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QUOTE (gangsterfurious @ Sep 10 2012, 04:38 PM) QUOTE (apetersvt @ Sep 10 2012, 12:17 PM) I had VIP for the Washington DC show last night. I ended up getting 3rd row right in front of Geddy. So, I was very pleased with how it turned out. Although, I would have preferred to be on Alex's side. Do you remember what time your purchase went through when you were getting the packages? So from reading the thread, it looks like VIP tix, are the way to go! My two packages are Indy and Chicago. The checkout times were 12:05 pm for Chicago and roughly 4:30 pm for Indy (wanted to have a different viewing perspective if possible? for the lighting/video screen). Will advise where I end up for both shows. Got the tix pickup time and location email from Live VIP Nation today!!! Already got the two sweatshirt hoodies, but nothing else yet? I'm leaving WI tomorrow for Thursday's show in Indy...I'm so stoked!!!

QUOTE (Janie @ Sep 9 2012, 12:24 PM) SEATTLE IN DA HOUSE! Y'all are a bunch of . Seattle, eh? Come to Wisconsin in Jan/Feb/Mar...we'll see who the Real 's are!! Normally it Snows every F'n day!!

QUOTE (iluvgeddy05 @ Sep 10 2012, 04:53 AM) QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Sep 9 2012, 10:12 PM) Some of you need to grow the f**k up. "You don't like the setlist?!? MOM HE DOESN'T LIKE THE SETLIST!!" Seriously. A bunch of f***ing ten year olds. LOL X 1,000,000!!!

QUOTE (snowdogged @ Sep 9 2012, 09:05 AM) QUOTE (rocketom @ Sep 9 2012, 08:55 AM) They are going to borrow the small Air Plane that Roger Waters used in his Wall shows and crash it into a cardboard cutout of the World Trade Centers. That's just tasteless! A big + 1 on this! Have some respect!

QUOTE (delrancho223 @ Sep 9 2012, 04:53 AM) I got and email yesterday for the show in phili on Tuesday. Yet noting on the other stuff other than there shipping it, i did see that in a previous e-mail that you should receive the e-mail about the ticket location around 5 days before the concert. Since your show is Thursday you should get one today or tomorrow i think. I hope this helps, and rock on Yeah, I'm checking my email often! Strange that they'd send the sweatshirts out before the teeshirts?

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QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 9 2012, 01:59 AM) Great pics! And the Kelly D pic is nice too... I loved all the pics! Yep, Kelly is the Goddess!!

QUOTE (P33v3 @ Sep 8 2012, 08:45 PM) For those that bought the VIP Nation VIP package. How was it? Any special surprises in it? Did you even get the package yet? Were the seats any good? Guess I'll find out by Thursday! I did receive the two sweatshirt Hoodies today, but nothing else yet! No email about the pickup for the tix on showdays either! Weird!!! Will advise....

QUOTE (Gnoom @ Sep 8 2012, 12:22 AM) Absolutely ZERO tracks from 2112 on the Clockwork Angels Tour suggests Rush is purposely chilling their all-time classic for now...in order to bring it back in full form (all of side 1 anyway) for R40. This would also explain why certain other classics were omitted from the current tour...they're obviously saving the best for (not last, but) next. That's how I'm reading into it, anyway. What say ye? Yea, or nay? Yep, thats what I'm thinking at this point! Question is when R40 would happen as some 2013 tour dates surely are still unconfirmed/unannounced? They will need a break in early 2014. Maybe in late 2014/early 2015??

Personally, I really enjoy the idea of the boys pulling out rare 80's gems to play live now as I've been a fan since back then. They can surely revisit the "frequents" on the next R40 tour.

Purchased a copy last night from Barnes & Noble, but haven't started to read it yet as I was following the earlier manchester tour opener info feeds. Now that I know the setlist, I can focus and read the book. Nice suprise as well that the lyrics to CA are at the end of the book. I got to get most of 'em memorized before Thursday's show!!

QUOTE (Astroboy2112 @ Sep 8 2012, 12:27 AM) Ok this is my response to all these old grumpy old men stuck in the 80's who dont have a clue about modern rock sounds and yet get in their high horse, brag that they have $5,000 audio systems and criticize CA here and elsewhere... Have you listened to Nick R's body of work? No right? Do you think that Rush hired Nick without hearing his previous work!? Have you ever considered that maybe the problem is not CA but your lack of familiarity and knowledge of the modern bands that currently influence Rush's sound? Do you honestly think that they got Nick R so he could mix CA like Peter Collins would and he just failed miserably at it?! You guys need to stop this CA sounds like Rush doesn't care about sound anymore crap. CA sounds the way that it was meant to sound. Rush obviously heard Nick's work on coheed and cambria, stone sour, foo fighters, Deftones, Trivium, etc etc You guys clearly haven't! Otherwise you'll realize that those records sound like CA does!! They wanted that KICK ASS loud sound because CA is a KICK ASS album. Get it? It's tiring to hear that CA it's too loud. It's *^$* meant to be loud and heavy!! You are beginning to sound like your parents when you were little. "Son that Black Sabath stuff sounds terrible, that's too loud and messy! Here listen to The Everly Brothers" Well that's you now. You've become that person. You are stubborn in your ways and way too protective of the sounds you grew up with. Everything else is unacceptable! Your stuck in your generation's sound and music. RUSH ISNT!!! They are not that type of band they are looking FWD ALWAYS! On the CA fanpack Neil mentions how he stays in touch with his inner 17 year old and asks him whether he thinks what they are doing is cool.You guys lost that. Were you simply listening to the music when you were 17 or where you looking at waveforms and going wow this shit is all wrong. Look at this waveform, this is too loud!!!? It's not Rush's fault that some fans simply don't listen to any modern music and are stuck in the 70's or 80's. CA is a kickass record with a kickass mix. Just because it sounds modern doesnt make it bad. Learn to understand modern mixing and mastering instead of dismissing them as "too loud" "no clarity", "a mess" and all these other ignorant comments. You are listening to a 2012 Hard rock record looking for 70's or 80's soft rock sounds - not happening! I want my clarity on mellow material (like presto for example) i want my space on a atmospheric nocturnal kinda record but not on kickass material like BU2B, The Anarchist or Headlong Flight!! On that type of material i want a loud in your face mix that makes me want to rock! They are modern KICK ASS rock songs meant to sound like modern KICK ASS rock songs!! That's just how modern mixing of heavy music is done. People like it and it has always been the norm in the rock world. Each era wants to sound different from the previous one. Does the new generation of rock listeners want their Linkin Park, Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, etc to sound like Journey or Van Halen?! Hell no! They sound the way they sound on purpose, just like Rush sounds the way they sound on CA on purpose. They want to attract new listeners, they want to make new fans, they are catering to the young and young in spirit with this new record and you just don't do that mixing your album like an 80's album. You know why modern rock critics like this album? Because they understand the modern rock sound it has and can appreciate the awesome material in the record. You know why you old audiophiles dont like it? It's because as much as you think you know about sound you simply don't know jack about modern rock sounds and since you can't get pass the sound you cant discover how truly awesome this record is. Get out of your comfort zone, grab some of Nick R's produced records and comeback to this album and maybe you'll get it but going from listening to Permanent Waves (1981) to CA (2012) wont help you gain an understanding of CA at the sonic level. Finally, get in touch with ur inner kid and listen to this album as if you were a kid and you will see it's magic. (From a female fan)

QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Sep 7 2012, 07:00 PM)QUOTE (rushfanforever! @ Sep 7 2012, 05:15 PM) QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Sep 7 2012, 05:01 PM) QUOTE (rushfanforever! @ Sep 7 2012, 05:52 PM) QUOTE (upstateNYfan @ Sep 6 2012, 02:47 PM) "Vulture Capitalist" tells me everything I need to know. What's next, that we're getting gouged on ticket prices? Name one way a bank or Wall Street has directly and consequently affected you through no fault of your own. Housing? Sure, banks want to make a profit. Most people spend and spend, borrow and borrow (while lying to take on more debt) and then blame everyone else. It's like college students whining about their college debt that they voluntarily took on while not entertaining how much they'd actually earn in the real world. Nothing like the value of education, right? Unless you've been caught in a Ponzi scheme, derivative play or outright bank fraud, I don't want to hear it. And the band we all love make their lion's share on merchandise and tickets. You can stay home and watch the concert on YouTube if you want. So who's to blame for my $250k house value drop?? You don't need to be caught in a Ponzi scheme to be financially hurting?? Must be nice to live in the golden fishtank, eh? Wake up!!! I'm 15. I don't know much about economics. What I do know is that unless I'm missing something, you're completely wrong. *see quote in sig for my view on bands making money Hey Tommy! You're 15, and you haven't taken Econ class yet. Well, I'm 45, an Accountant and I do know math. Let's see....$950 less $700k Equals $250k... P.S. I'll forgive you since you're a fan just like me! Stay the f away from my taxes. Tshirt prices related to 250k drop in your house price. If I had to pick, the 15 year old is doing my taxes. Hey Lost, Yeah, I'll see the merch table on Thursday and Saturday so we'll see how much my wallet will be doing this.... Can you spell I-R-S?

QUOTE (Tony R @ Sep 7 2012, 05:42 PM) News from Manchester N.H! Hellooooo from America. String section behind Peart. More later... ...And he makes it in by a nose...

QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Sep 7 2012, 05:01 PM) QUOTE (rushfanforever! @ Sep 7 2012, 05:52 PM) QUOTE (upstateNYfan @ Sep 6 2012, 02:47 PM) "Vulture Capitalist" tells me everything I need to know. What's next, that we're getting gouged on ticket prices? Name one way a bank or Wall Street has directly and consequently affected you through no fault of your own. Housing? Sure, banks want to make a profit. Most people spend and spend, borrow and borrow (while lying to take on more debt) and then blame everyone else. It's like college students whining about their college debt that they voluntarily took on while not entertaining how much they'd actually earn in the real world. Nothing like the value of education, right? Unless you've been caught in a Ponzi scheme, derivative play or outright bank fraud, I don't want to hear it. And the band we all love make their lion's share on merchandise and tickets. You can stay home and watch the concert on YouTube if you want. So who's to blame for my $250k house value drop?? You don't need to be caught in a Ponzi scheme to be financially hurting?? Must be nice to live in the golden fishtank, eh? Wake up!!! I'm 15. I don't know much about economics. What I do know is that unless I'm missing something, you're completely wrong. *see quote in sig for my view on bands making money Hey Tommy! You're 15, and you haven't taken Econ class yet. Well, I'm 45, an Accountant and I do know math. Let's see....$950 less $700k Equals $250k... P.S. I'll forgive you since you're a fan just like me!

QUOTE (upstateNYfan @ Sep 6 2012, 02:47 PM) "Vulture Capitalist" tells me everything I need to know. What's next, that we're getting gouged on ticket prices? Name one way a bank or Wall Street has directly and consequently affected you through no fault of your own. Housing? Sure, banks want to make a profit. Most people spend and spend, borrow and borrow (while lying to take on more debt) and then blame everyone else. It's like college students whining about their college debt that they voluntarily took on while not entertaining how much they'd actually earn in the real world. Nothing like the value of education, right? Unless you've been caught in a Ponzi scheme, derivative play or outright bank fraud, I don't want to hear it. And the band we all love make their lion's share on merchandise and tickets. You can stay home and watch the concert on YouTube if you want. So who's to blame for my $250k house value drop?? You don't need to be caught in a Ponzi scheme to be financially hurting?? Must be nice to live in the golden fishtank, eh? Wake up!!!

QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 7 2012, 03:06 PM) Houston, we have a problem!......

QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 3 2012, 03:31 PM) QUOTE (YYZrocks @ Sep 3 2012, 03:08 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 2 2012, 11:39 PM)QUOTE (rushfanforever! @ Sep 3 2012, 12:53 AM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Sep 2 2012, 12:24 PM) QUOTE (Babycat @ Aug 25 2012, 02:42 AM) QUOTE (Amy Farrah Fowler @ Aug 21 2012, 01:42 AM) I wouldn't kick any of them out of bed for eating crackers. What if they garlic and rotten eggs? The Result? A definite ass kicking out of bed ...C'mon Ducky, don't you know that everyone must be well brushed and flossed first?? I'd let Geddy get away with it. Humm, mouthwash for breakfast? Delicious and yummy...

QUOTE (mark niemi @ Sep 5 2012, 01:58 AM) Phone works Power is out in anchorage ak but my cell phone works Humm, that's bad! Is there a storm brewing? My cousin lives there...

One week!!!!!!! So excited!!!!

QUOTE (Cygnus @ Sep 5 2012, 01:55 PM) Oh Brother!!!!! C'mon, most of us aren't that bad!!!!

QUOTE (hughes&kettner @ Sep 3 2012, 07:25 AM) Is going to kick major ass on this tour, bitches. Humm, like I didn't already know that??? Wow!! Enlighten me!!