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Singer Cara Dillon is flattered that people compare her to Kate Bush.
The 38-year-old folk singer is a big fan of the 'Wuthering Heights' himaker and couldn't wait to get tickets for her first live shows in 35 years at London's Hammersmith Apollo later this year.
Talking about people comparing her to the star, Cara told BANG Showbiz: "Oh my God, I'm like Kate Bush's number one fan, so that is such a compliment.
"Maybe it might be because it's not conventional [what she sings] and it's quite soul-stirring. The songs I tend to sing are ones which have stood the test of time and I think you can hear that, I'm telling people stories using my voice.
"Kate's an amazing woman, she's back [and] I've got my ticket.
"I loved the fact that she never really compromised anything that she was doing, she just did it herself. The kind of things she was singing about were incredible really, I think she's an inspiration to most female artists out there and paved the way for a lot of people."
Meanwhile, Cara, who has released her new album 'A Thousand Hearts', has also been overwhelmed by praise from 'Sing' hitmaker Ed Sheeran on Twitter this month.
He posted: "Listening to @caradillonsings new album and it's sublime, heavily recommend to anyone (sic)."
He added: "@caradillonsings loved every single album you've put out, they are always my main home playlist x (sic)."
Cara said she was "totally and utterly honoyred" by his comments.
She tweeted back: "@edsheeran wow! You've just blown my mind. What else can I say (sic)."
Discussing her new record, she also said: "You make the music you want to make and you just hope that enough people hear it and get it."
Cara's new album is out now.

Iggy Azalea learnt how to twerk from strippers in Atlanta.
The 23-year-old pop star perfected her butt-shaking dance moves at house parties before she found fame, and has revealed the performers in the strip clubs in the American city were an inspiration to her.
Iggy - who moved from Australia to the US on her own when she was just 16 - said: "I used to live in Atlanta, and that's just how everybody dances at house parties and stuff."
She added: "The best twerkers are probably all the strippers in Atlanta. They're pretty good."
The 23-year-old singer - real name Amethyst Kelly - has also revealed how she came up with her unusual stage name.
The 'Work' hitmaker says her moniker is a combination of her pet dog's name and the street in New South Wales, Australia, where her mother's house was located.
She is quoted by People as saying: "Iggy was my dog's name. My dad picked him up a week after I was born, and he named him after Iggy Pop. And Azalea is the street where my mother lived."

M.I.A insists she doesn't like stage collaborations at festivals.
The 'Double Bubble Trouble' singer, who will headline London's Lovebox festival in July in Victoria Park, isn't a fan of sharing a stage with someone but claims there are a few ways she would like to bring something different to her live shows.
Asked if she ever does on stage collaborations at festivals, she told TIME Out magazine: "No, I'm really boring like that. That's an American hip hop thing, and I want a whole bunch of other sh*t. It would be nice to have a hologram of Julian Assange. I [also] want this dancer from Africa, he's the only guy on the whole planet who can dance as fast as he does. He's from this tiny village. I really want him to be a part of the show, but I think I'll have to actually go there and help him to get a passport. It's not very easy."
The 38-year-old star will play Lovebox the day after her birthday but admits she doesn't really like the celebration.
She said: "I don't really do anything for my birthday. I have a birthday complex, and just don't deal with it. All my family are coming, and my little nephews and neices are old enough to come and see me now."

Slash has put his "heart and soul" into his new record.
The rock legend is working on his third solo album, the follow-up to his 2012 record 'Apocalyptic Love', and claims it has been a "blast" laying down the tracks in the studio.
He told Metal Hammer magazine: "Everyone has been on top of their f***ing game for this thing - it's just been awesome.
"I don't like to pat myself on the back too much but I'm pretty proud of it!"
The record is set to be more stripped back than his previous offerings but the 48-year-old guitarist is keeping tight-lipped about the musical direction he's gone in on the album.
He explained: ""There's no sentence or phrase that encompasses the body of work that is this record - any kind of pitch like that is limiting.
"The last record we did completely live in the studio and that's how we put it out.
"This time around things are a bit more produced. I've gone in and overdubbed guitars and that has made everything a bit more lush."
He added: "I've put my heart and soul into it and if people think it's a good record then that's just something they have to figure out for themselves."
Slash's new album will be released later this year.

Arctic Monkeys have scrapped plans for a new album this year.
The 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High' rockers had initially intended to make a quick follow-up to 2013's critically-acclaimed LP 'AM', but now have no definite plans to return to the recording studio in the near future.
Bassist Nick O'Malley told NME Magazine: "We did have the chat but I don't think it's going to be happening. There are no plans for another record.
"I think people might want to forget about the Monkeys for a while.
"But who knows? We'll have a bit of time off and someone will say, 'Fancy doing another one?'"
The group think it is important to take some time off as they fear getting burnt out and "psychotic".
Nick said: "We've been doing this constantly for quite a while and it's important to have a break. Otherwise you burn out and get a bit psychotic."
And frontman Alex Turner says he is still to "wrapped up" in 'AM' to begin thinking about what the group do next.
He said: "I don't know what happens after the tour ends. I'm still pretty wrapped up in 'AM'. We're still slapping each other on the back for that one."

Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins hopes his new record touches people "emotionally".
The 42-year-old musician has worked with the band's frontman Dave Grohl, along with My Ruin guitarist Mick Murphy and Chevy Metal bass player Wiley Hodgden on the fresh tracks, as part of a side-project, The Birds Of Satan.
Asked what he hopes people will get out of the new record, he told Metal Hammer magazine: "Just a good time. Hopefully it can touch them emotionally. If I listen to an early [Lynard] Skynryd record or a Van Halen record, it just makes me want to break things. You feel alive and excited. And I would feel so lucky if I heard even one person say that about one of my records. Hopefully it touches somebody. Good, bad, happy or sad, I'll take anything!"
The drummer insists he likes to do an album in between every Foo Fighters record because he likes to write his own songs and sing.
Discussing working with close friend Wiley, he said: "He's never been on a real record so this is a big deal for him. And Mick is a hell of a guitar player and he's become a good friend. It's just going back to the real reason for making music, which is just the joy of music."

Alex Turner admits he can comes across as "ungrateful".
The Arctic Monkeys frontman, who was slammed by critics for his acceptance speech at the BRIT Awards earlier this year, claims he doesn't care how he is represented and he was simply trying to stand up for rock 'n' roll.
He told Time Out magazine: "As perverse as this may sound, I don't really enjoy being the centre of attention. It's all right during a show, because I'd argue it's the song or the performance that's the centre of attention. It's not like like me opening my birthday presents in front of everybody. I'm not a big fan of that. I think making a speech falls into that category.
"It's like getting a trophy for a race that you didn't really know you were running. There's a twisted side to it. I can come off ungrateful, but f*ck it. That's just the truth."
The 28-year-old star, who is playing two huge shows at London's Finsbury Park today (24.05.14) and tomorrow (25.05.14) with band mates Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley, thinks more rock bands should be played on the radio and his speech was voicing that opinion.
He said: "In a room like that, where we were the only guitar band, it's easy to start feeling like an emissary for rock 'n' roll. If that's what people were talking about after the Brits rather than a nipple slipping out, that's a good thing. In a way, maybe it is a nipple slipping out."

Carl Barat wants a career like Damon Albarn.
The former Dirty Pretty Things frontman has launched a new band, The Jackals, and is currently preparing for a Libertines reunion show in London's Hyde Park later this summer, but sees no reason why his various projects can't co-exist.
He told NME magazine: "I'd rather take a leaf out of Damon's book. He's done a Blur reunion, he does Gorillaz, he does things that are genuine to him. If he bankrolls do that by doing the other thing, fine.
"I could go on tour tomorrow with The Libertines and that would be fun and games, we could write a new album, but it wouldn't take away from the fact that I've found people I really connect with. I want a future with these guys."
Carl recruited his new bandmates via open auditions in February and was determined not to let their dynamic be spoiled with "ego".
He said: "The thing I was watching out for was too tasty an ego. My biggest intention was for it to be the boys' band, not just me making an identikit of previous bands.
"The boys have all got something we can take further without punching each other in the f***ing face."

Eliza Doolittle has been in Miami writing new music.
The 'Big When I Was Little' singer, who decided to jet off to America for a writing trip, is working on the follow-up to her 2013 record 'In Your Hands' and has been inspired by being in the sun.
Eliza told BANG Showbiz: "[I've been] writing lots and lots, at home and on trips, like Miami now.
"I'm not sure what and when I'll be releasing [anything] exactly but I'm very excited about new music."
Asked what inspires her when it comes to writing, she said: "I'm inspired all the time by interesting people, conversations, films, books, and sometimes just my own heart and guts. I'm always writing things down in my notepad or in my phone. I guess there's always a little pressure but pressure can be great. As long as it's positive I always try to put good pressure on myself to be my best."
Meanwhile, the 26-year-old star appears in Malibu's new Best Summer Ever video with MTV presenter Lilah Parsons and best friends Jessica Napier and Violetta Thalia, speaking about her summer memories and when she first experienced heart ache while on holiday.
In the promo, she told the girls: "I remember fancying a break dancer in the club, and I got heartbroken for one of the first times, if not the first time, because he kissed me and then three hours later on the same night in the club he was kissing someone else."
Talking about her plans for this summer and the festival season, she also told BANG Showbiz: "I'm gonna be working hard to get new music but i'm still hoping to squeeze a little summer holiday in somehow!
"I'm playing a couple of my own [festivals] and a couple with Disclosure this summer. At Glastonbury I'm definitely gonna be a punter as well as performing. It all depends on the time I'm playing though ... nothing can get in the way of a good show!"
To watch Malibu's Best Summer Ever video, visit www.youtube.com/MalibuRum and visit www.MalibuBestSummerEver.co.uk for more information.