The Tour of Life

Infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = The Tour of Life


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artist = Kate Bush
location =
locations = Europe
type =
album=
start_date = 2 April 1979
end_date = 13 May 1979
number_of_legs =
number_of_shows = 28
last_tour =
this_tour = The Tour of Life
(1979)
next_tour =

The Tour of Life is the only ever tour by the British singer/songwriter Kate Bush. During the 1979 tour, Bush became the first ever singer to use a wireless headset radio microphone on stage, which enabled her to incorporate extensive dance routines into her live shows. [cite web|url=http://gaffa.org/reaching/iv06_rollingstone_france.html |title=Interview in Rolling Stone (France) |author=Philippe Badhorn |publisher=Rolling Stone |accessdate=2007-01-19 |]

A number of reasons have been suggested as to why she subsequently abandoned touring, among them her reputed need to be in total control of the final product, which is incompatible with live stage performance, a rumour of a crippling fear of flying, cite web | last = Littlejohn | first = Maureen | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Sensual Woman | work = | publisher = Network magazine | date = | url = http://gaffa.org/reaching/i90_net.html | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-04-03 ] and the suggestion that the death of 21-year-old Bill Duffield severely affected her. Duffield, her lighting director, was killed in an accident during her 2 April concert at Poole Arts Centre. cite web|last = | first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Kate Bush - Singer-songwriter| work =|publisher =BBC| date =2005-02-04| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3502568|format =| doi =| accessdate = 2007-04-04 ] Bush held a benefit concert on 12 May, with Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley at London's Hammersmith Odeon for his family.

Tour dates

*02/04/1979 flagicon|England Arts Centre - Poole, England
*03/04/1979 flagicon|England Empire - Liverpool, England
*04/04/1979 flagicon|England Hippodrome - Birmingham, England
*05/04/1979 flagicon|England Hippodrome - Birmingham, England
*06/04/1979 flagicon|England New Theatre - Oxford, England
*07/04/1979 flagicon|England Gaumont - Southampton, England
*09/04/1979 flagicon|England Hippodrome - Bristol, England
*10/04/1979 flagicon|England Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England
*11/04/1979 flagicon|England Apollo Theatre - Manchester, England
*12/04/1979 flagicon|England Empire Theatre - Sunderland, England
*13/04/1979 flagicon|Scotland Usher Hall - Edinburgh, Scotland
*16/04/1979 flagicon|England The Palladium - London, England
*17/04/1979 flagicon|England The Palladium - London, England
*18/04/1979 flagicon|England The Palladium - London, England
*19/04/1979 flagicon|England The Palladium - London, England
*20/04/1979 flagicon|England The Palladium - London, England
*24/04/1979 flagicon|Sweden Konserthuset - Stockholm, Sweden
*26/04/1979 flagicon|Denmark Falkoner Theatre - Copenhagen, Denmark
*28/04/1979 flagicon|Germany Congress Centrum - Hamburg, Germany
*29/04/1979 flagicon|Netherlands Carré Theatre - Amsterdam, Netherlands
*02/05/1979 flagicon|Germany Liederhalle - Stuttgart, Germany
*03/05/1979 flagicon|Germany Circus Krone - Munich, Germany
*04/05/1979 flagicon|Germany Gürzenich - Cologne, Germany
*06/05/1979 flagicon|France Théâtre des Champs-Élysées - Paris, France
*08/05/1979 flagicon|Germany Rosengarten - Mannheim, Germany
*10/05/1979 flagicon|Germany Jahrhunderthalle - Frankfurt, Germany
*12/05/1979 flagicon|England Hammersmith Odeon - London, England (Benefit concert. Recorded with filmed footage included in "Live at the Hammersmith Odeon".)
*13/05/1979 flagicon|England Hammersmith Odeon - London, England (Recorded with filmed footage included in "Live at the Hammersmith Odeon".)

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