If you're on my Facebook, you may have noticed me mentioning that I went to see Kate Bush last night.
Some context: I've been a huge fan of hers, bordering on obsessive, for the last 20 years. She rarely does interviews - nothing on TV since the '90s - and also hasn't appeared to promote albums etc. since then. She's totally shunned the media and pretty much hidden away for decades, while occasionally releasing albums that she's refused to promote. The last time she did a concert was in 1979, the year before I was born. Basically, the idea of EVER seeing her live was just never going to happen. Then, in March, totally out of the blue she announced her first shows for 35 years.
Anyway, despite me being a huge fan, I'm going to try and look at the show objectively. Part of me was worried that after so long, the expectations could never be matched.
She was **** phenomenal.
She started with a few random tracks, including Hounds of Love and Running Up That Hill, before moving onto a fully-staged theatrical presentation of one of her concept albums. It was stunning. The whole thing looked incredible, she sounded incredible. It was stunning in every way.
After an interval, she performed another whole album in its entirety, again with stunning sets and lighting, and then finished off with an encore of Cloudbusting.
She's 56, hasn't done a show since she was 21, and presented a 3 hour show which is going to go down in history as one of the most innovative performances ever.
It was **** ing PERFECTION.