# KaTe Bush fans: The Goddess herself says new album due next year! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069 "2004-12-10T03:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/1 "2004-12-10T03:59:29Z")
From [this KaTenews site](http://homepage.eircom.net/~twoms/katenews.htm#33). In her own words: > [@](#): > > Hello Everyone, > > Many thanks for all your great letters of support and encouragement - they mean such a lot. > > The album is nearly finished now and will be out next year - we’ll let you know when. It features some beautiful orchestral movements by Michael Kamen - we had a wonderful day together at Abbey Road Studios last winter. > > I’m so pleased with everyone’s work on this record. There are some lovely performances and I hope you will all feel it’s been worth the wait. > > Bertie keeps me very busy, he is so much fun and we are all really looking forward to Christmas. > > Wishing you a Merry Christmas and I hope next year is a really happy one for you. > > Lots of love, > > Kate x Michael Kamen was, of course, the late renowned orchestrator/arranger. He did the devastatingly beautiful string arrangement on “Moments of Pleasure” (_The Red Shoes_, 1993). Yes, 1993. We’ve been waiting just over eleven years now. Let’s hope there are **no further delays**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/2 "2004-12-10T04:03:41Z")
I’ll believe it when I have it in my hands. Please, no more Prince collaborations! ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/3 "2004-12-10T04:11:00Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I’ll believe it when I have it in my hands. I know. I remember waiting for HMV to open the day _TRS_ was supposed to have been released, only to find out that it had been pushed back a month. I was at least able to buy the CD single of “Rubberband Girl / Big Stripey Lie”, but still… > [@](#): > > Please, no more Prince collaborations! Apparently, the pre-Prince version of “Why Should I Love You” was gorgeous. Anyway, there’s no chance KaTe will ever tour again, especially now that she has a son. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/4 "2004-12-10T04:13:27Z")
> [@scott evil](#): > > Anyway, there’s no chance KaTe will ever tour again, especially now that she has a son. Any chance she’s conquered her fear of flying? ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/5 "2004-12-10T04:19:02Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Any chance she’s conquered her fear of flying? Sigh. I wish that were true. Would love to hear her live just once in my life. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/6 "2004-12-10T04:22:53Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Any chance she’s conquered her fear of flying? Oh, she’ll fly - she just hates to. She promoted _TRS_ in NYC and Toronto. > [@](#): > > One rumour even has it that “Elemental Films” have been commissioned to do a visual set piece for a new video by Kate, supposedly very “futuristic”… But aside from the occasional song at benefit concerts, she’ll never, ever tour again. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/7 "2004-12-10T14:06:29Z")
Obviously wishful thinking on my part, but she might tour for this one. With reunion bands selling out venues (The Pixies come to mind), she - and her record company - may just want to do some shows over here: I really can’t see her doing more than a few shows in NYC, LA, Toronto, and maybe Chicago. And it’s been a long time since she’s performed in the US. Like I said, probably just wishful thinking on my part. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/8 "2004-12-10T14:16:36Z")
Is “Live at the Hammersmith Odeon” available on DVD, and if not why not? I have only ever seen a tatty old (yet drool inducing) videotape. You know she could have had me if she’d played her cards right. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/9 "2004-12-10T14:44:03Z")
That’s brilliant news. I can’t wait. Thank you for passing it on **Scott**. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/10 "2004-12-10T16:43:40Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Obviously wishful thinking on my part, but she might tour for this one. > With reunion bands selling out venues (The Pixies come to mind), she - and her record company - may just want to do some shows over here: I really can’t see her doing more than a few shows in NYC, LA, Toronto, and maybe Chicago. And it’s been a long time since she’s performed in the US. > > Like I said, probably just wishful thinking on my part. AFAIK her only US performance was on SNL in 1978, when Eric Idle hosted. Oh, and further rumors put the release date at March 15. Take that with a salt mine. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/11 "2004-12-10T17:23:47Z")
I’ll believe it when I’ve bought it. Will she please get her VHS’s re-released as DVDs. I hope it isn’t just more mince pies. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/12 "2004-12-10T17:25:08Z")
Michael Kamen also did the music for the movie _Brazil_, for which Kate Bush contributed at least one song as well. And it took forever to release that soundtrack CD, too. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/13 "2004-12-10T18:01:03Z")
Yay! Great news! I saw Kate Bush here in Vancouver c. 1990. Lately Tori Amos has been my musical methadon. 😃 I canna wait. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/14 "2004-12-10T22:18:56Z")
> [@scott evil](#): > > Oh, and further rumors put the release date at March 15. Take that with a salt mine. Oh great, the Ides of March! This does not bode well! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/15 "2004-12-21T10:26:22Z")
Yeah, I’ll believe it when I have it in my hand, put it in the CD player, and her voice comes out. > [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I saw Kate Bush here in Vancouver c. 1990. Not performing, right? She must have been still promoting (via interviews) **The Sensual World**. I’ll bet Kate LOVED Vancouver. I can at least say I saw her sing live before I die. My husband and I went to London for a fan convention (excuse me, KonvenTion) in 1990. Kate (excuse me, KaTe) was there and sang a short little “thank you” song. You could hear a pin drop. People could not they were hearing her sing in person. A treasured memory. Kate isn’t afraid to fly, it hurts her inner ear. That’s why she used to fly the much faster Concorde whenever she came to North America to promote albums. Since the Concorde is no more, she’ll either come by boat or more likely, because I’m a pessimist, not at all. > [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Lately Tori Amos has been my musical methadon. 😃 I canna wait. Yeah, I know what you mean. [Happy Rhodes](http://vickie.teemingmillions.com/happy/samples/index.html) is mine, especially when she uses her very Kate-like high voice. She’s her own artist, and doesn’t always use it, but it’s quite striking when she does. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/16 "2004-12-21T11:02:21Z")
I’d never heard of her and one of my step-kids brought home a greatest hits tape of hers. I don’t recall the names of the songs, but a couple of them made me burst out in tears. Every time I listed to the tape, I’d end of sitting there sobbing. I’ll have to watch for the new release, I could use a good cry! ---
**Author:** ![MercyStreet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@MercyStreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MercyStreet)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/17 "2004-12-21T15:07:32Z")
This appears to be a good time to drag out the link in which a fellow Love-Hound quite deliciously explains the origins and meaning behind “The Ninth Wave,” or Side 2 of “Hounds of Love.” It’s absolutely fascinating. … OK, well, Preview shows I can’t get it together with the link. So Google Kate Bush and Fastnet. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/18 "2004-12-21T15:10:55Z")
Actually, it appears a good time for some to explain this “K” and “T” business. As in “KaTe” and “KonvenTion”. I’m a lifelong Kate Bush fan, but have never joined a club or mailing list about it, only listen to the music lots and don’t know what that is all about. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/19 "2004-12-21T19:20:29Z")
_bump_ ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069/20 "2004-12-22T16:30:12Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > Actually, it appears a good time for some to explain this “K” and “T” business. As in “KaTe” and “KonvenTion”. I’m a lifelong Kate Bush fan, but have never joined a club or mailing list about it, only listen to the music lots and don’t know what that is all about. After EMI signed her, they gave her a year to “grow up” a bit: practice dance, work on her voice, and get some experience performing. A band was quickly cobbled together, and they played gigs in London pubs, including some rather rough-and-tumble ones where Kate always won over the audience. The band was called the KT Bush Band. Later a symbol, made up of a stylized K and T in a circle, started appearing in Kate Bush Club fanzines, among other things. A bit of trivia: hidden in the artwork or picture on every album cover is a “KT”. Both letters share the vertical stroke. You can find the answers to where they’re hidden on a few websites. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-fans-the-goddess-herself-says-new-album-due-next-year/279069.md?page=2)