Before the Dawn (Kate Bush concert residency)

Before the Dawn
Residency by Kate Bush
	Promotional image of the tour programme, with text of its announcement
Location	London, England
Venue	Apollo Hammersmith
Start date	26 August 2014
End date	1 October 2014
Legs	1
No. of shows	22
Kate Bush concert chronology
	; The Tour of Life; (1979); ; Before the Dawn; (2014); ; ;

Before the Dawn was a concert residency by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush in 2014 at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. The residency consisted of 22 dates, attended by almost 80,000 people. It was Bush's first series of live shows since The Tour of Life in 1979, which finished with three performances at the same venue. A live recording of the same name was released in physical and digital formats in November 2016.^[1]

On 21 March 2014, Bush announced via her website her plans to perform live. Pre-sale tickets were on sale for fans who had signed up to her website and an additional seven dates were added to the original 15, due to the high demand. Tickets went on sale to the general public on 28 March and sold out within 15 minutes.^[2]

Bush won the Editor's Award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards;^[3] and was subsequently nominated for two Q Awards in 2014: Best Act in the World Today^[4] and Best Live Act.^[5]

^ "Kate to release the live album "Before the Dawn"". 29 September 2016.
^ Keith Perry (28 March 2014). "Stampede as Kate Bush tickets sell out in 15 minutes". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
^ "Stars honoured at 2014 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards". Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Vote now for Q Best Act In The World Today presented by Buster + Punch – Q Awards 2014 – Q MagazineQ Magazine". qthemusic.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
^ "Vote for Q Best Live Act presented by The Cavern Club – Q Awards 2014 – Q MagazineQ Magazine". qthemusic.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

[1] "Kate to release the live album "Before the Dawn"". 29 September 2016.

[2] Keith Perry (28 March 2014). "Stampede as Kate Bush tickets sell out in 15 minutes". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

[3] "Stars honoured at 2014 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards". Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[4] "Vote now for Q Best Act In The World Today presented by Buster + Punch – Q Awards 2014 – Q MagazineQ Magazine". qthemusic.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

[5] "Vote for Q Best Live Act presented by The Cavern Club – Q Awards 2014 – Q MagazineQ Magazine". qthemusic.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

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