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Only twice. First Permanent Waves tour in 1980 (Manchester Apollo), then 33 years later Clockwork Angels in 2013 (Manchester Arena). I did fall out out of love though around when Power Windows came out.
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Signals, Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida (with guest Jon Butcher Axis) (MAR 1983)

 

P/g, Astrodome in Houston, TX (The Texxas Jam with Gary Moore, Bryan Adams, .38 Special, and Ozzy Osbourne) (JUN 1984)

 

Hold Your Fire, Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, AZ (FEB 1988, recorded for A Show of Hands

 

Vapor Trails, Sandstone Amphitheater in Bonner Springs, KS (AUG 2002)

 

R30, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Sandstone Amphitheater) in Bonner Springs, KS (JUN 2004)

 

R30, Tweeter Center, Camden NJ (AUG 2004)

 

S&A, Nissan Pavillion, Bristow VA (JUN 2007)

 

S&A, Tweeter Center, Camden NJ (JUL 2007)

 

S&A Live, Wachovia Center, Philadelphia PA (JUN 2008)

 

S&A Live, Nissan Pavillion, Bristow VA (JUL 2008)

 

Time Machine, Verizon Wireless, Atlanta GA (SEP 2010)

 

Clockwork Angels, Verizon Wireless, Atlanta GA (NOV 2012)

 

R40, Verizon Wireless, Atlanta GA (MAY 2015)

 

So, 13 shows ...

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19 times:

 

Hemispheres, Feb 25th 1979, Austin Texas (April Wine) *

Permanent Waves, Feb 7th 1980, Austin Texas (Max Webster) *

Moving Pictures, April 11th, 1981, San Antonio Texas (Max Webster)

Signals, March 2nd, 1983, San Antonio Texas (Golden Earring) *

Power Windows, January 18th, 1986, Austin Texas (Steve Morse) *

Hold Your Fire, January 30th, 1988, Austin Texas (Tommy Shaw) *

Presto, February 28th, 1990, San Antonio Texas (Mr Big) *

Roll The Bones, February 20th, 1992, Austin Texas (Primus) *

Counterparts, January 25th, 1994, Austin Texas (Candlebox) *

Test For Echo, December 2nd 1996, San Antonio Texas

Test For Echo, December 5th 1996, Houston Texas

Test For Echo, May 25th, 1997, Woodlands Texas

Vapor Trails, September 14th, 2002, George Washington

R30, July 2nd, 2004, Auburn Washington

R30, July 3nd, 2004, Ridgefield Washington

Snakes & Arrows, July 20th, 2007, Auburn Washington

Snakes & Arrows, July 21st, 2007, Ridgefield Washington

Time Machine, August 7th, 2010, Auburn Washington

Clockwork Angels, November 13th, 2012, Seattle Washington

 

* within a month of my birthday

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I've seen them 4 times:

 

Test for Echo Tour - 1996

Vapor Trails Tour - 2002

R30 Tour - 2004

Snakes and Arrows Tour - 2007

 

As you can see by this list, I didn't get to see them until later in their career and later in my life. I've been a hard core fan since 17 years old, I'm 48 now. Unfortunately, I never had the money to really travel to go see them. I was 26 when I first saw them in Philadelphia and the other 3 were in my home town, Scranton PA.

 

Believe me, I would have loved to seen some of those earlier shows, but at least I saw what I saw!

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17. I'll never see the 18th. :(

It’s like watching Hand of God for the first time then learning you’ll see no more.

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I’ve seen ever tour from the Signals tour to R40*. Signals to T4E was always multiple venues like the Meadowlands, Garden, PNC or Jones Beach. When VT came out I was adulting so one show per tour, although I caught a second R40 show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

*I was not in Rio.

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That would be none. Grew up poor in an isolated place that ruled out concerts, became an adult and moved out into the world, discovered I had an auditory processing disorder and a fear of crowds. I'm totally okay with sticking to recorded music only.
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That would be none. Grew up poor in an isolated place that ruled out concerts, became an adult and moved out into the world, discovered I had an auditory processing disorder and a fear of crowds. I'm totally okay with sticking to recorded music only.

 

It's cool that you know yourself and what you would enjoy! I am in the zero concert club too for a couple of reasons, part of it was living out west in a small town/no money also.

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5 or 6. Had i really known about them starting from high school, I would have seen them many many more times, possibly been a Rushhead, earned my Masters in Rushian, I've said this before - I believe my life would have turned out differently.
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I've been to six different Rush Tour concerts. My first one was their "Grace Under Pressure Tour" in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens in Sept. 1984. My second one was their "Power Windows Tour" in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens in Mar. 1986. My third one was their "Roll the Bones Tour" in Vancouver at Pacific Coliseum in Feb. 1992. My fourth one was their "Test For Echo Tour" in Vancouver at General Motors Place in May 1997. My fifth one was their "Clockwork Angels Tour" in Vancouver at Rogers Arena in July 2013. My sixth one was their "R40 Live 40th Anniversary Tour" in Vancouver at Rogers Arena in July 2015.
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Permanent, there have been live tours of theirs available on d.v.d., blu-ray, and on-line to watch, and enjoy, too,
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Taurus, If you don't mind sharing by saying, and posting, do you remember where you saw them?
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Taurus, If you don't mind sharing by saying, and posting, do you remember where you saw them?

 

virtually all shows in Toronto, either Maple Leaf Gardens [1981-1994]/Air Canada Center [2007/2012/2015] or Molson Amphitheater [1997/2002]. The exceptions being saw a CA show at Copps in Hamilton [2013], Time Machine tour in Ottawa [2010], a S&A show in London Ontario [2007]

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I used to think I was hard core, seeing 28 shows since 1976. Then, I ran into this dude at the airport in Minneapolis who was wearing a Rush T shirt. We started chatting and he told me had seen 278 shows. And, the way he was talking, I believed him. THAT is hard-core. 28 shows is soft-core.
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While I would have welcomed seeing Rush as many times as possible, it would have been too disruptive to see the band that many times. I wouldn't have been able to afford that many shows and I don't know how I could have made the time. The only thing I really wish is to have been old enough to see them on earlier tours. I was 15 when I saw them for the first time on the MP tour but was already a fan for 3-4 years so seeing a PeW or Hemispheres tour would have been mind blowing.
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