Director's Cut will see the singer revisit tracks from 1989 album The Sensual World and 1993 successor The Red Shoes

Kate Bush has not toured since 1979, and her last studio album was released in 2005, so fans of the Wuthering Heights singer can be forgiven their excitement at the announcement on Friday that she is releasing a new album on 16 May. But as its title suggests, Director's Cut is not a wholly new record, but rather a revisiting of a selection of tracks from her 1989 album, The Sensual World, and its 1993 successor, The Red Shoes. The 52-year old Bush, who lives in Oxfordshire, has re-recorded some elements while keeping the best musical performances of each song.