34 years and still kicking ass! Rush was AMAZING last night!!!

[charlie and algernon]

FINALLY got to see Rush for the first time last night and holy hell, they were AMAZING!! They played a bunch of songs from their new album, Snakes and Arrows, and a bunch of classics including Limelight, Freewill, The Spirit of Radio, 2112, Tom Sawyer, YYZ, A Little Victory, Passage to Bangkok. They got political with their new song, A Larger Bowl, by doing a slide show that hightlights the massive gap between rich and poor. Neal Peart did his signature drum solo which brought one of the biggest applauses of the night. After his solo, Lifeson got to do his own solo on a 12 string acustic guitar. Then they wrapped it up with Spirit of Radio, 2112, and Tom Sawyer with a great South Park Intro ('lil Rush). They came back for an encore and did Passage to Bangkok and concluded with and awesome YYZ. You'd never guess they were all in their 50s with the high level of energy they kept up the whole show.

Steven Colbert summed it up nicely Wednesday night when he talked about their not being in the Hall of Fame: "Are you going to name your next album This is Bullshit?"

[LynneSin]

1. Did they do CLoser to the Heart?

I so need to see Rush in Concert!!

[charlie and algernon]

3. surprisingly, they didn't

Idk if it got sacrificed so they could do their newer stuff or what, but they didn't play it. Here's the set-list:


Video Intro (features all 3 band members)
Limelight
Digital Man
Ghost of a Chance
Mission
Freewill
The Main Monkey Business
The Larger Bowl (with McKenzie Brothers intro)
Red Barchetta
The Trees
Between The Wheels
Dreamline

Intermission

Video Intro (What's That Smell? features all 3 members, Jerry Stiller)
Far Cry
Workin' Them Angels
Armor And Sword
Spindrift
The Way The Wind Blows
Subdivisions
Natural Science
Witch Hunt
Malignant Narcissism
Drum Solo
Hope
The Spirit of Radio
2112: Overture / The Temples of Syrinx
Tom Sawyer (with South Park intro)

Encore:

One Little Victory
A Passage to Bangkok
YYZ
Video Outro (Alex, Neil, Jerry Stiller)

[B3Nut]

5. Oh man what a setlist!

Some GREAT stuff there!

TP

[stuntcat]

2. My husband might see them Sunday night

His boss might have an extra ticket he can use. He's seen them a lot of times already but not in the past few years so I hope he'll get to go. I mean I hope the other guy won't get to go.

They were great on Colbert and so funny too but I was upset how the interrupted the music for the commercials x(

[charlie and algernon]

4. I hope he gets to go

their new songs are excellent and Peart has a new drum solo, plus Lifeson does a pretty cool solo.

[southpaw]

6. I really need to get my ass to a show this time around.

Honestly, I would need to buy Vapor Trails and Snakes and Arrows before going to see them... I've never heard anything from either of those albums.

How dare I even call myself a Rush fan! :blush:

[charlie and algernon]

7. meh, you don't need to get the albums before the show

what's a better way to hear a song for the first time than to hear it live? They only have 3 more shows left anyway: DC, Charlotte, Atlanta.

[southpaw]

8. I live about 2 hours from Atlanta

I need to look up the date and see if there are any tickets left.

[charlie and algernon]

9. Atlanta is 7/22

there very well may be seats, I was really surprised that they didn't sell out Hershey, but IDK, they had already played Pitt, Philly and Atlantic City, so PA could've been Rush-ed out by the time they got to Hershey. Good luck though!