On Wednesday I went to London to see Kate Bush (!!)
I went with my girl Joe, who has just come back from America after being there for nearly three months, so spending a couple of days with him was really great (although I probably stressed the life out of him!).
London was quite hectic. We were rushing to get to places as we didn't want to be late for the show.
We did manage to go to Oxford Street for some lunch and a bit of shopping however.
We went to Chipotle, a sort of Mexican Subway, which is Joe's new American obsession. There, I had my first ever burrito, and it was pretty fab.
I love the Topshop in Oxford Street; there's so many different stalls and products to choose from (there's even a frozen yoghourt bar!)
I had to really stop myself from buying a new coat or a new hat... there are so many hats there...
So we rushed around a bit more and our last stop was Primark.
I was really excited to go to Primark as I'd heard that there's some great pieces there this season.
Maybe I didn't look well enough, but I was a tiny bit disappointed. I'd seen a few items online that I was excited to buy, but they didn't have them in stock.
On the other hand, I was quite impressed with their handbags, I picked out four different ones that I liked, but ended up buying a lovely, small black bag. I thought it looked quite different to any bag I own, and I was also in desperate need of a smaller bag.
I couldn't believe my luck when I got the tickets back in March; like every other Kate Bush fan out there, I never thought I'd get to see her live.
The show itself was beyond my expectations. I would have been happy with just seeing her sat at a piano singing a few songs, but she put on an incredible, ingenious show that, after four days, I'm still trying to take in.
When she came on stage for the first time, everyone stood up and didn't stop clapping for a good few minutes. I looked around a few times and everyone there looked so amazed, you could totally see a look of admiration and respect on their faces throughout the concert.
The show was split into two different theatrical productions, the first one based on The Ninth Wave, from Kate's Hounds of Love album, and the second was A Sky of Honey, from her Aerial album.
The two acts had very different, almost opposite themes, the first one being dark and gothic, whilst the second gave a happy and bright atmosphere to the theatre.
Before The Dawn (the name of the concert) was like nothing I'd seen before. Kate Bush is able to visualise her songs, and she is inspired by films- you can tell Alfred Hitchcock is one of her biggest inspirations.
In her show, Kate Bush tells a story through her music, with the help of lyrics, stage design and previously recorded short films- and the result is genious.
I'm still not over what I witnessed on Wednesday. I have been listening to Kate Bush non-stop since, and I get super emotional every time I remember that I've seen her live.
I hope she releases a dvd of the show, because I feel that when you see it for the first time you feel amazed, starstruck and shocked all at the same time, so I need to watch the show again to take it in and find a few details that I might have missed the first time.
I hope you've enjoyed reading this post!
Ana xo
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