R30: 30th Anniversary Tour
The R30: 30th Anniversary Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush that celebrated the 30th anniversary of the band's definitive formation in July 1974 after Neil Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey. It was also in support of the covers EP Feedback. The tour started at the Starwood Amphitheatre in Nashville, Tennessee on May 26, 2004 and culminated at Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on October 1. The show on September 24, 2004 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany was recorded and released as a DVD titled R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour in November 2005.
World tour by Rush | |
Associated album | Feedback (EP) |
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Start date | May 26, 2004 |
End date | October 1, 2004 |
Legs | 2 |
No. of shows | 58 |
Rush concert chronology |
The tour was staged in amphitheaters in North America and arenas in Europe. Comedian Jerry Stiller appeared in a video introduction at the start of the show, and again in a brief closing segment at its end. The setlist was consistent throughout the entire world tour for the first time since the 1987 Hold Your Fire tour.
Setlist
Set one
New opening film with imagery from each album and a band introduction by Jerry Stiller.
- "R30 Overture" (instrumental medley consisting of excerpts from six songs, one from each of the band's first six albums: "Finding My Way", "Anthem", "Bastille Day", "A Passage to Bangkok", "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage", and "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres")
- "The Spirit of Radio"
- "Force Ten"
- "Animate"
- "Subdivisions"
- "Earthshine"
- "Red Barchetta"
- "Roll the Bones"
- "Bravado"
- "YYZ"
- "The Trees" ("I Feel Fine" and "Day Tripper" ending.)
- "The Seeker"
- "One Little Victory"
Set two
- "Tom Sawyer"
- "Dreamline"
- "Secret Touch"
- "Between the Wheels"
- "Mystic Rhythms"
- "Red Sector A"
- "Der Trommler" (drum solo)
- "Resist" (acoustic)
- "Heart Full of Soul" (acoustic version with Peart on drums)
- "2112 ("Overture"/"The Temples of Syrinx"/"Grand Finale")"
- "La Villa Strangiato"
- "By-Tor & the Snow Dog"
- "Xanadu" (abbreviated)
- "Working Man" (with reggae ending)
Encore
- "Summertime Blues"
- "Crossroads"
- "Limelight"
The concert ended with another quick Jerry Stiller "dream sequence" film.
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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North America | |||
May 26, 2004 | Nashville | United States | Starwood Amphitheatre |
May 28, 2004 | Charlotte | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | |
May 29, 2004 | Virginia Beach | GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater | |
May 31, 2004 | Pittsburgh | Post-Gazette Pavilion | |
June 2, 2004 | Columbus | Germain Amphitheatre | |
June 4, 2004 | Noblesville | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | |
June 5, 2004 | Tinley Park | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre | |
June 7, 2004 | Milwaukee | Marcus Amphitheatre | |
June 8, 2004 | Detroit | DTE Energy Music Theatre | |
June 10, 2004 | Cuyahoga Falls | Blossom Music Center | |
June 12, 2004 | St. Louis | UMB Bank Pavilion | |
June 13, 2004 | Bonner Springs | Sandstone Amphitheater | |
June 23, 2004 | Dallas | Smirnoff Music Center | |
June 25, 2004 | San Antonio | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | |
June 26, 2004 | Houston | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion | |
June 29, 2004 | Denver | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | |
June 30, 2004 | Salt Lake City | USANA Amphitheatre | |
July 2, 2004 | Auburn | White River Amphitheatre | |
July 3, 2004 | Ridgefield | The Amphitheatre at Clark County | |
July 6, 2004 | Los Angeles | Hollywood Bowl | |
July 7, 2004 | San Diego | Coors Amphitheater | |
July 9, 2004 | Mountain View | Shoreline Amphitheatre | |
July 10, 2004 | Concord | Chronicle Pavilion | |
July 12, 2004 | Sacramento | Sleep Train Amphitheater | |
July 14, 2004 | Irvine | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater | |
July 16, 2004 | Phoenix | Cricket Pavilion | |
July 17, 2004 | Las Vegas Valley | MGM Grand Garden Arena | |
July 29, 2004 | West Palm Beach | Cruzan Amphitheatre | |
July 30, 2004 | Tampa | Tampa Bay Amphitheatre | |
August 1, 2004 | Atlanta | HiFi Buys Amphitheatre | |
August 3, 2004 | Bristow | Nissan Pavilion | |
August 4, 2004 | Camden | Tweeter Center | |
August 6, 2004 | Hartford | Meadows Music Theater | |
August 7, 2004 | Scranton | Toyota Pavilion | |
August 9, 2004 | Saratoga Springs | SPAC | |
August 11, 2004 | Wantagh | Nikon at Jones Beach Theater | |
August 12, 2004 | Boston | Tweeter Center | |
August 14, 2004 | Holmdel | PNC Bank Arts Center | |
August 15, 2004 | Corfu | Darien Lake | |
August 18, 2004 | New York City | Radio City Music Hall | |
August 19, 2004 | |||
August 21, 2004 | Montreal | Canada | Bell Centre |
August 22, 2004 | Toronto | Molson Amphitheatre | |
Europe | |||
September 8, 2004 | London | England | Wembley Arena |
September 9, 2004 | |||
September 11, 2004 | Birmingham | NEC Arena | |
September 12, 2004 | Manchester | Evening News Arena | |
September 14, 2004 | Glasgow | Scotland | SECC |
September 15, 2004 | Birmingham | England | NEC Arena |
September 17, 2004 | Oberhausen | Germany | König Pilsener Arena |
September 19, 2004 | Stuttgart | Schleyerhalle | |
September 21, 2004 | Milan | Italy | Mazda Palace |
September 24, 2004 | Frankfurt | Germany | Festhalle |
September 25, 2004 | Prague | Czech Republic | T-Mobile Arena |
September 27, 2004 | Hamburg | Germany | Sporthalle |
September 29, 2004 | Stockholm | Sweden | Globen Arena |
October 1, 2004 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy |
References
- Rush: The Complete Tourbooks 1977–2004. 2006 Anthem Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario
- R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour DVD
- "Rush's 'R30′ DVD Celebrates 30 Years Of Epic Songs, High-Pitched Vocals". MTV.com. December 28, 2005. Retrieved October 21, 2015.