Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)
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Before the Dawn was a concert residency by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush in 2014 at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. The residency consisted of 22 dates, attended by almost 80,000 people. It was Bush's first series of live shows since The Tour of Life in 1979, which finished with three performances at the same venue. A live recording of the same name was released in physical and digital formats in November 2016.[1]
Residency by Kate Bush | |
Location | London, England |
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Venue | Apollo Hammersmith |
Start date | 26 August 2014 |
End date | 1 October 2014 |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 22 |
Kate Bush concert chronology | |
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On 21 March 2014, Bush announced via her website her plans to perform live. Pre-sale tickets were on sale for fans who had signed up to her website and an additional seven dates were added to the original 15, due to the high demand. Tickets went on sale to the general public on 28 March and sold out within 15 minutes.[2]
Bush won the Editor's Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards;[3] and was subsequently nominated for two Q Awards in 2014: Best Act in the World Today[4] and Best Live Act.[5]