Rush - Ahoy Rotterdam October 16th 2007

Yesterday was a great Rush gig in Ahoy Rotterdam - and hopefully you will all be able to enjoy it later on, since the band made audio and video recordings of the concert. This could be my chance to appear on a Rush DVD, in the audience on approximately row 10.

What we got was a fantastic concert, even the sound was good (which is not always the case in Ahoy). The set list appeared similar to the one published here for Manchester and Wembley, with some surprising tracks like Between the Wheels, Entre Nous and Analog Kid (or was it Digital Man - we couldn't make up our mind). More details to come later, but here's some pictures to start with....

Brought to you by the letter 'A'....


Far Cry....


Working Them Angels (a.k.a. working them toms....)





The Henhouse


I need 4 hands....


All together now, 1, 2, 3....


Got a light?


Now when will that second pair of hands arrive?


The Professor was in good shape


As was Geddy, the company clown





Edited by Angelo - October 17 2007 at 03:58

Nice pics Angelo...it was Digital Man BTW..

I just received the newsletter from RUSH.COM, which contained a contest for free tickets (check the site!) to one of the following European concerts. I might get lucky and go to Oberhausen for an additional concert on Friday...

Furthermore, that newsletter confirmed the recordings of DVD material in Rotterdam. The band were really pushing just a little bit harder (or so it seemed) with the camera's around. After the deception of the bad sound quality during the R30 concert in Rotterdam this really felt like they were making it up with us.

LIVE DVD FILMING

Finally, RUSH will be filming a LIVE concert DVD in Rotterdam October 16th and 17th.  For more information on this project, stay tuned to the Rush.com email blasts and the website.

And on top of that, on http://www.rush.com/fanquestions you can now enter questions to the band.

QUESTIONS FOR THE BAND

Is there something that you have always wanted to ask RUSH?  Well, here is your opportunity!  Fans may now submit questions that they would like the band to answer from Monday, October 15th through Thursday October 18th.  Please be creative, because the band will only be choosing the BEST questions to answer.  Visit http://www.rush.com/fanquestions to submit your question.

@Tony: It was Digital Man indeed. We found out by the end of the track, but given that out of the eigth in our group only one really likes Signals, we had some interesting debates during the song.

@Erik: I saw your PM. Guess you won't be in the DVD then . As for the pictures: the light set up for this tour is excellent for taking picture from the arena. The diffference in light with Symforce last month was huge, and my camera responded gracefully to that. Out of 52 pictures, only about 8 are of low quality, while at Symforce only around 15 out of 64 were usable.

Finally, I found a few set lists on the web which match my recollection of songs we heard last night (I'm terrible at remembering set lists during concerts), but I won't publish it here, in order not to spoil Rafaella's night out next week

Fingers crossed - but there's some fine print in the contest: you either get a free ticket because you had none, or you get a meet 'n greet with the ticket you already bought. 


EDIT: in case someone's interested in equipment, I'll follow Tony's example from the Rush Manchester thread. Here's the camera I used during the concert - an 'oldie', but a goldie...

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0303/03030211olympusc740c750.asp



Edited by Angelo - October 17 2007 at 09:30