Huge Ackman

Wholey Schnikes! Does this topic really have 5 year staying power? Awesome... If the o.p. is still looking, I suggest that there are two eras of the band and picking a "best" from each era might help get things started. I think In Absentia is the beginning of the "modern" era and then there was everything before that. My vote for the modern P.T. "best" was for The Incident but Deadwing a close second for me and Fear of a Blank Planet is spectacular as well. I like Stupid Dream from the early days but I'm much less familiar with all of the earlier albums than In Absentia and newer. It really is all quite amazing, so pick one, listen, pick another and repeat. Rock on! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Porcupine%20Tree%208_11_2010%20The%20Warfield/StevenWilson1.jpg

I will be at The Fabulous Forum on Aug 1, and RushCon all weekend...Rock ON! , http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%2007%20Marysville/Rush07Marysville013.jpg

3 King Crimson dates in late November, 2015, in YYZ. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I just landed a single in the front row in front of Mr. Harrison and Mr. Fripp ( assuming the stage set-up hasn't changed ) for Saturday night. Rock on!

A photo I took at Red Rocks and made into a poster, sent during the 2nd leg of the tour in 2011 (I think), but for the life of me, I can't recall where I sent it to get signed. Needless to say, it was a special day when it came in the mail! Rock on! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%20posters/Rushposter001.jpg

Thanks, all... very thoughtful to receive warm wishes for the day, eh! I got to spend the evening a few nights ago in the very best way a RUSH fan could hope for... row 4 in front of Alex at The Palace... good times... Rock ON! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202012%20The%20Palace%20Detroit/0614152237_zpsr2apwygc.jpg

So you don't want to know in advance about the Rivendell/Tears/Tai Shan medley? ;-}

Something is messed up with your PhotoBucket image. The usual method of posting here is a simple as copying the box labeled IMG in the "Share Links" section next to any photo, then pasting into your post here. Simple... However, when I tried that with the image from your account it pastes a bunch of extra text that corrupts the photo when posted. So, I downloaded a copy of your picture then uploaded to my own PhotoBucket account. That image is displayed here. Great plate...rock on! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%20posters/Robyn%20plate_zpsjb9wzhsh.jpg

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E-mail from TicksToday...Detroit tickets have been mailed! Rock on! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202012%20The%20Palace%20Detroit/IMG_2762_zpsb1472950.jpg

Only to fortify the photo in your sig... Rock on! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%2007%20Marysville/Rush07Marysville080.jpg That is awesome! Or this one... http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202012%20The%20Palace%20Detroit/IMG_2887_zpsc1c61294.jpg

Monday night at Red Rocks, Aug 16, 2010 http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202010%20Red%20Rocks%208-16/RushatRedRocks2010101.jpg Wednesday night at Red Rocks, Aug 18, 2010 http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202010%20Red%20Rocks%208-18/RushatRedRocks2010331.jpg

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Got my taxes prepared recently. This was the statement from The City of Detroit... How did they know that I'd eat this up?! Bummer is that I still owe them $3 to be square for the year... Rock ON! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%20posters/0210151257_zpszy3lpxh5.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202010%20Shoreline/240.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202010%20Shoreline/244.jpg

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Actually, this was from 2012 at The Palace... Time Machine. Still, could be YYZ. Indeed a very "bass solo" moment... http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202012%20The%20Palace%20Detroit/IMG_2700_zpsf0a61d30.jpg

Bass solo at the end of Driven? :) I can't say for sure but it's not Driven. This was from Clockwork Angels tour, so maybe YYZ? http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202012%20The%20Palace%20Detroit/IMG_2871_zps3ee218d7.jpg

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I had success after about 15 minutes trying to get 2 VIP Gold for The Palace at Auburn Hills. Great seats, and reasonable price. My gripes with this tour are the pre-sale and cost of TicketMaster's "Official Platinum" seats. I'm totally a fan of the band getting their cut of more desirable tickets and have bought VIP and OP in the past. The OP seats are not being offered for The Palace show yet so I don't know how those will shake out but those that I've seen from other venues are priced so high they're silly, and the seat locations are really un-impressive. I've been in 3rd row on two past tours for $300 and $350... a fair price for a great seat. Now, I'm seeing $525 for 36 rows from the stage... I guess it's officially "on the floor" but these are nearly the very last row; on a flat floor that's quite an awful vantage point. There are also seats in the bowl that are 1/2 way back, near the floor but still 1/2 way back and these are $400+. The seats sold through the TicketsToday pre-sale were noticeably less desireable; no closer than 19th row for Denver and none in the first floor seating section for Detroit, at least that I could see. So, the band is getting their big send-off payday but it's killing my pocketbook and preventing me from seeing the additional shows that I'd otherwise travel to see. Oh well, two shows will have to suffice for this tour... Rock ON! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%202012%20The%20Palace%20Detroit/IMG_2876_zps3890a588.jpg

Only to fortify the photo in your sig... Rock on! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%2007%20Marysville/Rush07Marysville080.jpg

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R40 Live will be 35 (Detroit) & 36 (Denver) for me. My first ticket was for AFtK tour in Milwaukee, in January of 1978, but a monster snow store prevented us going into the city from the 'burbs for the show... ;-{ The first show I attended was for Permanent Waves at Cobo Hall, in 1980. I was hoping to get to 40 shows to coincide with 40 years of Rush but my budget just will not allow that. Oh well, I will not complain, believe me! This has been quite an amazing run... Rock ON! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Rush%2007%20Shoreline/Rush07Shoreline028.jpg

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