Mr. JD Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 December, 1974 at the Cleveland Agora was the first time. Next was a year later in 1975 (November I think) at the Akron Civic Theater opening for Ted Nugent. They played The Necromancer! 1
Syrinx Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 My first Rush show was at Massey Hall and they recorded it for a pretty awesome live album!
circumstantial tree Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Power Windows tour, April 22nd, 1986 at the Greensboro Coliseum, NC, Blue Oyster Cult opening
s_b_g Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 april 79 glasgow apollo, hemispheres tour - then june 80 again at apollo two of the greatest gigs i have ever been to - (the 80 gig was on exit stage left - glasgow chorus of course ) d
kentpilot Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 QUOTE (Earthshine @ Jun 17 2012, 11:02 PM) Just wondering when everyone saw Rush for the first time? Really curious if anyone here saw them with the late, great John Rutsey or on Neil's first tour with the band. I personally didn't but my girlfriends grandfather, just happened to see them at a park in Ohio, right after the first album he said they opened for someone I suggested Uriah Heep? He said yeah I think it would have to be them. I said, I'm going to see Rush this fall He was taken back a bit surprised they were still around, I said one of the biggest bands in the world now.
balance Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 First time was May 29th of '76.. O boy what a show back then.
mandydog Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Hemispheres tour, January 30, 1979. General admission, up front right under Geddy's mic. I could reach out and touch his platform shoes! Toto opened. Tickets were $6.50 advance. Here's the set list: Anthem A Passage to Bangkok By-Tor and the Snow Dog (abbreviated)-> Xanadu Something For Nothing The Trees Cygnus X-1 Hemispheres Closer To The Heart Circumstances A Farewell to Kings La Villa Strangiato 2112 (minus Oracle) Working Man Bastille Day In The Mood Drum Solo 1
cygnify Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 P/G Tour - September 15, 1984 at the Glens Falls (NY) Civic Center. Fastway opened. My floor tickets (~15th row) were $13.50. (I paid more in ticketmaster service charges for the new tour.)
The Vigilante Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 GUP at the forum in L.A. Awesome show loved those electronic drums and Geddys bass sounded awesome also...
Principled Man Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) September 23, 1980: Moving Pictures Warm-up tour. Edited January 18, 2023 by Principled Man
CrimsonE Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Mine was the HYF tour in Chicago in early 1988. It was not only my first Rush concert, it was also my first concert period. If memory serves, I paid about 30 bucks for balcony seats (including the service charge). These days you're lucky if you can get into a building for that much, even for lawn seats. Tommy Shaw was the opener, and the crowd was NOT into him, aside from when he played Renegade. Since then, I've seen Rush 14 times, which will make the upcoming show in Atlanta my 15th Rush show.
1 of the 7 Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 And now for the embarrassing answer - September 2, 2010. I have a lot of lost time to make up for!
troutman Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (metaldad @ Jun 18 2012, 06:59 AM)QUOTE (troutman @ Jun 18 2012, 09:52 AM) September 1977. I remeber when you told me that , i was all I think the ticket cost was around $7.00 or 8.00 bucks.
Ancient Ways Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 April 10, 1982 Signals Warm-Up mini tour. Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL
troutman Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (nobodys hero @ Jun 18 2012, 08:11 AM) 3/1976, 2112 tour Damn I am jealous.
Ancient Ways Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 If you're not sure of your exact dates after all these years, check out: Cygnus x-1
default236 Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (J2112YYZ @ Jun 18 2012, 09:04 AM) 1996. The second night of the T4E tour. We were one of the few shows that got Time & Motion Wow! I'm so jealous! That song is one of my top favs.
Earthshine Posted June 19, 2012 Author Posted June 19, 2012 9/16/80 Baton Rouge Centroplex Permanent Waves Tour. Also did rough versions of Limelight and Tom Sawyer before going to Le Studio. Saxon opened and nearly blew Rush off the stage!
gestet2112 Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) August 24, 1979 Ivor Wynn Stadium Hamilton, Ont. Canada. PeW Warm-up Tour. TSOR & Freewill were debuted. Streetheart opened the show. This clip from youtube was recorded in soundcheck mere hours before the show started: Ticket: $12.50 Edited June 19, 2012 by gestet2112 1
default236 Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 QUOTE (gestet2112 @ Jun 18 2012, 10:06 PM) August 24, 1979 Ivor Wynn Stadium Hamilton, Ont. Canada. PeW Warm-up Tour. TSOR & Freewill were debuted. Streetheart opened the show. This clip from youtube was recorded in soundcheck mere hours before the show started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtaWGojQb8I Ticket: $12.50 Cool!!
AndroidOnTheRun Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 I'm a young'un... R30 tour, 31 May 2004, Pittsburgh, PA. Saw them with my Dad, who told me about how he'd never heard of them before when he saw them for the first time, as an opening act for Manfred Mann and Uriah Heep, and they blew his mind. It was at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, 30 years earlier... the fateful first show ever with Neil! Not often you'll hear a teenager say, "Holy shit, Dad, you're the coolest." 1
OGr8imL84AD8inF8sBlackSedan Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 There were a few of us from TRF at this show. Don't know if it was anybody else's first show but it was mine. 12/11/82 New Haven, CT Signals tour.
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