KATE BUSH will play her first series of shows since 1979 with a run of 15 shows in London over August and September.
Bush – who is second-generation Irish - will perform all of her Before the Dawn series of shows at London’s Eventim Apollo starting on August 26.
Announcing the news on her website, the singer said: “I hope you will be able to join us and I look forward to seeing you there.”
Famously, Bush has only toured once before, during a six-week jaunt around Britain and mainland Europe.
Theories to explain her absence from the tour circuit have included a fear of flying, perfectionism and the death of her lighting director, Bill Duffield, who was killed in an accident during a 1979 concert at Poole Arts Centre.
Bush, who has roots in Co Waterford, last released an album in 2011, the Brit-nominated 50 Words For Snow.
It was only her third album of new material in 18 years - and the singer admitted that her slow work rate was "extremely stressful".
Tickets go on sale at 9:30am on Friday, 28 March.
