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.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:26 (nine years ago) link
otm
― Daphnis Celesta, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link
I agree, but it was the last song of the show, so if it only happened then I'm kind of ok with it.
― akm, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:04 (nine years ago) link
I daresay both the clapping and singing along would have been less intrusive than it sounds on a shitty iPhone video.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link
yes - it was only the last song and the PA totally overpowered any annoyance. the crowd were 99.9999% impeccable and friendly and great.
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
so who was in the band aside from David Rhodes?
― akm, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:06 (nine years ago) link
Superb write-up by Simon Price for The Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/16098-kate-bush-live-review
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
man this is killing me :/
but it's just completely out of reach/possibility moneywise to even think of going to one of these
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
I'm holding onto a sliver of hope that she comes stateside but it seems to be a pipe dream
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
People I recognised in the band.
Omar Hakim (who was a bit 1988 with his overplaying at times)John GiblinJon CarinMaynard James Keenan
some other dudes
― FML Threads (MaresNest), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
Omar Hakim – DrumsMino Cinélu – PercussionDavid Rhodes – GuitarFriðrik Karlsson – GuitarJohn Giblin – BassJon Carin – KeyboardsKevin McAlea – KeyboardsJacqui Dubois – Backing vocalsSandra Marvin – Backing vocals
Adrian Noble – Artistic/Theatre DirectorNaná Vasconcelos – Musical DirectorBasil Twist – Scenographer Chris Vaughan – Director (Workshop)Derek Arnold – Puppeteer (Workshop)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
Any idea who the performers/dancers were?
― ∞, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
most of them were the backing vocalists / bertie etc in different costumes. a small group playing a lot of different roles basically
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
"Maynard James Keenan" was this a joke ?
what's the setlist for tonight then?
― akm, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:33 (nine years ago) link
Saw a report there was an extra thirty minutes tonight!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
Jeebus. Does she have another side-long suite she hasn't played yet?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
she just played extra slow
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link
the small 6 song section at the front and the two last songs are the only places variations could happen
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:59 (nine years ago) link
seems like a blackout on today's show..
― akm, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:14 (nine years ago) link
setlist fm has the set listed as being the same as last night, for whatever that's worth.
― piscesx, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
I wonder if they'll release the rumored expanded Whole Story anthology now. Quite curious what the tracklisting would be.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 28 August 2014 01:35 (nine years ago) link
not interested, but they might do some digital compilation now.
really hoping there's going to be a dvd of this, if not a livecast toward the end of the run. They did it for fucking monty python's turgid retirement, why not this?
― akm, Thursday, 28 August 2014 04:27 (nine years ago) link
This is the free newspaper that litters every morning bus and train in London and other metropolitan cities in the UK... The headline is entirely unsupported by the text. What a hopeless rag.
http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/27/kate-bush-comeback-hit-starved-fans-are-demanding-refunds-4848306/
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 August 2014 08:42 (nine years ago) link
aren't Mint Royale some dweebs off Britain's Got Talent?
― Daphnis Celesta, Thursday, 28 August 2014 08:49 (nine years ago) link
hey, don't fault her
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 28 August 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
Mint Royale had a hit single with Lauren Laverne a few years back (nice, NickB). It was a joke tweet ("Watchdog" being the consumer affairs TV show on BBC1). It's now a half-page splash in a national (free) newspaper about "angry fans demanding a refund".
Me, I'm just consoling myself that I'm not missing anything off The Dreaming.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 August 2014 08:58 (nine years ago) link
Jon Carin – Keyboards
good for him! he went to my high school on lawn guyland. he was in this band with another high school dude before hitting the big time backing pink floyd & the who & everybody:
http://stylecouncillor.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/stranger.jpg
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 28 August 2014 11:04 (nine years ago) link
John Giblin – Bass
^ has played on three UK no. 1 singles by three different artists iirc, none of whom were kate bush
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 28 August 2014 11:19 (nine years ago) link
you can't hurry love, belfast child, lady in red fyi
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 28 August 2014 11:20 (nine years ago) link
now there's a poll for you
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 28 August 2014 11:21 (nine years ago) link
like "lady in red" needs to sweep another poll
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Thursday, 28 August 2014 11:26 (nine years ago) link
Arthouse opportunity missed by not having Gabriel/Bush do a "Lady in Red" cover duet.
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:00 (nine years ago) link
There are still 20 shows.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:10 (nine years ago) link
Funnily enough, the last time I went to the Hammersmith Apollo, Peter Gabriel DID turn up and do a guest spot. It was with The Magnetic Fields in...2002?
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link
Oh wait, that was the Lyric Theatre.
Still, same postcode. PG probably has a little bungalow round there.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
i'd like to imagine him sneaking in the back of the venue and on to the stage whilst whispering the lyrics to Intruder to himself
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 28 August 2014 15:03 (nine years ago) link
Omar Hakim – DrumsMino Cinélu – PercussionDavid Rhodes – GuitarFriðrik Karlsson – GuitarJohn Giblin – BassJon Carin – KeyboardsKevin McAlea – KeyboardsJacqui Dubois – Backing vocalsSandra Marvin – Backing vocalsAdrian Noble – Artistic/Theatre DirectorNaná Vasconcelos – Musical DirectorBasil Twist – Scenographer Chris Vaughan – Director (Workshop)Derek Arnold – Puppeteer (Workshop)
Minus the puppeteer.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 28 August 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
Haha! Well - it's got strong ECM ties (Vasconcelos, Cinelu) and given KB has/had an affinity for ECM it's no surprise. If Eberhard Weber was able to play and be part of this crew...damnnnn.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 29 August 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link
David Rhodes is an interesting guy – was in a hugely underrated new wave band called Random Hold before becoming PG's guitarist
― goth colouring book (anagram), Friday, 29 August 2014 05:40 (nine years ago) link
basil twist is fucking awesome btw, would love to see what he's doing with this
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 August 2014 06:10 (nine years ago) link
Still find it vaguely hilarious that Carin plays in both Gilmour's and Waters' bands
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 29 August 2014 08:14 (nine years ago) link
Fridrik Karlsson was in in Mezzoforte...an in demand session guitarist now...who remembers this 80's classic
http://youtu.be/gmSDTutGyIw
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 29 August 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
Funny I could see KB dancing to that at the wrap party for 'The Dreaming'...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 29 August 2014 12:33 (nine years ago) link
'I played viola on Kate Bush's last LP, and laughed myself silly at her nonsensical lyrics about snowmen'
― soref, Friday, 29 August 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
old british man doesn't much care for kate bush, news at 11
― clouds, Friday, 29 August 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
that's what I thought, but I looked him up and he was born in 1967!
― soref, Friday, 29 August 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
if you h8 k8 yr soul is old and decrepit
― clouds, Friday, 29 August 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
his allmusic credits don't include 50 Words for Snow, although they do include the Aiden Grimshaw album
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bill-hawkes-mn0000212207/credits
― soref, Friday, 29 August 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
The credits for 50 Words for Snow just mention an orchestra with no names named
― goth colouring book (anagram), Friday, 29 August 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link