RUSH - "We've Committed To Taking About A Year Off"
November 18, 2013, 11 years ago
Billboard.com's Gary Graff reports:
RUSH is giving its fans plenty of fourth quarter treats this year including a new live CD/DVD, a box set and a long-desired remixed version of its 2002 album Vapor Trails. And guitarist Alex Lifeson is hoping that will be enough to tide them over while the Canadian trio takes a break.
"We've committed to taking about a year off," Lifeson tells Billboard. "We all agreed when we finished this (Clockwork Angels) tour (in early August) we were going to take this time off and we weren't going to talk about band stuff or make any plans. We committed to a year, so that's going to take us through to the end of next summer, for sure. That's the minimum. We haven't stopped or quit. Right now we're just relaxing. We're taking it easy and just enjoying our current employment."Read more at this location.
Rush’s Clockwork Angels Tour will rock cinemas in Epic One-Night concert event tonight, November 18th. Visit FathomEvent.com for advance tickets. Check out a trailer below:
The Clockwork Angels Tour DVD preview will be streamed live on Radio.com's YouTube Channel on November 14th starting at 12 noon, EST. Tune in here.
Rush: Clockwork Angels Tour was filmed and recorded last November at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas. The 11-month marathon world tour crossed North America twice and ventured overseas to Europe in support of the band’s acclaimed 2012 studio release Clockwork Angels.
In capturing the tour’s electrifying three hour set, Rush: Clockwork Angels Tour pairs Rush classics ('Tom Sawyer', 'The Spirit Of Radio', '2112'), with a nod to the '80s Rush era ('The Analog Kid', 'Territories', 'Subdivisions') alongside newly reworked arrangements specifically for the tour featuring the Clockwork Angels String Ensemble ('Headlong Flight', 'YYZ', 'Red Sector A'). The string section marks the first time the trio has brought additional musicians on the road with them. To showcase their latest studio release, the epic set list also features nine tracks off Clockwork Angels. Other highlights include tracks rarely performed and never before recorded live ('The Body Electric', 'Middletown Dreams'), in addition to three separate drum solos by the incomparable Neil Peart.
Beyond the incredible live performances, the DVD includes a 25-minute tour documentary, featuring interviews with all 3 members and exclusive, behind the scenes footage. Titled Can’t Stop Thinking Big, the piece offers a glimpse into the inner workings of the Rush tour machine and insight into the band members themselves. Other special features on the DVD include the trio of hilarious shorts created specifically for the tour as well as interviews and outtakes captured during their filming. Additional filmed sketches and a rare soundcheck performance of perennial favorite 'Limelight' round out the exclusive offerings.
Rush: Clockwork Angels Tour comes on the heels of Anthem/Atlantic’s September 30th release of Vapor Trails Remixed, a newly remixed version of the band’s 2002 album, and the seven-disc boxed set The Studio Albums 1989-2007, which features every studio album Rush recorded for Atlantic Records.
Rush: Clockwork Angels Tour tracklisting:
Set One:
'Subdivisions'
'The Big Money'
'Force Ten'
'Grand Designs'
'The Body Electric'
'Territories'
'The Analog Kid'
'Bravado'
'Where’s My Thing?'/'Here It Is!' (drum solo)
'Far Cry'
Set Two:
'Caravan'*
'Clockwork Angels'*
'The Anarchist'*
'Carnies'*
'The Wreckers'*
'Headlong Flight'*/'Drumbastica' (drum solo)
'Peke’s Repose' (guitar solo)/'Halo Effect'*
'Seven Cities of Gold'*
'Wish Them Well'*
'The Garden'*
'Dreamline'*
'The Percussor' (I) 'Binary Love Theme'; (II) 'Steambanger’s Ball' (drum solo)
'Red Sector A'*
'YYZ'*
'The Spirit of Radio'
Encore:
'Tom Sawyer'
'2112'
Bonus:
'Limelight' (soundcheck recording)
'Middletown Dreams'
'The Pass'
'Manhattan Project'*
*With the Clockwork Angels String Ensemble
Special Features (Blu-Ray/DVD only):
Can’t Stop Thinking Big (25 min. tour documentary)
Behind The Scenes (featuring Jay Baruchel)
Outtakes
Interview With Dwush
Family Goy
Family Sawyer
The Watchmaker (intermission tour film)
Office Of The Watchmaker (closing tour film)