Rush 30th Anniversary Tour
Published August 06, 2004
After Rush finally left the stage, for good, most of the crowd stayed and continued to cheer, hoping for another encore. Greedy bastards! Eventually, the video screen came back to life and there again was Jerry Stiller amusingly admonishing the remaining crowd, "What? Thirty songs weren't enough for you!? It's Over! Go Home!" This was a fitting end to a spectacular show.
Now I will do some nitpicking of the set list if you don't mind. Where the hell was "Freewill", "Natural Science", "Analog Kid", "New World Man", "The Big Money", "Show Don't Tell".....blah, blah, blah. OK, so they played most of these during the last tour, but I (how do you emphasize "I" when it is only one letter?) want to hear these songs every time I see them. I didn't really need to hear three cover songs, although they were good. Two would have been plenty. Same with Vapor Trails. Lose "Bravado" and "By-Tor", add more Signalsand Permanent Waves songs, and now we're frigging talking. Oh, just listen to me bitch, after almost everyone nearly wrote these guys off when they took a five year hiatus (like a lot of bands do routinely), they came roaring back with two incredible tours, a couple of decent albums, and an awesome DVD. I'll be first in line again for tickets to the next tour.
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- Published: August 06, 2004
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- Filed Under: Music: Classic Rock and Oldies, Music: Hard Rock, Music: Progressive Rock
- Writer: Paul Roy
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RUSH 30th Anniversary Tour DVD?! As Homer J. would say....WHOOOHOOOO!!!! I was eagerly hoping for this, but never though they would film/release two tours in a row. But then again, Rush always did have a thing for putting out live material. I only hope that this news is true, or I will hold you personally responsible for teasing me so cruelly. Just Kidding. Thanks for the tip.





WELL, Actually RUSH are in the process of making a 30th Anniversary DVD. They recorded a show on their tour. I think it was the 24th september.
But they are in the process of releasing it as we speak.