Kate Bush tickets now selling for up to £1,700 each

Tickets for Kate Bush’s upcoming London residency are now exchanging hands for up to £1,700 each.

Tickets for all 22 dates at the 5,000-capacity Eventim Apollo went on sale on March 28 priced between £49 and £135 each. They completely sold out in less than 15 minutes.

Fans who weren’t lucky enough to get tickets on the day are now forced to scout them down on secondary ticketing website Viagogo​, where prices ranging from £439 each to £1,700 each. Prices on another secondary ticketing website, Seatwave​, are only slightly more modest, ranging from £320 each to £1,000 each.

Bush’s London residency begins on August 26 and concludes on October 1. She originally announced 15 dates on March 21 before adding seven more shows on March 26 following “massive pre-sale demand”.

Bush’s only previous tour took place in 1979 and took in dates across Europe before ending with three shows at the Eventim Apollo – which was then called the Hammersmith Odeon.

She released her tenth and most recent studio album, 50 Words for Snow, in 2011.

The official title for Bush’s upcoming London shows is Before The Dawn and the full list of dates is as follows:

August 26, 27, 29, 30
September 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30
October 1