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Both shows I went to started before 7:44pm and lasted exactly 3 hours. I saw a lot of kids in Charlotte, but not as many in Atlanta. I think it's a great idea to take kids so that they know what real music sounds like. They'll understand why people, like me, won't pay to see a whole lot of other groups, and why90% of today's music is junk. Clockwork Angels is a treatise by Rush on how to create Rock and Roll. It's a shame so many other bands get paid for selling garbage. Anyways, it sounds like a good idea to take the kids.

I can't find anything crediting him for it, but my search skills suck. Wonder if he is a Rush fan?

Got Wish Them Well and no The Body Electric. It rocked. It sold out too!!! Huge Crowd.

Rush just rocked Atlanta!!!

Rush just rocked Alpharetta, GA

I was stunned they played those. I never expected it. AWESOME!!!

Yeah, or don't go. I mean, I wouldn't go with my wife to see a country music concert, because I don't like that music. Let someone else have those seats.

Here is the seating charts for upcoming shows. Rush's seating chart was on there yesterday and showed which sections were available, such as you can see on that link, for the other shows. Those sections simply weren't available. Here is the seating chart for the show in Dallas, for example. You can see that all sections aren't available. I think my point is that somebody, somewhere knows what the demand is, based on crunched numbers, I guess, and the sections aren't just "curtained off" because they didn't sell enough tickets. Concerning high ticket prices: I hear people say, "I'd give Neil Peart $50,000 just to play in my back yard," but then complain about the ticket prices. No one complained about the price in my section. They were very happy to be 20 feet from Geddy. Yes, it is expensive, but so is parking, drinks, football games, gasoline, and even fast food. I think it is a function of inflation as opposed to Rush sticking it up someone's ass, arbitrarily. I thought there was a great mix of older stuff, hits, and newer stuff. I had never been before, so I didn't care, either way, but a lot of people on here don't like the hits being played over and over. I think the set list is perfect. There should be something for everyone with their selections. And, of course my links didn't show up. gees.

Here is the seating charts for upcoming shows. Rush's seating chart was on there yesterday and showed which sections were available, such as you can see on that link, for the other shows. Those sections simply weren't available. Here is the seating chart for the show in Dallas, for example. You can see that all sections aren't available. I think my point is that somebody, somewhere knows what the demand is, based on crunched numbers, I guess, and the sections aren't just "curtained off" because they didn't sell enough tickets. Concerning high ticket prices: I hear people say, "I'd give Neil Peart $50,000 just to play in my back yard," but then complain about the ticket prices. No one complained about the price in my section. They were very happy to be 20 feet from Geddy. Yes, it is expensive, but so is parking, drinks, football games, gasoline, and even fast food. I think it is a function of inflation as opposed to Rush sticking it up someone's ass, arbitrarily. I thought there was a great mix of older stuff, hits, and newer stuff. I had never been before, so I didn't care, either way, but a lot of people on here don't like the hits being played over and over. I think the set list is perfect. There should be something for everyone with their selections.

That is a great seat, Rush fans. Y'all should scoop that one up.

OK, here is a short review of the Charlotte show last night. Atlanta was supposed to be my first show, but y'all talked me into going last night, and I owe y'all a huge debt of gratitude. The show was held at the new TWCArena, in uptown Charlotte, and I scored, along with a few other last minute attendees, side stage seats. Big crowd, IMHO, but y'all can debate whether they were a great crowd or not. A little negativity before the positive: The effing ticketmaster fees are a rip off. Parking in a big city is a rip off(my fault, though, because I went on a whim, instead of studying the situation more), the sodas were $7.50, which is the biggest rip off of all time, but at least I don't drink alcohol. No worries: Rush hits the positive side of the scales so hard that the negative stuff flies off. After the film(which, BTW, features James Franco("127 hours", etc)seeking the Watchmaker, the set list opened with my favorite song, Subdivisions, and the crowd went nuts. I was hoping they'd just sneak that one in somewhere, but I almost fainted when the opening notes started. Then, Big Money, which the video to it was cool. Then, an oldie, Force Ten, which was ironic, as Sandy has been wreaking havoc on the entire North-East of the US and Canada Maritimes. This promtped Geddy to quip how they were glad to be outta there and in the warmer south. Then, Grand Designs, a song that I've admitted only heard a few times, but, I know y'all will be glad that it made the setlist. Then, The Body Electric, one of my favorites. Territories, another song from Power Windows, was another song that I've only heard once, but I know the older fans will love to know is on the setlist. That song is deep, deep, deep, and I am glad they played it, and the video is really deep, too, Then, The Analog Kid, another good one, and then one of my all-time favorites, Bravado, a REALLY DEEP song, that I appreciate immensely. Then another song, that I don't recall hearing before, called Where's My Thing?, according to the guy sitting next to me, which is an instrumental, but Neil Peart does a drum solo during the song. I think this is the first occasion that the drums rotate. AWESOME!!! I guess Neil needed a well deserved break to re-hydrate, so they went to Intermission. Then, they play another segment of James Franco seeking the Watchmaker. Funny stuff, because the Rush members play characters that are a mix between the munchkins from TWOO and Larry, Curly, and Moe. Funny stuff. Then, the violinists come out and commence to start kicking ass with Rush. The crowd was more subdued during this segment, but, let me tell you, they accurately reproduced this album on stage. Amazing when you think about it. The order was: Caravan, Clockwork Angels, The Anarchist, Carnies, The Wreckers, Seven Cities of Gold, Halo Effect, Headlong Flight, and, finally, The Garden, a song which is becoming VERY dear to me, and I almost cried when I heard it played live. That may be the best song ever written, by Rush, IMHO, and VERY, VERY, DEEP. You just have to pause and think about what they're trying to convey to you in that piece. Then, a surprise, The Manhattan Project, which seemed to be weird following Clockwork Angels, but a good song. Then, the drums rotated, again, and Peart played some kind of solo that sounded like it could have been in any Sci-fi movie, and then, Red Sector A, which is sort of a morbid song, but a good one, and it kicked azz live. Then, YYZ, and the place went nuts, and so did I. Then, the crowd really got into it with The Spirit of Radio and the show was over. The band came back out with baskets of t-shirts and then commenced to play Tom Sawyer and 3 parts of 2112, which ended the show with the crowd jazzed. I love 2112, but, to be fair, Geddy does NOT sing this song like it is sung on the album, which is strange, because every other song he sings is an accurate reproduction. Perhaps, it's because he's done the song live over 6,000 times. Then, they leave, and another film plays, and everyone stays, hoping that they'll come back out, but it never happens. I slept very, very well last night, after my dream of seeing Rush, for the first time, came true. I have missed seeing a lot of great athletes and musicians play, but I didn't die before seeing Rush, and I am very, very grateful. I have now been to the mountaintop.

This describes just about everybody that was sitting around me at the Cleveland show or just the audience overall, for the most part. One theory is that possibly many people don't know about or appreciate the new album. There is another possibility: I am probably going to direct the thread in a course that you may not wish, but I think technology has a lot to do with this. In the old days, all one had was the radio and the cassette tapes and that is about it. Now, one has the DVDs and the MP3s and the SlackerRadio and everyone can carry the music around with them everywhere and the reproduction of the sound is exact. I wonder how much this plays into it. I don't really see how someone can sit on their hands when Rush is giving every ounce of energy. I know there were very few people sitting in Charlotte tonight. Yeah, OK, I typed an incoherent post, here. What I was trying to say is that because of technology, people, perhaps, don't have the anticipation of seeing the show, like they used to before. I don't know. We love them and that's all that counts.

Yes, but I saw lots of kids rocking out. Actually, I was stunned at the amount of kids I saw. I thanked every parent that I saw who brought their kids, too. I was raised in a Pentecostal household, so I didn't know who Rush was, but, if I did, it would be considered the devil's music. Perhaps I would have been more successful in my life, if I had known who Rush was, when I was young. So congrats to the folks who are raising their kids correctly !!!!

several off the songs on the set-list change from venue to venue. We got body-electric tonight, in Charlotte, but I guess Buffalo got limelight. I know the guy next to me had the set list and was tickled to death when they added a song, but got mad later when they dropped one. I like it, because you get a suprise. I got surprised when they opened with Subdivisions. I purposely didn't peep out the setlist, and I almost fainted when my favorite song started playing. I was like Fred Sanford.

This describes just about everybody that was sitting around me at the Cleveland show or just the audience overall, for the most part. One theory is that possibly many people don't know about or appreciate the new album. There is another possibility: I am probably going to direct the thread in a course that you may not wish, but I think technology has a lot to do with this. In the old days, all one had was the radio and the cassette tapes and that is about it. Now, one has the DVDs and the MP3s and the SlackerRadio and everyone can carry the music around with them everywhere and the reproduction of the sound is exact. I wonder how much this plays into it. I don't really see how someone can sit on their hands when Rush is giving every ounce of energy. I know there were very few people sitting in Charlotte tonight.

Yeah, I am afraid this criticism will be made of my wife at the Atlanta show, unfortunately. She will be stoned and enjoy it, but she won't be standing and air drumming like me. Sorry, you had to sit with a unemotional couple.

I don't really know where to start with a description of the show. Pure Energy and Integrity are the only phrases I can conjure up now.

I have reached the mountaintop fellow Rush fans!!!! 35 minutes to show time.

OK. I am on the way. In Columbia, now. Best I could get was side stage, 6 rows up, Geddy 's side. I hope I didn't get a bad seat. Tried 4 times but wouldn't give me floor offer. Be cool!!!

Very encouraging. I might go. My instincts are telling me to go for it!!!

I have tickets for Atlanta, but I got home early, and could see them in Charlotte, tonight. I have never seen Rush, before. Would you go twice???

I drove back to SC from Ohio, yesterday, and it wasn't too bad, on I-77, but the blizzard warnings were posted. I didn't linger, because the wind was ferocious. Once the moisture got there, I am sure it was over, especially in Virginia, where they don't take care of the roads as well as WV. ANYWAYS, I GOT LUCKY...or was it like the story in the breakers?

I'm starting to become really excited to see my first Rush concert. Everyone says that the musicianship is top notch and everyone on here says that Geddy's voice is really great right now. I have tried to stay away from the spoiler threads, because I want to be surprised. I know they're going to play a large chunk of CA, which is great, but I won't be disappointed with anything else they play. If I had a request, it would be for Subdivisions, but that's only because I grew up in the 1980s and that song reminds me of how life was back then. I don't even know why I like it, but it conjures up a lot of sentimentality. We are on row 13 in the bottom section, on Alex's side, which was the best I could find on ticketmaster on May 1, when they went on sale. Also, we're staying at the Wingate hotel Wednesday night and Thursday night, because I hate Atlanta traffic more than any traffic in the world(well, Toronto traffic and Washington, DC traffic is worse, but I have to go through Atlanta more often, ANYWAYS....), so I want to make sure that my wife can go through her womanly routine the day of the show and that we won't be late. I wish I knew how to get in for sound check(HINT, HINT). Anyways, I am a new fan(I know that pisses a lot of y'all off), but I am really into Rush. I cannot explain why I didn't get into them a lot more before the past year, but thank God for Youtube, Slacker Radio, etc., that allows a new fan to get past the classics that were played on radio(and which is all I ever knew until about a year ago). I have a question, though. I, uh, don't know if I should ask it on this site, but I will try to phrase it in a nice way: my wife is retired, and therefore not subject to random urine analyses. How strict will the security be regarding a particular substance that she may or may not like to use during the show? I hope to see some of y'all around the area on the day of the show, and I hope y'all will pack out the venue. Be cool.

QUOTE (greyfriar @ Aug 17 2012, 07:07 AM) No, but do not everyday. I can't do that. Drug tests.

Do I need to stop listening to Rush everyday?