads to vegas and sets up a residency for 5 years.

Don't remind me. It's awful. I can't believe she's not coming to NA.

maybe she'll surprise everyone

So sad I'm not able to go, I even F5'd the Grauniad's live blog :'-(

okay so fyi for those who do want to spoil it for themselves, http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kate-bush/2014/eventim-apollo-london-england-23ce788f.html
is now accurate...

no idea why people would put such bullshit fake ones up... really weird. same with the supposed 'leaks' about the friends and family show - which had exactly the same setlist as tonight -

SPOILERRRRS!!!!
no wuthering heights, no moments of pleasure, and it was 900 or so poeple, not 4000!
SPOILERRRRS ABOVE!!!

i really want to keep away from all internet reviews and social media as it will be full of wankery - the experience of these shows is about kate and her family and fans and any contact with internet / press world will only irritate.

all i'll say is i've never seen so many happy faces - for me it was a wonderfully intimate experience, as insane and unexpected and fantastic as it could have been, pleasing the fans whilst also doing exactly what the fuck Kate wants to do regardless of anyone else.

love you Kate.

but yes, if you want a special evening - avoid pictures, setlists, and conversation. it is full of magic and surprises and you owe it to yourself to enjoy that to the full

oh only other thing i would say was it was a joy to be sat near Dave Gilmour, Paddy Bush, Del Palmer - made it even more special to be with the people that helped make so much amazing music happen

My friend actually got a ticket for tonight at face value from the Eventim website earlier today - so keep trying people!!!

okay must stop typing.

I thought I saw Paddy Bush, was he one block back from the stage at the front row of the middle block?

yes - bald with big white beard!

yay!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/26/kate-bush-before-the-dawn-eventim-apollo-review

The satirical website the Daily Mash claimed that, at the gig's conclusion, Bush would "lead the audience out of the venue, along the fairy-tale Hammersmith Flyover and finally to a mountain where they would be sealed inside, listening to Hounds of Love for all eternity".

SIGN ME UP

ok yet another setlist is posted.....sounds like this one is credible.

WoW, with two clips:
http://pitchfork.com/news/56476-kate-bush-performs-among-angels-at-first-show-in-35-years-video/

wow wow wow wow wow wow
unbelievable

you can tell that was filmed by a fan by the way they ignored the request not to film

^

My friend actually got a ticket for tonight at face value from the Eventim website earlier today - so keep trying people!!!

incredibly, there was one for sale just now. but it was gone by the time i got to checkout.

The actual setlist is way way better than the (quite low-key) fake setlist. Going next week, just ridiculously excited now.

Given it's like 90% culled from her best two albums it's virtually perfect, actually. I'm assuming that, given how choreographed the show reportedly is, it won't change much over the course of the tour.

Saw one of those clips, I think it would drive me insane if after all this time and all the effort to get tickets I was sat near a scrum of people all clapping along rhythmically and singing along at full-voice. If I were Kate Bush, I would decree no cameras, no standing, no singing along and clapping only at the end. Then I would kick everyone out and play to an empty hall, but project the performance on the surface of a flowing river.

otm

I agree, but it was the last song of the show, so if it only happened then I'm kind of ok with it.

I daresay both the clapping and singing along would have been less intrusive than it sounds on a shitty iPhone video.

yes - it was only the last song and the PA totally overpowered any annoyance. the crowd were 99.9999% impeccable and friendly and great.

so who was in the band aside from David Rhodes?

Superb write-up by Simon Price for The Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/16098-kate-bush-live-review

man this is killing me :/

but it's just completely out of reach/possibility moneywise to even think of going to one of these

I'm holding onto a sliver of hope that she comes stateside but it seems to be a pipe dream

People I recognised in the band.

Omar Hakim (who was a bit 1988 with his overplaying at times)
John Giblin
Jon Carin
Maynard James Keenan

some other dudes

Omar Hakim – Drums
Mino Cinélu – Percussion
David Rhodes – Guitar
Friðrik Karlsson – Guitar
John Giblin – Bass
Jon Carin – Keyboards
Kevin McAlea – Keyboards
Jacqui Dubois – Backing vocals
Sandra Marvin – Backing vocals

Adrian Noble – Artistic/Theatre Director
Naná Vasconcelos – Musical Director
Basil Twist – Scenographer Chris Vaughan – Director (Workshop)
Derek Arnold – Puppeteer (Workshop)

Any idea who the performers/dancers were?

most of them were the backing vocalists / bertie etc in different costumes. a small group playing a lot of different roles basically

"Maynard James Keenan" was this a joke ?

what's the setlist for tonight then?

It's really inconceivable that the setlist will vary much if at all over the 22 nights, since it's apparently so set to staging, but who knows.

Saw a report there was an extra thirty minutes tonight!

Jeebus. Does she have another side-long suite she hasn't played yet?

she just played extra slow

the small 6 song section at the front and the two last songs are the only places variations could happen