O’Connor, Sinéad

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor was born in Dublin (Ireland) on 8 December 1966. Her parents divorced early on, and her mother was frequently abusive. O’Connor was sent to…

Shishigokoro

Shishigokoro (ししごころ) is a Japanese band, especially formed to perform Kate Bush songs. The band consists of Tamao (lead vocals), Yuko Tsuchiya (keyboards), Kumiko Kajiyama (keyboards), Liliko (backing…

Ohki, Risa

Risa Ohki (also known as Lisa Ohki and Hiroko Nagai) was born in Osaka (Japan) on 16 February 1960. She sings in at least five languages: Japanese (her…

Mr. Sirius

Mr. Sirius was a Japanese progressive rock band that formed in Osaka in 1986. The trio was masterminded by multi-instrumentalist Kazuhiro Miyatake, who worked with ex-Pageant member Hiroko…

Live At Eventim Apollo 17-09-2014

Live At Eventim Apollo 17-09-2014 is an unofficial single, released in Greece in 2020. The singles were created on black, white and clear vinyl in numbered limited editions…

Interview 85

Interview 85 is the title of a series of ‘limited’ unofficial single releases, featuring the sound of Kate Bush being interviewed by Martin Buchanan, broadcast by Music Box…

Felicia’s Journey

Felicia’s Journey is a 1999 psychological thriller film written and directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Elaine Cassidy and Bob Hoskins. It is based on the prize-winning 1994…

Soft Fruit

Soft Fruit is a 1999 comedy drama film. It is an Australian American co-production produced by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion and directed by Christina Andreef. Four adult…

Felicity

Felicity was an American drama television series created by J. J. Abrams and Matt Reeves and produced by Touchstone Television and Imagine Television for The WB. Brian Grazer…

Thorn, Tracey

Tracey Thorn was born in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire (UK) on 26 September 1962, The youngest of three children, she grew up in nearby Hatfield and studied English at…

Parenthetical Girls

Parenthetical Girls was an experimental pop band formed in Everett, Washington (USA) in 2002, and disbanded in 2013. Begun primarily as a recording project between Zac Pennington and…

Warm Room (the)

The Warm Room was a website dedicated to Kate Bush, created by Kate Bush fans Richard, Bret and Nicole. The site was relatively short-lived, existing between 2002 and…

Another World

Another World was an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from 4 May 1964 to 25 June 1999. It was created by Irna Phillips along with…

Record Mirror

Record Mirror was a British weekly music newspaper between 1954 and 1991 for pop fans and record collectors. Launched two years after the NME, it never attained the…

Harada, Tokiyoshi ‘Kuma’

Tokiyoshi Harada (クマ原田) was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido (Japan) on 10 June 1951. As a member of Sing Out as a teenager, he appeared on NHK General Television…

Little Earth

Little Earth was an American Kate Bush fanzine, published quarterly. It was produced by the American Kate Bush Society. The fanzine featured excerpts from the (bigger) fanzine Watching…

Watching Storms

Watching Storms was a fanzine dedicated to Kate Bush, based in East Providence, Rhode Island (USA). The principle of this magazine was that each subscriber was also a…

Gaffaweb

Gaffaweb is the name of a website dedicated to Kate Bush, originally hosted on gryphon.com/gaffa, later moving to the domain gaffa.org. Gaffaweb was intended as a source of…

Under The Ivy [website]

Under The Ivy was a website dedicated to Kate Bush, created by Garrick Twinney. The information on this website included pictures of Kate’s 1994 appearance on Top Of…

Greeting Stars

The Greeting Stars Xmas card went on sale in the United Kingdom in December 1995. The project, started by Brian Eno, benefited War Child. For every pack of…

Reed, Tony

Tony Reed is a musician and sound engineer from Dallas, Texas (USA). His parents listened to Black Sabbath and Heavy Rock in general, so he just naturally gravitated…

Sergeant Thunderhoof

Sergeant Thunderhoof is a psychedelic stoner metal/doom metal band from Bath, Somerset (United Kingdom). The band consists of Dan Flitcroft, Darren Ashman, Jim Camp and Mark Sayer. It…

Smash Hits

Smash Hits was a British music magazine aimed at young adults, originally published by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006. Created by journalist Nick Logan, the magazine…

Kate Bush [music book]

The music book Kate Bush, subtitled 8 Songs for Piano Vocal with Guitar Boxes was published by International Music Publications in 1987. The book features sheet music for…

World of Kate Bush (the)

The World of Kate Bush is a website devoted to Kate Bush items. It is a listing of all of Kate’s records, as well as books, press releases…

Record Store Day

Record Store Day is an annual event inaugurated in 2007 to “celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store”. Held on one Saturday (typically the third) every…

Silly Cow

On 27 February 1991 Kate Bush and Del Palmer attended the premiere of Silly Cow, a West End play written by Comic Strip actor Ben Elton. The premiere…

Tower Records

On 21 November 1985, Kate Bush did a signing session at Tower Records in Greenwich Village, New York (USA). The session was organised to promote the album Hounds…

Irgendwo In Der Tiefe

In May 1994, a small group of German fans traveled to London to attend the Kate Bush Convention at the Hippodrome. After this they returned home with the…

ADSR

ADSR was started by Dominic Paterson and Todd Nickolas, a DJ/producer duo from Canada. In 1993 they released their debut album Accelerated Emotions, featuring the track Momentum, which…

Momentum

‘Momentum’ is a track by ADSR, released on their 1994 album Accelerated Emotions. The track features two samples from the song Jig Of Life: Kate Bush saying “this…

Virgin Megastore

The Virgin Megastore officially opened in 1979. Another Virgin store, near Marble Arch, opened around the same time at the other end of the Oxford Street. Throughout the…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

On 3 November 1994, Kate Bush attended the premiere of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at the London Film Festival. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a 1994 science fiction horror film…

Lion King (the)

On 6 October 1994 Kate Bush attended the premiere of the Disney film The Lion King at Leicester Square in London. The Lion King is a 1994 American…

Dreamtime [fanzine]

Dreamtime was a fanzine, set up in 1983 by Ricky Williams in Carmel, Western Australia. At least 23 issues were published, but it seems the fanzine folded by…

Zim Zum Zam

Zim Zum Zam was an Italian TV show, consisting of musical guests and magic tricks by the host, magician Alexander. The show was broadcast on Saturday evenings by…

BBC Christmas Special

BBC Christmas Special is an unofficial album, released on 23 February 2024 by Dear Boss records. It features the soundtrack of the Christmas special Kate which was broadcast…

Fanzines

Kate Bush has inspired people around the world to create fanzines dedicated to her music and her career. On this page you can find a listing of all…

For The Love Of Kate

For The Love Of Kate was an American fanzine devoted to Kate Bush. It was run by Gillian Gaar in Seattle. The first issue was published in 1983….

Tsintskaro

Tsintskaro (Georgian: წინწყარო) is a Georgian folk song from the Kakhetian region. Its title is the name of a village in the Kartli region, which translates as “at…

Beavis and Butthead

Beavis and Butthead is an American adult animated series created by Mike Judge for MTV (seasons 1–8) and later Paramount+ (season 9–present, as Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head)….

Les Enfants Du Paradis

Les Enfants Du Paradis is a track by Loopzone, released on the B-side of the 12″ single ‘Hate’. The track features a sample of Night Scented Stock.

Nature’s Way

‘Nature’s Way’ is a song written by Randy Craig Wolfe a.k.a. Randy California and recorded by the American rock band Spirit in 1970. It appeared on the band’s…

Speed Of Sound

‘Speed Of Sound’ is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their third studio album, X&Y (2005). It…

KateBushNews.com

In 1998, Séan Twomey started the Kate Bush News & Information website. At first the website was hosted at eircom.net, but in 2005 the website moved to its…

Amazing Pudding (the)

The Amazing Pudding was a fanzine dedicted to Pink Floyd and Roger Waters. It was seen as being the main fanzine of Pink Floyd during the time of…

Fall Of Boromir (the)

The Fall Of Boromir is a painting by Derby-based artist Paul Gregory. The canvas measures 8′ by 4′ and was commissioned by Kate Bush in 1988 for £9,500…

Kate Bush [Interview 7″]

Green vinyl version

Kate Bush On Compact Disc

Kate Bush On Compact Disc is a 7 minute interview with Kate Bush on a CD, packaged in an empty plastic CD box, which is inside a 12″…

First And Last Forever (the)

The First And Last Forever was an Italian Kate Bush fanzine, run by Tina d’Agostino. In the fanzine, a reasonably informative re-telling of news culled from the British…

Still Breathing

Still Breathing was a Canadian Kate Bush fanzine, the successor to Break-through. Issue 1 was published in November 1987. Further issues were published between 1988 and 1991.

An Interview With Kate Bush

An Interview With Kate Bush is a promotional LP, released by EMI America in Canada in 1985. The disc features an ‘open’ interview. Eleven answers to various questions…

Sovay

‘Sovay’ is a traditional English folk song about a young woman who dresses and arms herself as a highwayman in order to test her suitor. In disguise she…

Lone Star Lionhearts

Lone Star Lionhearts was a fanzine about Kate Bush, run by Kevin & Mary Hendrix in the USA. Three issues were published in 1990 and 1991.

Moving: A Collection Of Poems

Moving: A Collection Of Poems is a book with lyrics of Kate Bush’s songs. It was published on 16 March 1994 by Shinko Music Publishing in Japan. The…

KateBush.com

The official website www.katebush.com started in 2005. The website was designed to inform Kate Bush fans the way the official fanclub did in earlier years. The first version…

Give Me One Wish

The book Give Me One Wish, written by Jacquie Gordon was published in 1988. It is the story of Christine Gordon and her mother Jacquie, who try to…

Little Light

Little Light was a fanzine, dedicated to Kate Bush, based in the USA. The fanzine was published by ‘The American Association of Them Heavy People’. Ten issues were…

In The Morning Fog

In The Morning Fog was a Japanese bilingual fanzine dedicated to Kate Bush. The first issue was published around 1990, with more issues in later years. (‘Volume 2’…

Up To Something Weird

Up To Something Weird is a fanzine dedicated to Kate Bush, released in the autumn of 1992 by Steven Atherton from London. Only one issue was ever published.

Abson, Nicholas

Nicholas Abson was born as Michael Nicholas Drinan in England on 22 December 1946. Born to parents Pamela Mileece Drinan (née l’Anson) and Michael Patrick Drinan, after emigrating…

Butterfly On A Wheel

‘Butterfly On A Wheel’ is a song by The Mission, released in January 1990. It was the lead single of their third studio album Carved In Sand. The…

Pull Of The Bush

Pull Of The Bush was a Kate Bush fanzine run by Amy Shaddick in the UK in 1989. Two issues were released; one in 1989 and one in…

Kate Bush: With Love

Book, published in 1988, presenting a collection of facsimile music press articles, interview and trivia, covering the period of 1978 to 1986. Not editor, publisher or printer are…

Pub Choir

Pub Choir started in Australia in 2017. The live show transforms audiences into incredible choirs. The aim is to book a licensed venue with hundreds (sometimes thousands) of…

Wow Live

The first known unofficial Kate Bush album, released in the USA in 1983. The 2 LP set is pressed on red vinyl and contains a live recording from…

Under The Ivy fanzine

The international Kate Bush fanzine Under The Ivy appeared in 1985 and 1986, with six issues. The fanzine was run by Simon Williams, Carmel Whelton, Pauline Whelton and…

Blowaway

Scottish Kate Bush fanzine, issued three times in 1985 and early 1986. The fanzine was run by Jacksie and Jeff in East Kilbride, Scotland. During its short run…

Disco 45 poster special

A poster fold-out magazine, put together with photos from 1978 to 1985 with some text cited from various sources. The poster special was sold for 85p in the…

Heems

Himanshu Kumar Suri, better known by his stage name Heems, is an American rapper from Queens in New York City. Best known for being part of the alternative…

Kate Boosh

Hip-hop track by Heems, released digitally on the album Nehru Jackets in 2012. It features fellow rappers Kool A.D. and Despot. The track features a sample from Suspended…

Figgs, the

The Figgs are a rock ‘n’ roll band formed in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1987. The original lineup of Mike Gent (guitar), Pete Donnelly (bass), and Guy…

Malco, Katie

Born as Katie Malcomson in Dunfermline, she moved to Northampton when she was a child, together with her parents and her siblings. She began her career releasing an…

Dye, Tophy

British singer/songwriter and pianist Tophy Dye trained at Leeds Conservatoire. His self-penned debut album Skeletons was released at the end of 2021. The album incorporates folk, rock, pop,…

Liz

Born as Elizabeth Nicole Abrams in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California (USA) on 16 March 1987. She grew up working in the arts. For 13 years of her childhood,…

Scroobius Pip

Born as David Peter Meads in Stanford-le-Hope (UK) on 3 August 1981, He was inspired by punk music to buy a guitar and form various bands with his…

Buckle, Ebony

Born on 20 November 1994 in Townsville, Australia. Singer-songwriter who resides in England. In 2021, she released her debut album Disco Lasers. A year later it was followed…

Francis, Maja

Born as Maja Francis Alderin in Helsingborg (Sweden) on 10 November 1985, Maja Francis is a Swedish singer/songwriter. She grew up in Ängelholm and now lives in Stockholm….

Arkitech, Rikki

Born as Richard Besgrove in London (UK), Rikki Arkitech is known as a hardcore trance DJ who started releasing hardcore tracks on 12″ vinyl in 2005. In 2022…

Damme, Ellen ten

Born in Warnsveld (Netherlands) on 7 October 1967, Ellen ten Damme grew up in the village of Roden. She studied Dutch at the University of Groningen. She then…

Wolfe, Alisa

American singer/songwriter who released one album, Little Things Unseen in 2000. The album consisted of original songs with just one cover version: Feel It. After this album, no…

Niland, Albert

Singer/songwriter from Galway, Ireland. He debuted in 2003 with the album Dirty Day, a collection of self-penned songs. His second album Downtown Exit was slightly more mainstream, with…

Song of Summer

1968 black-and-white television film co-written, produced, and directed by Ken Russell for the BBC’s Omnibus series which was first broadcast on 15 September 1968. It portrays the final…

Wadsworth, Tony

Having graduated in Economics at Newcastle University in 1977, Tony Wadsworth spent the next two years playing guitar in a new wave band, before working in a succession…

Loopzone

Pseudonym of Michael Van Den Nieuwendijk, a German producer who started his career in 1990. As Loopzone he released four 12″ singles between 1990 and 1993 (one every…

Keogh, Carol

Carol Keogh has written and performed with a variety of bands and been involved in a number of musical projects since 1995. Her diverse career stretches back to…

Ross, Michael

Michael Ross studied with Richard Wilson and Todd Crow at Vassar College where he graduated cum laude with a degree in Composition and Piano Performance. During his time…

Grimeland

Grimeland is the surname of Gaute Grimeland, and also the name of the farm in western Norway where the artist’s paternal grandfather grew up. Grimeland himself grew up…

An Arzhig, Tristan

Tristan has been a fan of Kate Bush for as long as he can remember. As a non-professional musician, after many years slacking off on the violin at…

Yules

Yules is made up of Guillaume and Bertrand Charret. Without ever turning into musical stereotypes, the universe of Yules is first and foremost Anglo-American and reflects what the…

Zapruder Point

At the turn of the millennium, Dan Phillips created Zapruder Point, writing and recording under that band name for over 15 years in Chicago. Dan currently lives in…

Butterfly Child

Butterfly Child formed in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1984. The group was led by the singer/songwriter Joe Cassidy. Described as “purveyors of shimmering, oceanic rock”, the band has…

I Wanna Be Kate: The Songs Of Kate Bush – Remastered & Expanded

Updated version of I Wanna Be Kate, released in 2020 with seven additional cover versions. The cover image was created by Gail Potocki. The album was released on…

Kulka, Gabriela

Born as Gabriela Konstancja Kulka-Stajewska in Warsaw, Poland in 1979. In 2001 she self-released a collection of songs called Demo, which included her version of Feel It. In…

Oscar, Paul

Born as Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson in Reykjavik, Iceland on 16 March 1970. Known internationally as Paul Oscar, he is an Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey. The…

Vlad In Tears

Vlad In Tears is a heavy metal band based in Berlin that was founded by the three brothers Kris (vocals & piano), Lex (guitar) and Dario (bass) and…

Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio (USA). The museum documents the history of rock music…

Mexico

Song written by James Taylor. He recorded it as the opening track of his 1975 album Gorilla. It was released as a single, with the album’s title track…

Conn, Jan

Born in Asbestos, Quebec in 1952, Jan Conn received her Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Toronto. She has lived in Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, Guatemala, Caracas (Venezuela),…

Love As A Moving Object

Poem by Jan Conn, published in the Toronto Star on 13 May 1995. The poem mentions Kate Bush and her song Oh To Be In Love. It starts…