Showing posts with label Snakes and Arrows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snakes and Arrows. Show all posts

Monday, January 21, 2008

Rush 2008 Tour Dates Announced

Rush - 2008 Tour Dates (Snakes and Arrows Tour cont.)

April 11 San Juan, PR - Coliseo de Puerto Rico
April 13 Ft Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
April 15 Orlando, FL - Amway Center
April 17 Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
April 19 New Orleans, LA - Arena
April 20 Houston, TX - Woodlands Pavilion
April 23 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
April 25 Dallas, TX - The Music Center at Fair Park
April 26 Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
April 29 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
May 1 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
May 3 Reno, NV - Reno Events Center
May 4 Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion
May 6 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

June 1 Portland, OR - Clark County Amphitheatre
June 3 Boise, ID, - Idaho Center
June 5 Denver, CO - Red Rocks
June 7 Kansas City, MO- Starlight Theatre
June 9 Chicago, IL - United Center
June 10 Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
June 12 Montreal, QC - Bell Center
June 14 Philadelphia, PA- Wachovia Center
June 15 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center
June 25 Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Amphitheatre
June 27 Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
June 28 St Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 30 Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center

July 2 Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Amphitheatre
July 4 Atlantic City, NJ - Marc Etess Arena
July 5 Saratoga, NY - SPAC
July 7 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
July 9 Toronto, ON - The Molson Amphitheatre
July 11 Manchester, MA - Verizon Arena
July 12 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
July 14 Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
July 17 Hershey, PA - Hershey Stadium
July 19 Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
July 20 Charlotte, NC - Amphitheatre
July 22 Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park

"American Express Cardmembers will also have the opportunity to purchase advance tickets January 26th through February 1st for Rush performances in Boston; Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Holmdel, Wantagh and January 27th through February 2nd in Los Angeles and Irvine. In addition there will be a MUSICTODAY fan club presale for all Rush performances in conjunction with RUSH.COM starting January 22 through January 24."

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Rush Ends 2007 World Tour with a Bang

Rush closed out the 2007 world tour with a literal bang when during the song "Far Cry" some pyro exploded behind the band, and took out Alex Lifeson's amp along with it. It happens at the 3:45 mark and couldn't have been timed better. The lyrics at that point "You can almost see the circuits blowing" and it's amazing that Geddy and Neil continue the song by themselves. I love Geddy's quote at the end "You have to excuse us. Alex's amplifier seems to have blown up here. So if you can give us just a few minutes here, we'll continue properly."

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Rush has the #6 on the top ten concert tours of Summer '07



Usa Today listed the top 10 concert tours of this last summer and Rush has come in at #6. Their 38 U.S. shows grossed 21 million dollars and had 399,000 people attend. They are the biggest cult band in the world. I only got to see the Usana (Utah) show this time, but it was amazing as always. I have also seen them in Vegas and California, but it just didn't work out this year to see more than one show.

The top 10 summer concerts of 2007 are:

1. The Police
2. Kenny Chesney
3. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
4. Celine Dion
5. Dave Matthews Band
6. Rush
7. John Mayer
8. Beyonce
9. Roger Waters
10. Tool

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

RUSH World Tour Starts Tonight


Rush's Snakes and Arrows starts tonight in Atlanta, GA. They will be in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 6th. Check out rush.com or rushisaband.com for more info!

Snakes and Arrows is some of their strongest work, especially lyrically. Songs deal with how the world is vs. how we would like it to be, war, fear, religion, faith, etc. Now in their 50's they sound like they are 20 years old. It's fresh and exciting, but the music is complex, mature and interesting. Definitely worth checking out.