Kate Bush hits the heights again with new live album

A NEW Kate Bush album is always a cause for elation among fans. 

But anticipation for her latest release, Before the Dawn, has been especially high, and with good reason. In the autumn of 2014, the publicity-averse singer staged 22 concerts at London’s Hammersmith Apollo — her first live performances since 1979.

Bush’s website crashed in the stampede for tickets and, with demand exponentially outstripping available seats at the 3,400 capacity venue, many were denied an opportunity to see the enigmatic chanteuse in the flesh. Now they can experience the shows for the first time, via a three-disc live album that’s expected to give Bush her first chart-topper in 30 years.