Rush-- Wed night Jones Beach

[dcablemon]

Anyone going? Beers in the lot b4 the show!

[malja316]

I wish I could but its my daughters 1st birthday that day....but I will be at Jones Beach next sun the 15th for Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy and Satriani...Have fun at Rush and PLEASE post a detailed review of the show. (and if u can remember waht songs they played that would be great too)

[dcablemon]

Ive seen lists posted online of the tour...looks like a great setlist. Im never one to remember a setlist from a show. My brains shot!

[TPJM]

Originally posted by dcablemon
Ive seen lists posted online of the tour...looks like a great setlist. Im never one to remember a setlist from a show. My brains shot!

Post the RUSH setlist here if you can!

I'm seeing the 2 shows at Radio City so I might not attend Jones but I haven't made up my mind yet and still might go.

If I do see RUSH at Jones it's 4 concerts in 5 days for me as I'll see Joan Jett at Playland on 8/12, AC/DC cover band locally on 8/13 and Deep Purple\Satchmo\Lizzy at Jones on 8/15.

My ears will be ringing.

[zebrachikodoom]

l'll be there tailgating somewhere

[dcablemon]

I'll be the blonde guy with the red Mustang by Zachs. Come say hi!

[zebrachikodoom]

zachs???????? what year mustang??? i can't wait!!!!!!! my 3rd time to see rush

[TPJM]

Is Jones Beach still dry? Do they sell beer yet there or do you still have to cover it up in the parking lot tailgate partys?

[NY DREAMER]

Dry Dry Dry!! Unless you are in the VIP area! Its ****s if ya ask me. They should just stop selling it at a certain point in the concert like every other place does! Tailgating is a crap shoot. Sometimes good sometimes a drinking ticket! But....Have a great time at the show and let us know how it was!

[zebrachikodoom]

yeah have to buy those red cups. but i guess they don't bust chops to bad as long as you make the attempt to have it covered

[chinarain62]

Have fun everyone and I hope it doesn't rain on ya tommorrow night!

[TPJM]

No beer at Jones Beach. As sad a commentary as this is, it made for a very dead crowd last time on the VT tour. Too bad, since Jones Beach is one of the most beautiful and unique venues anywhere IMO.

Wednesday night is Long Island's turn to enjoy the boys.

Here is your forcast:


Wednesday night. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Locally heavy rain possible. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

[dcablemon]

Zachs bay.....the little beach by the theatre with the concession stand.....and bathrooms! Looks like it may be a wet one!

[zebrachikodoom]

i think so!!!!! flash flood warnings and jones beach is rain or shine

[Doorman]

30th Anniversary Tour
(An Evening With Rush)
May 26, 2004 - Oct. 1, 2004
The Spirit of Radio Greatest Hits released Feb. 11, 2003
Rush In Rio released Oct. 21, 2003
Feeback released June 29, 2004

Tourdates - Tourbook - Rants - News & Reviews

"We always talked about throwing a cover or two into the encore just for fun. When we put this 30th anniversary tour together, we realized that we didn't have enough time to do a proper studio album. A friend of mine suggested, 'Well, maybe you guys should dip into your past. Play some songs you used to play when you were in your formative years. Just record them quickly for fun, not overthink it, and just put out a little EP to celebrate where you were as opposed to where you are.' We thought it might be a way to juice us before the tour, so that's what we did. We tried not to get too trendy with it and really go back and play songs that we really did play in early versions of our band." - Geddy Lee, The Columbus Dispatch, June 2, 2004

"The Camera Eye, from our Moving Pictures album, is almost always at the top of the request list. We've given it a shot, but we always go, 'Well, I just don’t want to play that song. I’m not thrilled about it.'...You don’t want to disappoint, but you have to be honest." - Geddy Lee, The Columbus Dispatch, June 2, 2004

"I know that people always request us to play (1981's) 'The Camera Eye,' and every tour we think about that. But we just don't dig playing that song, and if you don't dig playing it, you're not gonna play it well. It has nothing to do with whether it's a good song or not. If you're not getting off on it, you're not gonna do a good job with it on a nightly basis." - Geddy Lee, Las Vegas Sun, July 16, 2004

"[R30 Overture] was an idea that Neil had. He suggested that maybe we could pay tribute to those songs in some way other than….obviously we can't play as many songs as we'd like to, we're already well over 3 hours. So in rehearsals, actually quite late in rehearsals, we decided to throw a bunch of them together and see if we could make some sort of overture. So we came up with this "R30 Overture" idea and worked on it. It came together quite quickly actually. I think it's a nice way to open the show. It's really easy to pull songs together if you don't have to sing them. It's like a walk in the park." - Geddy Lee, fye.com, July 9, 2004

"There was talk about doing 'Second Nature' as an acoustic song - I think that would be a good treatment for a song like that. Again, it's a question of time. I'd love to extend the acoustic thing to be half-an-hour long, but I don't know if we could justify that in the context of all our material." - Geddy Lee, fye.com, July 9, 2004

For this tour, every album other than Presto is represented in setlist (which has not changed since opening night). Rather than doing an oldies medley before the encore, as was often done in the past, the very first six songs are an instrumental medley with each segment lasting approximately 1-1:30 each titled "R30 Overture" on the setlist sheet at the soundboard. These first six songs, and the following seventh song, are from the first seven albums played in chronological order. Counting "R30 Overture" as one song, there were 30 songs played. "Animate" has been slightly rearranged for this tour: in the studio version the opening chorus is sung in full; for the R30 version the chorus is broken up such that the first half is sung at the beginning of the song and the second half after the first verse (it is sung in full after the fourth verse). "Red Barchetta" is the original arrangement, versus the 'punchier' version played on tour in the 90's; "Between The Wheels" is played for the first time since the Power Windows warm-up tour. For the first time ever, "Grand Finale" is included in the "2112" medley and "Working Man" concludes with a reggae ending (as opposed to a reggae intro as was last played during the Moving Pictures tour). At the end of "The Trees", Alex can be heard playing a bit of The Beatles' "I Feel Fine" followed by "Day Tripper". In 1990, when asked what songs inspired him to play guitar, he began with "Well, I remember hearing the beginning of 'I Feel Fine' by the Beatles. There's a little bit of feedback that rings out in the beginning, and I thought that was the coolest thing I've ever heard [laughs]. Also the riff to 'Day Tripper'..." - Alex Lifeson (Guitar School, May 1990, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 20-24). For additional information, visit the 30th Anniversary Tour news page.

'R30 Overture' (medley, with Jerry Stiller intro film)
Finding My Way->
Anthem->
Bastille Day->
A Passage To Bangkok->
Cygnus X-1 (Prologue)->
Hemispheres (Prelude)
The Spirit of Radio
Force Ten
Animate
Subdivisions
Earthshine
Red Barchetta
Roll The Bones
Bravado
YYZ
The Trees (I Feel Fine & Day Tripper ending)
The Seeker
One Little Victory (with dragon intro)
(-Intermission-/'That Darned Dragon' intro)
Tom Sawyer
Dreamline
Secret Touch
Between the Wheels
Mystic Rhythms
Red Sector A
Drum Solo
Resist (acoustic-Geddy and Alex)
Heart Full of Soul (acoustic-Geddy/Alex/Neil)
2112 (Overture/Temples of Syrinx/Grand Finale)
La Villa Strangiato (Lerxst rant)
By-Tor and the Snow Dog (abbreviated)->
Xanadu
Working Man (reggae ending)
Encore:
Summertime Blues
Crossroads
Limelight (with Jerry Stiller outro film)

Here ya go...................................

[Doorman]

New RUSH Setlist

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First Set:

1 - Finding My Way (medley)
2 - Anthem (medley)
3 - Bastille (medley)
4 - Bangkok (medley)
5 - Cygnus (medley)
6 - Prelude (medley)

7 - The Spirit of Radio
8 - Force Ten
9 - Animate
10 - Subdivisions
11 - Earthshine
12 - Red Barchetta
13 - Roll The Bones
14 - Bravado
15 - YYZ
16 - The Trees
17 - The Seeker
18 - One Little Victory

INTERMISSION

Second Set:

19 - Tom Sawyer
20 - Dreamline
21 - Secret Touch
22 - Between the Wheels
23 - Mystic Rhythms
24 - Red Sector A
25 - Drum Solo
26 - Resist (acoustic)
27 - Heart Full of Soul (acoustic)
28 - 2112 (overture, temples, finale)
29 - La Villa Strangiato
30 - ByTor & the Snow Dog
31 - Xanadu (w/ doubleneck!!)
32 - Working Man

Encore:

33 - Summertime Blues
34 - Crossroads
35 - Limelight
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[chinarain62]

Doesn't look like you guys are gonna get rained out! :cool:

[love2sing]

I'd bring an umbrella, just in case

[Crash N' Ride]

So how was the show?!?!?!?!

[dcablemon]

xcellant--and the rain gods held out!

[chinarain62]

Cool! Glad everyone had a nice time!

[rushtrader]

Next Rush show, Saturday night @ PNC

[chinarain62]

RT is following in D-Man's footsteps....a "no show" at the Zebra show.....:(


It's ok though RT - the DIVAS will allow you ONE no show!

[OU812]

Originally posted by rushtrader
Next Rush show, Saturday night @ PNC RT do you have a after show pass

[zebrachikodoom]

oh man,they are such a great band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love them

they rocked jones beach last night

but i haven't seen them do my favorite since the roll the bones tour

"ghost of a chance"

[TPJM]

Half the people on the Counterparts message board say the sound was terrible last night and half say it was good. Guess it depended on where you sat.

I never made it but plan on being at both Radio City shows next week!!

[zebrachikodoom]

if you are sitting up in the nose bleeds the sound is different because the wind blows the sound around

[stinker1224]

Originally posted by zebrachikodoom
if you are sitting up in the nose bleeds the sound is different because the wind blows the sound around


I WAS UP THERE and couldn't understand a word..LOL
I'm spoiled...and used to be up front.

BUT it wa a good show and I love the Dragon!
I wonder if he's seeing anyone??? hummmm

[EVHFV]

I haven't seen them since the Test For Echo tour. :( Luckily, my fav from them is Subdivisions. They always play that. My 17 year old nephew saw them in Hartford last week, said it was awesome. A great live band, even though I always thought they could be heavier. The last what, 4...5 tours, no opening band? Selling all those tickets all these years on their own, that's saying something!!! Alex is a truly underrated player.

[J.B.]

Originally posted by OU812
RT do you have a after show pass

Randy's kidz were backstage last night with Buchman.