A compilation of every song Rush has played live

[Blue Baby Dragon]

I compiled this list myself, checking my knowledge of bootlegs against the Power Windows website and the Digital Rush Experience. I made this a few years ago (when the S&A tour started), got distracted, and forgot to ever post it. But here it is! I'm very proud of it and I hope you like it.

 

This lists each Rush song and the tours that song was played on. Except in some of their early tours, Rush has never really varied their setlist from night-to-night.

 

There are some exceptions. On the Vapor Trails tour, for example, they rotated a few songs from night-to-night, and on some tours they replaced songs with new songs on the second leg or something like that. But usually when Rush drops a song they drop it permanently.

 

If a song has no tours next to it, it's never been played live!

 

The only songs that have never missed a show since their introduction are Tom Sawyer and Dreamline! (and technically all the S&A songs that have been played live)

 

KEY

Rush: Early tourdates for debut album

FBN: Fly By Night tour

CoS: "Down the Tubes" tour

2112: 2112 tour, All The World's A Stage tour

AFTK: A Farewell To Kings tour, Archives tour

Hemi: Hemispheres tour

 

*will update this soon*

Edited June 8, 2010 by Blue Baby Dragon

[Blue Baby Dragon]

*I need to update this list for a few other things. Some songs were actually played -before- their album was released.*

 

Non-Album Songs

Not Fade Away*

You Can't Fight It*

Fancy Dancer: Rush

Garden Road: Rush

Bad Boy: Rush, FBN

 

* No live recordings exist of Not Fade Away or You Can't Fight It, but it's reasonable to assume they were played when John Rutsey was still in the band.

 

Rush

Finding My Way: Rush, FBN, CoS**, 2112, PeW, p/g, RTB*, R30*

Need Some Love: Rush, FBN

Take A Friend

Here Again: Rush

What You're Doing: Rush, FBN, CoS**, 2112

In The Mood: Rush, FBN, CoS, 2112, AFTK, Hemi, PeW, MP, Sig, p/g, PoW, HYF, Pr

Before And After

Working Man: Rush, FBN, CoS, 2112, AFTK, Hemi, PeW, MP, VT, R30

 

* On the RTB tour, Finding My Way was part of a medley. On the R30 tour, Finding My Way was part of R30 Overture.

** Songs marked with "CoS**" are believed to have been played during CoS headline shows, but are uncomfirmed.

 

Fly By Night

Anthem: Rush, FBN, CoS, 2112, AFTK, Hemi, PeW*, RTB*, R30*

Best I Can: Rush, FBN, CoS**

Beneath, Between & Behind: FBN, CoS**, PeW, MP

By-Tor & The Snow Dog: Rush***, FBN, CoS**, 2112, AFTK, Hemi, PeW, MP, VT, R30

Fly By Night: Rush, FBN, CoS**, 2112, AFTK

Making Memories: **

Rivendell

In The End: FBN, CoS**, 2112, MP

 

* On the PeW and RTB tours, Anthem was part of a medley. On the R30 tour, Anthem was part of R30 Overture.

** No known recording exists of Making Memories, but it was on the dubious uncomfirmed headline setlist. Similarly, songs marked with "CoS**" are believed to have been played during CoS headline shows, but are uncomfirmed.

*** An instrumental snippet of By-Tor & The Snow Dog was added to Working Man late in the Rush tour before its release on Fly By Night.

 

Caress Of Steel

Bastille Day: CoS, 2112, AFTK, Hemi*, PeW*, R30*

I Think I'm Going Bald: **

Lakeside Park: CoS, 2112

The Necromancer: CoS, 2112***

The Fountain Of Lamneth: **

 

* On the Hemi and PeW tours, Bastille Day was included as part of a medley. On the R30 tour, Bastille Day was part of R30 Overture.

** No known recording exists of I Think I'm Going Bald or The Fountain Of Lamneth, but they were on the dubious uncomfirmed headline setlist.

*** On the All The World's A Stage tour (labeled as part of the 2112 tour), The Necromancer was often played. It was abbreviated to exclude the "Into The Darkness" section.

 

2112

2112

2112 Overture: 2112, AFTK, Hemi, PeW, MP, Sig, PoW, HYF, Pr, RTB, TFE, VT, R30, S&A (leg II)

The Temples Of Syrinx: 2112, AFTK, Hemi, PeW, MP, Sig, p/g, PoW, HYF, TFE, VT, R30, S&A (leg II)

Discovery: 2112*, AFTK, Hemi, TFE

Presentation: 2112, AFTK, Hemi, PeW, TFE

Oracle (The Dream): TFE

Soliloquy: 2112, AFTK, Hemi, PeW, TFE

Grand Finale: 2112, AFTK, Hemi, PeW, MP, TFE, R30

 

A Passage To Bangkok: Hemi, PeW, R30**, S&A

The Twilight Zone: 2112***

Lessons

Tears

Something For Nothing: 2112***, AFTK, Hemi

 

* The "Discovery" section of 2112 was abbreviated on the 2112 tour.

** On the R30 tour, A Passage To Bangkok was part of R30 Overture.

*** On the All The World's A Stage tour (labeled as part of the 2112 tour), The Twilight Zone and Something For Nothing were sometimes played.

 

A Farewell To Kings

A Farewell To Kings: AFTK, Hemi

Xanadu: AFTK, Hemi, PeW, MP, Sig, Pr, RTB, CP, R30

Closer To The Heart: AFTK, Hemi, PeW, MP, Sig, p/g**, PoW**, HYF**, Pr**, RTB**, CP**, TFE**, VT**

Cinderella Man: AFTK

Madrigal

Cygnus X-1: AFTK, Hemi, PeW, RTB***, CP***, TFE***, VT***, R30***

 

** Beginning with the second leg of the p/g tour, Closer To The Heart was extended to include an instrumental jam. It was performed like this until (and including) the TFE tour. Closer To The Heart was only played 5 times on the VT tour; it debuted in Mexico City, but was dropped until the last four dates of the tour (Manchester, NH and the three Brazil dates).

*** Late in the RTB tour, a short instrumental tease of Cygnus X-1 was added at the end of the "Spirit Of Radio Medley" that closed the show. A similar tease was added to the closing song of the CP and TFE tours (which in both cases was YYZ). Cygnus X-1 was performed as an abbreviated instrumental on the VT tour. On the R30 tour, Cygnus X-1 was part of R30 Overture.

 

Hemispheres

Hemispheres: Hemi, PeW, MP*, CP*, R30*

Circumstances: Hemi, S&A (leg I)

The Trees: Hemi, PeW, MP**, Sig**, PoW, RTB**, TFE, VT**, R30, S&A (leg II)

La Villa Strangiato: Hemi, PeW, MP, Sig, HYF, Pr, RTB, VT***, R30***

 

* On the MP tour, Hemispheres Prelude was played early in the set and "Armageddon, The Battle Of Heart And Mind" was played late in the set. On the CP tour, only Hemispheres Prelude was played. Hemispheres Prelude was part of R30 Overture on the R30 tour.

** Broon's Bane (Alex's acoustic instrumental) was used as an intro to The Trees on the MP and Sig tours. The Trees was added to the RTB setlist late in the tour. The Trees began to rotate with Between Sun & Moon roughly halfway through the VT tour, and Between Sun & Moon was eventually dropped from rotation permanently.

*** On the VT and R30 tours, Alex gave a unique "rant" every night during La Villa Strangiato.

 

Permanent Waves

The Spirit Of Radio: PeW, MP, Sig, p/g, PoW, HYF, Pr*, RTB, CP, TFE, VT, R30, S&A

Freewill: PeW, MP, Sig, Pr**, RTB**, TFE, VT***, S&A

Jacob's Ladder: PeW

Entre Nous: S&A (leg I)

Different Strings

Natural Science: PeW, MP, TFE, VT, S&A

 

* The Spirit Of Radio was added to the Pr setlist early in the tour. (The Pr dates before it was added are the only shows it has ever missed)

** On the Pr and RTB tours, Freewill was abbreviated and segued into Distant Early Warning.

*** Freewill began to rotate with Vital Signs roughly halfway through the VT tour. Vital Signs was eventually dropped from rotation permanently.

 

Moving Pictures

Tom Sawyer: MP, Sig, p/g, PoW, HYF, Pr, RTB, CP, TFE, VT, R30, S&A

Red Barchetta: MP, Sig, p/g, Pr, RTB*, TFE, R30, S&A (leg II)

YYZ: MP**, Sig**, p/g**, PoW, HYF, Pr, CP, TFE, VT, R30, S&A

Limelight: MP, Sig, p/g, PoW, HYF, RTB, CP, TFE (leg II), VT, R30, S&A

The Camera Eye: MP, Sig***

Witch Hunt (Part III Of "Fear"): p/g, PoW, S&A

Vital Signs: MP, Sig, p/g, RTB****, VT****

 

* On the RTB tour, Red Barchetta was played as part of a medley.

** On the MP and Sig tours (as well as some shows near the end of the p/g tour), YYZ bookended the Drum Solo.

*** On the Sig tour, only one verse of The Camera Eye was played each night.

**** Vital Signs was added to the RTB setlist late in the tour. For roughly the first half of the VT tour, Vital Signs was played at every show. It began to rotate with Freewill and was eventually dropped permanently.

 

Signals

Subdivisions: Sig, p/g, PoW, HYF, Pr, RTB*, TFE, R30, S&A

The Analog Kid: Sig, RTB*, CP

Chemistry: Sig**

Digital Man: Sig, S&A

The Weapon (Part II Of "Fear"): Sig, p/g

New World Man: Sig, p/g, PoW***, VT

Losing It

Countdown: Sig

 

* Subdivisions was abbreviated for the RTB tour, and was dropped from the setlist late in the tour. The Analog Kid was added to the setlist for the rest of the tour.

** Chemistry was eventually dropped from the Sig setlist.

*** New World Man was dropped from the PoW setlist late in the tour.

 

Grace Under Pressure

Distant Early Warning: p/g, PoW, HYF, Pr, RTB, VT, S&A (leg I)*

Afterimage: p/g (leg I)

Red Sector A: p/g, PoW, HYF, TFE, VT, R30

The Enemy Within (Part I Of "Fear"): p/g

The Body Electric: p/g

Kid Gloves: p/g (leg II)

Red Lenses: p/g**, PoW**, HYF**

Between The Wheels: p/g, R30, S&A

 

* Early in the S&A tour, Summertime Blues was played at every show. It eventually began to rotate with Distant Early Warning.

** Red Lenses bookended the Drum Solo for most of the p/g tour, but late in the tour the Drum Solo was moved to YYZ and Red Lenses stood on its own. On the PoW and HYF tours, only the second half of Red Lenses was played (it followed the Drum Solo).

 

Power Windows

The Big Money: PoW, HYF, Pr*, RTB, TFE (leg I), VT

Grand Designs: PoW

Manhattan Project: PoW, HYF, Pr

Marathon: PoW, HYF, Pr

Territories: PoW, HYF

Middletown Dreams: PoW

Emotion Detector

Mystic Rhythms: PoW, Pr, CP, R30

 

* The Big Money was dropped from the Pr setlist early in the tour.

 

Hold Your Fire

Force Ten: HYF, Pr, RTB, CP, TFE, R30

Time Stand Still: HYF, Pr, RTB, CP

Open Secrets

Second Nature

Prime Mover: HYF

Lock And Key: HYF

Mission: HYF, Pr, S&A

Turn The Page: HYF

Tai Shan

High Water

 

Presto

Show Don't Tell: Pr, RTB, CP

Chain Lightning

The Pass: Pr, RTB*, VT

War Paint: Pr

Scars: Pr

Presto

Superconductor: Pr, RTB

Anagram (For Mongo)

Red Tide

Hand Over Fist

Available Light

 

* The Pass was dropped from the RTB setlist late in the tour.

 

Roll The Bones

Dreamline: RTB, CP, TFE, VT, R30, S&A

Bravado: RTB, CP*, VT, R30

Roll The Bones: RTB, CP, TFE, VT, R30

Face Up

Where's My Thing? (Part IV, "Gangster Of Boats" Trilogy): RTB

The Big Wheel

Heresy

Ghost Of A Chance: RTB**, S&A (leg II)

Neurotica

You Bet Your Life

 

* Bravado was added to the CP setlist late in the tour.

** Ghost Of A Chance was added to the RTB setlist early in the tour.

 

Counterparts

Animate: CP, TFE, R30

Stick It Out: CP, TFE (leg II)

Cut To The Chase

Nobody's Hero: CP, TFE

Between Sun & Moon: VT*

Alien Shore

The Speed Of Love

Double Agent: CP

Leave That Thing Alone!: CP, TFE, VT

Cold Fire: CP

Everyday Glory

 

* For roughly the first half of the VT tour, Between Sun & Moon was played at every show. It began to rotate with The Trees and was eventually dropped permanently.

 

Test For Echo

Test For Echo: TFE

Driven: TFE, VT

Half The World: TFE

The Color Of Right

Time And Motion: TFE*

Totem

Dog Years

Virtuality: TFE

Resist: TFE*, VT**, R30**

Limbo: TFE

Carve Away The Stone

 

* For the first two shows of the TFE tour, Resist and Time And Motion were both played, but then they began to rotate. After a few nights, Time And Motion was dropped from rotation permanently.

** Acoustic

 

Vapor Trails

One Little Victory: VT, R30, S&A

Ceiling Unlimited: VT*

Ghost Rider: VT*

Peaceable Kingdom

The Stars Look Down

How It Is

Vapor Trail

Secret Touch: VT, R30, S&A (leg I)

Earthshine: VT, R30

Sweet Miracle

Nocturne

Freeze (Part IV Of "Fear")

Out Of The Cradle

 

* Ceiling Unlimited and Ghost Rider were rotated every night of the VT tour. Toward the end of the tour, Ceiling Unlimited was dropped permanently.

 

Feedback

Summertime Blues: R30, S&A (leg I)*

Heart Full Of Soul: R30**

For What It's Worth

The Seeker: R30

Mr. Soul

Seven And Seven Is

Shapes Of Things

Crossroads: R30

 

* Early in the S&A tour, Summertime Blues was played at every show. It eventually began to rotate with Distant Early Warning.

** Acoustic

 

Snakes & Arrows

Far Cry: S&A

Armor & Sword: S&A

Workin' Them Angels: S&A

The Larger Bowl: S&A

Spindrift: S&A

The Main Monkey Business: S&A

The Way The Wind Blows: S&A

Hope: S&A

Faithless

Bravest Face

Good News First

Malignant Narcissism: S&A

We Hold On

 

 

*I need to update this list for a few other things. Some songs were actually played -before- their album was released.*

Edited June 9, 2010 by Blue Baby Dragon

[LERXST69]

You have got a lot of spare time

 

[Joshua]

What a geek! My hat's off to you, sir.

[sdhonda]

Whats your source for "Making Memories"?

[cygnus_thegodofbalance]

Do you work?

[Blue Baby Dragon]

Edited June 8, 2010 by Blue Baby Dragon

[Alex]

Very Nice! We should pin this thread!

[Cygnus-x50]

Wow! Never played Emotion Detector live. One of my favorite B side songs. I'd love to hear it live!

[Tarkus406]

Leave That Thing Alone wasn't played on the R30 tour was it?

[SpiritOfRush]

QUOTE (Cygnus-x50 @ Jun 8 2010, 04:29 PM)

Wow! Never played Emotion Detector live. One of my favorite B side songs. I'd love to hear it live!

 

I would also like to hear either Different Strings or Losing It (just happen to like those songs and they have also never been played live).

[Blue Baby Dragon]

QUOTE (Tarkus407 @ Jun 8 2010, 05:37 PM)

Leave That Thing Alone wasn't played on the R30 tour was it?

Oops, you're right. Thanks for the catch. I typo'd way back when.

[quickfree]

[Cygnus-x50]

Losing It would be amazing, but I don' t think it will ever happen.

[Hiding in plain sight]

I was already upset they never played Nocturne. Now on top of that, you left it off your list.

[Solitudeix]

I wish I had a vid of a full show from the PeW tour.

 

 

I wish I had a recording of the dubious unconfirmed setlist set.

 

I wish...

Edited June 9, 2010 by Solitudeix

[losingit2k]

Thanks for reminding me that my favorite song "Losing it" has never been played Live! Thanks!

 

[Blue Baby Dragon]

QUOTE (Hiding in plain sight @ Jun 8 2010, 08:49 PM)

I was already upset they never played Nocturne. Now on top of that, you left it off your list.

Wow, oops! Thanks.

[lerxt1990]

Nice work. Very interesting way to present that data.

[Blue Baby Dragon]

QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Jun 8 2010, 10:36 PM)

Nice work. Very interesting way to present that data.

Thank you.

 

I have always found setlists interesting, even for bands that I don't even care about. So when it comes to someone I -do- care about, like Rush, I have fun with it, hehe.

 

This also might help people speculate on "songs we haven't played in 10 years, 20 years, or ever" or whatever it was, exactly, that Neil said.

[apetersvt]

Outstanding post. A good read. Thanks

[Rolinda Bonz]

QUOTE (Alex @ Jun 8 2010, 02:13 PM)

Very Nice! We should pin this thread!

i concur! whether a song was played live or not is sometimes used as a clue for games in the RTB forum. this would be a most useful reference.

 

thanks, BBD! you so totally rock!

[Pause Rewind Replay]

Thank you for this effort!!

 

One omission: The Trees was also played on the second (2008) leg of the S&A tour.. it replaced Circumstances from the 2007 leg

[Blue Baby Dragon]

QUOTE (Pause Rewind Replay @ Jun 9 2010, 01:58 AM)

Thank you for this effort!! One omission: The Trees was also played on the second (2008) leg of the S&A tour.. it replaced Circumstances from the 2007 leg

Thank you, I knew I forgot one from there!

 

Fixing the second leg of the S&A tour was one of the things I did today, hehe, and I knew I missed something.

Edited June 9, 2010 by Blue Baby Dragon

[GrandDesigner]

Great post! I'm also a huge fan of setlists and analyzing them to death. It's amazing how many songs get left behind after an album's tour is done.