Rush Snakes & Arrows Tour
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Topic: Rush Snakes & Arrows Tour
Posted By: Workin' Man
Subject: Rush Snakes & Arrows Tour
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 18:23
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Saw Rush at the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington on Saturday, May 31st. It was an absolutely FANTASTIC show. Rush was in good form as usual. The venue was quite windy but that did not put them off one bit. The riggers that sit up in the lights to run the stage spots got the ride of their lives for sure, with all the hanging lights swinging a good 6 or 7 feet back and forth in the wind. It didn't seem to phase them in the slightest.
The show was fantastic, opening with Limelight again this year. But they had a new visual show for the audience that was fantastic. And their Encore had no Cover songs in it this time around, everything was pure Rush from start to finish.
Considering this band is pushing 60, they still play with the energy of a band half their age. And with such perfection. They are still very much a crowd pleaser in the truest sense of the phrase. And they always play at 110%. they do not know the meaning of putting on a "bad show" ever.
This is a band that I will continue to see until they decide to hang up their "touring hats" which I hope is not for a long, long time.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 18:27
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Good to hear. I see them next Tuesday. ------------- 
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 18:32
Well said. I had a blast seeing them last Thursday, and there were no technical difficulties on my end. Probably my favorite concert (of the 3 I've seen  )
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Posted By: Workin' Man
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 18:33
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You will not be disappointed I can assure yo of that. So you are seeing them in Detroit? I can only imagine that the closer to home they get, the better the shows get. I must admit though, the gorge show was fantastic. I saw them at the White River Amphitheater last year, and it was a great show as well, but the venue really kind of sucked. As long as you weren't under the metal roof, it sounded real good. And I was up on the grass, so the sound was great. But the gorge, there are no bad seats in my opinion.
Enjoy the show in Detroit
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Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 18:35
| I saw them in Vancouver last night and I have to say it was much better than last years show at White River. I won't spoil it for people who have yet to see the show but the set list changes were good and unexpected, however I'm sad as to the two songs they dropped. All in all freakin awesome show and Niels drum solo only gets better and better. |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 18:41
I saw them in Vancouver as well; which two songs did they drop from the original setlist?
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zachfive wrote:Posted By: Workin' Man
Date Posted: June 02 2008 at 18:54
| They actually dropped 3 songs from from last year, and switched out 1 that was a cover for another that was not. |
Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: June 03 2008 at 00:24
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high light text to see the two dropped songs Circumstances dropped for Ghost of a Chance and no Entre Nouse yeah and the dropped cover song was stated by the original post. |
Posted By: listen
Date Posted: June 04 2008 at 14:17
Circumstances and Entre Nous |
Posted By: listen
Date Posted: June 04 2008 at 14:19
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I saw them in Portland (Ridgefield WA). Tom Sawyer was especially well-played maybe the best live version I've heard from them.
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Posted By: listen
Date Posted: June 04 2008 at 14:27
| That tiny bit of Cygnus X-1 book 1 at the end of Tom Sawyer was really a tease too |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: June 04 2008 at 15:09
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I was so sad when they didn't keep playing it Can't have it all I suppose. But what an amazing concert! (as suggested by my sig) |
Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: June 04 2008 at 18:28
Easy now, I already disclosed that info but in a clever and most importantly confidential, MUST HIGHLITE TO SEE kinda way , as to not spoil it for those who have yet to see the show. Keep that in mind for future posts. |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: June 04 2008 at 18:35
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40 and counting! I can't wait! ------------- 
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: June 04 2008 at 19:47
Argh, I KNOW!
 My entire body was going "....Come ooooooon!!!!"
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Posted By: listen
Date Posted: June 05 2008 at 01:42
Sorry, saw that after I posted, I never use the color options so I didn't think about doing that |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: June 08 2008 at 20:13
36 days for me  -------------
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Posted By: glasshouse27
Date Posted: July 20 2008 at 13:34
| I saw RUSH for the second time on their Snakes and Arrows tour at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA and all i can say is that it is better the second time around!!!!! |
Posted By: Ayrton
Date Posted: September 15 2008 at 18:28
| Is there any DVD or bootleg? |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 15 2008 at 18:51
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Rush will be releasing a DVD of the tour some time this fall. I think that I might have posted the exact date in the Rush Fan Central thread, but I don't recall that date at this point. -------------
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: September 17 2008 at 15:12
There's bootlegs everywhere..try dimeadozen. -------------
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