Hammersmith Apollo,London
What is truly thrilling about Kate Bush's comeback is how little her voice, or her questing spirit, and occupy changedKate Bush,you notice, is barefoot. It is rather wonderful that she has taken her shoes off and thrown them in the lake for us, or as per the lyrics of The Hounds of Love. Bush performs the song flawlessly and with obvious pleasure,just a few minutes into the moment night of her 22-date comeback run.At 56, she could easily occupy matured into some theatrical grand dame shod in high heels and accessorised with self-satisfaction. She could occupy returned to the cultural fray for an almighty ego-rub. As it is, and there are signs of luvviness Bush gushes her thanks to the former RSC director Adrian Noble for his work on the production – but you are never in any doubt that she remains a questing artist,fabulously unconventional in her concerns. On night two, the celeb profile has changed slightly. It's David Walliams and Jeanette Winterson rather than Lily Allen. whether Bush felt any nerves the first time on stage in 35 years the preceding evening, and tonight she is the perfect host. It's humorous how little mystique there is to this most reclusive of artists,now perkily announcing the interval.
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Source: theguardian.com