R40 Live Tour

R40 Live Tour
Promotional tour by Rush
Start date May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)
End date August 1, 2015 (2015-08-01)
Legs 3
No. of shows 35
Rush concert chronology

The R40 Live Tour was a 2015 concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush that commemorated the 40th anniversary of drummer Neil Peart joining the band in July 1974. The title hearkens back to Rush's 2005 R30: 30th Anniversary Tour that celebrated the 30 year anniversary of the band. The tour began on May 8 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and concluded in Inglewood, California on August 1. It is expected to be Rush's last large-scale tour. The shows performed on June 17 and 19, 2015 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto were filmed and released as the concert film R40 Live on November 20, 2015.

Set list

First set

"The World Is...The World Is" (video introduction)

  1. "The Anarchist"
  2. "Clockwork Angels" or "The Wreckers"
  3. "Headlong Flight" and "Drumbastica" (Neil Peart drum solo)
  4. "Far Cry"
  5. "The Main Monkey Business"
  6. "One Little Victory" or "How It Is"
  7. "Animate"
  8. "Roll the Bones"
  9. "Distant Early Warning" or "Between the Wheels"
  10. "Losing It"
  11. "Subdivisions"

Second set

"No Country for Old Hens" (video introduction)

  1. "Tom Sawyer"
  2. "Red Barchetta", "The Camera Eye" or "YYZ"
  3. "The Spirit of Radio"
  4. "Natural Science"
  5. "Jacob's Ladder"
  6. "Cygnus X-1
    I. "Hemispheres" (Prelude)
    II. "The Voyage"
        1. "Prologue"
        2. "Part I"
        3. "The Story So Far" (Neil Peart drum solo)
        4. "Part III"
  7. "Closer to the Heart"
  8. "Xanadu"
  9. "2112"
    I. "Overture"
    II. "The Temples of Syrinx"
    III. "Presentation"
    IV. "Grand Finale"

Encore

"Mel's Rock Pile" starring Eugene Levy (video introduction)

  1. "Lakeside Park"
  2. "Anthem"
  3. "What You're Doing"
  4. "Working Man" featuring intro excerpt of "Garden Road"

"Exit Stage Left" (video outro)

Tour dates

Date[1] City Country Venue
North America (1st leg)
May 8, 2015 Tulsa United States BOK Center
May 10, 2015 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena
May 12, 2015 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
May 14, 2015 St. Louis Scottrade Center
May 16, 2015 Austin Austin360 Amphitheater
May 18, 2015 Dallas American Airlines Center
May 20, 2015 Houston Toyota Center
May 22, 2015 New Orleans Smoothie King Center
May 24, 2015 Tampa Amalie Arena
May 26, 2015 Alpharetta Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
May 28, 2015 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
May 30, 2015 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
North America (2nd leg)
June 8, 2015 Columbus United States Nationwide Arena
June 10, 2015 Buffalo First Niagara Center
June 12, 2015 Chicago United Center
June 14, 2015 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
June 17, 2015 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre (R40 Live)
June 19, 2015
June 21, 2015 Montreal Centre Bell
June 23, 2015 Boston United States TD Garden
June 25, 2015 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
June 27, 2015 Newark Prudential Center
June 29, 2015 New York City Madison Square Garden
North America (Final leg)
July 9, 2015 Kansas City United States Sprint Center
July 11, 2015 Denver Pepsi Center
July 13, 2015 West Valley City Maverik Center
July 15, 2015 Calgary Canada Saddledome
July 17, 2015 Vancouver Rogers Arena
July 19, 2015 Seattle United States KeyArena
July 21, 2015 Portland Moda Center
July 23, 2015 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose
July 25, 2015 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
July 27, 2015 Phoenix US Airways Center
July 29, 2015 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
August 1, 2015 Inglewood The Forum

Gross

The tour grossed US$37.8 million, with 442,337 tickets sold at 35 concerts.[2]

Live album

Rush recorded two of their shows in June in Toronto for a live album released on November 20, 2015.[3] The live album reached number one on Billboard Top Rock Albums chart.[4]

Book

Neil Peart released a book about the tour titled Far And Wide: Bring That Horizon To Me! on September 13, 2015.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rush-2015-tour/
  2. ↑ http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2015/2015YearEndTop100WorldwideTours.pdf
  3. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rush-40-tour-dvd/
  4. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6784853/rush-debuts-no-1-top-rock-albums-r40-live
  5. ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rush-drummer-neil-peart-chronicles-r40-live-tour-in-new-book/
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