Here Today... Gone To Hell!

I saw Rush a few days ago and they fuckin rocked the house!! :peace:  Geddy Lee was in top form and sounded great.  Neil Peart's drum solo rivaled Matt Sorum in his prime.  It was at the Tweeter Center in Camden, anyone else in attendence?  Pouring down rain and lots of mud and sliding in mud only added to the excitement.  anyway...it was a great show, they played for 4 and a half hours and showed that they are still in top form and the greatest prog rock band around.  probably the best rock musicians i've seen live (in terms of technical ability).  any other Rush fans here? ???

I missed them in West Palm a couple weeks ago because I already had tickets to see Dave Matthews in Tampa. I heard it was a great show though. I last saw Rush on the "Counterparts" tour and they were awesome then as well. All the members are true living legends of Rock n Roll in my book.

4 1/2 hrs? are you sure? when i saw them in dallas in june they played 3 1/2 with the break in the middle and matt sorum is a good drummer but neil peart is way better they didi put on a great show though

yea im sure...and there was no break, except for the drum solo.  maybe they only played 3.5 hours cause it was in DALLAS in JUNE ;)

wow...whats the longest performance of all time?..must be close...rush is amazing..i seen them at the sars concert...i wanted to go see them again in toronto on the 22nd but tickets are sold out :(

it was actually quite cool for that time of year here not our normal 95+ degrees

  Just wanted to comment on how unbeliveably good this album is.  It's always been one of my favorite Rush cd's, but after a long plane ride to California I realized that its definetely one of the greatest rock albums ever!  Every track is full of creativity and energy.

Anyone else with me on this one? or against?

Not the greatest, but great album.

Damn, now I have to look for my Rush CD`s now.

I am not familiar with that album but on the classic rock station around where I live they have been playing a rush cover of the old song "summertime blues" that is really fucking awesome. I am about to buy the album just for that song.

go for it! It's also got a cover of The Who's "The Seeker" which is one of my favorite Who songs.  they played Summertime Blues and The Seeker in concert this summer....needless to say it rocked :yes:

RUSH will be releasing the highly anticipated "R30" DVD in late fall 2005. "R30" will feature the sold-out concert that RUSH played in Frankfurt, Germany in October 2004 during their 30th anniversary tour.

For me, Rush = 'Tom Sawyer'  : ok:

I love Roll The Bones :beer:

 According to All Headline News, RUSH have set a November 15 release date for their "R:30 - Rush Live In Frankfurt" DVD. The disc will feature a full performance of the German show during the band's 30th Anniversary Tour in 2004. It will also include a full-length documentary on the history of RUSH that has a running time of just over one hour and exclusive lost live footage of the band from the early 1980s.

I never got into Rush. EVery song of theirs on the radio just doesnt appeal to me. I really don't like the singers voice either. But hey, i have respect for them if they are still putting on 4 1/2 hour shows.

Turn off the radio and buy 2112.

 According to All Headline News, the members of RUSH plan to announce a new official book to add to their list of items being released during the next year.

The book will consist of every tour book the band has ever had and combine them all for one large historic pictorial of the group's 31-year history. The book is currently under construction but is likely to hit stores by January 2006.

RUSH also has a number of DVD projects coming soon, including "R:30 - Live In Frankfurt", "Anatomy of A Drum Solo" by drummer Neil Peart, and re-releases of their older VHS videos not yet released on DVD, including "Exit Stage Left..." , "Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984", and "A Show of Hands", which will be offered in a box-set format as well as individually. A complete video collection is also in the works for release in late 2006, including clips shot during the band's later years under Atlantic Records.

 According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH's much-anticipated new DVD, "R30 Live In Frankfurt", is scheduled for release in the U.S. on November 15. Filmed using 14 hi-definition cameras on September 24, 2004, the two-DVD set contains the Frankfurt concert on the first disc, with interviews, rare and classic footage from the late seventies to the tsunami relief benefit concert in 2005 on the other. The Deluxe Edition also includes two audio CDs of the Frankfurt concert. Unfortunately, eight tracks have seemingly been cut from the show for this release ("Bravado", "YYZ", "The Trees", "One Little Victory", "Secret Touch", "Red Sector A", "La Villa Strangiato" and "By-Tor and the Snow Dog").

The complete details are as follows:

Special Features:

* Limited edition Dunlop guitar picks while supplies last
* RUSH backstage passes
* Interview with John Martin at the Ivor Wynne Stadium, 1977
* In studio interview at Le Studio, Montreal during the recording of "Signals", released 1982
* Interview footage with all 3 band members, Artist of the Decade for the 1980s, 1991
* Interview for the release of "Vapor Trails", 2003
* CBC/Juno Award piece at the bands induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, 1994

DVD Disc 1:

01. R30 Overture ("Finding My Way", "Bastille Day", "Anthem", "A Passage to Bangkok", "Cygnus", "Hemispheres")
02. The Spirit of Radio
03. Force Ten
04. Animate
05. Subdivisions
06. Earthshine
07. Red Barchetta
08. Roll The Bones
09. The Seeker
10. Tom Sawyer
11. Dreamline
12. Between the Wheels
13. Mystic Rhythms
14. Der Trommler
15. Resist
16. Heart Full of Soul
17. 2112
18. Xanadu
19. Working Man
20. Summertime Blues
21. Crossroads
22. Limelight

DVD Disc 2:

01. Fly By Night, Church Sessions Video 1975
02. Circumstances, Live in Studio 1978
03. La Villa Strangiato, Live in Studio 1978
04. Farewell to Kings, Live in Studio 1978
05. Xanadu, Live in Studio 1978
06. Various songs - soundcheck at Ivor Wynne Stadium 1980
07. Closer to the Heart, Compilation Video 1977-1977
08. Freewill, Performed at the Toronto Rocks/Stones Concert
09. Closer to the Heart, Tsunami Relief performance featuring Ed Robertson of the BARENAKED LADIES and Bubbles of "The Trailer Park Boys".

CD Disc 1:

01. R30 Overture ("Finding My Way", "Bastille Day", "Anthem", "A Passage to Bangkok", "Cygnus", "Hemispheres")
02. The Spirit of Radio
03. Force Ten
04. Animate
05. Subdivisions
06. Earthshine
07. Red Barchetta
08. Roll The Bones
09. The Seeker
10. Tom Sawyer
11. Dreamline

CD Disc 2:

01. Between the Wheels
02. Mystic Rhythms
03. Der Trommler
04. Resist
05. Heart Full of Soul
06. 2112
07. Xanadu
08. Working Man
09. Summertime Blues
10. Crossroads
11. Limelight

Greg Prato of Billboard.com recently spoke to RUSH singer/bassist Geddy Lee about the group's upcoming CD/DVD "R30 Live in Frankurt". Recorded at RUSH's Sept. 24, 2004, stop in Frankfurt, Germany, the project is due Nov. 22 via Rounder in the United States and Anthem in Canada; Sanctuary Visual Entertainment will issue it Nov. 28 in Europe.

"Well, basically nobody was in a big hurry to do another live project, because we've got about 60,000 of them out there," Lee told Billboard.com. "But when we were touring Europe on the last tour, we hadn't been to those countries in 10 years ? some of them 20 years. And there was such an exuberant response from the crowd; it just seemed like a unique opportunity to capture the band in that kind of environment."

"The venue is very old," Lee continued. "We've played there a couple of times. It's always a strange atmosphere for North Americans to come over there and play in one of these buildings that Hitler used to do speeches in and so forth. So it's always got kind of an ominous vibe for us. But the crowd is always great and a lot of fans hadn't seen us in a long time."

With regards to the vintage footage included on the set, Lee attributes the discovery of some it to his brother, who works in the film business. "He took it upon himself to get involved in our vault and see what the hell was lying around down there, and he discovered some of these old things that we had forgotten about," Lee said, adding that some of the clips "are kind of painful to watch [laughs]! Bad hair, bad glasses. You just kind of look in wonderment like, 'Is that really me?' And you really feel how much you've changed since that time."

Meanwhile, RUSH are gearing up for a new album, the follow-up to 2002's "Vapor Trails". "We're just at the stage now where we're getting ourselves ready to do some writing," Lee revealed. So that will take place over the next six to eight months probably, and we'll gather some material together into a record."

Karen Bliss of JAM! Music reports:

Canadian rock legends RUSH will be co-producing their new studio album for Anthem Records with Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, SHADOWS FALL). The American producer will be flying up to Toronto next week to meet with the band, which is in the demo phase right now.

"It's early stages. We have nine songs written so far," says guitarist Alex Lifeson. "We're going to continue until we have about 12 songs and finish up preproduction at the end of October, so we'll be really well prepared and then go in the studio in November and start recording."

That way of working is a little different for Lifeson, singer/bassist/keyboardist Geddy Lee and drummer/lyricist Neil Peart, who usually write in the studio and record at the same time.

"This time around, we wanted to write, we wanted to rehearse the material, we wanted to get really inside it before we actually recorded it," explains Lifeson. "We're not spending a lot of time on sound or getting too involved in the recording."

Lifeson and Lee started working "very casually" together through the early part of this year, and Peart sent some lyrics to them. In May, they spent a month in a downtown studio "building things, doing some more writing, doing some pre-production, getting Neil involved, drumming, and then we just went back in about a week and a half ago."

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson spoke with Canada's Rock Station (95.1 & 100.7 The Rock) earlier in the week about the group's new album, which is believed to have a working title of either "Snakes and Arrows" or "Snakes and Ladders". Alex revealed that the band flew to Los Angeles on Monday, January 15 to begin mixing the CD and expects to put the finishing touches on the LP by the end of the month. The album took only 30 days to record ? the shortest time RUSH has taken to record a CD since 1977's "A Farewell to Kings"! Andrew MacNaughtan has been video-taping the entire project, with the possibility that a "making of" DVD will accompany the final product.

During the interview, Lifeson stated that RUSH will launch a North American tour on June 12 or June 13, with plans to stay on the road through the end of the year, to be followed by dates in Europe and South America. When asked about RUSH's exclusion from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Alex stated "I couldn't care less. Look who's up for induction ? it's a joke".



P.S...Could one of the mods change the totle of this thread to the Rush thread or somehting plz?

woo! I can't wait! Im a huge Rush fan & hope to see them if they come back to England. My dad used to play me there old Vinyls when i was young and even my middle name is Alex & my brothers is Geddy Lee  :hihi:

K Im starting a thread for Rush because there was nothing except a "Just Saw Rush Live" Thread, And with some activity going on I dont wanna keep posting in that thread

Canadian rock trio RUSH is rumored to have scheduled the following live dates in support of their forthcoming new studio album (provisionally titled "Snakes and Arrows"):

Jun. 13 - Nashville, TN @ Starwood Amphitheater
Jun. 15 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheater
Jun. 16 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheater @ Florida State Fairgrounds
Jun. 18 - Atlanta, GA @ HiFi Buys Amphitheater
Jun. 19 - Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jun. 27 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
Jul. 02 - Wantaugh, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheater
Jul. 04 - Darien Lake, NY @ Six Flags
Jul. 07 - Homdel, NJ @ PNC Arts Center

It should be noted that these dates have **NOT** been officially confirmed by the band or its management.

In other news, the first single from RUSH's upcoming album is expected to be "Far Cry" (or "Farcry"), and it is set to go for radio adds on March 13.

RUSH's new album is expected to be released late spring/early summer via Atlantic. The tracks were put to tape at Allaire Studios in upstate New York with co-producer Nick Raskulinecz. "I have never enjoyed the recording process so much, nor been so satisfied with the results," drummer Neil Peart wrote last month on his web site.

Peart previously told Billboard.com some of his lyrics for the new songs were inspired by his motorcycle journeys throughout the United States, chronicled in the recent book "Roadshow: Landscape with Drums".

"Just seeing the power of evangelical Christianity and contrasting that with the power of fundamentalist religion all over the world in its different forms had a big effect on me," he said.

Been waiting for news on the album...hope I can see them this year.

I sure hope they come out to California, I would totally dig seeing a legendary band such as Rush.  Those guys are truly masters.

Prog-rock power trio Rush will release its first new album in five years May 1 and will support the set with a full-scale North American tour this summer.

"Snakes & Arrows" is Rush's first collection of new material since 2002's "Vapor Trails." The band recorded the album last fall and shared production duties with Grammy-winner Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver). The first single, "Far Cry," is set to hit rock radio in mid-March.

Details about the tour will be announced in the coming weeks, according to a press release. The outing will be Rush's first North American jaunt since the group's 30th anniversary tour in 2004.

Day before my birthday...great release date.. ;D

Definately be checking this one out....Vapor Trails kicked some serious ass : ok:

RUSH's new album, "Snakes & Arrows", will be released on May 1 via Anthem/Atlantic. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Far Cry
02. Armor and Sword
03. Workin? Them Angels
04. The Larger Bowl
05. Spindrift
06. The Main Monkey Business
07. The Way The Wind Blows
08. Hope
09. Faithless
10. Bravest Face
11. Good News First
12. Malignant Narcissism
13. We Hold On

Jun. 13 - Atlanta, GA @ HiFi Buys Amphitheater
Jun. 15 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheater
Jun. 16 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheater @ Florida State Fairgrounds
Jun. 19 - Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jun. 23 - Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavillion
Jun. 25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavillion
Jun. 27 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
Jun. 29 - Scranton PA @ Montage Mountain
Jun. 30 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jul. 02 - Wantagh, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheater
Jul. 04 - Darien Lake, NY @ Six Flags
Jul. 07 - Homdel, NJ @ PNC Arts Center
Jul. 09 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Jul. 27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Usana Amphitheater
Jul. 28 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
Aug. 04 - Marysville, Ca @ Sleep Train Amphitheater
Aug. 08 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug. 10 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Center
Sep. 01 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
Sep. 12 - London, ON @ John Labatt Centre in London, ON
Oct. 03 - Glasgow, UK @ SECC Arena
Oct. 05 - Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle Metro Arena
Oct. 16 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy' Rotterdam
Oct. 17 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy' Rotterdam
Oct. 19 - Oberhausen, Germany @ Oberhausen, Germany
Oct. 21 - Mannheim, Germany @ SAP-Arena

NOTE: None of the above-listed dates have been officially confirmed by RUSH or its management.

Yay there playing near me (Newcastle) fuck yeah im so there!

Ugh, Why do they always have to play that damn Smirnoff Center in Dallas in the middle of summer. Its too damn hot for that.

SWEDEN DAMNIT!! GIVE ME STOCKHOLM!!!

I will SO be there, frontrow.

Looks like there coming to ohio again  :beer:

Like 'em a lot more than I did growing up. Lyrics are great.

According to a posting on the Rush Is A Band fan site, RUSH will officially announce the dates for its upcoming world tour on Monday (March 26) via a press conference in New York City. Pre-sales will begin Tuesday, March 27 for selected cities and MusicToday.com will conduct the pre-sale similar to how it was done in 2004.

RUSH **unconfirmed** tour dates:

Jun. 13 - Atlanta, GA @ HiFi Buys Amphitheater
Jun. 15 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheater
Jun. 16 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheater @ Florida State Fairgrounds
Jun. 18 - Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek
Jun. 19 - Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jun. 23 - Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavillion
Jun. 25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavillion
Jun. 27 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
Jun. 29 - Scranton PA @ Montage Mountain
Jun. 30 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jul. 02 - Wantagh, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheater
Jul. 04 - Darien Lake, NY @ Six Flags
Jul. 08 - Homdel, NJ @ PNC Arts Center
Jul. 09 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Jul. 27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavillion
Jul. 28 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
Aug. 04 - Marysville, Ca @ Sleep Train Amphitheater
Aug. 08 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug. 17 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Center
Aug. 26 - Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
Aug. 30 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
Sep. 01 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
Sep. 02 - Columbus, OH @ Germain Amphitheater
Sep. 12 - London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
Sep. 15 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Oct. 03 - Glasgow, UK @ SECC Arena
Oct. 05 - Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle Metro Arena
Oct. 16 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy' Rotterdam
Oct. 17 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy' Rotterdam
Oct. 19 - Oberhausen, Germany @ Oberhausen, Germany
Oct. 21 - Mannheim, Germany @ SAP-Arena

I'll shoot for Vegas, but whyyy no shows in SoCal?  ???

Since theres no Canadian dates, a road trip to Darien Lake sounds good : ok:

Im guessing between Sep 2 and Oct 3 there gonna be adding alot more canadian dates in there

what songs/record should i check out if i've never heard anything from them?

Ahhh, two shows in SoCal, most excellent.

Songs you should check out are

Tom Sawyer
Closer To The Heart
Working Man
Limelight
Freewill
Spirit Of Radio
Roll The Bones
& their cover of The Seeker

  : ok: excellente

more songs..

2112
Subdivisions
YYZ
Anthem
Distant Early Warning
Dreamline

RUSH has officially announced the dates for its upcoming world tour via the band's official web site. The tour will kick off in North America on June 13 at Atlanta's HiFi Buys Amphitheatre and will visit over 45 cities throughout the United States and Canada before traveling to Europe.

Tickets will go on sale beginning Saturday, March 31 in a majority of tour markets. The balance of performances will go on-sale over the next few weeks.

RUSH tour dates:

Jun. 13 - Atlanta, GA @ HiFi Buys Amphitheater
Jun. 15 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphitheater
Jun. 16 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheater @ Florida State Fairgrounds
Jun. 18 - Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek
Jun. 19 - Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jun. 22 - Virginia Beach @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jun. 23 - Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavillion
Jun. 25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavillion
Jun. 27 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
Jun. 29 - Scranton PA @ Montage Mountain
Jun. 30 - Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Jul. 02 - Wantagh, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheater
Jul. 04 - Darien Lake, NY @ Six Flags
Jul. 06 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center
Jul. 08 - Homdel, NJ @ PNC Arts Center
Jul. 09 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Jul. 18 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
Jul. 20 - Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheater
Jul. 21 - Portland, OR @ The Amphitheater at Clark County
Jul. 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
Jul. 25 - Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Jul. 27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavillion
Jul. 28 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
Jul. 30 - San Diego, CA @ Coors Amphitheatre
Aug. 01 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater
Aug. 03 - Concord, CA @ Sleep Train Pavillion
Aug. 04 - Marysville, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheater
Aug. 06 - Salt Lake City @ USANA Amphitheater
Aug. 08 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug. 11 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Center
Aug. 12 - Selma, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Aug. 14 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion
Aug. 23 - Kansas City, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Aug. 24 - St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Aug. 26 - Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
Aug. 28 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theater
Aug. 30 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
Sep. 01 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
Sep. 02 - Columbus, OH @ Germain Amphitheater
Sep. 06 - Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater
Sep. 08 - Chicago, IL @ Midwest Bank Amphitheater
Sep. 09 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Sep. 12 - London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
Sep. 14 - Quebec City, QC @ Colisee de Quebec
Sep. 15 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Sep. 19 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Sep. 21 - Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
Oct. 03 - Glasgow, UK @ SECC Arena
Oct. 05 - Newcastle, UK @ Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Oct. 06 - Sheffield, UK @ Hallam FM Arena
Oct. 09 - London, UK @ Wembley Arena
Oct. 10 - London, UK @ Wembley Arena
Oct. 11 - Birmingham, UK @ NEC Arena
Oct. 14 - Manchester, UK @ MEN Arena
Oct. 16 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy' Rotterdam
Oct. 17 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy' Rotterdam
Oct. 19 - Oberhausen, Germany @ Oberhausen, Germany
Oct. 21 - Mannheim, Germany @ SAP-Arena
Oct. 23 - Milan, Italy @ Forum Arena
Oct. 26 - Oslo, Norway @ Spektrum
Oct. 27 - Stockholm, Sweden Globe Arena
Oct. 29 - Helsinki, Finland @ Hartwell Arena

THANK YOU GREAT GOD OF ROCK N ROLL!!!!!

IM GOING TO SEE RUSH!!!!!

Is Anyone Going to see rush in their snakes and arrows tour

I'd like to go see them.  If I can get a job real soon and save up, it's definitely on my to-do list.

got my tickets for Newcastle yesterday cant wait!

Got my frontseat tickets this Monday!  ;D

Congrats to both of you...should be a great show

RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson spoke to Cassandra Szklarski of the Canadian Press about the the time-honoured custom of playing encores at concerts.

"Certainly, on our level, it's to be expected," Lifeson says of RUSH encores, noting there's little variation among them, despite the group's vast catalogue of songs.

"It's the same thing every night. You know, we anticipate the encore, so it's just really it's just an opportunity for us to come out and play a few more songs."

The 53-year-old performer says that an old gem has been chosen for the encore on RUSH's upcoming world tour, but he wouldn't say which one.

Encores certainly meant something different when the stadium rockers first started out, says Lifeson.

"When we were a young band playing clubs and opening acts and we would get an encore it was really special," Lifeson recalls. "You were thrilled to get one and hoped that the headliner would allow you to do it."

"Roll the Bones" is perhaps my favorite album, but - as a mild Rush fan only - it gets not better than the live version of "Subdivisions" from "A Show of Hands..."

RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com has posted an audio interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson, conducted earlier today (Wednesday, May 30) by Mark Jeeves of the U.K. digital radio station Planet Rock. In the interview Alex mentions that RUSH will play nine songs from "Snakes & Arrows" on its upcoming tour and that "Workin' Them Angels" is his current favorite.

RUSH has selected "The Larger Bowl" as the second single from its latest CD, "Snakes & Arrows".

I got this album and even though the single is great, I wasn't all that impressed.

Working them Angels is awesome, but as a whole it isn't that good. I only enjoyed 4 or 5 songs.

Canadian rock trio RUSH kicked off its much-anticipated "Snakes & Arrows Tour" Wednesday night (June 13) in Atlanta, Georgia. The group's complete setlist was as follows:

Set 1:

Video Intro

01. Limelight
02. Digital Man
03. Entre Nous
04. Mission
05. Freewill
06. The Main Monkey Business
07. The Larger Bowl
08. Secret Touch
09. Circumstances
10. Between The Wheels
11. Dreamline

Intermission

Set 2:

Video Intro

12. Far Cry
13. Workin' Them Angels
14. Armor And Sword
15. Spindrift
16. The Way The Wind Blows
17. Subdivisions
18. Natural Science
19. Witch Hunt
20. MalNar
21. Drum Solo
22. Hope
23. Summertime Blues
24. The Spirit Of Radio
25. Tom Sawyer

Encore:

26. One Little Victory
27. A Passage to Bangkok
28. YYZ

Wicked setlist! :D

I cant wait to see them in September ;D

I just got back from an amazing Rush concert like 10 minutes ago. 3 and a half hours of amazing fuckin rock music.

 :yes:

Cool, I will see them in October!

Highlights?
Lowlights?

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com, the Canadian rock power trio will play several indoor dates in the U.S. and Canada in the spring of 2008. This leg will kick off with a two- or three-night stand at the Etess Arena at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City sometime in March. The band will then move up The East Coast to Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Atlantic Canada to wrap up the first set of dates before heading south for a handful of shows in late March through early April which will include New Orleans, New Mexico, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi.

Just some Rush videos from the Glasgow, Scotland gig last month.

Far Cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH7paKULWpc

The Larger Bowl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE_yjYDzCrs

Circumstances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DTNamiHKxY

Freewill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQoQGDjkVNs

The Spirit Of Radio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsP2kUxbMJQ

2008 will see RUSH tour in over 40 cities throughout the United States and Canada making stops in many where they haven't performed in well over a decade, including Orlando, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Austin, Jacksonville and Winnipeg, to name a few. Along the way, RUSH will play new venues in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Seattle and will revisit some familiar ones in Boston, Washington and Charlotte amongst others.

RUSH newly confirmed tour dates:

Apr. 11 - San Juan, PR - Coliseo de Puerto Rico
Apr. 13 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
Apr. 15 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center
Apr. 17 - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Apr. 19 - New Orleans, LA - Arena
Apr. 20 - Houston, TX - Woodlands Pavilion
Apr. 23 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
Apr. 25 - Dallas, TX - The Music Center at Fair Park
Apr. 26 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
Apr. 29 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
May 01 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
May 03 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center
May 04 - Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion
May 06 - Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre
May 10 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center
May 11 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
May 20 - Moline, IL - iWireless Center
May 22 - St Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
May 24 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Center
May 25 - Regina, SK - Brandt Center
May 27 - Edmonton AB - Rexall Place
May 29 - Vancouver, BC - GM Place
May 31 - Seattle, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre
Jun. 01 - Portland, OR - Clark County Amphitheatre
Jun. 03 - Boise, ID - Idaho Center
Jun. 05 - Denver, CO - Red Rocks
Jun. 07 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
Jun. 09 - Chicago, IL - United Center
Jun. 10 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
Jun. 12 - Montreal, QC - Bell Center
Jun. 14 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
Jun. 15 - Boston, MA - Tweeter Center
Jun. 25 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Amphitheatre
Jun. 27 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
Jun. 28 - St Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Jun. 30 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Jul. 02 - Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Amphitheatre
Jul. 04 - Atlantic City, NJ - Marc Etess Arena
Jul. 05 - Saratoga, NY - SPAC
Jul. 07 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
Jul. 09 - Toronto, ON - The Molson Amphitheatre
Jul. 11 - Manchester, MA - Verizon Arena
Jul. 12 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Jul. 14 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
Jul. 17 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Stadium
Jul. 19 - Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
Jul. 20 - Charlotte, NC - Amphitheatre
Jul. 22 - Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park

Due to the overwhelming response of their fans in North America, the "Snakes & Arrows" tour has been RUSH's highest grossing tour ever and the best attended in many years. "Snakes & Arrows" (Anthem/Atlantic Records) was recorded in the fall of 2006 with Grammy Award winner Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, VELVET REVOLVER) with RUSH co-producing. Their first album of original material in nearly five years, "Snakes & Arrows" debuted at #3 on The Billboard 200. In addition, the track "Malignant Narcissism" has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has issued the following update:

"Early in March I will have to start preparing for another series of concerts, a 'continuation' of the 'Snakes & Arrows' tour (The Snakes & Arrows 'surge,' I call it).

"We had planned to end the tour in Europe last fall, but apparently more people want to see us, or see us again, so we were asked to do more shows. Some of them will be in places we haven't got to for a while, like New Orleans, Oklahoma City, and Winnipeg, and that is nice, plus we plan to make a few changes to the setlist and presentation to freshen it up a little. Although the world knows by now that I'm not crazy about touring, I sure don't discount the good fortune that we can still do it, personally and professionally ? that we can play better than ever, and that people will come and see us. That's not something I have ever taken for granted. As I have said to friends who might be having their own work difficulties, 'at least if I have to work, I?m glad I can.' And not just any old job, of course ? pretty much the best job there is ? but nonetheless a hard one."

Thats cool. It will be nice for people in those places they haven't been for awhile. They are a great live band.

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson came out onstage last night at the Foo Fighters concert during Taylor Hawkins drum solo to play YYZ....the place went nuuuutsss...they didnt say a word...just came out and played then left I couldnt belive it...was a super treat

Rush Promises Surprises On Summer Tour

Rush fans can expect some different songs and "surprises" when the Canadian trio hits the road on April 11 -- but guitarist Alex Lifeson says, "I'm gonna keep those a secret until then, I think."

Lifeson tells Billboard.com that since the next segment of Rush's Snakes & Arrows World Tour -- which kicks off in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and runs through July 20 -- visits a number of cities the group hasn't played in quite some time, "we thought we should maybe revisit some older songs we're not playing currently or haven't been in the last little while. So we changed out a few songs in the set. We're gonna keep it loose and maybe kind of bounce back and forth."

Lifeson says the group frequently gets fan requests for specific material. "We see 'Camera Eye' come up quite often, 'Jacob's Ladder' and some of the longer songs like that from our mid-period," he says. Last year's Snakes & Ladders dates featured rarities such as "Circumstances" and "Entre Nous," which Rush has never performed live, and are captured on the upcoming "Snakes & Arrows Live," due April 15.

Lifeson says Rush is also starting to tuck into the video material from the same show last October at Ahoy Rotterdam arena in the Netherlands for a DVD the guitarist says will be out in the late summer or early fall.

"We shot it in HD, and I hear it looks really dramatic," says Lifeson, who supervised the stereo mix for the CD. The group decided to put the CD out first, he says, because "we wanted to kind of bridge the two halves of the tour with a release so there's something there, and then we'll follow up with the live DVD."

Lifeson says that he and bandmates Geddy Lee and Neil Peart are also thinking a bit about Rush's next studio album -- mostly likely with "Snakes & Arrows" co-producer Nick Raskulinecz -- but suspects that will come later rather than sooner.

"I'm guessing that we're probably going to take a little bit of the break at the end of this tour," says Lifeson, who's been updating his Web site with a number of new features he hopes to roll out soon. "I don't see us really doing much in the way of any new material probably until the spring of next year, and then we'll see where we go. We generally prefer to just start on that first day and sit down and start jamming; it's such an exciting moment, and it becomes it's own living thing. We seem to be much more balanced and a lot happier working that way."

RUSH kicked off the 2008 leg of the "Snakes & Arrows" world tour last night (April 11) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The group's setlist was as follows:

01. (Snakes & Arrows Dream Sequence same as 2007 leg)
02. Limelight
03. Digital Man
04. Ghost of a Chance
05. Mission
06. Freewill
07. The Main Monkey Business
08. The Larger Bowl (with McKenzie Brothers intro)
09. Red Barchetta
10. The Trees
11. Between The Wheels
12. Dreamline
(Intermission video intro ["What's That Smell"]
13. Far Cry
14. Workin' Them Angels
15. Armor and Sword
16. Spindrift
17. The Way The Wind Blows
18. Subdivisions
19. Natural Science
20. Witch Hunt
21. Malignant Narcissism
22. Drum Solo
23. Hope
24. The Spirit of Radio
25. 2112: Overture / The Temples of Syrinx
26. Tom Sawyer (with "South Park" intro)
Encore:
27. One Little Victory
28. A Passage To Bangkok
29. YYZ ("Harry Satchel" video outro, same as 2007 leg)

Although I've heard the song before, recently I've started listening to 'Tom Sawyer' a lot. Can anybody recommend some 'rock' kind of Rush songs. I don't want the more progressive kind of stuff but some songs that are more closer to hard rock....

Limelight
Freewill
Closer To The Heart
YYZ
Roll The Bones
Spirit Of Radio

Don't forget One Little Victory :smoking:

Thanks. Will check those out. Peart's drumming is just amazing. I liked Portnoy's style before but his drumming is just incredible.

any one know what the setlist has been for this tour????

Something along these lines. Maybe a change here and there.

Set 1:
01. intro film "Rash: The Real History Of Rush - Episode No. 2: Don't Be Rash"
02. The Spirit Of Radio
03. Time Stand Still
04. Presto
05. Stick It Out
06. Workin' Them Angels
07. Leave That Thing Alone
08. Faithless
09. BU2B
10. Freewill
11. Marathon
12. Subdivisions

Set 2:
13. intro film "Rash: The Real History Of Rush - Episode No. 17: ...and Rock and Roll is my Name"
14. Tom Sawyer
15. Red Barchetta
16. YYZ
17. Limelight
18. The Camera Eye
19. Witch Hunt
20. Vital Signs
21. Caravan
22. Neil Peart solo (Love 4 Sale)
23. Alex Lifeson solo >
24. Closer To The Heart
25. 2112: Overture/Temples Of Syrinx
26. Far Cry
27. encore
28. La Villa Strangiato
29. Working Man
30. outro film "I Still Love You, Man"
31. Closer To The Heart (polka PA exit music)

Saw Rush last night. Put on a hell of a show. Love that they play for more than 90 damn minutes!!
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Rush Announce 2012 Tour Dates
Anne Erickson
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04.19.2012

Yesterday, Rush released their new single, ?Headlong Flight,? giving fans a taste of what?s to come on the band?s upcoming album, Clockwork Angels, out June 12. Clockwork Angels is Rush?s 20th studio release and their first set of original material in over five years, so there?s plenty of buzz surrounding the release.

Now, the men have announced a cross-country 2012 tour in support of Clockwork Angels. The jaunt kicks off September 7 in Manchester, New Hampshire and will travel to 30-plus cities before closing out December 2 in Houston, Texas.  Tickets go on sale starting April 27 in most cities via Ticketmaster and LiveNation. For information on when tickets go on sale for the date closest to you, visit Rush?s official site, and find a complete list of tour dates, below.

As for ?Headlong Flight,? Rush singer and bass player Geddy Lee says it was a delight to write. ??Headlong Flight? was one of those songs that was a joy to write and record from beginning to end,? he said in an official statement. ?Alex [lifeson] and I had blast jamming in my home studio one day before the 2nd leg of the Time Machine Tour and I did not revisit that jam until a year later.

?Alex and I assembled the song to be an instrumental and its original title was 'Take that lampshade off yo head!' but once we saw the lyrics Neil had written for 'Headlong Flight,' I knew that the spirit of the lyrics matched the instrumental perfectly and it was just a matter of making them fit and writing the melodies.? Are you stoked to see Rush in 2012? Let us know in the comments section, below!

Rush 2012 Tour Dates:

9/7 -- Manchester, NH, Verizon Wireless Arena
9/9 -- Washington, D.C., Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater
9/11 -- Pittsburgh, PA, CONSOL Energy Center
9/13 -- Indianapolis, IN, Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9/15 -- Chicago, IL, United Center
9/18 -- Detroit, MI, Palace of Auburn Hills
9/20 -- Columbus, OH, Nationwide Arena
9/22 -- St. Louis, MO, Scottrade Center
9/24 -- Minneapolis, MN, Target Center
9/26 -- Winnipeg, MB, MTS Centre
9/28 -- Saskatoon, SK, Credit Union Centre
9/30 -- Edmonton, AB, Rexall Place
10/10 -- Bridgeport, CT, Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard
10/12 -- Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center
10/14 -- Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
10/18 -- Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
10/20 -- Newark, NJ, Prudential Center
10/22 -- Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
10/24 -- Boston, MA, TD Garden
10/26 -- Buffalo, NY, First Niagara Center
10/28 -- Cleveland, OH, Quicken Loans Arena
10/30 -- Charlotte, NC, Time Warner Cable Arena
11/1 -- Atlanta, GA, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
11/3 -- Tampa, FL, 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
11/13 -- Seattle, WA, KeyArena
11/15 -- San Jose, CA, HP Pavilion
11/17 -- Anaheim, CA, Honda Center
11/19 -- Los Angeles, CA, Gibson Amphitheatre
11/23 -- Las Vegas, NV, MGM Grand Garden Arena
11/25 -- Phoenix, AZ, US Airways Center
11/28 -- Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center
11/30 -- San Antonio, TX, AT&T Center
12/2 -- Houston, TX, Toyota Center

Has anyone bought the new album Clockwork Angels?

New RUSH album is good!


Coop

Saw them in concert last night, great show.  Played a lot of the new album, which I don't know much about, but still enjoyed it immensely.  Those guys are such great musicians, I could listen to them play anything.  They did, though, bust out a plenty of the old classics.

Here's the setlist:

RUSH AT BARCLAYS CENTER 10/22/12, SETLIST
Subdivisions
The Big Money
Force Ten
Grand Designs
The Body Electric
Territories
The Analog Kid
Bravado
Where's My Thing?
Far Cry
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Caravan
Clockwork Angels
The Anarchist
Carnies
The Wreckers
Headlong Flight
(with drum solo)
Halo Effect
Seven Cities of Gold
The Garden
Manhattan Project
Drum Solo
Red Sector A
YYZ
The Spirit of Radio
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Tom Sawyer
2112 Part I: Overture
2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
2112 Part VII: Grand Finale

 

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Finally, this band is getting nominated for the rock and roll hall of fame. Out of the nominees this year rush and heart get my vote. Any thoughts?

Yeah,  I think this band is vastly over rated as far as their commercial success is concerned.  Rush fans act like they are as big as the Beatles, but the reality is they have been selling the exact same amount of records to the exact same people for the last 30 years.  That is not to say they don't deserve to be in the Hall, they most definitely do, but I wasn't outraged all these years that they didn't get in.

 I own a few records by Rush, could never get into it, its the voice.  I won't knock someone for liking them though, there are a lot of legendary rock bands that I am supposed to like that I don't, Rush is one of them.

Rush have been snubbed far too long. They deserve to be in.

Anyone planning on catching the R40 40th anniversary tour?

I'm thinking about doing the Toronto shows. Their tickets sure aren't cheap, though.

Yeah, i'm gonna hit the Dallas show. The best tickets here are like 175 after tax and everything. They do put on a helluva show though.

I'm planning on going to the June 29 show at MSG.  Saw them for the 1st time on their last tour, can't believe it took me so long to finally see them, they're incredible. 

Their shows are great.

They should play the Fly By Night album in its entirety. It is the first album with Neil and in my opinion very underrated by the fans and the band itself.

Also, I know it won't happen but it would be great if they played in Australia...  :crying:

I saw them last year and was not impressed.   

Mostly by there fans.   Total sit down and please don't dancd in front of me crowd.    I will see them again, just in another city.  To get a better fewl

Got my tickets for the Toronto :)
And yes Rush deserves to be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame !!

Yes they do and finally got in last year.

Well, you see, you're in the presence of true masters of the craft. Most of us fans find it hard to dance to their music, anyway. Is the same thing with Tool concerts, it's like church.  :drool:

ALEX LIFESON, GEDDY LEE Talk RUSH's Future: 'Right Now We Don't Have Any Plans For Anything'

RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson and bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee appeared on the latest episode of "Sound Opinions", the long-running Chicago Public Radio program hosted by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot. They talked about a variety of topics, including the future of their iconic band.

Alex said: "I think right now we don't have any plans for anything. Keep in mind that we had a year and a half off after the 'Clockwork Angels' tour; we didn't talk about anything to do with the band in a year and a half. So I think we're just in a stage now where we're just kind of taking some time, reconnecting with our families and friends and pursuing some other interests, and having some fun, really. I know Geddy and I love writing together; we've been doing it since we were young teenagers. And I'd like to think that we'll do it until we're very old men instead of just mostly old men."

Added Geddy: "I think for Neil [Peart, RUSH drummer] it's become too hard. And that's a phrase he likes to use. To play for three hours, to play the way we feel is being RUSH, the way RUSH plays is a three-hour show that's very complicated. And that has taken its physical toll on his body. During the course of any of the last few tours, he's gone through periods that he's having problems ? whether it's tendonitis or whether it's some other thing. So I think for him it's enough; he can't go through all that again. So that's gonna dictate, obviously, what performing live is gonna mean for RUSH. And whether that happens or not, I can't really say at this point."

Continued Alex: "I know Neil's in a great headspace now; he's really enjoying his life and feels great. He's spending a lot of time with his daughter and his family and doing the things that he loves to do, with his health intact. So that's a very positive thing."

Peart last year admitted to being "of two minds" about another lengthy run of concert dates, pointing out that having a young child at home makes it difficult for him to be gone for weeks at a time.

"I've been doing this for 40 years ? I know how to compartmentalize, and I can stand missing her, but I can't stand her missing me and it's painful and impossible to understand for her. How can a small child process that? And there's the guilt that comes with that ? you feel guilty about it, of course. I'm causing pain."

RUSH released the "R40 Live" concert film on November 20.

RUSH recorded and filmed "R40 Live" over two sold-out shows in the band's hometown of Toronto at the Air Canada Centre on June 17 and June 19, 2015 in the middle of their "R40 Live" 35-date North American tour.