The Tour of Life
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| The Tour of Life | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tour by Kate Bush | ||
| Locations | Europe | |
| Start date | 2 April 1979 | |
| End date | 13 May 1979 | |
| Shows | 28 | |
The Tour of Life is the only ever tour by the British singer/songwriter Kate Bush. During the 1979 tour, Bush became the first ever singer to use a wireless headset radio microphone on stage, which enabled her to incorporate extensive dance routines into her live shows. [1]
A number of reasons have been suggested as to why she subsequently abandoned touring, among them her reputed need to be in total control of the final product, which is incompatible with live stage performance, a rumour of a crippling fear of flying, [2] and the suggestion that the death of 21-year-old Bill Duffield severely affected her. Duffield, her lighting director, was killed in an accident during her 2 April concert at Poole Arts Centre. [3] Bush held a benefit concert on 12 May, with Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley at London's Hammersmith Odeon for his family.
[edit] Tour dates
- 02/04/1979
Arts Centre - Poole, England - 03/04/1979 Empire - Liverpool, England
- 04/04/1979 Hippodrome - Birmingham, England
- 05/04/1979 Hippodrome - Birmingham, England
- 06/04/1979 New Theatre - Oxford, England
- 07/04/1979 Gaumont - Southampton, England
- 09/04/1979 Hippodrome - Bristol, England
- 10/04/1979 Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England
- 11/04/1979 Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England
- 12/04/1979 Empire Theatre - Sunderland, England
- 13/04/1979
Usher Hall - Edinburgh, Scotland - 16/04/1979 The Palladium - London, England
- 17/04/1979 The Palladium - London, England
- 18/04/1979 The Palladium - London, England
- 19/04/1979 The Palladium - London, England
- 20/04/1979 The Palladium - London, England
- 24/04/1979
Konserthuset - Stockholm, Sweden - 26/04/1979
Falkoner Theatre - Copenhagen, Denmark - 28/04/1979
Congress Centrum - Hamburg, Germany - 29/04/1979
Carré Theatre - Amsterdam, Netherlands - 02/05/1979 Liederhalle - Stuttgart, Germany
- 03/05/1979 Circus Krone - Munich, Germany
- 04/05/1979 Gürzenich - Cologne, Germany
- 06/05/1979
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées - Paris, France - 08/05/1979 Rosengarten - Mannheim, Germany
- 10/05/1979 Jahrhunderthalle - Frankfurt, Germany
- 12/05/1979 Hammersmith Odeon - London, England (Benefit concert. Recorded with filmed footage included in Live at the Hammersmith Odeon.)
- 13/05/1979 Hammersmith Odeon - London, England (Recorded with filmed footage included in Live at the Hammersmith Odeon.)
[edit] References
- ^ Philippe Badhorn. Interview in Rolling Stone (France). Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
- ^ Littlejohn, Maureen. The Sensual Woman. Network magazine. Retrieved on 2007-04-03.
- ^ Kate Bush - Singer-songwriter. BBC (2005-02-04). Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
