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This leg so far:

 

The Body Electric/Bravado/7 Cities/Manhattan Project (Set A)

Limelight/Bravado/7 Cities/Manhattan Project (Set B) *FORMERLY KNOWN AS SET A1*

Middletown Dreams/The Pass/Wish Them Well/Dreamline (Set C) *FORMERLY KNOWN AS SET B*

 

 

Austin

 

Ft Lauderdale

 

Orlando

 

Nashville

 

Raleigh

 

Virginia Beach

 

Baltimore

 

-Just a note: It seems like the band is still treating this as an A/B rotation so pictures of the setlist and other websites will still use the A/B format. I'm doing it differently because it makes more sense to me. My Set B is completely different from the set B talked about on RIAB and all other websites. Basically, what they are calling "B", I'm calling "C".

 

Yeah, this is quickly becoming a clusterf**k. Also, it should be noted that everything in my OP is now highly inaccurate.

I may re-do my marathon and do full reviews of each album, song-by-song in order. Because the internet needs my worthless opinions on Rush albums.

Well I just did my simplified version of the marathon about a month ago.

 

All 19 studio albums (Feedback and the "Not Fade Away" single not included) in 2 days!

So, it seems like they've moved to an ABC rotation where the old "B" setlist has now become "C" and "B" is a new set consisting of all songs from set A except for The Body Electric which is replaced by Limelight.

 

ABC Rotation Setlist

 

Subdivisions

The Big Money

Force 10

Grand Designs

The Body Electric/Limelight/Middletown Dreams

Territories

The Analog Kid

Bravado/The Pass

Where's My Thing? (Part 4: Gangster of Boats Trilogy)/Drum Solo

Far Cry

 

(-Intermission-)

 

Caravan

Clockwork Angels

The Anarchist

Carnies

The Wreckers

Headlong Flight /Drum Solo

Halo Effect (with guitar solo intro)

Seven Cities Of Gold/Wish Them Well

The Garden

Manhattan Project/Dreamline

The Percussor (Electronic Drum Solo)

Red Sector A

YYZ

The Spirit Of Radio

 

Encore:

Tom Sawyer

2112 Overture/Temples/Grand Finale

I used to play Rock Band all of the time. I was actually fairly decent at The Trees. I tried playing it again and I'm not sure how I used to do it.

The main thing I hate right now is "Mall" Music. The kind of surface-level crap that people play in the background of things just so that there is music present. I find it really awful when people I know and care about take mall music seriously and tell me that the stuff I listen to is crappy. Lately, Mall-Country has really been bugging me. Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan are two of the worst culprits.

Ok, so Orlando got set B last night. Assuming that they continue alternating, the pattern has been reversed. So, my projected Setlist posting may now essentially be reversed.

 

Looks like Milwaukee is getting set A, and that makes me a sad David.

I would've died.

I have all of the original studio albums and I have every live album in one form or another (some I have on CD and others on DVD).

 

I don't care about special editions or compilations, so I don't have any.

 

The only album that I'm missing is Feedback. I'll get it eventually.

so does this mean nashville will get A? the suspense is killing me

 

Last night just leaves us with more questions. Did they just drop set B completely? Is Limelight/The Body Electric going to be the only alternate? Will all of the dialog from the intro/outro videos be over-dubbed with blahs?

 

(Also, yes I am obsessively color-coding all of my posts. I know it's pointless but I'm committed damnit! :madra:)

According to all previous predictions, tonight should've been a B set with Middletown Dreams/Limelight, The Pass, Wish Them Well, and Dreamline. Instead they played setlist A with The Body Electric.

I didn't really want a poll anyway. Just trying to boost my post count with a meaningless comment.

 

Meaningless Comments? Ok, I will partake.

"Our set list," says Lifeson reflexively. "It's an endless complaint. Everybody wants to hear everything."

 

 

call me easy to please, but i'm perfectly okay with whatever the boys decide to play

 

Me too. I just hope that I get to hear all of the songs that they decide to play! I already heard set A, so I'd really love to hear the alternates too!

damn

 

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. The show will still be great though!

wait this guy says nashville is set B....who is right???

 

I am, of course! :D.

 

Seriously though, if the band keeps doing the A-B nightly rotation, then Nashville will be set B.

 

 

Far Cry

 

 

YAY!!! LD

 

I love that song too. I don't mind them playing it every time I see them. It's become their essential late-period classic to me.

Rush Clockwork Angels 2013 Tour

 

Projected Setlist

 

 

 

23-Apr

Austin, TX AL

 

 

26-Apr

Ft. Lauderdale, FL B

 

 

28-Apr

Orlando, FL A

 

 

01-May

Nashville, TN B

 

 

03-May

Raleigh, NC A

 

 

05-May

Virginia Beach, VA B

 

 

07-May

Baltimore, MD A

 

 

09-May

Uncasville, CT B

 

 

11-May

Atlantic City, NJ A

 

 

22-May

Manchester, England B

 

 

24-May

London, England A

 

 

26-May

Birmingham, England B

 

 

28-May

Sheffield, England A

 

 

30-May

Glasgow, Scotland B

 

 

02-Jun

Amsterdam, Holland A

 

 

04-Jun

Cologne, Germany B

 

 

06-Jun

Berlin, Germany A

 

 

08-Jun

Solvesborg, Sweden B

 

 

10-Jun

Helsinki, Finland A

 

 

21-Jun

Hershey, PA B

 

 

23-Jun

Wantagh, NY A

 

 

25-Jun

Saratoga, NY B

 

 

28-Jun

Chicago, IL A

 

 

30-Jun

Grand Rapids, MI B

 

 

02-Jul

Cincinnati, OH A

 

 

04-Jul

Milwaukee, WI B

 

 

06-Jul

Hamilton, ON A

 

 

08-Jul

Ottawa, ON B

 

 

10-Jul

Quebec City, QC A

 

 

12-Jul

Halifax, NS B

 

 

14-Jul

Halifax, NS A

 

 

24-Jul

Calgary, AB B

 

 

26-Jul

Vancouver, BC A

 

 

28-Jul

Portland, OR B

 

 

31-Jul

Salt Lake City, UT A

 

 

02-Aug

Denver, CO B

 

 

04-Aug

Kansas City, MO A

I'm hoping that they play The Blah Wheel.

My show last year was the first one of the tour where they did Limelight. I was really looking forward to hearing TBE for the first time but LL, even though it's been played to death, was a nice surprise. It certainly got the crowd going after they had played a couple deep cuts nobody knew. I'm fine with LL being a regular song again, i've always loved it and have never grown tired of it. Plus, it's a song that gets the crowd going. While it's cool they're playing so many deep cuts and new stuff, we need to keep in mind that LL is one of those songs that got a lot of people into Rush and it's a song everyone in the crowd will know. They need to play some of the hits in order to not completely lose the attention of thousands of people each night when they go into the rare/new songs.

 

Even with the LL being played the set is still catered more towards the diehard fan. Adding in one hit doesn't shift the balance of the set at all. There's still more rarely played songs and new stuff then there are hits in the set. So adding in one staple doesn't bother me at all. At least it's a great tune.

 

I'm happy that Limelight is back also, I'm just upset that it's possibly at the expense of 2 other songs. I wouldn't mind them replacing say, Territories, with it.

"Why do you keep calling me 'Calvin'?"

"It's your name, right? Calvin Klein?

(beat)

It's written all over your underwear."

"Do I really oughta swear?"

"Yes! Goddamnit George, Swear!"

So, tonight Austin heard the A setlist with Limelight.

 

This means that Limelight may now be a permanent fixture. I certainly hope not, but it is what it is (and whatever ). We should know in a few days.

I find the setlist on www.2112.net to be a bit difficult to follow. It's understandable because there are a lot of changes being made this tour. So, here's my current understanding of the setlist:

 

Subdivisions

The Big Money

Force 10

Grand Designs

The Body Electric/Middletown Dreams/Limelight

Territories

The Analog Kid

Bravado/The Pass

Where's My Thing? (Part 4: Gangster of Boats Trilogy)/Drum Solo

Far Cry

(-Intermission-)

Caravan

Clockwork Angels

The Anarchist

Carnies

The Wreckers

Headlong Flight /Drum Solo

Halo Effect (with guitar solo intro)

Seven Cities Of Gold/Wish Them Well

The Garden

Manhattan Project/Dreamline

The Percussor (Electronic Drum Solo)

Red Sector A

YYZ

The Spirit Of Radio (Working Man)

Encore: Tom Sawyer

2112 Overture/Temples/Grand Finale

SETLIST A

SETLIST B

RANDOM MODIFIER

DROPPED

 

I know that Dreamline was played in place of Manhattan Project in Houston, which was otherwise an A show (with Limelight). I'm just trying to get a somewhat clear picture of what's going on so I can try to forecast what I'm gonna hear in Milwaukee.

 

I of course realize that this could all be blown to bits based on what is played during the second half of tonight.

 

EDIT: Also, I meant to tag this as "Color Coded"

So far great show. Playing Bravado now.

 

So, Setlist A6 so far? Man, they've made a lot of modifications this tour.

If the Runaways were a real band and not just a money-grubbing, managerial construct, I would feel like Geddy was out-of-line by saying that they were too shitty to listen to. Fortunately, that is not the case.