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A track from "Hold Your Fire" definitely should have been played on this tour. "Turn the Page", "Lock & Key", and "Mission" would have all been great editions to the set! :)

Yeah, there really should have been one inclusion from "Hold Your Fire". "Turn the Page", "Lock & Key", and "Mission" would have all been fantastic inclusions into this set! :)

You're missing "The Main Monkey Business" and "Roll the Bones" as part of your first set. They shouldn't drop either one of those because A) MMB is the only instrumental in Set 1 and B) the RTB Celebrity Rap video is THE highlight of Set 1!

I'd love "Afterimage" in a RUSH setlist, but there's already a good representation of "Grace Under Pressure" in the current R40 setlist, even though it's songs that have been played in concert during the last decade's tours. "Hold Your Fire" has been represented on tour from R30 to Clockwork Angels but only with 3 songs, and there's at least 3 other songs on that album that would sound great within this current setlist. RUSH needs to stop holding their fire! ;)

OK, so we know that they have been dropping the extra "Clockwork Angels" song ("Clockwork Angels" or "The Wreckers") whenever they play "Losing It", but should they drop these extra rotating songs permanently in place of something else from their catalogue? I say, YES! The biggest gap in this tour's setlist is the gap in-between "Roll the Bones" and the Grace Under Pressure song. I wish they would add in a great "Hold Your Fire" track like "Turn the Page" or "Lock & Key". Hell, even "Mission" would be great in that spot. And then, when they come to cities where they will play "Losing It" with the violinist, they can drop this new 80s slot to make room for it. I wish they would do this from this point on in the tour or even if they decide to extend the tour into 2016. Hope Springs Eternal! :)

I bet they will do "Losing It" tomorrow night for Chris Squire. I love "Afterimage", but I feel like we would have heard it already on this tour if they were going to play it at any point.

great! that's exactly who I thought it was, just had trouble seeing it 100% clearly with the sunglasses and whatnot. :)

Who's the guy with the Raiders cap, sunglasses, cards in hand, etc.? He's the only one I'm currently having trouble identifying...

Here's what I'm hoping they do: 1) "The Anarchist" 2) "Clockwork Angels" (1st night only) 3) "Headlong Flight" 4) "Far Cry" 5) "The Main Monkey Business" 6) "How It Is" (2nd night only) 7) "Animate" 8) "Roll the Bones" 9) "Distant Early Warning" (1st night only) 10) "Losing It" (DUH; 2nd night only) 11) "Subdivisions" 2nd Half setlist follows 2nd night setlist as is Bonus tracks: "One Little Victory", "Between the Wheels", "Red Barchetta" What do you all think of this? It has both never played songs, 2 2nd half alternates ("YYZ"/"Natural Science") instead of just 1 "Red Barchetta", and it has the major "Grace Under Pressure" set piece included.

R40 is the best RUSH tour I have ever experienced, and it would only be made better if they had included a song from "Hold Your Fire" in the set. :)

Me too, but I'm not sure with all of the other songs that their stamina could handle it! ;)

1) "Jacob's Ladder" 2) "Xanadu" 3) "Hemispheres Prelude" Honorable Mention: "Cygnus X-1" It's really hard to pick favorites on this tour, because besides the above, I also really loved "Animate" and "Roll the Bones" during the first set, plus the encore is killer as well! :)

One other thing. If they did a similar "Snakes & Arrows" rotation with "Far Cry" in sets A & C and one of the following in B ("Armor & Sword", "The Larger Bowl", "Spindrift", or "The Way The Wind Blows") that would make me very happy too! (PS I'd definitely leave "Animate" and "Roll the Bones" in with no rotations for those two.) :)

Ok, so here's the rotations as follows: 1) "Clockwork Angels" (A, C) / "The Wreckers" (B) 2) "One Little Victory" (A. C) / "How It Is" (B) 3) "Distant Early Warning" (A, C) / "Between the Wheels" (B) 4) "Red Barchetta" (A) / "The Camera Eye" (B) / "YYZ & "Natural Science" © Only one out of this bunch that I wish wasn't rotatable would be "Distant Early Warning". Don't get me wrong. I LOVE "Between the Wheels", but I've never heard DEW at any of the RUSH shows I've been too, plus with the visuals, it seems to be more like a good set piece for this tour than BTW. Adding on top of that, I got BTW as part of the NOLA set when Alex's guitar failed to work for the first minute of it, and it kinda ruined the rest of the performance of that song for me. So anyway, that's my two cents on that rotation. The others are fine with me. Both "Clockwork Angels" and "The Wreckers" got performed every night on the Clockwork Angels tour, plus Time Machine tour had all of "Moving Pictures", so I'm fine with the rotations of those albums' songs. It would be neat to have "Natural Science" in all three set lists, but I don't know if it could fit in the allotted time for A & B with the lengthier "Moving Pictures" songs present. Discuss! :)

Here's what I think could happen: Maybe a few South American shows this fall, followed by Europe and some more North American dates starting late Spring. And then that's it. No more R40 tour, and maybe no more Rush.

I've had "Mystic Rhythms" in my dream setlist for a while, but it was obvious they weren't going to play that one this tour without Neil's electronic kit, plus all of the other 6 songs they have played off "Power Windows" were played on the last two tours, so I'm perfectly OK with nothing from that album being played on this tour. Not playing anything from "Hold Your Fire" however is not excusable. "Turn the Page", "Lock & Key", or even "Mission" would all have been great to play after "Roll the Bones". Oh well...

They really need to play a great song from "Hold Your Fire" on this tour! 1) "Turn the Page" 2) "Lock & Key" 3) "Mission" 4) "Time Stand Still" 5) "Prime Mover" 6) "Force Ten" (That's my order of preference) :)

I don't see that happening at all. I think the encore will stay exactly the same throughout the entire tour.

No tour extension. THIS IS IT Sources? I'm still of the opinion that they didn't set up all this production for 34 shows... I talked to Howard U. in Atlanta. He told me what is scheduled is it. No second leg and nothing overseas. Things could change. After all, I don't think this tour was on the books at all around the same time last year, when it really made sense to tour then as they were right in the midst of their actual 40th anniversary with Neil. I'm waiting for either one of two press releases after this year's tour is over. It's either: 1) "RUSH EXTEND R40 TOUR INTO 2016 or 2) "RUSH CALL IT A DAY"

No tour extension. THIS IS IT Nothing guaranteed either way. I would hope they at least make an effort to get out to Europe and South America one last time for all those fans. And while they are at it, they could make a few more stops in the US and Canada in cities they didn't play this year. If the tour this year ends on August 1, and they resume around the beginning of April next year, that gives them roughly 7 months to catch a break before starting up again. I remain optimistic for now...

Not the case at all. CA was actually filmed towards the end of the first year of the tour. Yes, Time Machine was filmed during the second year of the tour, but a lot of that apparently had to due with Neil's ear issues during the first year which required him to use headphones as opposed to IEMs, and they didn't want to film a show with him on the cans.

What's wrong with the Time Machine film? I think it's one of their best. I do agree that Clockwork Angels could be better though.

I do hope that the DVD/Blu-Ray track list will reflect the "C" setlist with one exception. Switch out "One Little Victory" for "How It Is" I'm still not happy that they chose "Dreamline" over "Manhattan Project" for the main CA tour DVD/Blu-Ray track listing, but they didn't ask me so, oh well… ;)

I agree. Within the humor, there's a soft touch in that video. The idea that these three guys walk off the stage *together* (note: *together* is indeed there for all the Neil haters) toward who knows what.... and without their booze (!). I have been paying attention to what Geddy is saying at the end of the shows and it always seems to be some variant of "we hope to see you again sometime". Some folks seem to be using that as a sort of proof they will tour again because Geddy has said that sort of thing for years (although I do remember it in the past being more along the vein of "we hope to see you again the next time around" up until recently, which is quite different). I don't see the "hope to see you again" language in any way as a nod to future tours. In fact, it seems to drive home the idea the future of the band is very much in the air. "Hope" is not a commitment. "See you again" does not imply a full tour. "Sometime" is as non-committal as "hope." That language, coupled with the video, leads me to believe they may still do some sort of work together, but there won't ever be a full tour. People are just grabbing at straws because they don't want this to be the last tour. Agreed. I think this is it. I can't imagine them doing another album without touring, so I really do believe that Rush will call it a day after this tour, and the closing video only seems to confirm that the more I view it. (Now that doesn't mean they won't extend the tour, but I can't see them doing anything else once the tour is officially laid to rest, whenever that is.)

Hold Your Fire: "Turn the Page" Presto: "Show Don't Tell" Test for Echo: "Half the World" Power Windows" "Mystic Rhythms"