GeddysMullet Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 R42: Rush, the Anniversary and Everything tour. :rfl: MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! I reckon it will be fall 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 R42: Rush, the Anniversary and Everything tour. :rfl: MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! I reckon it will be fall 2015.I'm thinking new album sometime in 2014 with support tour. Then 2016 it's a no holds barred R42 So Long an Thanks for all the Fish tour. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingmaster Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) I have to believe it's not happening in 2014. Ged's said as much. I know Big Al can get really enthusiastic, but after giving it some thought, I'm wondering if he was mis-quoted. It happens all the time. It's possible that he made reference to the band having given some consideration to some sort of scaled down mini tour, and it got quoted as " we're going to do it". Just sayin'........ Again, not that it will happen for the reasons already stated, but I would love to see a scaled down mini-tour. Maybe a true time machine tour featuring one song from every studio album. Finding My WayAnthemI Think I'm Going BaldTwilight ZoneXanaduLa Villa Strangiato (Instrumental)Jacob's LadderWitch HuntLosing ItBetween the WheelsMarathonTime Stand StillChain LightningWhere's My Thing (Instrumental)Leave That Thing Alone (Instrumental)Limbo (Instrumental)Ghost RiderSummertime BluesThe Main Monkey Business (Instrumental)Hope (Instrumental) (also off of S&A)The Garden Now I need a napkin for the drool. I think that would keep the poppies away and enable them to do the scaled-down tour since only the hardcores would want to go. Pick 20 cities and run w/ it. All of us here could get the Amtrak equivalent of the Eurail Pass and take a couple of months off of work. Edited June 28, 2013 by Wingmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingmaster Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 R42: Rush, the Anniversary and Everything tour. :rfl: MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! I reckon it will be fall 2015.I'm thinking new album sometime in 2014 with support tour. Then 2016 it's a no holds barred R42 So Long an Thanks for all the Fish tour. :) Yikes! Give 'em some time to recollect their thoughts, eh. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 R42: Rush, the Anniversary and Everything tour. :rfl: MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! I reckon it will be fall 2015.I'm thinking new album sometime in 2014 with support tour. Then 2016 it's a no holds barred R42 So Long an Thanks for all the Fish tour. :) Yikes! Give 'em some time to recollect their thoughts, eh. LOLI did. They can have the rest of 13 off, lol. Start work in Jan 14, have the new album out by the summe of 14, tour into 15, break, record a new instumental (or two) for release an all instumental compilation album called 'Instrushmental', then the R42 So Long tour in 16 that runs into 2017. Then scale back and reflect. :D 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) R42: Rush, the Anniversary and Everything tour. :rfl: MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! I reckon it will be fall 2015.I'm thinking new album sometime in 2014 with support tour. Then 2016 it's a no holds barred R42 So Long an Thanks for all the Fish tour. :) Yikes! Give 'em some time to recollect their thoughts, eh. LOLI did. They can have the rest of 13 off, lol. Start work in Jan 14, have the new album out by the summe of 14, tour into 15, break, record a new instumental (or two) for release an all instumental compilation album called 'Instrushmental', then the R42 So Long tour in 16 that runs into 2017. Then scale back and reflect. :DCracking the whip ain't ya bro? :whip: Keep 'em busy I say :codger: Edited June 28, 2013 by Tombstone Mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 R42: Rush, the Anniversary and Everything tour. :rfl: MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! I reckon it will be fall 2015.I'm thinking new album sometime in 2014 with support tour. Then 2016 it's a no holds barred R42 So Long an Thanks for all the Fish tour. :) Yikes! Give 'em some time to recollect their thoughts, eh. LOLI did. They can have the rest of 13 off, lol. Start work in Jan 14, have the new album out by the summe of 14, tour into 15, break, record a new instumental (or two) for release an all instumental compilation album called 'Instrushmental', then the R42 So Long tour in 16 that runs into 2017. Then scale back and reflect. :DCracking the whip ain't ya bro? :whip: Keep 'em busy I say :codger:No rest for the weary and no sleep till Brooklyn. I've got more plans for them than Ray Daniels! :madra: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 R42: Rush, the Anniversary and Everything tour. :rfl: MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! I reckon it will be fall 2015.I'm thinking new album sometime in 2014 with support tour. Then 2016 it's a no holds barred R42 So Long an Thanks for all the Fish tour. :) Yikes! Give 'em some time to recollect their thoughts, eh. LOLI did. They can have the rest of 13 off, lol. Start work in Jan 14, have the new album out by the summe of 14, tour into 15, break, record a new instumental (or two) for release an all instumental compilation album called 'Instrushmental', then the R42 So Long tour in 16 that runs into 2017. Then scale back and reflect. :DCracking the whip ain't ya bro? :whip: Keep 'em busy I say :codger:No rest for the weary and no sleep till Brooklyn. I've got more plans for them than Ray Daniels! :madra:You're right—it's hammer time!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHian62 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I hope they do it in 2014. No one knows if we will still be around in 3-5 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) The longer we go without someone representing the band (or in the band themselves) confirming what Big Al has said, the less likely it is to happen. Edited June 29, 2013 by Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 R42: Rush, the Anniversary and Everything tour. :rfl: MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! I reckon it will be fall 2015.I'm thinking new album sometime in 2014 with support tour. Then 2016 it's a no holds barred R42 So Long an Thanks for all the Fish tour. :) But will the band know the question? Hmmm tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryLee2112 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 They could do at least one show to celebrate the 40th. Do a proper tour later. The 40th anniversary is a HUGE accomplishment and they'd be foolish not to honor it. Plus it's be different for them to only do one show instead of the whole tour. Change it up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu2112 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 But how about doing "limited" R40 tour? Just few gigs in some chosen cities (maybe in North America and some in Europe)... Maybe Rush "saved" that Jabob's Ladder (which Alex said to be in setlist some years ago) into it instead playing it during S&A/Time Machine/Clockwork Angels-tours? Hopefully Xanadu and The Trees will be there too:)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingmaster Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 But how about doing "limited" R40 tour? Just few gigs in some chosen cities (maybe in North America and some in Europe)... Maybe Rush "saved" that Jabob's Ladder (which Alex said to be in setlist some years ago) into it instead playing it during S&A/Time Machine/Clockwork Angels-tours? Hopefully Xanadu and The Trees will be there too:)... The Trees is great live, I haven't seen it live in like 30 years tho. I remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 R42: Rush, the Anniversary and Everything tour. R42.....oh, the possibilities.... The "Ultimate Answer" TourThe "Don't Panic" TourThe "Infinitely Improbable" TourThe "Deep Thoughts" TourThe "Life, Don't Tell Us About Life" TourThe "So Long, And Thanks From All Of Rush" TourThe "We Apologize For The Inconvenience" Tour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 What songs to play R40......I wonder. :eyeroll:Ooh, maybe someone will make a setlist!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbirdsong Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Good Lord folks, let it go. Fantasy set lists and speculations are fun when you are 12, but these are grown men in their late fifties that have been touring for most of two years. R45 is more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bscsmkr Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Rush should not tour for the 40, 41 or 42 anniversary. They have over saturated the touring market right now. IMO Rush needs to do something special for every tour from now on kind of like playing MP in its entirety. It brought the crowds - gotta do 2112 or PEW or somethingI say they should follow Metallica's idea and rent a place (Radio City or a smaller place in Toronto like Massey Hall) for a week and play 3 or 4 shows all with different setlists where no songs are repeated and charge only $30 for each ticketNo big light rigs or props - just keep it minimal and focus on the music - could have guest musicians come and play certain songs that require additonal guitars and keyboards and bring in Ben Mink for Losing It and other orchestra players for some CA materialMake it more of a party over a few daysRecord and film it - release the blu ray and CD boxset- work on new material before and after gigs - tour new album with some kind of special reason to get people into the seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturalScientist75 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 They will tour again. They are having way to much fun not to. I have been up close many times and you can clearly see on their faces that they are having the time of their lives (even Neil smiles once in a while). As long as they physically can they will. Geddy did say no to R40. But joked about R41 or R42. I think that will happen. Maybe not a new album by then, but something to kick off a new tour. They are playing smaller venues this tour. A lot of people do not want to see so much CA and Power Windows. But the hardcore fans love it. The aduiences this leg have been amazing. And seriously, after 40 years, they know, and we know, if they play it, we will come.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignyCullen Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Rush should not tour for the 40, 41 or 42 anniversary. They have over saturated the touring market right now. IMO Rush needs to do something special for every tour from now on kind of like playing MP in its entirety. It brought the crowds - gotta do 2112 or PEW or somethingI say they should follow Metallica's idea and rent a place (Radio City or a smaller place in Toronto like Massey Hall) for a week and play 3 or 4 shows all with different setlists where no songs are repeated and charge only $30 for each ticketNo big light rigs or props - just keep it minimal and focus on the music - could have guest musicians come and play certain songs that require additonal guitars and keyboards and bring in Ben Mink for Losing It and other orchestra players for some CA materialMake it more of a party over a few daysRecord and film it - release the blu ray and CD boxset- work on new material before and after gigs - tour new album with some kind of special reason to get people into the seats Oversaturated the market? Yeah right. Maybe if Rush was playing in the same state four or five times in a year, then sure. There's one band I've seen about five times in a single year. Rush comes this way once a year, if we're lucky. That's not oversaturation. They've been touring for not even a year for an album that's been out for one year. They only tour a few months out of the year. That's no where close to oversaturation. That being said, I'm sure they'll take at least a year off, if not two or three, before they return to the road. And they deserve a break. They've been amazing on this tour and deserve some time off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Rush should not tour for the 40, 41 or 42 anniversary. They have over saturated the touring market right now. IMO Rush needs to do something special for every tour from now on kind of like playing MP in its entirety. It brought the crowds - gotta do 2112 or PEW or somethingI say they should follow Metallica's idea and rent a place (Radio City or a smaller place in Toronto like Massey Hall) for a week and play 3 or 4 shows all with different setlists where no songs are repeated and charge only $30 for each ticketNo big light rigs or props - just keep it minimal and focus on the music - could have guest musicians come and play certain songs that require additonal guitars and keyboards and bring in Ben Mink for Losing It and other orchestra players for some CA materialMake it more of a party over a few daysRecord and film it - release the blu ray and CD boxset- work on new material before and after gigs - tour new album with some kind of special reason to get people into the seats Oversaturated the market? Yeah right. Maybe if Rush was playing in the same state four or five times in a year, then sure. There's one band I've seen about five times in a single year. Rush comes this way once a year, if we're lucky. That's not oversaturation. They've been touring for not even a year for an album that's been out for one year. They only tour a few months out of the year. That's no where close to oversaturation. That being said, I'm sure they'll take at least a year off, if not two or three, before they return to the road. And they deserve a break. They've been amazing on this tour and deserve some time off. I'm not sure they can afford to keep touring - not with the amount of money that goes into each production. They need a steady 3/4 house - at least - to make a profit (this is just a less-than-educated guess. I have no idea how much it costs to put on a CA show, nor what Rush's fee is to play a venue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstateNYfan Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Coventry, Touring is precisely where the main revenue comes from now. The industry has changed drastically from 20, let alone 40, years ago. The production costs depend almost entirely on what the band chooses. That said, some, perhaps most, fans expect a certain level of production. Bare bones is not what most want. Fewer people means less money. Your mistake is saying that they "need a steady 3/4 house"... The band is guaranteed a set amount just to show up, regardless of what happens. This is what promoters do—the promoter(s) take the lion's share of risk at this level. After a certain attendance, the rest is pure gravy. When designing a tour, there is always a worst case that is planned. High-end bands—like our beloved Rush—do NOT break even anymore. They make money every time now, and have for about 35 years.They have earned their stripes, and make a lot of money for showing up, whether they sell 25 percent or 90 percent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredtamasrule Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 More Alex word vomiting during an interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I'm down for a mini tour next year with just instrumentals and a couple epics to save Ged's voice.. Maybe write a crazy new heavily progged instrumental epic (call it an "extra-mental") so they're pumped on touring.. Pick a few select cities like LA, Toronto and oh I don't know.. Maybe Edmonton.. I think it's do-able.. I can see it happening.. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Coventry, Touring is precisely where the main revenue comes from now. The industry has changed drastically from 20, let alone 40, years ago. The production costs depend almost entirely on what the band chooses. That said, some, perhaps most, fans expect a certain level of production. Bare bones is not what most want. Fewer people means less money. Your mistake is saying that they "need a steady 3/4 house"... The band is guaranteed a set amount just to show up, regardless of what happens. This is what promoters do—the promoter(s) take the lion's share of risk at this level. After a certain attendance, the rest is pure gravy. When designing a tour, there is always a worst case that is planned. High-end bands—like our beloved Rush—do NOT break even anymore. They make money every time now, and have for about 35 years.They have earned their stripes, and make a lot of money for showing up, whether they sell 25 percent or 90 percent. Yeah - I guess I had contradicted my own post. If they get a set fee - it doesn't matter how many show up! Still - what's the consensus that Rush is touring for the money or for the sake of touring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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