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I may very well be the only person here who hasn't seen this but I just found out about this concert the other day and am shocked I had never heard of it before.

Even more shocked to see they played a short cover of "Paint it Black" and I've never heard about it.

That being the case, I figured I'd share in case anyone else hasn't. Looks like this was between the VT tour and R30 tour.

 

Toronto SARS Benefit Concert July 30th, 2003

450,000 fans (Wow!!)

AC/DC, Rush, Justin Timberlake, The Flaming Lips, The Isley Brothers and The Guess Who

 

http://youtu.be/Im04kIyseEo

 

According to setlist.fm:

 

Tom Sawyer

Limelight

Dreamline

YYZ

Freewill

Closer to the Heart

Paint It Black (Rolling Stones cover)

The Spirit of Radio

 

There is also a video of the "entire concert" but it is lacking songs from that setlist, so I'm assuming they were just cut from the video.

Rush starts at about 49:20

 

http://youtu.be/0SSRfkwX9s8

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Uhhhhhhh my favorite band playing my favorite Stones song. *swoooooooonnnnnnn*
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So was I. A very fun day!

 

Hot, sweaty and rather miserable TBH.

At least they decided to give away free bottled water fairly early in the day. I went through about a dozen by the time we left right after RUSH's set.

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I may very well be the only person here who hasn't seen this but I just found out about this concert the other day and am shocked I had never heard of it before.

Even more shocked to see they played a short cover of "Paint it Black" and I've never heard about it.

That being the case, I figured I'd share in case anyone else hasn't. Looks like this was between the VT tour and R30 tour.

 

Toronto SARS Benefit Concert July 30th, 2003

450,000 fans (Wow!!)

AC/DC, Rush, Justin Timberlake, The Flaming Lips, The Isley Brothers and The Guess Who

 

http://youtu.be/Im04kIyseEo

 

According to setlist.fm:

 

Tom Sawyer

Limelight

Dreamline

YYZ

Freewill

Closer to the Heart

Paint It Black (Rolling Stones cover)

The Spirit of Radio

 

There is also a video of the "entire concert" but it is lacking songs from that setlist, so I'm assuming they were just cut from the video.

Rush starts at about 49:20

 

http://youtu.be/0SSRfkwX9s8

 

http://www.amazon.com/Toronto-Rocks-Rolling-Stones/dp/B00025ETKU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389302437&sr=8-1&keywords=toronto+rocks+2003

 

The DVD has Limelight, Freewill and Paint it Black/The Spirit of Radio. And an amused/confused/dumbfounded Charlie Watts gawking at Neil.

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I wasn't there.

 

 

Can't say this is a DVD that I watch a lot, but it's pretty cool when I do put it in.

 

Mostly for Paint It Black....

 

My favorite part is Alex's Dreamline solo.

SO killer.

I agree!

From around 12:32 on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3-C6MA_4DA

Some great Alex guitar faces there, too!

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The last place I'd ever be seen is in a crowd of 450,000, Rush or not. That would be horrible if you ask me.
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