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349:". The band then played the as yet unreleased "Egypt", while Bush emerged from the back of the stage wearing an Egyptian costume. An extended introduction to "L'Amour Looks Something Like You" was then played in darkness, while Bush changed into a black leotard and red skirt. While at centre-stage by a tall mirror, a magician emerged to perform with a flying cane. Bush performed "Violin", wearing bat wings and taunted by her two dancers dressed as giant violins. As the stage darkened, Bush's brother, John Carder Bush, recited a poem, which culminated in a spoken duet with Bush herself. She was then illuminated by a spotlight for the performance "The Kick Inside" at the piano. A black veil was placed over her and the curtains closed. 384:) began to be played. Bush, now dressed in a blue leotard covered by a leather jacket, performed while waving to the audience as images of a cloudy sky were projected. Bush, now covered in party streamers refused a floating glass of champagne from the magician and performed "Feel It" at the piano. As the song came to an end, thunder was heard while Bush changed; she emerged with her leotard now fitted with wings, to perform "Kite", being lifted off the stage at the end of the song. Bush then appeared in Wild West attire whilst brandishing a shotgun, dancing and singing to "James and the Cold Gun". Her dancers, emerging from the wings, were shot by Bush using red ribbons acting as gunfire as the song ended and the curtain closed. 341:." A shadow projection of the band's saxophone player was used next, during "The Saxophone Song". The theatre was then filled with the sound of a heartbeat as red lights flickered while the onstage piano was removed. A large oval upholstered with red satin, designed to look like an egg or womb, was rolled onto the stage, from within which Bush sang "Room for the Life" as it was rolled around the stage. Dressed in a long coat and trilby hat, Bush was joined by two male dancers to perform " 365:", recreating the routine from its music video, after which a chant commenced, leading into "Kashka from Baghdad", performed at the piano. Traffic noise was played to the audience while the stage was fitted with a street theme, including fences which the dancers illuminated with torches. A spotlight was switched on and Bush sang and danced to "Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake", bringing the second section to a close. 357:" as Bush changed into a magician's top hat and tails, while her dancers, now dressed as space men, performed with her. The magician then reappeared with his cane; he walked to the back of the stage holding a black cloth, which then dropped to reveal Bush, now wearing a veil, behind it. She danced with a male dancer to a live rehearsal 42: 274:
performed throughout the show. The stage itself was constructed with a retractable ramp at its centre, with a "large ribbed screen – intended to represent an egg – on to which slides and film footage could be projected". Eight "follow spot" moving lights tracked the musicians and performers on stage.
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headset microphone using a wire clothes hanger, making her the first singer to use such a device on stage. The staging also involved rear-screen projection and the accompaniment of two male dancers. The tour was notable for the death of Bush's lighting engineer, Bill Duffield, to whom one of the
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attire as a parachute was spread across the stage. She sat to sing "Oh England My Lionheart", and the curtain closed again. There was a short interval before the curtains re-opened upon the stage covered in dry ice fog and illuminated in red with a forest backdrop. As the music to
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disagreed, praising both Bush's lower and higher-pitched vocal registers, whilst noting that Bush had created "a series of tableaux vivants of peerless visual and aural dazzle that added immeasurably to the complexity and variable excellence of her songs." Another reviewer for
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musicians, and sought to combine "music, dance, poetry, mime, burlesque, magic and theatre." The performance was divided into four sections, concluding with two encores, and incorporated seventeen costume changes and involved thirteen on-stage personnel. Magician
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The second section began with the curtains parting to reveal Bush wearing a long black dress, sitting on top of a piano to perform "In the Warm Room". She then played the piano while singing "Fullhouse", after which the band played an extended introduction to
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on 31 August 1979, featuring live performances of the songs "Them Heavy People", "Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake", "James and the Cold Gun" and "L'Amour Looks Something Like You". The EP peaked at number 10 and spent nine weeks on the
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on 2 April 1979. Following the Poole show, the tour's lighting engineer Bill Duffield was killed after falling from a stage and seating structure at the concert venue. The first of the final three London dates on 12 May 1979 was performed as a
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on 31 August 1979. Although it did not show any of the full performances, it featured Bush discussing her involvement in the tour, and incorporated footage of dance and band rehearsals, before showing footage of the final rehearsals at the
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The tour was known for its innovative use of visual projections, audio and microphone technology, and narrative storyline. Bush aimed for the tour to offer a theatrical experience to contrast the performances of other contemporary
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The name, "Tour of Life", was not coined until after its completion, with all promotional material referring to it simply as the Kate Bush Tour. Neither the EP nor the home video makes any reference to the name.
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Since the tour, Bush has become known as the first artist to use a cordless microphone headset, which allowed her to move and dance freely while singing live. The headset prototype was constructed using a
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The tour was a critical and commercial success, with most dates selling out and additional shows being added due to high demand. Members of the Kate Bush Club were provided with a guaranteed ticket. The
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described Bush as a "stunningly original stage performer", praising the setlist of the show as "dazzling testimony to a remarkable talent, evidently intense rehearsal and technological know-how".
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praised the show's "innovation in rock choreography and microphone design". However, Denselow was critical of Bush's vocals, describing Bush as possessing a "shrill acrobatic voice". A review in
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including an audio CD of the broadcast as well as the video. Neither the EP nor the home video make reference to the name "Tour of Life", which was not coined until after the tour's completion.
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in 1981. Also recorded on 13 May 1979, the video featured only twelve performances as others were marred by technical difficulties. In 1994, the video was re-issued as a
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The third section began with the curtain opening on Bush, now wearing a purple dress, at the edge of the ramp which had been lifted to replicate a pier, to perform "
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The tour is renowned for its use of new technology; because of Bush's determination to dance as she sang, her stage sound engineer Gordon Paterson developed the
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described the tour's performance in Birmingham as "the most magnificent spectacle ever encountered in the world of rock".
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on 13 May 1979, however they are markedly different to those later published on the home video of that concert.
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was later re-issued in 1994 as a boxed set including an audio CD of the broadcast as well as the video.
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Unofficial outside sources have also referred to this as the "Kate Bush Show" and "Kate Bush: On Tour".
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filmed a documentary following the tour as part of the news and current affairs television programme
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The show on 12 May was a benefit concert for Bill Duffield with an altered setlist, billed as
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Credits and personnel adapted from the Kate Bush Tour programme available at the concerts.
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during mornings leading up to the tour, before afternoon vocal and band rehearsals in
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for the family of Duffield, and featured an altered setlist and performances by
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For the show's first encore, Bush and her dancers emerged wearing World War II
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Stage crew – Cliff Carter, Martin Prior, Gerry Raymond Barker, Andrew Bryant
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noted that British reviews of the tour were almost universally "euphoric".
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Reaction to the tour performances was overwhelmingly positive. In 2010,
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Schedules from 25 August 1979 to 31 August 1979 – Friday 31 August 1979
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and radio microphone. Ultimately, each night of the tour sold out.
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Thomson, Graeme (9 February 2015). "Chapter 6: The Tour of Life".
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An hour length video of aspects of the concert was released as a
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in London, beginning on 26 March and finishing on 29 March 1978.
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Hill, Susan (21 April 1979). "Kate Bush: Palladium, London".
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Describing the show as "exceptional", Robin Denselow of
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The show on 2 April was billed as a "warm-up" concert.
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Programmes – Kate Bush, Nicholas Wade, Nick Price
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Production design, stage direction – Dave Jackson
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After Bush turned down an opportunity to perform as a
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Photography – Gered Mankowitz, Terry Walker, Hirchono
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Tour co-ordination – Hilary Walker, John Carder Bush
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Kate Bush

The Kick Inside
Lionheart
Kate Bush
Before the Dawn
Kate Bush
The Kick Inside
Lionheart
Never for Ever
wireless
BBC
On Stage
Live at Hammersmith Odeon
supporting act
Fleetwood Mac
Anthony Van Laast
The Place
Greenwich
Rainbow Theatre
rock
Simon Drake
coathanger
Liverpool
Liverpool Empire
Poole
benefit concert
Peter Gabriel
Steve Harley
Never for Ever

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