If, by chance, you didn’t manage to snag tickets to Kate Bush’s 2014 residence at the Hammersmith Apollo, fear not! Though it doesn’t seem likely that the reclusive chanteuse will be performing anytime soon, this November she’ll release the live recordings of Before The Dawn. Today, she shares with us “King of The Mountain,” originally from her 2005 album Aerial, via BBC Radio 6.
The “pivotal” track concludes the first act of the three-disc collection. The record also finds Bush performing The Ninth Wave suite from her 1985 magnum opus Hounds of Love in its entirety for the first time. Listen to Bush’s “King of The Mountain” here, from the 47:40 mark.
Bush’s only prior concert series took place 35 years prior, in 1979. “The Tour of Life” was an absolute spectacle, showcasing Bush’s first two studio albums with a theatrical ease. Though the 28-date run across the UK and mainland Europe was a massive critical and commercial success, Bush never toured elsewhere. Like Before The Dawn, the performance was miraculously captured during one of its final nights at the Hammersmith Apollo.