Song predictions for the upcoming tour!!!!!!!!!

[TheAnarchist2112]

Never thought I'd be able to write this, but here we are!!

We already have 1 song confirmed, which is Tom Sawyer. Ged and Al said that they've been rehearsing about 35 songs, so that leaves us with 34 left. Here's my predictions for the songs that they'll play:

 

1. Working Man
2. Anthem
3. 2112 Overture
4. 2112 Temples
5. 2112 Finale
6. Closer To The Heart
7. Xanadu
8. La Villa Strangiato
9. The Spirit of Radio
10. Natural Science
11. Jacob's Ladder
12. Tom Sawyer
13. Red Barchetta
14. YYZ
15. Limelight
16. The Camera Eye
17. Subdivisions
18. Digital Man
19. Distant Early Warning
20. Between The Wheels
21. The Big Money
22. Mission
23. The Pass
24. Roll The Bones
25. Bravado
26. Dreamline
27. Animate
28. Leave That Thing Alone
29. Resist
30. One Little Victory
31. Ghost Rider
32. Far Cry
33. Workin Them Angels
34. Clockwork Angels
35. Headlong Flight

 

what do you guys think? I'm super excited, I never had the chance to see them before because I was WAYYY too young at the time of R40, and I never thought in a million years this would happen! I can't wait to see them! Rush Rules!! :))))

[Fridge]

Err.....in the video they clearly state the show will be nearer two hours rather than three, so they are not squeezing all that in.....plus, do you really think Geddy can still make a fist of singing a lot of them?......the man himself said he "couldn't sing Rush songs anymore" in an interview a couple of years ago....it's a mystery to me how they are going to solve that thorny little problem unless they draft in vocal help.

[BlairC45]

They'll probably play half of what you listed there!

[Brava Doh!]

Two different shows in each city means a core set of songs each night and then some of the rest in night one, some of the rest on night two.

i would also suggest that a few of the 35 may fall by the wayside as they finalize their set. 
 

So I would say two set lists need to be guessed at, each with core songs and what you suspect will be built around them.

[grep]

I would be very surprised if they didn't find a way to work in FBN and AF2K .  

[napoleonj]

Heavy on instrumentals for this one. In fact, I think it would be safe to assume every instrumental they ever did would be represented here.

[TheAnarchist2112]

1 hour ago, TheAnarchist2112 said:

Never thought I'd be able to write this, but here we are!!

We already have 1 song confirmed, which is Tom Sawyer. Ged and Al said that they've been rehearsing about 35 songs, so that leaves us with 34 left. Here's my predictions for the songs that they'll play:

 

1. Working Man
2. Anthem
3. 2112 Overture
4. 2112 Temples
5. 2112 Finale
6. Closer To The Heart
7. Xanadu
8. La Villa Strangiato
9. The Spirit of Radio
10. Natural Science
11. Jacob's Ladder
12. Tom Sawyer
13. Red Barchetta
14. YYZ
15. Limelight
16. The Camera Eye
17. Subdivisions
18. Digital Man
19. Distant Early Warning
20. Between The Wheels
21. The Big Money
22. Mission
23. The Pass
24. Roll The Bones
25. Bravado
26. Dreamline
27. Animate
28. Leave That Thing Alone
29. Resist
30. One Little Victory
31. Ghost Rider
32. Far Cry
33. Workin Them Angels
34. Clockwork Angels
35. Headlong Flight

 

what do you guys think? I'm super excited, I never had the chance to see them before because I was WAYYY too young at the time of R40, and I never thought in a million years this would happen! I can't wait to see them! Rush Rules!! :))))

Im aware that they won’t play all 35 every single night, this is the list for the songs theyll play IN TOTAL over the course of the 12 dates 

[TheAnarchist2112]

2 minutes ago, napoleonj said:

Heavy on instrumentals for this one. In fact, I think it would be safe to assume every instrumental they ever did would be represented here.

I’d love to see MalNar

[J2112YYZ]

I really can't pick anything because I know nothing about the new drummer and what songs she could play really well. I also have no clue the state of Geddy's voice and what he could sing decent enough these days.

[Alexmai]

17 minutes ago, napoleonj said:

Heavy on instrumentals for this one. In fact, I think it would be safe to assume every instrumental they ever did would be represented here.

I hope they'll do a kind of R30 medley... 

[PurpleHayes]

Geddy: "Since this really is our final tour, we'd like to play a bunch of songs for ya that we've never played ever. If you don't like that, you can piss off, eh?"

 

SETLIST:

I Think I'm Going Bald

Tears

Madrigal/Rivendell medley

Different Strings

Tai Shan (extended version)

Available Light

half of TFE album

other half of VT that they never played

 

"Thank yeeewwwww, good night!"

[TheAnarchist2112]

5 minutes ago, PurpleHayes said:

Geddy: "Since this really is our final tour, we'd like to play a bunch of songs for ya that we've never played ever. If you don't like that, you can piss off, eh?"

 

SETLIST:

I Think I'm Going Bald

Tears

Madrigal/Rivendell medley

Different Strings

Tai Shan (extended version)

Available Light

half of TFE album

other half of VT that they never played

 

"Thank yeeewwwww, good night!"

Thatd be crazy

they’ve played I Think I’m Going Bald though?

[Todem]

I will only take a stab at the 35 songs on the “list” they are curating the two or three set lists they plan on doing.

 

1. The Spirit of Radio

2. Tom Sawyer

3. Subdivisions 

4. Distant Early Warning

5. The Big Money

6. Force 10

7. Dreamline

8. Natural Science

9. Red Barchetta

10. The Analog Kid

11. Red Sector A

12. Roll The Bones

13. Animate

14. Far Cry

15. Headlong Flight

16. The Trees

17. 2112 Overture/Temples/Grand Finale

18. Xanadu

19. Bravado

20. YYZ

21. Limelight

22. La Villa Strangiato

23. Mission

24. Between The Wheels

25. Caravan

26. Working Them Angels

27. The Pass

28. Leave That Thing Alone

29. The Garden

30. Ghost Rider

31. Secret Touch

32. Marathon

33. Working Man

34. Vital Signs

35. The Anarchist 

[New_World_Man]

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Edited October 7, 2025 by New_World_Man
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[chemistry1973]

I think we will get a lot of GuP.

 

Afterimage most definitely.

 

Kid Gloves maybe.

 

also: available light and cut to the chase 

[thizzellewashington]

I'm going to attempt to do something I never managed to do for any of the Rush tours I saw (every tour starting with R30): not read anything ahead of time about the setlist or the show and go in blind.

 

There are plenty of Rush songs I don't like but none of them are anything I think they'll play (I can't imagine "Tai Shan" or "Dog Years" is high on the priority list) so I'll be happy with whatever they do.

[HemiBeers]

They'll play the easiest songs for Alex to solo and the easiest for Geddy to sing. 

[thizzellewashington]

Just now, HemiBeers said:

They'll play the easiest songs for Alex to solo and the easiest for Geddy to sing. 

As someone whose favorite period of Rush is the mid-80s I'm not mad at this at all. The 70s stuff was tough for Geddy to do 10 years ago.

[chemistry1973]

2 minutes ago, HemiBeers said:

They'll play the easiest songs for Alex to solo and the easiest for Geddy to sing. 

Well they got a chick in the band now. Maybe AN can sing I think I’m Going Bald.

[XanaD.E.W.]

In my head, I can already hear Annika doing a really cool groove to the jazzy/fusion middle section of Freewill. I can also hear them doing more groove oriented songs such as Stick it Out or Armor & Sword for her to really lay down a deep pocket. But then again, I'd think she would slay it in a song like Earthshine and/or Driven with all that tricky time signature changes too. 

[grep]

Would be cool if they worked in an R50 Overture. That could cover a lot of ground for harder to sing songs. 

[treeduck]

48 minutes ago, grep said:

Would be cool if they worked in an R50 Overture. That could cover a lot of ground for harder to sing songs. 

[Second Hand Grace]

As long as they play Rivendell, Tai Shan, Tears and Limbo, i'll be happy.  

[JARG]

My fear is that the set list will favor more recent material than older.

[TexMike]

I have a feeling this will be heavily weighted towards “greatest hits”.  They know this will attract many fans who never got to see them with Neil and who will want to hear songs they know from radio or compilations.  Plus it sounds like this will be a shorter set than we’re used to from them, so I wouldn’t expect many long epics.

 

Spirit, Subdivisions, Closer, Sawyer, Barchetta, YYZ, Trees, Temples, Working Man, Red Sector are probably all guarantees and that may be half the set already.  The rest will probably be dictated by Geddy’s range and Alex’s dexterity at this point.

Edited October 7, 2025 by TexMike