RUSH To Film Toronto Shows On R40 Live Tour
June 5, 2015, 9 years ago
Rush announced today that both hometown Toronto performances on June 17th and 19th at the Air Canada Centre will be filmed. It is the first time the band will have filmed in their hometown in almost 20 years with the recording in 1997 at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre on the Test For Echo tour. Prior to that they recorded the legendary Exit…Stage Left at Massey Hall in 1980.
Fans who have their coveted tickets to the sold out shows in Toronto are encouraged to represent and wear Rush shirts, bring signs and come ready with their ‘outside’ voices.
On May 8th, Rush's R40 Live 40th Anniversary Tour kicked off in Tulsa, OK at the BOK Center. Here's a taste of some of the surprises fans witnessed. Will you be one of them?
Rush's setlist in Tulsa, OK was as follows:
Set 1:
"The Anarchist"
"Headlong Flight"
"Far Cry"
"Main Monkey Business"
"One Little Victory"
"Animate"
"Roll The Bones"
"Distant Early Warning"
"Subdivisions"
Set 2:
"Red Barchetta"
"The Spirit Of Radio"
"Jacob's Ladder"
"Cygnus X-1 Book Two: Hemispheres - Prelude"
"Cygnus X-1 Book One - The Voyage: Part 1"
- drum solo -
"Cygnus X-1 Book One - The Voyage: Part 3"
"Closer To The Heart"
"Xanadu"
"2112 Overture/Temples of Syrinx/Presentation/Grand Finale"
Encore:
"Anthem"
"What You're Doing"
"Working Man"
R40 Live runs until August 1st in Los Angeles, CA. These not to be missed concerts will highlight four decades of the band's music. Complete tour details can be found here.
