Has Kate Bush removed Rolf Harris from Aerial reissue?

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Reports suggest Kate Bush has removed vocals by the disgraced TV presenter from the upcoming reissue of her 2005 album Aerial

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The website Super Deluxe Edition is reporting that Kate Bush has removed the vocal contributions from disgraced TV presenter Rolf Harris from the upcoming Aerial reissue.

Harris was convicted in 2014 for 12 indecent assaults relating to four girls between 1968 and 1986 and subsequently had one of the convictions dropped.

He appeared on the second side of 2005’s Aerial called A Sky Of Honey on the songs The Painter’s Link and An Architect’s Dream, but Super Deluxe Edition say that for the upcoming reissue, his spoken word and singing parts have been removed.

The website reports that Harris’ contributions have been “replaced by what sounds very much like Kate’s son Bertie (Albert McIntosh)” which means the album has been remixed and not just remastered.

We’ll find out for sure when the remaster arrives on November 30. 

All 10 of Bush's studio albums are to be reissued, with the first set arriving on November 16.

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.