Coachella Actually Does Want Kate Bush, Promoter Says

Paul Tollett, the CEO of Coachella promoter Goldenvoice, has responded to a recent New Yorker feature that suggested the festival passed on attempting to book Kate Bush for what would have been her first-ever American show. “Even going back before Coachella [started in 1999], Goldenvoice has been after her for 25 years,” Tollett told told The Los Angeles Times in a new interview. “She just doesn’t do very many shows.” When discussing if Bush had been considered for Beyoncé’s vacated headlining spot at this year’s festival, Tollett continued, “That’s not the right place to put her — as a replacement for Beyoncé on a Saturday night. She’s never played in America, and to think that could be arranged in 30 days, that would be impossible… We’ve had a long history of delicacies at Coachella, and that is one of the ultimate delicacies. Of course we would want that.”

In the initial New Yorker feature, Tollett was quoted by William Morris Endeavor’s head of music, Mark Geiger, as saying, “No! No one is going to understand it,” when asked about booking Bush. Earlier today, representatives for Bush refuted claims that any discussions regarding the singer performing at Coachella were ever had.

To this day, Bush has not performed in the United States. Her most recent shows, a 22-night run in London in 2014, were recorded for the live album Before the Dawn.

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