Cloudbusting - The Music of Kate Bush
Whitley Bay Playhouse
Friday
2nd June 2017
The new 2-hour concert showcases the band's
recent performance of the Hounds of Love album against a dazzling selection of
hits such as Wuthering Heights, Babooshka
and This Woman’s Work.
Mandy Watson as the voice of Kate doesn’t
disappoint. She encompasses Kate's range with uncanny yet effortless accuracy
and explores the emotional core of the songs without ever resorting to
caricature.
As Kate’s own drummer from 1979’s Tour Of
Life Preston Heyman commented after sharing the stage with Cloudbusting for
their Hounds of Love anniversary show; ‘Mandy’s vocals were so good, I could
have been listening to Kate herself!’
Sound engineer on Hounds of Love and Abbey
Road chief engineer Haydn Bendall invited Cloudbusting to perform at a
prestigious industry event where rock biographer Mick Wall went on to call
their performance ‘absolutely, surreally, brilliant.’
Kate’s longtime musical collaborator and
bassist Del Palmer commented that the band's versions of the songs were ‘the
closest by far’ that he'd ever heard. Such is Cloudbusting’s standing in the
Kate Bush community that they have been invited back for the fourth time to
headline the international Homeground Kate Bush Convention.
The five-piece band’s authentic musical
arrangements are complemented by eye-popping 3D-mapped projections and a
backdrop of original videography created and contributed by Kate-inspired
artists from around the world.
‘Hounds of Love performed by Cloudbusting’ is
an intensely emotional journey through the hits such as Running Up That Hill,
Hounds of Love and Cloudbusting culminating in the crescendo of the album’s
famous flip-side, The Ninth Wave.
The music of Kate Bush is as popular and
relevant today as it ever was. It is rare to find a current artist who doesn’t
cite Kate as a major musical influence. In 2014, she secured a place in
musical history with eight simultaneous entries in the UK Albums Chart and a 22
date residency in Hammersmith which sold out in minutes.
Cloudbusting’s remarkable stage show brings
Kate’s music to spectacular life - their recent 50 date UK tour prompted
Bush fans everywhere to flood their website and Facebook page with passionate
praise and requests to return. A major promoter has secured a 30 date tour of Europe and the band
are gearing up for a year of spreading the Kate love internationally. In the
words of Kate herself: ’Let’s exchange the experience!’
‘Mandy Watson,
the voice of Kate; she’s remarkable, a genuine gateway to Kate’s own sound
while allowing just enough of her own engaging personality to peek through.’ The Latest
Tickets
priced at £19, £17.50 conc. are on sale
Tickets
are available from the Box Office open Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm,
Saturday 10.30am
– 2.30pm plus until show start on event days. Tickets can
also be purchased on the booking hotline 0844 248 1588* or online at www.playhousewhitleybay.co.uk.
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