“She spent so long in the water that she contracted mild hypothermia. She recovered and carried on”: When Kate Bush returned to the stage Before The Dawn, 35 years after her only tour

Kate Bush in her And Dream Of Sheep video.

“Musical event of the year? Musical event of the 21st century so far wouldn’t be overstating it.” When Prog witnessed the attitude and energy of Kate Bush’s Before The Dawn show in 2014, we didn’t hold back the praise.

And why should we? They’d been building up unused since her one and only large-scale tour in 1979, waiting for the hardly-imagined moment that she’d bring her musical genius to another stage some day.