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Absolutely. I love his tone when he's playing the P-Basses.

R40 is my favorite (Though I'm biased since I was at both Toronto shows) Rush In Rio is my least favorite (Because of the awful mix)

Good to know The Wreckers is from Buffalo, as that's another show I attended on this tour :)

OLV, DEW, and RB are from Toronto #1. Not sure about Clockwork Angels. I think it may not be Toronto since it's not on the DVD.

I don't know the layout of the venue, but if they've got built-in screens anywhere in the venue (Normally on either side of the stage, or back by the lawn for amphitheaters), those are used for the entire show - even when the on-stage screen isn't showing the band. The Sprint Center isn't an amphitheater and I don't recall any screens there that had the band - I just checked the bootlegs. They used the side screens in Kansas City - you can see them on either side of the stage in this video: The cameras were likely for this house feed.

I got to see both of them do it in person. I thought Jonathan did a slightly better job of it, but it didn't have the same impact as seeing Ben do it (But maybe that's because when I saw Ben do it, it was the first performance of it in Toronto).

YYZ was sloppy, but the energy on it was great - I don't remember the last time it sounded so lively.

6. Rush In Rio (Because of the atrocious mix) 5. R30 (Because of the missing songs on the CD) 4. Clockwork Angels 3. Snakes & Arrows 2. Time Machine 1. R40

I don't know the layout of the venue, but if they've got built-in screens anywhere in the venue (Normally on either side of the stage, or back by the lawn for amphitheaters), those are used for the entire show - even when the on-stage screen isn't showing the band.

I almost always skip 2112 on R30 because of the pirate bit.

my impression was that it was intentional... I've seen him bend things many times and it struck me as another example of that Trust me it wasn't intentional. He didn't do it other nights. Plus, it sounds objectively terrible.

I went to both Columbus and Buffalo and Buffalo was by far the better show. At least I thought so. Alex acted like he was feeling better and smiled and moved around a lot more. I certainly thought all three shows were phenomenal. One major difference I noticed between Columbus and Buffalo was that the volume was WAY louder in Buffalo. I don't bring earplugs for RUSH because, despite the intense music, it almost never gets too loud to hurt my ears...but I sure wish I had a pair at the Buffalo show! I remember in Columbus during the second set, an older guy two rows ahead of me with a scraggly white beard got hauled out of there for lighting a joint (he wouldn't have had that problem in Portland, that's for sure!). I'd avoided the setlist leading up to Columbus, so almost everything was a surprise to me. I almost couldn't handle Jacob's Ladder/Hemispheres Prelude back-to-back. My cousin was probably thinking "What's WRONG with this guy?" He had a good time, though. He was mesmerized by the guitars, the drums, and the light show (but wasn't a huge fan of Geddy's voice...understandable for a kid who's used to current pop and rap, I suppose). The hardest part was lasting all the way until Portland in late July without telling my friend Mike about the setlist (he wanted to be surprised, too, and it took all I could muster to not tell him every single detail). I noticed every show I did this year was considerably louder than I'm used to for Rush. I don't think I ever wore earplugs before this year for Rush, but I was kicking myself for not taking any to Tulsa. After that, I wore them for the rest of my shows.

I agree, it's one of my favorites on this release, and it was one of my favorites every time I saw them do it this Summer.

My CD's imported all the track info no problem.

I was looking for these problems people keep talking about, and this was the only angle I saw anything irregular from also. It doesn't seem like a disc malfunction to me either - the best way I can describe it is it looks like the frame rate is lower than the other cameras. Now that we're talking about this, I remembered I noticed this on the Jacob's Ladder preview they posted on YouTube last month also, so it's definitely not a disc issue.