The return of Kate Bush to the stage might seem just another showbiz story.
But it is music to the ears of afficionados. A genuine British legend, Bush has ever been a reclusive star, which has only added to her mystique.
Only once has she toured and those who saw her early shows 35 years ago probably had no idea of their good fortune. Live appearances since have been restricted to marginalia such as a bawdy duet with Rowan Atkinson at Comic Relief in 1986.
Pursuing her own muse with no apparent interest in sales or music trends, she has published just six full length albums since her 1979 shows, each delivered in a take-it-or-leave it way for patient fans to devour.
Seeing material performed live from the extraordinary The Dreaming, the critically and popularly acclaimed The Hounds of Love or her recent winter-themed 50 Words For Snow is possibly something those fans never dared hope for. Yet she could genuinely sing the phone book and they would turn up.
An innovator cited as an influence by so many, 55-year-old Bush has seen many pretenders come and go. But the Before the Dawn shows this summer will offer a the rarest of glimpses of the real deal, making them an event of the biggest musical kind.
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