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Seán Twomey has been running the Kate Bush News & Information website since 1998. Peter & Krys Fitzgerald-Morris and Dave Cross are the editors of Homeground Magazine, the world's longest running Kate Bush publication, since 1982.
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Send all your comments, questions or suggestions: sean@katebushnews.com (Note: This is an unofficial website and messages to Kate cannot be passed on to her). Enormous thanks to Mike Wade for being an incredibly patient and fair administrator on our forum! Huge thanks to Brian Cloughley for his enthusiasm and wonderful site artwork! Special thanks to everyone who emails the site and to Homeground magazine (for inspiration and information and for being wonderful people!) and to Wally Breese for showing how it can be done. Editorial assistance from The Duck. Thanks! Site launched: 25/1/98 -
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A Midsummer’s Night’s Kate Bush Party
This year’s HomeGround and katebushnews.com party takes place on Midsummer’s Night 21st June at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in Vauxhall, on the south bank Of The Thames in central London, just 10 minutes from Victoria. We start at 9pm and … Continue reading
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Symphony in Blue: Kate Bush and her Legacy by Marta Oliehoek-Samitowska
It is said by some that Kate is not known to a younger generation of music fans. It is scarcely true in a situation when a Kate cover is an inevitable part of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, or ‘The Voice’, or … Continue reading
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The HomeGround Midsummer Party ~ Friday 21st June 2013
“On this Midsummer night …“ ++++HOMEGROUND MIDSUMMER KATE BUSH PARTY++++SPECIAL LIVE SET BY CLOUDBUSTING++++FRIDAY 21ST JUNE 2013++++ THE ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN LONDON++++9PM to 3AM++++FEATURING DJS PAUL BURSTON++++ PHIL MARRIOTT++++ DAVE CROSS++++ PAUL THOMAS++++ Following the success of last year’s 30th … Continue reading
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Beck Sian’s 2013 Album plans
Beck writes… It’s funny how things change… all the time… all is change… Just weeks ago I was determined to release a mini-album of symphonic gothic metal, filled with themes of vampires and haunted ruins. I am a BIG fan … Continue reading
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Cloudbusting: Gigs for 2013
Cloudbusting were formed in Spring 2012 with the aim of performing live the uniquely beautiful music of Kate Bush. The band says: “We all know there can only be one Kate and no-one does it quite like her! At a … Continue reading
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New book on Kate’s influence on contemporary music
Symphony in Blue: Kate Bush and her legacy by Marta Oliehoek-Samitowska is a book about the huge influence Kate has had on those who have followed: “All kinds of artists cite her as a source of inspiration: young and old, … Continue reading
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Maaike Breijman’s “Wow – A Celebration of the Music of Kate Bush” to tour in 2013
The Kate tribute show featuring Maaike Breijman will tour the UK in 2013. “Wow, A Celebration of the Music & Artistry of Kate Bush” will open at The Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool on Friday 22nd February, and the tour will … Continue reading
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Bits you might have missed …
The Muse Patrol discovers the lost treasure of Lionheart … Vegetable Jam discovers that yes, Kate wrote a song about that … Mallpolis catches 50 Words reviewed on Swedish TV … Who Knew? Mauri Stauffer revisits some of Kate’s work … Continue reading
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The HomeGround Christmas Story – 2011
The Homeground Christmas story has been a tradition over the past 30 years – at least in our minds – and I have wanted to do a Doctor Who/Kate crossover tale for a while… So this story doesn’t actually mention … Continue reading
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The Wuthering Heights Story …
Five years after Wuthering Heights reached no.1 in the UK charts in issue no.5 of HomeGround (February 1983) we started our chronological scrapbook of Kate’s career Five Years Ago with a peice which traced the story of the single: “Is … Continue reading
Brian Bath’s Life of Brian Band
Brian Bath, who played many of those guitar licks you remember from Kate’s early albums has his own band, “The Life of Brian” with Miranda (vocals) Stephen (Bass) and Phillip (Drums). The band are based in south-east London and play … Continue reading
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Beck Sian’s current album Ye OId Silent Inn, and new projects for 2013
Beck is Kate’s cousin’s and a talented songwriter and singer. Her current album, released in October 2012 is The Old Silent Inn. Beck says this CD is “a night-time, up on the moors, wraiths, haunted staircases, and highwaymen, and very … Continue reading
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An open letter to Kate
This is by Krystyna Boswell “Sky Lady”, a long time fan and HomeGround reader, and our thanks to her. Inspired by my dear friend Paul Thomas’ open letter to ABBA, here’s one to Kate Bush. Dear Kate, I have loved … Continue reading
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Flash! – Kate created CBE in the 2013 New Year’s Honours
In the 2013 New Year Honours list HM Queen Elizabeth II has created Kate CBE – that is Commander of the Order of the British Empire. First founded to recognise the service of all ranks of British society in 1917, … Continue reading
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The HomeGround Book – Aiming for Christmas 2012
After a very successful meeting with our publisher today we can now say that HomeGround the Kate Bush Magazine – An Anthology 1982-2012 will consist of two hard cover volumes (in a format which is slightly smaller than A4) with … Continue reading
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