The Tour of Life

The Tour of Life (or Kate Bush Tour) was the only concert tour by English singer Kate Bush. The tour was made for her first two albums, The Kick Inside and Lionheart. It happened in April and May 1979. It was the first concert ever to use a wireless headset microphone. The device was invented by Gordon Paterson so Bush could dance on stage. The tour's lighting worker, Bill Duffield, died after the first concert because he fell from a stage and seating structure.

Set list
"Moving"
"The Saxophone Song"
"Room for the Life"
"Them Heavy People"
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes"
"Egypt"
"L'Amour Looks Something Like You"
"Violin"
"The Kick Inside"
Interlude John Carder Bush poetry reading
"In the Warm Room"
"Fullhouse" (not sang during the concerts at Hammersmith Odeon)
"Strange Phenomena"
"Hammer Horror" (not live)
"Kashka From Baghdad"
Interlude Chanting
"Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake"
"Wow"
"Coffee Homeground" (with extended instrumental introduction)
"In Search of Peter Pan"
Interlude John Carder Bush poetry reading
"Symphony in Blue" (including "Gymnopédie 1" by Erik Satie)
"Feel It" (with instrumental introduction)
"Kite"
"James and the Cold Gun"
Encore 1
"Oh England My Lionheart"
Encore 2
"Wuthering Heights"

 Credits 
These are the people listed in the Kate Bush Tour programme sold at the concerts.

Performers

 Ben Barson – synthesizer, acoustic guitar
 Brian Bath – electric guitar, acoustic mandolin, background vocals
 Kate Bush – vocals, piano, keyboards
 Paddy Bush – mandolin, background vocals, various instruments
 Simon Drake – magician
 Glenys Groves – background vocals
 Preston Heyman – Drums/Percussion
 Kevin McAlea – piano, keyboards, saxophone, 12-string guitar
 Alan Murphy – electric guitar, whistles
 Del Palmer – bass guitar
 Liz Pearson – background vocals

Production

 Conception, producer, director – Kate Bush
 Production design, stage direction – Dave Jackson
 Stage management – Nick Levitt
 Stage crew – Cliff Carter, Martin Prior, Gerry Raymond Barker, Andrew Bryant
 Costuming – Lisa Hayes
 Costuming assistance – Hermione Brakspear
 Choreography – Anthony Van Laast

Audiovisuals

 Sound engineering – Gordon Patterson
 Projections – Ken Sutherland
 Lighting consulting – James Dann
 Spoken word and poetry – John Carder Bush
 Photography – Gered Mankowitz, Terry Walker, Hirchono

Tour management

 Promotion – Lindsay Brown
 Tour management – Richard Ames
 Programmes – Kate Bush, Nicholas Wade, Nick Price
 Tour graphics and merchandise – Paul Maxwell Ltd.
 Tour co-ordination – Hilary Walker, John Carder Bush

 Shows 
Date (1979)CityCountryVenue2 AprilPoolePoole Arts Centre3 AprilLiverpoolLiverpool Empire Theatre4 AprilBirminghamBirmingham Hippodrome5 April6 AprilOxfordNew Theatre Oxford7 AprilSouthamptonGaumont Theatre9 AprilBristolBristol Hippodrome10 AprilManchesterManchester Apollo11 April12 AprilSunderlandSunderland Empire Theatre13 AprilEdinburghUsher Hall16 AprilLondonPalladium17 April18 April19 April20 April24 AprilStockholmStockholm Konserthuset26 AprilCopenhagenFalkoner Theatre28 AprilHamburgCongress Center Hamburg29 AprilAmsterdamCarré Theatre2 MayStuttgartKongresszentrum Liederhalle3 MayMunichCircus Krone4 MayCologneKöln Gürzenich6 MayParisThéâtre des Champs-Élysées8 MayMannheimMannheimer Rosengarten10 MayFrankfurtJahrhunderthalle12 MayLondonHammersmith Odeon13 May14 May

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Category:Concert tours