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Thank you for the kind word vptrls. Alot has changed (and improved) since October 2012, and we have gotten even BETTER since then.

The singer is ged-like vocally and appearance wise. The drummer and bassist are new and offer a better show experience that blends with the entire band.

We have pre-sale tickets for $5, but the door fee is $10 (still quite a bargain for over 3 hours of Rush music with a couple cold ones)

 

Yes we do cover the "synth era" with SEVERAL songs that you wouldn't expect to hear and a few that Rush themselves haven't play since the 80's

And yes, we have some Clockwork Angels up our sleeves!!!!

 

You got that right!!! The last time I saw Distant Signals (Hard Rock in Pgh) was probably the best I'd ever seen them play. Nice long sets with lots of unexpected song choices. Excellent! Looking forward to a fun night out with some live Rush. :)

all y'all rock

 

i miss you all somethin fierce! i took a different job August before last and too many rapids kept me sweeping along :/

TyTy is a workin man now, and Tim-Bear is in high school (!!!)

 

i think of you often :hi:

sweet memories :ebert:

thank you :cheers:

 

ps thanks for the thread, Sully Sue what a treat! :hail:

 

How nice to see a post from you! I thought of you often this last tour, recalling fun in Vegas!! Hope you are well!! <3

Very sorry to hear of your loss. Your story did bring tears to my eyes also. I too, spent days sitting with my mom for days before she passed. I also played music for her after she was unable to talk. I believe, as hard as it is for us that remain, it's very precious for those who are leaving to have us with them when they pass. I believe my mom knew I was there, and I'm sure your dad knew you were there too. An incredibly painful example of your love for him. My condolences are with you.

Alright, something's going on. I've been searching for a good Geddy concert-garb photo to post, and five photos I came across in the google image search results were photos from my posts in TRF. I'm not kidding. Each of them was showing up in the search results because of me! I'm so pleased to help expand the world of photos of Geddy!

 

Anyway. Ahem.

 

One of my favourite concert outfits, the shirt-over-a-shirt combination:

 

http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/images/concerts/rush-argentina-10.15.2010/6.jpg

 

Hmm, don't have time to find more.... Must... Eat... Supper.....

 

The TShirt over long sleeved TShirt is one of my faves. Better than the button down over the TShirt by far.

I accept defeat here. U ladies got me! It would be nice if he spruced himself up a bit, seriously. The t shirt and all stars (?)have wbeen thoroughly played out, won't u agree?.

 

He's not wearing the All Stars anymore. Keep up, dude!

 

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/9580657685_0d39414549_z.jpg

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7323/9583442746_799c993229_z.jpg

 

I'm told that those suede shoes he was wearing for the second half of the tour are Hugo Boss shoes. Doubt they are cheap.

I saw the 40th Anniversary Fan Appreciation Concert last night here in Pittsburgh. It was really very good, I enjoyed it much more than I expected. It was billed as a one-off as members not touring with them did appear for a few songs each. The first half was done (very well) with a full orchestra, the second half was the band only.

 

Here is the article from the local paper about the show:

 

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/kansas-celebrates-its-40th-anniversary-in-pittsburgh-699307/

 

and

 

 

Here is the review after from the local paper:

 

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/kansas-carries-on-with-dignity-at-40th-anniversary-concert-699721/

J2112 I thanks that is what I was thinking. I saw them in Buffalo in Oct...amazing show seriously! The crowd was so into it.

 

Yes, it was an excellent show. The audience for Rush shows here have always been very good and they've had a dedicated following in Buffalo and it's surrounding areas for many years now. If you look back on in their tour archives, Buffalo has been a regular stop for them on just about every tour since AFTK. Rarely have they toured over the last 35 years and missed coming here. There was an old radio station here who's format included playing tons of Rush both new and old. They would play the crap out of all the old hits and even the newer stuff as well until it changed it's format to modern rock in 1995. That station was one of the huge driving forces as to why Rush gained such a following here and is responsible for making a lot of people around here fans of Rush, myself included. Being only 90 minutes from where they live in Toronto i'm sure was a big help in that as well.

 

True. Although I grew up in Pennsylvania I was closer to Buffalo than Pittsburgh, Erie or any other "city" in Pennsylvania. Buffalo was the source of all our media, TV, Newspapers and the all important FM Radio. Living in the middle of nowhere, the FM radio was so very important to us. Rush was really prevalent on the Buffalo radio stations. We've often wondered if our love of rush was assisted by our proximity to Buffalo and, in turn, Canada.

He dropped one at Hershey this tour I saw Geddy stroll over and scoop it up and toss it into the crowd.

 

I saw this too. I'd not ever seen one end up there on the stage. I didn't see Neil drop it , I thought it might have been a broken one. I'm just glad that Ged saw it, would have been awful for him or Al to have stepped on it and fallen. :(

I got Section 2 (center section) row 3. We were directly in front of Geddy's microphone.

 

That's an excellent spot to be. :)

 

I was third row right in front of Ged's microphone for the Time Machine show in Vegas a few years ago.. it was lovely!!

I have acrylic nails and have them done every other Saturday. I love the convenience and enjoy the time in the nail salon. Mine are very short and square, barely past the end of my fingertips and never any of those crazy designs, just polished with a normal color.

Not to be picky, cause I will take it whenever, but is it still a 40th anniversary tour if it starts in 2015?

 

wouldn't it be cool if the opening night was august 14, 2014, forty years after neil's debut....

 

of course, the civic arena in pittsburgh (the igloo) is gone....

 

Currently the Arena site is still a parking lot, the way things are going, it could still be a parking lot by that time.. a nice outdoor show with a view of the city..

Treat each tour like its the last. One never knows...

 

This is the true marketing genius. We, the fans, attend each show and tour as if it is the last. These guys have been very specific in stating that they will play and tour as long as they can and as long as they are enjoying it, and in the next breath talk about how hard it is on them... leading us to believe or to feel that this may be it.. I thought that TM might be it, now I feel like CA might be it.. we have to see them and as much as we can cause we don't know when it will end.

 

They are genius to hint that it's too hard for them, but never to say that they will stop. Just my thoughts..

Happy day to ya!! Miss ya!

I have a few of their albums on vinyl. They're pretty good, especially the debut.

 

I think that's one of their best.

I can't help but feel a certain vindication now that Rush is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

 

I don't know what anyone else's experience has been as a Rush fan over the years/decades, but my first several years as a fan in the 80's was one of dealing with tons of ridicule and derision for being a fan. The hatred of Rush seemed to go FAR beyond that of any other band I loved back then.

 

The most egregious hatred of Rush came from a friend of mine back then named Josh Putterman, to the point that he even wrote in my junior high school yearbook, in big capital letters over his photo - RUSH SUKS! For some reason it was popular back then to write sucks without the letter c.

 

I have no idea what Josh was listening to back then - probably something more lightweight like Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner or Journey, but whatever it was, I never gave him a hard time for liking whomever it was like he did to me!

 

Anyway, just wanted to say in your FACE, Josh Putterman, BEEYOTCH, wherever you are! You might still hate the greatest band on earth, but they've achieved immortality over the decades as rock royalty, and now they're in the hall of fame. I hope you still hate them and have been tortured by them as long as I've loved them... and go suk it! ;) :P

 

Don't worry, dude's last name is "Putterman" trust me he's suffering.

"OH MY FRAKING GOD!!! I will be eating my crow with some bernaise sauce and the pig will be flying at 75 feet altitude. I had to read, then re-read, then re-re-read the news. Then, I reacted in a way I did not expect. I cried. Tears of joy."

-CygnusGal on The Rush Forum

 

Read more: http://www.rollingst...1#ixzz2EngWx7Vi

 

AWESOME!

 

Just saw that, very cool :)

Awesome. Does this mean mullets and/or kimonos are making a comeback? :P

 

Apparently yes judging by the picture they used.. Is it just me or does anyone else find that mildly insulting..?

No 40 year old band is as relevant and active as Rush! They're bigger than ever and current pics of them are even easier to come by.. So why portray the with 30 year old pics??

 

I think it's a little jab from the clowns at the "rock and roll hall of faults"..

 

The choice of photos was a little suspect, but hey, I'll take any Rush article that doesn't say "nerd" or "banshee wail" any day. ;)

 

Glad I'm not the only one annoyed by their choice of picture. Really? That's the only one you could come up with??

So very, very sorry to hear this. I know that the loss of one's Mom is the hardest thing to endure. I echo the sentiments of other and will be thinking of you and your family. I think of my mom and dad every day and miss them every day. Talk of her often when with family and she'll never be completely gone.

 

Found some more Geddy pictures from Cleveland on my sd card that I never uploaded:

 

 

 

 

 

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn108/hetfieldinn/Rush%20Cleveland/IMG_1700.jpg

 

 

 

Damn, I love those brown pants...

The setlist for Houston was as follows...

 

Subdivisions

The Big Money

Force 10

Grand Designs

Limelight

Territories

Analog Kid

Bravado

Where's MyThing? w/ drum solo

Far Cry

 

-intermission-

 

Caravan

Clockwork Angels

The Anarchist

Carnies

The Wreckers

Halo Effect

Seven Cities of Gold

Headlong Flight

The Garden

Dreamline

-Drum solo #2-

Red Sector A

YYZ

The Spirit of Radio

 

-Encore-

Tom Sawyer

2112 Overture / Temples / Grand Finale

 

...and it was a GREAT show.

 

Yes, it was. I saw five shows this tour and this was the only time I saw Limelight. I quit trying to keep track after Toronto so I had no idea if we would get it or no.

Was this limited to SA? Has anyone heard anything similar about Houston?

Listening to the CD right now, doesn't sound much better than either of the bootlegs that I have. I was expecting a better sound.

The back of one of the Geddy ones says "Geddy Lee gave me this shirt to prove he can rock an afro" one of them says something like "Geddy Lee gave me this shirt with a picture of someone who looks like him"

Geddy is so hot and beautiful!

http://youtu.be/P0s5Awq884w

 

Can I just say "I love those brown pants"

Either one is fine by me, but I think the icon should be updated to have something a little more recognizable as Rush for newer fans coming in that don't know about Different Stages.

 

If they don't know about Different Stages, then they need to study up! :)