When Kate Bush decided to return to the stage after a 35-year exile, there was only ever one venue in the frame. Hammersmith’s historic Eventim Apollo, given a new lease of life courtesy of a £5 million renovation in 2013, provided the perfect setting for the singer’s acclaimed 22-date Before The Dawn residency. 

“Kate Bush has done two tours in her lifetime – 35 years ago here and 35 years later here,” the venue’s general manager Darren Murphy tells Music ...