A year ago today, Kate Bush and her KT Fellowship began their run of Before The Dawn shows at the Eventim Apollo, London. It was six of the most incredible weeks in musical history.

From the very first announcement on Friday 21st March 2014 (stating that Kate was to play her first live shows 35 years after her last – at the same venue) it was an emotional rollercoaster for her fans. Many, myself included, believed that they would never see Kate perform live. So when she took to the stage on Tuesday 26th August at 7.45pm, it was an incredibly powerful moment. Some even called it a ‘religious experience’.

That night, with an enormous sense of curiosity and excitement, I stayed up late and read all the reviews of the show as they surfaced online. Initially, I had promised myself that I wouldn’t give in to Situs Judi Slot Online Gampang Menang temptation. I’d been fortunate enough to obtain a ticket for the show on Tuesday 16th September – just a few days before my birthday – and the idea of not knowing what was on the setlist was an attractive one. Alas, it was short-lived – I gave in to temptation. I also succumbed to insomnia as I couldn’t sleep until 6am.

Despite knowing the setlist, so much of the show remained Habanero Slot Online a mystery. Kate’s request for fans not to take photos and videos at the gigs was an astute concept. Still, to this day, I am astounded by the fact that hardly any pictures or videos taken during the show have surfaced online. In the current age of social media and smartphone obsession, this is a rarity. Kudos to Kate.

In hindsight, I don’t think I have ever been so excited or intrigued about a gig before – and I have lost count of how many I have attended in my lifetime. How would Kate enter the stage? Would she still possess https://livesound.store/bocoran-slot-gacor/ that wonderful voice? Would she give in to nerves and cancel the tour after not performing live for so long? How would she engage with the audience? How would The Ninth Wave be visualised? So many questions.

I still find it difficult to express my disbelief and wonder Slot Gacor Hari Ini of my first experience of Before The Dawn. Firstly, there was the surrealism of seeing Kate Bush standing a few metres in front of me, barefoot, delicately twirling to the sounds she created back in the year I left school – a time when seeing her performing live was just a total fantasy.

There were so many highlights throughout this spectacular show. There was the brooding 2005 song ‘King Of The Mountain’, which, whilst lulling you into a false sense of security, built to such a crescendo that you weren’t JUST watching Kate and her band playing live but the start of a totally mind-blowing and intricate two-act spectacle of music and theatre.

‘Running Up That Hill’ stirred up an emotion so intense that it actually left me breathless, as did the Slot Pragmatic reaction from the crowd when ‘Hounds Of Love’ was launched. Suffice to say, a standing ovation after every track in the ‘usual rock gig’ segment of the show was not an over-reaction or undeserved. And when I say ‘usual rock gig’ as an illustration here, of course what I really mean to say is unusual. Before The Dawn was a show like no other. It pushed the boundaries. It was a game changer.
I don’t think I will ever forget how The Ninth Wave was introduced as a piece of musical theatre. The Hounds Of Love suite consists of seven songs that tell the story of a young woman adrift at sea. Hounds Of Love is my favourite Kate Bush album. To see it played out live was intense, shocking, eerie and rousing. Previous concerns I had about ‘Waking The Witch’ losing its power on stage were quickly extinguished.

But for me, the truly exceptional part of Before The Dawn was the second act: A Sky Of Honey – the latter part of Kate’s 2005 album, Aerial. It was melancholic, dream-like and emotive with the most beautiful lighting effects and projections I have seen on a theatre stage. On the second night RTP Slot Tertinggi I saw the show (I was fortunate enough to buy tickets after a 10-hour wait outside the Apollo), I relished in the sumptuous display from an upper circle seat.

It’s a real testament to Kate, her band and her fellowship that even those who had not previously embraced Aerial had succumbed to its hypnotism and learned to truly https://academipress.com/rtp-slot-tertinggi-hari-ini/ love it after seeing it performed live. If there is one thing about Kate Bush that I genuinely adore, it’s her ability to tilt the norm on its head. If there was ever a modern-day musical adaptation of Hitchcock’s The Birds, it would be this! Seeing Kate cocking her head, bowing down and chirping bird noises has to be seen to be believed.

As I left the Hammersmith Apollo auditorium on Tuesday 16th September at 11pm, I had feelings of witnessing a live concert like nothing else before. I’d experienced total elation, sadness, nostalgia, wonder and gratitude. I left the venue feeling like I’d been blown to pieces, both physically and mentally. Critics https://academipress.com/slot-pragmatic-gacor-hari-ini/ were writing five-star reviews in the press. They weren’t exaggerating. What they were writing wasn’t copycat journalism – this show was professionalism at its peak. When you hear reports of men crying at Before The Dawn, believe them. I was an emotional mess.

Of course we can never predict what Kate Bush will do next, which is precisely one of the reasons why we love her. To this day, the DVD/Blu-Ray of the show still hasn’t surfaced, despite RTP Slot Tertinggi the fact that the concert was filmed – an annoyance not only to the fans who want to see it again on the small screen, but to those who weren’t fortunate enough to grab tickets to see the show at the Apollo.

Whatever happens, I am thrilled to have those memories. Before The Dawn was a show that I will never forget in my lifetime. I take my hat off to all the amazing people Game Starlight Princess responsible for this production, and I thank all the wonderful people with whom I shared this truly magical experience.