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I seriously doubt Rush will ever do a "Farewell Tour". They have been touring a lot recently because they love their new music, love playing to live audiences, and they feel like they are playing as well as or better now than they ever have (this is all according to them).

Well, they usually only do Rush songs, but if you come over to Delaware from Sweden, maybe they'll play Focus - Hocus Pocus for you. How well can you yodel Kenny? :drool:

Damn, I was hoping you guys would be starting at @ 7:00.

There are a multitude. A few: Between the Wheels Natural Science Peaceable Kingdom Cut to the Chase Beneath, Between, & Behind

I gave some strong consideration to Exit Stage Left myself.

I do have to admit Hemispheres has my favorite of the "Rush" script variations. That cursive "Rush" font graced two of my last three trucks (the current incarnation of my beloved pick up has a simple star man). Agreed. It is surely my favorite logo as well. But the rest of the cover, not so much.

Caress of Steel - Easy choice, the wizard with the floating prism is simply beyond cool, and the duotone effect adds to the mystique. Fly By Night - Badass, in your face artwork. Iconic indeed! Grace Under Pressure - The famous eye, artistic blending of colors, threatening clouds, water spilling over, splashes of blood… captivating and mesmerizing. There are several more I also really like, but those are my top three.

Anthem…7 Best I Can…9 Beneath Between and Behind…9 By-Tor and the Snow Dog…10 Fly By Night…10 Making Memories…9.5 Rivendell…-120 In The End…6

But now we have him on camera saying so. Sounded like before they were almost being talked into it. True we do have him on camera now. And please don't take my cautious tone the wrong way. I want a tour just as much as everyone else. But I think he also said the three of them still haven't met to discuss anything yet so I'm trying not to get overly optimistic just yet...

Unless I'm missing something there is no new news here. Alex said (almost verbatim) the same exact thing he said a few months ago. The only significance I see here is that we are closer to spring and he is still saying that a tour is a possibility.

I like that, and it is probably what I would have gone with if YYZ2112 had not become available.

Once again, not really Rush-specific enough (in my opinion). Since my first choice of YYZ2112 became available it is moot at this point anyway. I have already paid for and ordered my tag so it is a done deal now.

No…. being all numbers would make it not a vanity tag, as Delaware tags are issued as all numbers. Furthermore, low number tags can legally be sold and transferred, and are a actually pretty hot commodity in Delaware. While I'd love to have 2112, I don't want it bad enough to pay a couple thousand dollars (or more) for it.

I do like RUSHYYZ very much, but I like plain YYZ a little better. And thus I was resigned to go with YYZ. YYZ2112, however, was always my first choice. So I decided to wait a little while to see if the person who had it "reserved" would actually follow through and order the tag. Turns out they did not. The reservation apparently expired sometime late last week, and I pounced on it! I reserved it for myself and went down to the DMV and ordered my vanity tag today. So I will have my tag in 4-6 weeks. I do feel a little bit bad about possibly snatching… errrr…. . "filching" it away from another Rush fan, but I really did want the tag, and I can't wait to get it on the back of my truck! :ebert:

I was just thinking of Rush references that real fans would notice. Then TAISHAN wouldn't work then?.... Simply RUSHFAN RUSHFAN is one I definitely thought about and like very much… EXCEPT for the fact that it could too easily be confused with something else. I'll refrain from commenting on that "something else" in order to avoid offending anyone who actually likes the guy.

This is probably my favorite of all of the suggestions I hadn't thought of.

Good suggestions, but I'm generally not crazy about the "missing letter" vanity tags.

Actually XANADU itself is available, but that whole Olivia Newton John thing pretty much rules this out for me. It's a shame because it would be a great choice otherwise.

A pretty good one that I hadn't thought of… but I like a few of my other choices better.

A good suggestion, but not really one of my favorite songs.

SNOWDOG was available, and I thought about that. (My fantasy football team name is Snowdogs). I just don't think it is Rush-specific enough for a vanity tag.

Getting our hopes up. I think he is also in charge of bringing the weed.

If they're smart, they'll delay announcing a tour until after the box set comes out. I'm sure that's been the plan all along. Just in time for the holidays.with a Sepember 2015 start date. I was thinking they probably would start a tour in the Spring since they seem to like to do outdoor venues. I don't know why? They sound so much better in doors! :codger: I think that really depends on the venue but in most cases I agree. However, I've seen them twice outdoors at Holmdel, NJ and both shows sounded fantastic… on the other hand, the outdoor show I saw at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA (essentially Washington, DC) was the weakest sounding show I've ever been to.

So why couldn't they also play other songs one semi-tone down? Or just change the vocals and leave the music alone. I think most people wouldn't care if the vocals aren't perfect if it means we get to see some of our favorite old tunes on tour for this first time (for most of us).

Alex has said this leading up to pretty much every tour since Moving Pictures.