( RS.com ) -- Reclusive British chanteuse Kate Bush revealed on her website Friday that she 'll perform live for the first time since 1979 , booking a 15-date residency entitled `` Behind the Dawn '' at London 's Eventim Apollo Hammersmith this August and September . Big Boi raves about Kate Bush 's '50 Words for Snow ' `` I am delighted to announce that we will be performing some live shows this coming August and September , '' wrote the singer . `` I hope you will be able to join us and I look forward to seeing you there . We 'll keep you updated with further news on the website . Meanwhile , all details of concert dates and tickets are in the note below . Very best wishes , Kate . '' Upon posting the tour dates , Bush 's website crashed and her name instantly became a trending topic on Twitter , according to the Telegraph . Bush has released 10 albums since she began recording in the late '70s -- most recently 2011 's `` 50 Words for Snow '' -- but essentially retired from touring after a brief , six-week run in 1979 to support her debut album `` The Kick Inside . '' That tour , as Billboard notes , concluded at the Apollo . Kate Bush : First new album in six years . There have been numerous reasons given to explain the singer 's absence from the road , including physical exhaustion , a fear of flying and the death of 21-year-old lighting director Bill Duffield at the beginning of the tour . Duffield fell 20 feet to his death while inspecting a darkened venue for Bush , an event that almost caused the singer to cancel the tour . `` It was terrible for her , '' Brian Bath , who played guitar with Bush , told the Guardian . `` Kate knew everyone by name , right down to the cleaner , she was so like that , she 'd speak to everyone . It 's something you would n't forget , but we just carried through it . '' In 2011 , Bush told Mojo ( via the Telegraph ) , `` I still do n't give up hope completely that I 'll be able to do some live work , but it 's certainly not in the picture at the moment because I just do n't quite know how that would work with how my life is now . Maybe I will do some shows some day . I 'd like to think so before I get too ancient . I enjoy singing , but with the albums it 's the whole process I find so interesting . If I was going to do some shows it would be the same thing . Let 's just see , shall we ? '' Tickets go on sale 9:30 a.m. local time on Friday , March 28 . Kate Bush `` Behind the Dawn '' Residency Dates . AUGUST . Tuesday , August 26 . Wednesday , August 27 . Friday , August 29 . Saturday , August 30 . SEPTEMBER . Tuesday , September 2 . Wednesday , September 3 . Friday , September 5 . Saturday , September 6 . Tuesday , September 9 . Wednesday , September 10 . Friday , September 12 . Saturday , September 13 . Tuesday , September 16 . Wednesday , September 17 . Friday , September 19 . See the original story at RollingStone.com . Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
Big Boi singer Kate Bush has booked a 15-date residency in London . The live performances will be her First since March 28 . Tickets go on sale 1979 .