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Because legendary art-pop singer Kate Bush hasn't toured since 1979, her upcoming 22-date residency at London's Hammersmith Apollo has predictably stirred up a frenzy amongst her fan base. However, those lucky enough to attend one of these concerts will have only their memories to preserve the experience, as Bush has respectfully requested that fans refrain from taking photographs during her performances. -
7 Albums That Are Partial-Concept Albums: Pink Floyd, The Beatles, And More
A concept album is an album that tells a complete story through its songs, or follows a single theme, such as Pink Floyd's The Wall or Nick Cave's Murder Ballads. However, there are some artists who attempted to make concept albums, but only dedicated some songs to the concept, rather than all of them. Here are seven partial-concept albums. -
12 Artists With Huge Gaps Between Albums: Guns N' Roses, The Eagles, And More
Back in the '60s, it was very common for a pop artist to release two, or even three, albums every year. In recent years, however, many artists take their sweet time recording, resulting in unusually long gaps between albums. Here are twelve artists with huge gaps between albums. -
6 Pop Stars That Went Avant-Garde: John Lennon, Kanye West, And More
It's usually a good idea for musicians, especially pop musicians, to move outside of their comfort zone and try out new things, but these six artists took this practice to an extreme by making music that can't be considered pop at all. Here are six pop stars that went avant-garde. -
7 Amazing Alternative Musicians Who Are Mothers: Patti Smith, Liz Phair, and more
Happy Mother's Day! In honor of all of the awesome moms being celebrated today, here are seven moms who just so happen to be amazing alt-rock musicians as well. -
6 Albums Divided Into Two Distinct Halves: The Beatles, David Bowie, and more
Before the invention of CDs, artists had to sequence their albums with consideration to the two sides of a record, meaning that each half of the album had to flow and feel complete on its own. This resulted in many albums where the two sides are quite different from one another. Here are six excellent albums that are divided into two distinct halves. -
6 Great Bands with Unconventional Drumming: Pavement, the Velvet Underground, and more
A drummer can either make or break a band. If they can't keep a beat, or if they play in a style that doesn't suit the songs, then the band as a whole will suffer. These six bands understood the importance of percussion, and dared to experiment with what unusual percussion could bring out in their music. -
8 Artists Who Would Make For Interesting Musicals: Springsteen, Bowie, and more
Even though a musical based on his songs is probably the last thing he ever wanted, the music of Kurt Cobain is coming to Broadway, apparently. Nirvana's music is excellent, but if I were in charge of selecting a catalog of songs to adapt into a musical, Nirvana would be towards the bottom of my list. Here's who would be at the top: -
7 Artists Who Rarely Perform(ed) Live: Steely Dan, The Beatles, Brian Eno and more
When Kate Bush recently announced new concert dates, a certain section of the Internet freaked out. This reaction wasn't simply due to the fact that she's one of the world's most celebrated living musicians, but rather because Kate Bush has somehow managed to not tour since 1979. She's not the only world famous artist who has an unusual relationship with the stage, however... -
Didn't get Kate Bush tickets? Could the songstress be headlining at Glastonbury?
Music Times reported last week that thousands of Kate Bush fans were left out in the cold when tickets for the performer's first concert series in 35 years sold out within 15 minutes of going on sale. There may be another option for fans in the works, but don't get your hopes up too high. Bookies in the UK have set odds at 9 to 1 that Bush will end up headlining the Glastonbury Festival. -
Kate Bush ticket sales drive fans to both joyous and desperate tears: See the Twitter reaction
Kate Bush will be performing a residency of sorts at the Eventim Apollo London, and more than 80,000 tickets to the series sold within 15-minutes of release at 9:30 A.M. (Greenwich Mean time zone). Not everyone got a ticket, as Twitter indicated. -
Kate Bush announces first 'tour' since 1979; will play 15 London Hammersmith Apollo dates
Kate Bush performances are somewhat like Tool albums, in that you just have to live with the fact that there may be innumerable years between them. Bush's fans were probably shocked to see that the performer would be playing a string of shows in England laster during 2014.
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