1994

A brief summary of the year's events:

November: The fourth and final UK single from The Red Shoes album, And So Is Love (featuring Eric Clapton on guitar), is released on November 7th. A limited edition 7" came in a plastic wallet containing a large fly-poster for the single. Also the CD single came with three prints from The Line, The Cross & The Curve. The B-side features a lively dance remix of Rubberband Girl. Kate appeared on Top Of The Pops on the 17th of November. The single entered the UK chart at it's peak position of No. 26. The video is a segment from the film and got plays on MTV.

October: Kate contributed a pair of exhibits to the War Child charity's "Little Pieces From Big Stars" exhibition, entitled Someone Lost At Sea Hoping Someone In A Plane Will Find Them and Someone In A Plane Hoping To Find Someone Lost At Sea. The artworks consisted of two small black frames within which was a black surface containing a small twinkling red light, one in each piece. They were eventually sold for £1,150. Other participants included Paul McCartney and David Bowie.

October: Kate's film, The Line, The Cross & The Curve is released on video by PMI.

Miranda Richardson in a scene from The Line, The Cross & The Curve.

August: PMI (Picture Music International) release a double-pack of the Live At Hammersmith Odeon (1979) video with a CD of it's soundtrack...in effect Kate's first live album. (an E.P. of 4 tracks, On Stage, was released in September 1979)

July: Kate's contribution to the Glory Of Gershwin album, The Man I Love, is released as a UK single on the 18th July. It is accompanied by a video shot in black and white which got aired on ITV's Chart Show and on MTV. The single enters the UK chart at its peak position of no.22. During an interview on Sky News, Larry Adler, beaming, recalled the making of this video:

"When we made the video together, the one you just showed a bit of, I had gout in my foot and whenever I had to go to my bedroom, Kate would escort me like a nurse, and I just was so charmed by her."

Summer: Kate supplied a variety of soundtracks for TV commercials for the US launch of the Fruitopia range of drinks by Coca-Cola. This came as a surprise to fans, an unusual project for Kate to embark on. There are 10 different "scores" accompanying "intense kaleidoscope-style manipulations of brightly coloured fruit". The UK versions of these ads featured Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins on vocals.

May: The 1994 Kate Bush Convention is held at The Hippodrome in London on Sunday 8th May. The event was organised by Homeground/KBC. Kate appeared to introduce a screening of The Line, The Cross and The Curve, and her brother Paddy appeared performing with Colin-Lloyd Tucker, his partner in the musical project Bushtucker.

Fans perform their versions of Kate's songs on stage and hours of rare video are shown. An auction of rare items is hosted by Del Palmer (in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, as was the entire event), and all participating fans (1,000+) had submitted their top ten favourite Kate tracks (with great difficulty!) with the booking form for tickets for a special Top 50 to be compiled and announced at the convention. Here's the Top Twenty:

Kate at the Hippodrome, London

Wuthering Heights Moments Of Pleasure Running Up That Hill The Sensual World This Woman's Work Cloudbusting The Man With The Child In His Eyes Hounds Of Love Under The Ivy The Red Shoes Night Of the Swallow Hello Earth Breathing The Big Sky Never Be Mine Eat The Music Moving Wow Suspended In Gaffa Babooshka

May/June: Kate's film is screened at 24 UCI cinemas across the UK.

April: The title track of Kate's album The Red Shoes is released as a UK single on the 5th April. The video is a segment from the film The Line, The Cross and The Curve. The B-side is a new track You Want Alchemy. A second CD contains a 10 minute remix of the track , entitled Shoedance. The single peaked at no.21.

April/May: Eat The Music released on a CD single in a number of territories outside the UK & Ireland.

March 23rd: Kate appears at the 12th Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller & Science Fiction to promote her film which she introduces.

Spring: Kate appears on the new Alan Stivell album "Again" providing keyboards and backing vocals on the track Kimiad. Kate has spoken in the past of her love for this piece, and has worked with Alan on The Sensual World album.

 

1993

A (very!) brief summary of the year's events:

December: Rubberband Girl is released as a single in the USA and becomes Kate's most succesful in that country since Running Up That Hill in 1985 being on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks.

November: Moments Of Pleasure is released as a single in the UK. The CD single had a new track Show A Little Devotion and the 12" poster sleeve single also featured Home For Christmas a track from The "Comic Strip Presents" TV film "Wild Turkey". The single reached no.26 in the UK.

November 20th: The Red Shoes enters the Billboard chart in the USA at it's peak of no.28, her highest ever chart position in the States.

November 13th: Kate's film The Line, The Cross and The Curve is premiered at the London Film Festival at the Odeon West End in Leicester Square. Kate attends and introduces the film. It received a standing ovation! This was the film's first ever public showing. Miranda Richardson who stars in the film with Kate also attended.

Kate in a scene from The Line, The Cross & The Curve

November 7th: Kate's new album The Red Shoes enters the UK album chart at no.2. Tracklisting:

Rubberband Girl And So Is Love Eat The Music Moments Of Pleasure Song Of Solomon Lily The Red Shoes Top Of The City Constellation Of The Heart Big Stripey Lie Why Should I Love You? You're The One

September 12th: Kate's new single Rubberband Girl from the forthcoming album, enters the UK chart at it's peak no.12 position. Eat The Music is the single in the US and becomes a hit on alternative radio stations.

June 20th: Kate appears on the UK TV programme Aspel & Company and chats with Michael Aspel about her forthcoming album. She performs a new song at the piano, Moments Of Pleasure dedicated to the loved ones she has lost.

Spring: First ever release of the soundtrack to the 1985 movie Brazil, directed by Kate's friend Terry Gilliam. The CD features Kate's version of the title track, "Brazil", which was not used in the film itself.

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