1979: KATE BUSH prepares for her FIRST TOUR | Nationwide | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive

[@emmahoward7913]

I went to this concert, I was 9 years old. I made her a card and drew a lion on it as I was a Leo too. I put a letter in it with my name and address and told her I was her biggest fan. A week later I received a hand written letter from her thanking me for the card and letter. I was over the moon!! Ive still got it.

[@RosePetal17]

That is so special!!!💕🧚🏻‍♀️✨✨

[@mooville32]

Reading this gave me gooooosebumps!

[@waltercoyle6393]

This is the greatest Kate Bush and Emma Howard story ever. You are awesome Emma.

[@secretagentbloke]

Her first and only actual tour. I was lucky enough to meet her once, she was extremely polite, humble and gracious, exactly as you would expect.

[@richardsracingmad]

I met her at Strawberry Hill studio…

[@marksc111]

I saw her in 2013 at Hammersmith

[@alexeilindes7507]

I met her in a dark alley 🎳

[@mikewinston8709]

Why would you expect that? What a stupid thing to write. You write in the cheap English usage of an American.

[@JJONNYREPP]

1979: KATE BUSH prepares for her FIRST TOUR | Nationwide | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive last time i saw her she was stuck in a plastic transparent ball on a TOTP's stage. i dont mind her, contrary to quips dished out in piccadilly records. ahahah..................... my kate bush music has been pilfered, though... which is kind of a pisser. she can't be that fragile, surely?

[@gracenotes5379]

What a delightful, hard-working, risk-taking, soulful human being showed herself to be!

[@howareyou857]

I am astounded at how intelligent, articulate and confident she was at just 20!

[@stconstable]

Kate was SO advanced they held her back for years.

[@ShareTalk]

I went to the Sunderland Empire concert "The Tour Of Life" and remember it to this day. The costume changes for each song were incredible. No one had ever done that. I also went to the Hammersmith Odeon concert Kate did with Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley at the end of the tour, which, if memory serves me correctly, raised funds for one of the roadies who died during the original tour.

[@markthompson50]

The way Kate Bush first delivered her music to us in the late 70's was a real revelation & totally different to anything we had heard before. The sheer amount of work that went into this tour was astounding. An extraordinary talent for the ages.

[@markgrimes5532]

I was there that night. I still have the programme. It's was pure magic, spellbinding

[@richardhoneybun5509]

The night before Liverpool the show was performed at Poole Arts centre (2nd April) which is where I saw her. They had problems with the head mic so she had to use a hand held mic for some of it but it was still a fantastic show.

[@hilaryepstein6013]

She is one of the great survivors of the 1970s and now also loved by a new generation.

[@TrumptonMayor]

Man With The Child In His Eyes has to be one of the most haunting, beautiful songs ever.❤ Great upload.

[@76ToneCrome]

She takes my breath away.

[@troygaspard6732]

A perfectionist, her show would become a template for future singers.

[@prodigalsorcerer1415]

Trailblazer. Genius. Wow.

[@sammyb1651]

Catering by her sister-in-law. 😂 I love how informal and wholesome it all is. Can you imagine that nowadays? The catering alone would be a bigger consideration than the likes of the sound and choreography here. The demands for instagram perfect food - and thats just from your average woman on her phone! Imagine catering to a bunch of 'artistic' divas! There'd be an absolute riot on. Kate Bush had it right and stayed true to what mattered. We're so spoiled and have our priorities so badly wrong these days.

[@RolandoRatas]

Thing is at the time in the 80s you liked her work and you never realized back then that there wouldn't be any other just like her or similar, you sort of took her for granted and I sort of regret that, I should have gone out there and at the very least seen her live in concert.

[@TinLeadHammer]

Tori Amos?

[@karenboromeo899]

l was lucky..l liked her in her prime though l was only 9 when this video was filmed in 1979. * also was a dancer..ballet & gymnastics 5 played piano, guitar & sung. She was a mentor for me.❤️ Sort of a shame she didn't keep her lean & flexible body.

[@todd6851]

@@karenboromeo899 Have you kept your lean and flexible body?

[@JJONNYREPP]

1979: KATE BUSH prepares for her FIRST TOUR | Nationwide | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive 0824am 26.9.24 yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, kelvin.

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

@@todd6851 actually it’s at the dry cleaners….

[@FiveSigma72]

Man, she was something else.

[@warrenbutterfield4208]

Is

[@RunOfTheHind]

A truly beautiful woman.

[@fabiano8888]

I just realized that this video was uploaded less than an hour ago. I had her song stuck in my head all day long. 😊

[@obscuremusictabs5927]

Technically, it was uploaded seven hours ago.

[@fredo1070]

Wow, wow, wow, unbelievable!

[@oscarwilde5473]

fredo1070 We're all alone on the stage tonight We've been told we're not afraid of you We know all our lines so well, uh-huh We've said them so many times Time and time again Line and line again Ooh, yeah, you're amazing! We think you're incredible You say we're fantastic But still we don't head the bill Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Unbelievable! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Unbelievable! When the actor reaches his death You know it's not for real, he just holds his breath But he always dives too soon, too fast to save himself He'll never make the screen He'll never make the Sweeney Be that movie queen He's too busy hitting the Vaseline Ooh, yeah, you're amazing! We think you are really cool We'd give you a part, my love But you'd have to play the fool Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Unbelievable! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Unbelievable! We're all alone on the stage tonight We're all alone On the stage Tonight

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@fredo1070 You left a few "wows" out.

[@oscarwilde5473]

@@WarrenBridges-um5cg ... unbelievable ... 🤗 ...

[@leea2112]

The most wonderful artistic beautiful singer I adore everything about kate bush I have followed her since I was 12 in 1978 !! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ianw5725]

Genius comes in many unique forms. Kate was one such

[@SimBetts]

Such a pioneer on so many fronts.

[@S-North]

She is absolutely one of a kind. No one has ever even come close.

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

My God she is incredible.

[@piccalillipit9211]

One of the best in the world.

[@juliosanti]

E S T E L A R . . . E T E R E A L . . . E T E R N A L . . . Always mesmerizing! Just love her! ❤

[@AtheistOrphan]

12:36 - Glass of wine and a packet of Benson & Hedges. Good times.

[@kellymelrose8527]

i saw her at Poole arts centre..sadly i had a crap seat but consider myself lucky to have been there

[@hyperglobal01]

Kate is a national treasure 🥰

[@JJONNYREPP]

1979: KATE BUSH prepares for her FIRST TOUR | Nationwide | Classic BBC Music | BBC Archive 0827am 26.9.24 is he Dave Gahan's sister - "that puff from depeche mode?"

[@Wolshanze]

Would have loved to have seen her in London sad I couldn't get tickets once in a live time.

[@RolandoRatas]

Those tickets sold out faster than Oasis for her last tour I remember.

[@marksc111]

@@Wolshanze I was lucky enough to get a ticket to one of her London shows in 2013 (I may be off by a year)... was an amazing night. Pity there weren't more shows, so many fans missed out

[@piccalillipit9211]

*its called "THE TOUR OF LIFE"* and it is utterly astonishing - i wish I had seen it live " Kate Bush - The tour of Life HD LPR Remastering (Live at Hammersmith Odeon 79) "

[@mjarve909]

At the time it was called the Lionheart Tour

[@AtheistOrphan]

@@mjarve909- Really? I’ve never seen it referred to as such. All the contemporary promotional material refer to it as The Tour Of Life.

[@mjarve909]

Martin Fisher - the sound engineer as featured on this video- was recently commenting that nobody called it the Tour of Life at the time. The tour programme carried a Lionheart tour logo. He said some people just called it the Kate Bush Tour. Retrospectively Kate may have changed the name in regards of what happened to Bill Duffield.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@mjarve909 I was aware of the confusion over the name - cos I was trying to find it to watch about 3 months ago - thats actually why I posted the comment. It was hard to find a HD videp of the show.

[@andrewbutler9533]

Bloody genius 👏

[@hopebgood]

Kate Bush is one of the greats of music.

[@akaski777]

Wish she was doing a tour now

[@FranzSausage]

Love the fashion in these times, especially her brown knee length boots tucked into her jeans.

[@marksc111]

@@FranzSausage I love those too! I was 5 at the time, I remember all the female teachers at school wore those! Ahh the late 70s 🤎

[@FranzSausage]

@@marksc111 Wished i was at your school back then 😊

[@tutornick]

incredible...worth the licence fee alone

[@sarahlouise7163]

what a talent, what a beauty.

[@stconstable]

A Fave since 1978. Unique. And seminal.

[@DenkyManner]

One of humanity's greatest ever artists

[@user-yh7cl9kj8k]

😂😂😂 you taking the piss. She was pure "crap". Worse singer no talent ever!!

[@1996connor]

Man, she was so fine. Easily one of the best female artists of all time.

[@werdlederdle]

There’s a longer version of this somewhere. The interviewer goes to congratulate her backstage after the show in Liverpool. I wonder why it was trimmed.

[@kieranwhite6647]

She is so wonderful

[@paulc1553]

Kate Bush is a legend. Running up that Hill came out five months after I was born. My favourite song by her.

[@thefonzkiss]

Way to make it all about you.

[@marcinb4647]

She has much better ones, and you are just a silly knobhead.

[@perge_music]

Very few like that, it's a cliche but there was a sense of magic to it all. Everything is too polished now that there's no sense of wonder.

[@CatsOfMarrakech]

Well done. Yes what can we do about this sort of polished stuff now. We'd love a poetic troupe of troubadours eh

[@smoath]

Yes, everything is pitch corrected these days, even older stuff that's remastered. And many live acts aren't actually live. Sad state.

[@user-ve3gh5xg9q]

So cute😊

[@Macca-rb5ok]

It's her Irish DNA that makes her magic.

[@peterbartholomew7023]

Wonderful footage, I've never seen this before, I wish I had been there to see the live shows!

[@Kty27-65]

Wish I could have met her 😊

[@spooley]

When most of the music biz was an industry ruled by men she crushed it. Respect to her talent and work ethic.

[@thefonzkiss]

Weird virtue-signalling comment. There were plenty of woman artists before her who were absolutely huge. Diana Ross, Cher, Streisand, Dusty, Aretha, Nina, Carly, Dolly … that’s not even putting a dent into it.

[@johnjarvis1596]

@@thefonzkiss this is not a comment just referencing her sales. Few (if any, and certainly none in Britain before her) female artists wrote ALL their own songs, produced themselves, insisted on owning their music and publishing rights (through their own company) operated on a tape release contract and effectively managed and financed themselves and kept their record company at arms length.

[@spooley]

Now go through those names and find the DIY artists. Joni is the only one I would put in that category. The rest relied (in some cases heavily) on outside management and arrangements help. Take the fool's sip.

[@gavster_999]

@@spooley Totally agree, Joni and Kate had resilience and bravery beyond imagination. How they smashed their way through the nonsense that existed then (and still largely does today) - was incredible.

[@marcinb4647]

She actually got in thanks to men, spoolyfool u ignorant knobhead. Certain David Gilmour specifically.

[@richalderson6069]

Only one tour her whole career, but it was a damn memorable one.

[@TheKateBushChannel]

Thanks

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

The Place ❤

[@alexquant1335]

Fab!

[@kingofpointless]

Based on how he appears here, Ben Whishaw can definitely play John Bush in the biopic.

[@lanehogger1532]

This is great ❤

[@Nemesis-222]

Thumbs up for David Gilmour who discovered her talent.

[@Man_Ray78]

Came as a Unicorn, trashed in the press for being too independent and weird, but charmed generations of women that followed her footsteps like Björk and Joni Mitchell had done before. Björk has credited them two as her two most female heroes. Just oozing with charisma and talent.

[@9thousandyears]

Oh, brother... She was never trashed in the press. Her first album was critically acclaimed, the critics loved her.

[@mjarve909]

​@9thousandyears That is not true. The Kick inside got generally poor reviews especially from the NME and the Guardian. In fact the first time she got a good critical success was for the tour (except the NME again) I think you are confusing this with the critical acclaim which started with Hounds of Love.

[@9thousandyears]

@@mjarve909 'The Kick Inside' got 4 stars out of 5 from the Record Mirror... You people love to rewrite history.

[@mjarve909]

The Record Mirror review was OK but many weren't. In fact in a BBC article When the Music critics got it wrong it used the early KB albums as a prime example.

[@9thousandyears]

@@mjarve909 Blah blah blah... One bloke from the NME didn't like her music and someone from the BBC quotes someone from The Guardian and all of a sudden she was hated by the press when she started making music. Give me a break. She was always universally acclaimed, you don't know what you're talking about.

[@paulburns-dt9eq]

Then we had Utah Saints whome made a wonderfully crazy 90s hit with 'There's something strange is always gonna happen'

[@fionamaddock3984]

It’s Something Good. ‘Ooh I just know that something good is gonna happen’ 😊

[@dogbreaththe3rd851]

I was offrered free tickets for the Liverpool show, but thought that travelling from Manchester was too much of a problem, and that i would catch the next tour.

[@bardo0007]

She looks older and wiser than her young age in 79

[@brianquigley1940]

The quality of her voice is almost... childlike...

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@brianquigley1940 Her lower register can be chilling and kinda scary at times.

[@eiffe]

Did they just invent the headset for this show?

[@lazygazzzer]

Yes, first time... now almost the norm.

[@howareyou857]

Literally paved the way for Madonna 's live performances

[@vladix-ty5sz]

Real shame that this footage was scanned at such low resolution.

[@analogueman123456787]

It's not particularly great, is it. Shot on 16mm I presume, which was common for the time, and unrestored. Still, it's consummate with other Nationwide film reports of the day.

[@LateNightKaiju]

Wow. The 200,000 pound tour wouldn’t buy many houses nowadays.

[@felixhelix4274]

Indeed, ANY

[@dancelover020]

200.000 pounds in 1979 is the equivalent of 1.2 million today I believe.

[@brandycat8513]

Great voice and dance talent and a pretty face and the right contacts; the usual formula for success in the music biz. Applies across the genders too, Bowie for example

[@maxcrc]

9:50 sometimes even the angels smoke...

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@maxcrc Weed as well. Doesn't matter, she still had a kind heart.

[@t3br00k35]

Del Palmer is the luckiest man to have ever lived

[@thefonzkiss]

4:43 Bad News

[@SimoneSimtel88]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@madzhowitz]

Birdie if youre reading this tell you mother to release anything lol we are starving

[@jimandjulia8261]

She doesn't seem to be enjoying the experience much...The pressure must have been tiresome especially without strong infrastructure and support. Thank goodness she did enjoy creating in the studio!

[@mjarve909]

In 2002 she said although it was tiring the tour was really enjoyable and a highlight of her career.

[@TinLeadHammer]

Madonna picked up the concept of dancing while singing, wearing a headset, and ran with it.

[@piccalillipit9211]

YES she was the first to wear a head microphone - they made it out of a coat hanger

[@CatsOfMarrakech]

Yeah she'll never be British

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@@piccalillipit9211 Pretty sure an early 60s Eastern European instrumental band (The Sputniks I think) had a crack at it, but not to the same extent Kate did. Edit: Swedish actually.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@WarrenBridges-um5cg I never knew that

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@@piccalillipit9211 I seem to remember seeing a video. They were dressed up as astronauts and looked goofy.

[@DennisNelson-ee2il]

A Goddess.

[@tyronerodgers]

Why did she not play live again until the 2000s?

[@lazygazzzer]

The tour was marked by tragedy. The lighting guy fell from the gantry and was killed. The tour carried-on but Kate was overcome with guilt thinking that he'd still be alive if it wasn't for her touring. I think there's a dedication on the Never Forever album.

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@@lazygazzzer Also mentions him on "Moments Of Pleasure". 1993.

[@Musiclover22897]

Very interesting to hear how the "British accent" sounded in 1979 and has evolved over a period of 45 years..

[@BadgerBotherer1]

It has "devolved". Terrible diction and grammar are the norm today.

[@Musiclover22897]

@@BadgerBotherer1 Accents/languages are complex/ dynamically changing entities based on several socio cultural factors The below video illustrates how the London accent has changed over centuries(14th century onwards) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ27p2aKqZmraJI

[@sarahlouise7163]

@@Musiclover22897 everyone knows all of that, the comment was about diction. diction is not accent

[@Musiclover22897]

@@sarahlouise7163 Diction, vocabulary, phrases, accents are all subject to constant change and unfortunately not "everyone" is aware of this basic linguistical concept.

[@terri6854]

Wrong. The original comment was about accent.

[@BapsyGames]

Where's the footage of the Gig at Liverpool? ..."I'd Buy that for a Dollar" 🙂

[@Ian-gw2vx]

Wow - I didn't know she smoked. Shattered my illusions. I doubt she was that fit considering. A brilliant artist. So glad I grew up with such eclectic artists when all gen zedders have is Taylor Swift.

[@mjarve909]

My aunt worked with a dancing troupe at the time. They virtually all smoked. At the time many footballers and even olympic athletes were known to smoke

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@ian-gw2vx My mate toured the world in the '70s playing Rugby Union and couldn't stop smoking until he died in his 60s. I'm more concerned about her health nowadays.

[@michaelturner4457]

I presume Kate no longer smokes.

[@mjarve909]

Gave up for good in 2001

[@tommymurphy459]

Simon Day teaching dance?

[@igolfjtweetler4097]

Kate 79 is my dream

[@MGrayl-ib5fo]

Love the fact that she does all that energetic singing & dancing & then we see her with a ciggie in her mouth LOL

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@MGrayl-ib5fo I can remember when football players smoked. My mate toured the world playing Rugby Union in an Aussie club side and he couldn't lay off 'em.

[@MGrayl-ib5fo]

@@WarrenBridges-um5cg But if you believe what they say today "smoking negates any of the benefits of exercise"... well it clearly doesn't!

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@@MGrayl-ib5fo Never touched them myself, but it's better to smoke and exercise, than smoke and sit on your arse all day.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

I knew her when she was just lil Catherine Shrub.

[@hopebgood]

I like that

[@JohnSmith-zl8rz]

Babe 😍

[@Liofa73]

Healthy eating and smoking... hehe... good old Kate.

[@strangequark1926]

Smoking indoors. That was normality. Ahhh the good old days.

[@terri6854]

That was good for no one.

[@andydixon2980]

Talented, sophisticated, beautiful, intelligent. Unlike most of today's 'slutty' female 'singers'.

[@polly_pasta]

I'm scared you'll get stuck the next time you try to flush the toilet by stamping the water with your foot :((

[@mftmss7086]

YAAAAAAAS I CANT BELIEVE IT WE FINALLY GOT TO SEE KATE BUSH'S FEET

[@analogueman123456787]

Fetish..?

[@polly_pasta]

@@analogueman123456787feetish*

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

Kate cool about her beardy brother Paddy slotting islamic flavour in..

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@wotdoesthisbuttondo To compliment "Kashka From Baghdad" which SHE wrote. Even Ritchie Blackmore resorted to it on "Stargazer".

[@xyz8655]

The weather is sooooo drab.

[@TrumptonMayor]

Yes they shot the Porridge movie at around about this time and again looked very grim and cold lol.

[@ThinWhite_Duke]

What exactly do you expect people to do about the weather?

[@mjarve909]

January/February 1979

[@johnp515]

@@ThinWhite_Duke There was nothing in his comment that suggested it was possible for people to do something about it.

[@sarahlouise7163]

winter in the UK

[@MichelleUS66]

Oh, Kate, WTF @ 9:36? 😮

[@Michel-r6m]

Kate is a bit of a control freak 😅

[@linndrumfan1959]

Tori Amos before Tori Amos! 😆😉

[@marcinb4647]

Tori who?

[@linndrumfan1959]

Google it! ​@@marcinb4647

[@smoath]

Brother is absolutely clueless about which foods actually sit heavily in the stomach.

[@pigknickers2975]

She is such a stoner haha

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@pigknickers2975 Donald Sutherland on the set for the "Cloud Busting" video said "You shouldn't smoke that. It will affect your performance". She stared at him for a few seconds and said "I haven't been straight for 7 years".

[@jinxterx]

Shocking to see her smoking.

[@ClaraClacka-l4s]

Grow up.

[@jinxterx]

@@ClaraClacka-l4s Shut up.

[@michaelturner4457]

Seeing a young lady smoking wasn't shocking in 1979. 😂

[@jinxterx]

@@michaelturner4457 I know but I just didn't expect to see to her smoking that's all.

[@johnjarvis1596]

@@jinxterx She was a notorious smoker (and not just cigarettes) who had started at primary school| - then again I knew very few young women in the late 70s who didnt smoke.

[@hoilst265]

She never toured again after a series of complaints by the RSPCA for what her voice did to dogs and cats across the land.

[@deanplant1500]

Cant stand her but all to there own

[@jamesmc1272]

How many great songs did you write before you were 16.

[@Peter-cz8hx]

yep, she's out of her depth. like a rabbit in the..too much warbling😮

[@eclectica1]

Don't like, but came on here to comment anyway. Jeez... Will probably go on about 'opinions' next.

[@deanplant1500]

@eclectica1 because its put put there to comment its called KZbin you for everyone. Lol bless ya little cotton socks. She has earned millions sounding like an animal in distress and you come at me lol

[@deanplant1500]

@@Peter-cz8hx absolutely

[@HoorayTV21]

A GIANT talentless nothing. Just gotta sleep with the right guitarist and you're off.

[@polly_pasta]

You're going to shrivel up and disappear when you die like a weed 😭

[@80sandretrogubbins25]

Yes, which is why she is one of the most influential musicians of the last 50 years.

[@marcinb4647]

Wow wow wow, you shouldn't hate yourself so much. Maybe you're getting banged by the wrong 'guitarist'?

[@LuciferFitzgeraldChrist]

i have a rare Kate Bush record called "My Pants are Made Out of Cupcake Icing". Anyone else familiar with that one?

[@Satscape]

A Goddess.