Category: Official announcements

Kate has posted a note today at her official site www.katebush.com and finally, as with the other albums, we get to see who played what and where on Aerial – be sure to check it out at Kate’s site. I’m off to listen out for that didgeridoo on The Painter’s Link!

Hello everyone, It has been a very quiet year and lovely for us to catch up on things. We are all well and happy. I know that many of you have asked for more details on Aerial’s track-by-track credits – these can now be found in the ‘Musicians’ section. I am seriously shocked and extremely flattered to be voted in the top 10 living icons on ‘The Culture Show’. Thank you so much for voting me in, I feel very honoured. I hope you have a fantastic Christmas, we are really looking forward to it… and here’s wishing you all a wonderful new year ahead.

With love, Kate

Living Icon update: Kate has been voted in 7th place of the 10 finalists, with Morrissey, David Attenborough and Paul McCartney making the top three – see Kate’s reaction to the voting in her official website note above.

Kate has sent some (but not all!) KBC members a Christmas card plus one of the promo CDs which feature Kate’s selection of songs from her previous albums (no Aerial tracks). Only 2,000 exist! Card also features more Bertie artwork 🙂

Kate has sent out the following seasonal message to her fans via the Kate Bush Club (yes, it still exists!) With thanks to Steve and Melisande on the site’s forum. Special thanks as always to the lovely Lisa Bradley of the KBC for still being there for us and for Kate!

Hello Everyone, Many thanks for all your great letters of support and encouragement – they mean such a lot. The album is nearly finished now and will be out next year – we’ll let you know when. It features some beautiful orchestral movements by Michael Kamen – we had a wonderful day together at Abbey Road Studios last winter. I’m so pleased with everyone’s work on this record. There are some lovely performances and I hope you will all feel it’s been worth the wait. Bertie keeps me very busy, he is so much fun and we are all really looking forward to Christmas. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and I hope next year is a really happy one for you. Lots of love, Kate x

Here’s Kate’s recent letter to the members of the Kate Bush Fan Club:

“It’s been a while since I was last in touch with you all. Thank you for your cards & letters of congratulations on the Q award I received recently. It was a great honour to receive the award and I found the audience’s response quite overwhelming. Things have been really hectic and I so appreciate all your feedback and encouragement. Sometimes the progress of the album is painfully slow but I find I get so busy being a Mum – however, I think the work is going well. I get so little time in the studio that my approach is very different, I’ll be really interested to see what you all think when it’s finished. Bertie is very excited about Christmas this year. I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Lots of love,
Kate xx”

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The following is a special announcement from Kate made this morning to her fans and friends through the Kate Bush Club:

Kate Bush Club, PO Box 120, Welling, Kent DA16 3DS

July 2000

Hello everyone,

Here is a press statement I have issued and I wanted you to see it….

“A number of inaccurate comments have been made about me in recent articles which I am taking further. I just want everyone to know I am very happy and proud to have such a beautiful son, Bertie – he is absolutely gorgeous. Far from being secretive, I am just trying to be a good protective mother and give him as normal a childhood as possible whilst preserving his privacy – surely everyone can understand that. I am having great fun being a Mum as well as working on a new album”

I hope you will understand how invaluable it has been to me to have a very fulfilling and normal start to motherhood and I felt unable to tell you about Bertie previously for reasons already explained. He is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. He is my joy and I’m very happy and very busy being a Mum. I am finding time to write for the new album and very pleased so far.

Thanks again for your lovely letters and kind wishes. I hope you will be happy for me.

Lots of love,

Kate XX