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Also, aren't Broadway shows really pricey too?

 

Broadway shows were cheap when I went to NYC three years ago, saw Wicked for under $40 although it was in the back row. Your sig pic is awesome at Rush Road, I don't know how many times I have driven by that but I was lazy and just took a pic of the sign from the car.

Encores have been a joke for as long as I have been going to concerts and I am old, as rocketom says they are really just part of the setlist and a traditional thing. This isn't just with Rush, it's with everybody. As for multiple encores, those are really just as planned as any others. This summer I saw Dead Can Dance with my wife who had a planned 3 encores and it was ridiculous.

Either they're losing popularity or ticket prices were too high.

 

* Show Date: September 24

* Show Venue: Target Center

* City/State: Minneapolis, MN

* Attendance: 8,013

* Capacity: 10,652

* Gross Ticket Sales: $561,972

The Target Center has a capacity of 20,000: http://en.wikipedia....i/Target_Center So that means they didn't sell enough tickets and had to cut the arena in half!!!!!! WTF?!?! But in 2010, they sold the MN. State Fair out which holds over 15,000! I just don't get it.

 

You are forgetting that seating capacity is significantly less for a concert than for a hockey or basketball game since the area behind the stage and where the stage sits is roped off. The ScottTrade Center in St. Louis seats around 20,000 for hockey but in this thread is listed as seating 10,942 for the Rush concert, similar to the Target Center.

I was in row 17 on the floor last night in San Jose - Great show!

 

Alex was actually able to reach my row with one of his t-shirt throws, and I got the shirt!

 

WTF is this shirt?? Creepiest photo ever of Alex (is it Alex??) and "I love lamp" on the back.

 

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http://mymedialibrary.com/alex-tshirt.jpeghttp://mymedialibrary.com/ilovelamp.jpeg

 

This was the same shirt thrown by Alex during the previous show in Seattle. It was caught by a guy two rows in front of me but he at least posed for a picture for me since I was curious what was on it.

I got 11th row floor seats the day before this show face value from ticketmaster.

This is to anyone who brings a sign or camera phone to a show. Please show some courtesy with it. My friend and I went to the Seattle show with 11th row tickets this week and were constantly having our sight blocked by idiots holding up signs or holding their camera phones way above their heads. Whenever you do that, you are blocking someone else's view, so don't do it. You can take decent pictures just holding the camera at an even level with your head and Rush probably isn't going to see your sign anyway.

had to get up @ 4 this morning but I'm still in a pleasant daze....

 

I hear you, I had to get up at 7:30am after the Seattle show to catch a plane flight back home. Probably shouldn't have stopped off for drinks after the show but as the song says "I'd do it all again!" Fantastic show!

I really think you guys are getting ripped off for the most part in the VIP program. I got 11th row tickets from Ticketmaster for the Seattle show a few days ago for normal face value the day before the show. I don't necessarily hate the program in general but I think the VIP program should tell you where you are sitting when you order the ticket and it should be somewhere in the first 5 rows. It just doesn't make any sense that the face value of a front row ticket is the same as a 40th row ticket or many times the back row of a lower level seat as well and the difference in perceived value there is what makes scalping so profitable for scalpers. If more grades of ticket prices existed, it would be better for everyone.

I think the second set intro video was just the right length because the beer lines were moving so slowly in Seattle it gave me enough time to get back to my seat for the start of the second set. As for the actual content, I have no idea what it was but it sounds like I didn't miss much. I think their intro/outro videos have sucked since after R30. The key: Jerry Stiller is a professional comedian, Rush is not. I agree with those who say the intro/outro videos just need to go away, go back to an under 1 minute intro video and that should be it.

I'm glad they are filming two nights so they can get both setlists. Wish they would have been filming in Seattle last night, the crowd looked sold out to me and had great energy.

I really hope they play the standard set B for the next show in Seattle, Middletown Dreams has been one of the songs I have most wanted them to play over the years and I was excited to see it pop up on setlists this tour. If they swap in Limelight which I have heard a million (ok maybe 7) times live before, I will be extremely disappointed, although the rest of the setlist is pretty good in my book.

People don't seem to realize Rush has already scaled back their sets starting with the Time Machine tour. The intro/outro videos of that added up to almost 11 minutes. Factor in the 20 minute intermission and you don't have a 3 hour show, you have a 2.5 hour show and it used to be that Rush's and most everyone's standard concert length was approx. 2 hours with no intermissions. I'm not complaining as I'm sure these tours are very tiring and you are still getting a longer set than any other band is doing these days.

Me when they played Nobody's Hero at the first Rush concert I saw in 1996

 

Seriously I don't understand why anyone would bring their significant other if that person doesn't like Rush, the ticket prices alone should make that prohibitive. My wife and I go to concerts together for groups we both like and go separately to groups we don't both like.

Fantastic idea, zappafrank! I am really hoping that the schedule stays the same and that Seattle gets set B in a couple of weeks so I can hear Middletown but if your idea was in effect I wouldn't have to worry. I would have been pissed had I been in Buffalo.

I think you're right and there will be a 2013 US leg, but you shouldn't say definitely without a source. Just in case, I am traveling to Seattle to see this leg.

I would, saw them two nights in a row on the T4E tour and it was great!

QUOTE (TheAccountant @ Oct 25 2012, 06:27 PM)

Interesting question. When I was younger it was indoors all the way. As I have gotten middle aged I am taking better care of my ears so as not to lose my hearing when I am actually old. Now, despite my not being thrilled with it still being light out for an hour +/- of the show, I prefer outdoors.

Just for fun I went to Ticketmaster and checked on tonight's Boston show a while ago to see what kind of day of deals popped up and there were plenty, some were even popping up while I was looking. I even saw a second row ticket although it was by itself. So don't give up fellow Seattle attendees and don't get suckered into paying too much!

QUOTE (D3strukt @ Oct 24 2012, 11:43 AM)

I'm aware of these problems. I have HUNDREDS of Rush bootlegs on my PC here, and also do a bit of recording myself, therefore I am COMPLETELY entitled to complain. The lack of EX+ boots this tour, this late into the first leg is simply unacceptable.

I'm also looking for two up close tickets for this show. Given my cheapness, I will probably be waiting until the day of the event to get tickets since all the good ones are allegedly gone.

Am I the only person glad I will get set B if the current rotation continues? Middletown is one of my favorite songs off of PW and it has been ignored ever since then, I will love to hear it and think it's miles better than The Body Electric.

QUOTE (Spaghetti Lee @ Oct 10 2012, 02:56 AM)

I think you should go up to Geddy and ask him how the hell he sang "Alien Shore" without throwing his unused Rick at Neil's face.

Can we start hating you now or do we have to wait until after the actual meeting

I would just like to comment that even though I love the '70s stuff, I also love the CA setlist and hope it doesn't change by the time I get to see them. I have been bored to death with Rush's setlist the last three tours as they were always playing the hits and would only bring out one deep track per tour. I wasn't even going to go to this tour since it isn't coming anywhere near me but between liking CA a lot better than I thought I would and hearing a lot of deep tracks coming out of the woodwork, I am going to make the trip to Seattle to see this.

 

I have got to think that with Rush being around as long as they have, that most people who go to Rush concerts have seen them before and have seen all the hits already. I thank them for finally shaking up the setlist and will support them for it with my $. The only issue I have is I hope they stop the night A/night B stuff and go forward with one list. I have wanted to see Middletown Dreams forever and it would greatly annoy me to see The Body Electric instead.

RIAB usually has those figures after a tour leg.