'Wuthering Heights' songstress Kate Bush kicked off her 22-date Before The Dawn residency at London's Hammersmith Apollo on August 26 and now the run of shows is over she has now opened up about the experience. 

Writing on her official website about the string of dates, which were incredibly well-received by the public, Bush explained that she couldn't have wished for a better time: "Now all the shows are over, it's pretty difficult to explain how I feel about it all. It was quite a surreal journey that kept its level of intensity right from the early stages to the end of the very last show. It was also such great fun."

"It was one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. I loved the whole process. Particularly putting the band, the Chorus and the team together and watching it all evolve. It really was the ultimate combination of talent and artists, both from the music business and the theatre world. I never expected everyone in the team to be so lovely and we all grew very close. We became a family and I really miss them all terribly."

Bush continued, praising her fans for their amazing support and enthusiasm about her performances: "I was really delighted that the shows were received so positively and so warmly but the really unexpected part of it all was the audiences. Audiences that you could only ever dream of. One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience. They took my breath away."

"I just never imagined it would be possible to connect with an audience on such a powerful and intimate level; to feel such, well quite frankly, love. It was like this at every single show. Thank you so very much to everyone who came to the shows and became part of that shared experience. It was a truly special and wonderful feeling for all of us."

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Watch Bush perform 'Running Up That Hill' here: