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About Seán

Seán Twomey has been running the Kate Bush News & Information site since January 1998.

Kate featured in Classic Rock special issue – out next week!

Whatever your thoughts about applying a “prog rock” label on to Kate’s music, there’s no denying that this looks like a nice special issue from the makers of Classic Rock magazine.  It features a new interview with Kate and reader’s top 25 … Continue reading

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Stuart Maconie reviews 50 Words For Snow

An old one this, but nice all the same. Stuart Maconie reviews Kate on The Review Show on BBC 2, this clip from November 18th. (thanks Louise)

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Kate posts Christmas message on her official site

Kate writes on her official site: Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year. We want to say a special thank you to Barney who is sadly leaving us to go on to a very exciting … Continue reading

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More interviews with Kate plus album news round-up

So close to Christmas now and we’ve been busy getting ready – so a few 50 Words For Snow news items have been piling up that we need to tell you about. We’ll have a full round-up of the many … Continue reading

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Reminder: Mark Radcliffe radio interview with Kate this afternoon

Update: Part two of the Mark Radcliffe interview with Kate aired today, Tuesday 13th Dec – listen again here (1 hour 33 mins into the iPlayer stream) The first part of Mark Radcliffe‘s new interview on BBC Radio 6Music with Kate is … Continue reading

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Rolf Harris – ‘She Moves Through The Fair’ oil painting, exclusive preview!

KATE BUSH NEWS site exclusive: The Clarendon Fine Art Gallery is offering this oil painting by Rolf Harris. It is based on Rolf’s as-yet-unreleased recorded version of ‘She Moves Through The Fair‘ with Kate. The painting depicts a man and a … Continue reading

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Listen to Kate’s interview this evening with Larry Flick on US radio

With big thanks to Louise and Tom for providing the clip:

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New 50 Words For Snow illustration commissioned for Prog Rock Magazine

Artist Danny Allison writes at Creative Match: “This illustration was a commison for Prog Rock magazine for an illustration to accompany an album review for Kate Bush’s new album 50 Words For Snow” This illustration appears in the current edition … Continue reading

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Kate Bush Tribute Show in Chicago Tomorrow Night (Thursday 8th December)

So sorry we’re late with this one! From the organiser’s Facebook event page: “In honor of the release of Kate Bush’s first wholly new full-length album since 2005, “50 Words For Snow,” we are paying tribute to the legendary songstress … Continue reading

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Three more radio interviews with Kate!

Three new interviews to listen out for: This evening Kate’s interview with Jamie Cullum was finally played on BBC Radio 2. This was a different interview segment from the one with Jamie that was broadcast on Dutch Radio last month … Continue reading

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Two new European interviews – but only one with Kate…

A new interview with Kate to promote the new album has appeared in Gaffa Magazine in Denmark, see here and here (translation here and here). A second interview doesn’t feature Kate – rather it’s an interview with the presenter of Bios Bahnhof, … Continue reading

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Final print edition of HomeGround! Order your copy now!

Issue 79 of HomeGround – The Kate Bush Magazine is going to print this coming weekend. From Homeground: “This is the final printed magazine but HomeGround will continue via the website. Please pre-order your magazine no later than 2nd December … Continue reading

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“Hooray!” Kate says a “huge thank you” to everyone on the chart success of 50 Words For Snow!

From Kate’s official site this evening: A thank you from Kate From Kate… I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has embraced  ’50 Words For Snow’ with such warmth and positivity. I am totally blown away by … Continue reading

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Mistraldespair stop motion film segment to premiere on Kate’s site tonight!

Kate is premièring the second of three film segments from her new album at 7.30pm GMT at her official site. This is the first time that Kate has directed a stop-motion film. The film is titled ‘Mistraldespair‘ and she writes about the people … Continue reading

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Soldout Blog: “she has made one of the best albums of her career…it’s a triumph”

Novelist and poet Collin Kelley describes 50 Words For Snow as “perfection” in his review at Soldout Blog: “Among Angels” is an absolutely stunning piece of work and features Kate’s best vocal performance on the album. The new, husky-voiced Kate … Continue reading

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