Rush 2008 Tour

RUSH
SNAKES & ARROWS – LIVE!


RUSH TOUR 2008 - Dates, cities and venues confirmed


TORONTO, ON – January 18, 2008:

After a hugely successful 2007 tour, the fans have spoken and they want more. Rush officially announce dates for their extended 2008 Snakes & Arrows World Tour. The tour will kick off with their first ever appearance in San Juan, Puerto Rico April 11 and hit over 45 cities throughout the United States and Canada. For Rush fans this will be the first time in over a decade the band will make stops in Orlando, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Reno, Moline, Boise, Austin, Jacksonville and Winnipeg to name a few. Also for the first time in years the band will play Albuquerque, Edmonton, Vancouver, Hershey and Manchester.

The 2008 tour dates and venues are listed below. Tickets for New Orleans, Reno, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and Detroit go on sale SATURDAY JANUARY 26.
American Express Cardmembers will also have the opportunity to purchase advance tickets January 26th through February 1st for Rush performances in Boston; Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Holmdel, Wantagh and January 27th through February 2nd in Los Angeles and Irvine. In addition there will be a MUSICTODAY fan club presale for all Rush performances in conjunction with RUSH.COM starting January 22 through January 24.

A SNAKES AND ARROWS LIVE CD will be released sometime in April. Details are forthcoming. In addition, the track "Malignant Narcissism" from the band’s 2007 release “SNAKES & ARROWS” (Anthem/Atlantic) has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Fans will experience the technical virtuosity and hard-rocking compositions they have come to expect from Rush members, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. In addition the band will update their set list for the 2008 tour.

The Rush tour in North America is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and SRO/Anthem.

For complete tour & ticket information, fan club presales and more, visit: www.rush.com & www.livenation.com


Here are the tour dates for Rush in 2008 !!!!


APRIL 2008
11th San Juan, PR Coliseo de Puerto Rico
13th Ft Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
15th Orlando, FL Amway Center
17th Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
19th New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena Begins Jan26 Click Here Click Here
20th Houston, TX Woodlands Pavilion
23rd Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
25th Dallas, TX The Music Center at Fair Park
26th Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
29th Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion

MAY 2008
1st Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
3rd Reno, NV Reno Events Center
4th Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion
6th Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre
10th Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
11th Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
20th Moline, IL iWireless Center
22nd St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
24th Winnipeg, MB MTS Center
25th Regina, SK Brandt Center
27th Edmonton AB Rexall Place
29th Vancouver, BC GM Place
31st Seattle, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre

JUNE 2008
1st Portland, OR Clark County Amphitheatre
3rd Boise, ID Idaho Center
5th Denver, CO Red Rocks
7th Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
9th Chicago, IL United Center
10th Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
12th Montreal, QC Bell Center
14th Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
15rd Boston, MA Tweeter Center
25th Indianapolis, IN Verizon Amphitheater
27th Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
28th St Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
30th Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center

JULY 2008
2nd Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Amphitheatre
4th Atlantic City, NJ Marc Etess Arena
5th Saratoga, NY SPAC
7th Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
9th Toronto, ON The Molson Amphitheatre
11th Manchester, NH Verizon Arena
12th Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
14th Wantagh, NY Jones Beach
17th Hershey, PA Hershey Stadium
19th Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
20th Charlotte, NC Amphitheatre
22nd Atlanta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park



Several of these dates go on sale Jan 26th.
There will also be another live disc from this tour..... Maybe on this leg of the tour they will bring in some more unheard gems.... or rarely heard.... one can only hope !!

I don't know how they top 'Circumstances'-from Hemispheres or 'Entre Nous' from Permanent Waves....

May 4th baby !!!! RUSH!!!!! RUSH!!!!!!

big fan here. I havent seen 'em since '86. I'd love to see them if they would come to the Last Frontier.

I saw them in 93. I should really make an effort this year. The DVD's have been fantastic, but it's not quite like being there.

I'll be catching them this time around. I've never seen them live and this is rumored to be the final tour.

brontotex wrote:

I'll be catching them this time around. I've never seen them live and this is rumored to be the final tour.

I've not heard that one myself, but I could see a moritorium on touring for a while. It'll probably be another 2 -3 yrs before another studio lp. perhaps longer for another tour.

I saw 'em on the first leg of S&A and they were brilliant. Totally nailed the breakdown for 'Freewill'... and I mean NAILED it!

I've seen 'em 4 x's and they've yet to disappoint...

I am really on the fence about seeing these guys. They are coming to Orlando. I think I'm going to have to flip a coin.

I saw them twice on last year's tour and I'll probably do the same this year. (LA and Irvine)

I wont miss them if I can help it, this will be my 11th time seeing them. This is one act I always go to see when they come. Sadly lots of the bands we love are in the dusk of thier career so like Heaven and Hell and other older acts, I will see them any time I can.

Here is hoping Rush will put in another few more years OR MORE!!!!

Tickets go on pre-sale for Pittsburgh on Tuesday....cant wait!!!!

I would love to see rush... If they played some more of their early material. It would be really cool to see them perform Hemispheres in its entirety

I saw them on the first leg of the 2007 S&A tour. My wife came with and was very impressed with the show. She is not a fan and was amazed by the drum solo and musicianship.

There is a Snakes and Arrows Live album coming out soon as well. It has the same songs in the as played live in order:

Disc 1
1. Limelight
2. Digital Man
3. Entre Nous
4. Mission
5. Freewill
6. Monkey Business
7. Larger Bowl
8. Secret Touch
9. Circumstances
10. Between the Wheels
11. Dreamline
12. Far Cry
13. Workin' Them Angels
14. Armor and Sword
Disc 2
1. Spindrift
2. The Way the Wind Blows
3. Subdivisions
4. Natural Science
5. Witch Hunt
6. Malignant Narcissism - Drum Solo
7. Hope
8. Distant Early Warning
9. The Spirit of Radio
10. Tom Sawyer
11. Encore
12. One Little Victory
13. A Passage to Bangkok
14. YYZ