Bush live shows prompt massive album sale uplift

Kate Bush has seen a massive lift in sales this week with 11 of her albums appearing in the early midweek sales flash for the Official Albums Chart Top 100, as she prepares to kick off her first run of shows in 35 years. As legendary singer Kate Bush gears up to play her first run of shows in 35 years in London. OfficialCharts.com revealled that early figures show all of her studio albums and greatest hits collection The Whole Story are set to re-enter the chart this week. Her retrospective The Whole Story, which originally hit Number 1 upon its release in 1986, is currently Number 8 on the tally (a sales lift of 536% from the previous week), followed by 1985’s Hounds Of Love at Number 14. Elsewhere, her 2011 LP 50 Words For Snow and her 1978 debut The Kick Inside are at 32 and 33 respectively, and 1989’s The Sensual World is up 52 places at Number 41.  However the first shows have also prompted complaints after the singer omitted 'Babooshka' and 'Wuthering Heights' from her set.

Can Kate can the cameras?

Kate Bush has requested fans do not take any photographs or record footage using mobile devices at her upcoming series of live concerts at London's Hammersmith Apollo. The 56-year-old star said on her website: "I very much want to have contact with you as an audience, not with iPhones, iPads or cameras." The musician added it would mean "a great deal to me" but admitted that it was "a lot to ask". Tickets for the 22 Before The Dawn shows  which begin on the 26th August sold out within 15 minutes of going on sale in March.