Rush Fan in Michigan Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 We had a wonderful time at the R40 United Center show. Here's our write-up: R40 Chicago: 40 years, three musicians, two buddies, one awesome concert Did you guys like the show? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I loved it and want to relive it! Hopefully everyone from out of town had a good experience here in Chicago. :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhealey Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I found the playing in the first set to be a bit perfunctory ("paint by numbers" I said to my brother), but the second set had a much better vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Great show. Al was very solid...only a couple mistakes that I caught which is no worse than any time before. Being on the floor, it was refreshingly chilly with the hockey ice still underneath the floor. I was hoping to see the Stewie video appear during 2112. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I've gone over this show so many times since my dad and I saw it, so let me just say that was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Without. A. Doubt.:D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZornJedi Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 My wife and I made the trip from Windsor to Chicago for this show. Was a great experience. The concert was one of the best Rush shows I've seen (seen at least one from every tour since Power Windows). For a band that's talking about the need to slow down they certainly don't show it live. Went to Detroit on Sunday night, another great show, and am taking my 12 year old son to Toronto for Wednesday's show. If they keep the set rotation for Toronto I'll have got to see all three sets. If I don't get the oppertunity to ever see them live again, these shows will leave me quite satisfied. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVman9 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Positive: It was a fantastic show, my favorite setlist of the four Rush shows I've seen in my life. The fact that I got to hear Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, Hemispheres, Xanadu, and Cygnus X-1 all in one show was incredible. Negative: I'm from the Milwaukee area and I hate going to Chicago for shows. I hate driving there, especially. Rush is one of the few acts that is worth it for me. There was absolutely nobody directing people or cars in the (official United Center) parking lot on the way out. You had to be a jerk and force your way in if you wanted to get anywhere. I tried my best to let some folks in front of me. People were walking right in front of moving cars, it was a bad situation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiflemanWI Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Positive: It was a fantastic show, my favorite setlist of the four Rush shows I've seen in my life. The fact that I got to hear Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, Hemispheres, Xanadu, and Cygnus X-1 all in one show was incredible. Negative: I'm from the Milwaukee area and I hate going to Chicago for shows. I hate driving there, especially. Rush is one of the few acts that is worth it for me. There was absolutely nobody directing people or cars in the (official United Center) parking lot on the way out. You had to be a jerk and force your way in if you wanted to get anywhere. I tried my best to let some folks in front of me. People were walking right in front of moving cars, it was a bad situation.I feel you, I hate going to Chicago as well, but Rush was totally worth it. 3 hours to get down there, and 1.5 to get back... Stupid traffic.The show was so good I went and saw them in Detroit too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Positive: It was a fantastic show, my favorite setlist of the four Rush shows I've seen in my life. The fact that I got to hear Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, Hemispheres, Xanadu, and Cygnus X-1 all in one show was incredible. Negative: I'm from the Milwaukee area and I hate going to Chicago for shows. I hate driving there, especially. Rush is one of the few acts that is worth it for me. There was absolutely nobody directing people or cars in the (official United Center) parking lot on the way out. You had to be a jerk and force your way in if you wanted to get anywhere. I tried my best to let some folks in front of me. People were walking right in front of moving cars, it was a bad situation.I feel you, I hate going to Chicago as well, but Rush was totally worth it. 3 hours to get down there, and 1.5 to get back... Stupid traffic.The show was so good I went and saw them in Detroit too. The traffic around Chicago must be what hell is like. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Positive: It was a fantastic show, my favorite setlist of the four Rush shows I've seen in my life. The fact that I got to hear Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, Hemispheres, Xanadu, and Cygnus X-1 all in one show was incredible. Negative: I'm from the Milwaukee area and I hate going to Chicago for shows. I hate driving there, especially. Rush is one of the few acts that is worth it for me. There was absolutely nobody directing people or cars in the (official United Center) parking lot on the way out. You had to be a jerk and force your way in if you wanted to get anywhere. I tried my best to let some folks in front of me. People were walking right in front of moving cars, it was a bad situation.I feel you, I hate going to Chicago as well, but Rush was totally worth it. 3 hours to get down there, and 1.5 to get back... Stupid traffic.The show was so good I went and saw them in Detroit too. The traffic around Chicago must be what hell is like. That's the nicest way of putting it. I was warning out-of-towners on Facebook, but I really think some of them didn't believe me. Maybe you can't appreciate it until you're stuck in it. :P 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Positive: It was a fantastic show, my favorite setlist of the four Rush shows I've seen in my life. The fact that I got to hear Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, Hemispheres, Xanadu, and Cygnus X-1 all in one show was incredible. Negative: I'm from the Milwaukee area and I hate going to Chicago for shows. I hate driving there, especially. Rush is one of the few acts that is worth it for me. There was absolutely nobody directing people or cars in the (official United Center) parking lot on the way out. You had to be a jerk and force your way in if you wanted to get anywhere. I tried my best to let some folks in front of me. People were walking right in front of moving cars, it was a bad situation.I feel you, I hate going to Chicago as well, but Rush was totally worth it. 3 hours to get down there, and 1.5 to get back... Stupid traffic.The show was so good I went and saw them in Detroit too. The traffic around Chicago must be what hell is like. That's the nicest way of putting it. I was warning out-of-towners on Facebook, but I really think some of them didn't believe me. Maybe you can't appreciate it until you're stuck in it. :P Gotta love the parking lot folks. $25 on parkwhiz to park across the street from United. What? you don't want your car to be blocked in by 5 other cars? Well then that's an extra $10 or so to 'upgrade'. :bang bang: I guess I shouldn't complain. I made some bucks on Stubhub so my ticket was paid for. Best of all, I got paid from some stupid chicago people that didn't want to drive to Detroit for half the cost. You can keep your Chicago pizza too..it's just a gigantic dough bomb. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Besides the show, the highlight of Chicago was meeting up with sunny, Digi, Pedro... and I guess ILs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) Positive: It was a fantastic show, my favorite setlist of the four Rush shows I've seen in my life. The fact that I got to hear Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, Hemispheres, Xanadu, and Cygnus X-1 all in one show was incredible. Negative: I'm from the Milwaukee area and I hate going to Chicago for shows. I hate driving there, especially. Rush is one of the few acts that is worth it for me. There was absolutely nobody directing people or cars in the (official United Center) parking lot on the way out. You had to be a jerk and force your way in if you wanted to get anywhere. I tried my best to let some folks in front of me. People were walking right in front of moving cars, it was a bad situation.I feel you, I hate going to Chicago as well, but Rush was totally worth it. 3 hours to get down there, and 1.5 to get back... Stupid traffic.The show was so good I went and saw them in Detroit too. The traffic around Chicago must be what hell is like. That's the nicest way of putting it. I was warning out-of-towners on Facebook, but I really think some of them didn't believe me. Maybe you can't appreciate it until you're stuck in it. :P All I know is that driving the toll roads around town is pretty frightening. Edited June 26, 2015 by EagleMoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) Positive: It was a fantastic show, my favorite setlist of the four Rush shows I've seen in my life. The fact that I got to hear Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, Hemispheres, Xanadu, and Cygnus X-1 all in one show was incredible. Negative: I'm from the Milwaukee area and I hate going to Chicago for shows. I hate driving there, especially. Rush is one of the few acts that is worth it for me. There was absolutely nobody directing people or cars in the (official United Center) parking lot on the way out. You had to be a jerk and force your way in if you wanted to get anywhere. I tried my best to let some folks in front of me. People were walking right in front of moving cars, it was a bad situation.I feel you, I hate going to Chicago as well, but Rush was totally worth it. 3 hours to get down there, and 1.5 to get back... Stupid traffic.The show was so good I went and saw them in Detroit too. The traffic around Chicago must be what hell is like. That's the nicest way of putting it. I was warning out-of-towners on Facebook, but I really think some of them didn't believe me. Maybe you can't appreciate it until you're stuck in it. :P All I know is that driving the toll roads around town is pretty frightening. especially when half the damn exits are under construction. my detour starting taking me towards iowa. I knew something was wrong when I started seeing corn. gotta love chicago freeways...make a snap decision on your exit based on 7 different signs. Edited June 26, 2015 by 2112FirstStreet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Positive: It was a fantastic show, my favorite setlist of the four Rush shows I've seen in my life. The fact that I got to hear Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, Hemispheres, Xanadu, and Cygnus X-1 all in one show was incredible. Negative: I'm from the Milwaukee area and I hate going to Chicago for shows. I hate driving there, especially. Rush is one of the few acts that is worth it for me. There was absolutely nobody directing people or cars in the (official United Center) parking lot on the way out. You had to be a jerk and force your way in if you wanted to get anywhere. I tried my best to let some folks in front of me. People were walking right in front of moving cars, it was a bad situation.I feel you, I hate going to Chicago as well, but Rush was totally worth it. 3 hours to get down there, and 1.5 to get back... Stupid traffic.The show was so good I went and saw them in Detroit too. The traffic around Chicago must be what hell is like. That's the nicest way of putting it. I was warning out-of-towners on Facebook, but I really think some of them didn't believe me. Maybe you can't appreciate it until you're stuck in it. :P All I know is that driving the toll roads around town is pretty frightening. especially when half the damn exits are under construction. my detour starting taking me towards iowa. I knew something was wrong when I started seeing corn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) Positive: It was a fantastic show, my favorite setlist of the four Rush shows I've seen in my life. The fact that I got to hear Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science, Hemispheres, Xanadu, and Cygnus X-1 all in one show was incredible. Negative: I'm from the Milwaukee area and I hate going to Chicago for shows. I hate driving there, especially. Rush is one of the few acts that is worth it for me. There was absolutely nobody directing people or cars in the (official United Center) parking lot on the way out. You had to be a jerk and force your way in if you wanted to get anywhere. I tried my best to let some folks in front of me. People were walking right in front of moving cars, it was a bad situation.I feel you, I hate going to Chicago as well, but Rush was totally worth it. 3 hours to get down there, and 1.5 to get back... Stupid traffic.The show was so good I went and saw them in Detroit too. The traffic around Chicago must be what hell is like. That's the nicest way of putting it. I was warning out-of-towners on Facebook, but I really think some of them didn't believe me. Maybe you can't appreciate it until you're stuck in it. :P Gotta love the parking lot folks. $25 on parkwhiz to park across the street from United. What? you don't want your car to be blocked in by 5 other cars? Well then that's an extra $10 or so to 'upgrade'. :bang bang: I guess I shouldn't complain. I made some bucks on Stubhub so my ticket was paid for. Best of all, I got paid from some stupid chicago people that didn't want to drive to Detroit for half the cost. You can keep your Chicago pizza too..it's just a gigantic dough bomb. :P If it was $25, you got off easy. I thought for Rush it was going to be closer to $50. Edited June 26, 2015 by Xanadu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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