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Kate Bush, Emi, Manchester Square, London - 1980, Kate Bush, Emi, Manchester Square, London - 1980 (Photo by Brian Rasic/Getty Images)
“When I heard The Wall I thought there was no point in writing songs any more”: Kate Bush’s Never For Ever

By Chris Roberts Published

From cheating husbands and returning to the womb to saving the planet, her third record explored a diverse range of subjects, ensuring it was far more than just a pop piece

Albums
Kate Bush in her And Dream Of Sheep video
“She spent so long in the water she contracted hypothermia”: Kate Bush’s Before The Dawn was a triumph and a terror

By Martin Kielty Published

22 shows, 25 songs, 80,000 witnesses – her triumph was tinged with terror, but she’ll never forget the love she felt from her audiences in 2014

Concerts & Shows
Close up of the British singer Kate Bush, pose for a photo shoot. Italy 1978 (Photo by Angelo Deligio\Mondadori via Getty Images)
The family business that kept Kate Bush in the charts but out of sight

By Ben Myers Published

How her vision, clarity and support of siblings and established musicians made her prog’s first pop star – and pop’s first prog star – by the age of 21

Albums
Midge Ure
Midge Ure’s prog moments with Ultravox, Robert Fripp, Kate Bush, Jethro Tull and, indirectly, Steven Wilson

By Johnny Sharp Published

Taking the same attitude to keyboards that he’d first taken to guitar, he regards his best 80s work as “synth prog” – and it’s difficult to disagree

Bands & Artists
David Paton in 2023
Prog veteran David Paton: I loved working with Alan Parsons, Kate Bush and Rick Wakeman. There’s one band I hated

By James McNair Published

The singer, bassist and guitarist explains what it was like to make music with legends – and wonders if he retired too soon

Bands & Artists
Kate Bush, Cronos from Venom
"She leaned over and kissed me on me lips. My knees went." The day that black metal legend Cronos from Venom met Kate Bush

By Paul Brannigan Published

"What's not to love about Kate Bush?”

Bands & Artists
Danny Thompson
Why Kate Bush, David Sylvian, Tim Buckley and John Martyn all loved bass icon Danny Thompson

By Sid Smith Published

The late folk-prog bassist’s compendium of collaborations came about through a creativity and commitment that – as he admitted himself – had a dangerous downside

Bands & Artists
Kate Bush headshot
"We are over the moon!" Kate Bush is now an award-winning film director

By Fraser Lewry Published

Kate Bush's directorial film debut Little Shrew was inspired by the war in Ukraine

Culture
Kate Bush posing for a photograph in 1978
From David Gilmour to Stranger Things – how Kate Bush became one of the most unique artists of the last 50 years

By Chris Roberts Published

Few musicians have had the impact that Kate Bush has had

Bands & Artists
Prince and Kate Bush
How a comedy legend ended up singing on a Kate Bush and Prince collaboration

By Paul Brannigan Published

"I sang my heart out. I couldn’t believe it. I was performing on a song with two of my heroes"

Bands & Artists
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