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.

R30: 30th Anniversary Tour
World tour by Rush
Associated albumFeedback (EP)
Start dateMay 26, 2004
End dateOctober 1, 2004
Legs2
No. of shows58
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.

  1. "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")
  2. "The Spirit of Radio"
  3. "Force Ten"
  4. "Animate"
  5. "Subdivisions"
  6. "Earthshine"
  7. "Red Barchetta"
  8. "Roll the Bones"
  9. "Bravado"
  10. "YYZ"
  11. "The Trees" ("I Feel Fine" and "Day Tripper" ending.)
  12. "The Seeker"
  13. "One Little Victory"

Set two
  1. "Tom Sawyer"
  2. "Dreamline"
  3. "Secret Touch"
  4. "Between the Wheels"
  5. "Mystic Rhythms"
  6. "Red Sector A"
  7. "Der Trommler" (drum solo)
  8. "Resist" (acoustic)
  9. "Heart Full of Soul" (acoustic version with Peart on drums)
  10. "2112 ("Overture"/"The Temples of Syrinx"/"Grand Finale")"
  11. "La Villa Strangiato"
  12. "By-Tor & the Snow Dog"
  13. "Xanadu" (abbreviated)
  14. "Working Man" (with reggae ending)

Encore
  1. "Summertime Blues"
  2. "Crossroads"
  3. "Limelight"

The concert ended with another quick Jerry Stiller "dream sequence" film.

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America
May 26, 2004NashvilleUnited StatesStarwood Amphitheatre
May 28, 2004CharlotteVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre
May 29, 2004Virginia BeachGTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater
May 31, 2004PittsburghPost-Gazette Pavilion
June 2, 2004ColumbusGermain Amphitheatre
June 4, 2004NoblesvilleVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 5, 2004Tinley ParkFirst Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
June 7, 2004MilwaukeeMarcus Amphitheatre
June 8, 2004DetroitDTE Energy Music Theatre
June 10, 2004Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center
June 12, 2004St. LouisUMB Bank Pavilion
June 13, 2004Bonner SpringsSandstone Amphitheater
June 23, 2004DallasSmirnoff Music Center
June 25, 2004San AntonioVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 26, 2004HoustonCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 29, 2004DenverRed Rocks Amphitheatre
June 30, 2004Salt Lake CityUSANA Amphitheatre
July 2, 2004AuburnWhite River Amphitheatre
July 3, 2004RidgefieldThe Amphitheatre at Clark County
July 6, 2004Los AngelesHollywood Bowl
July 7, 2004San DiegoCoors Amphitheater
July 9, 2004Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre
July 10, 2004ConcordChronicle Pavilion
July 12, 2004SacramentoSleep Train Amphitheater
July 14, 2004IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 16, 2004PhoenixCricket Pavilion
July 17, 2004Las Vegas ValleyMGM Grand Garden Arena
July 29, 2004West Palm BeachCruzan Amphitheatre
July 30, 2004TampaTampa Bay Amphitheatre
August 1, 2004AtlantaHiFi Buys Amphitheatre
August 3, 2004BristowNissan Pavilion
August 4, 2004CamdenTweeter Center
August 6, 2004HartfordMeadows Music Theater
August 7, 2004ScrantonToyota Pavilion
August 9, 2004Saratoga SpringsSPAC
August 11, 2004WantaghNikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 12, 2004BostonTweeter Center
August 14, 2004HolmdelPNC Bank Arts Center
August 15, 2004CorfuDarien Lake
August 18, 2004New York CityRadio City Music Hall
August 19, 2004
August 21, 2004MontrealCanadaBell Centre
August 22, 2004TorontoMolson Amphitheatre
Europe
September 8, 2004LondonEnglandWembley Arena
September 9, 2004
September 11, 2004BirminghamNEC Arena
September 12, 2004ManchesterEvening News Arena
September 14, 2004GlasgowScotlandSECC
September 15, 2004BirminghamEnglandNEC Arena
September 17, 2004OberhausenGermanyKönig Pilsener Arena
September 19, 2004StuttgartSchleyerhalle
September 21, 2004MilanItalyMazda Palace
September 24, 2004FrankfurtGermanyFesthalle
September 25, 2004PragueCzech RepublicT-Mobile Arena
September 27, 2004HamburgGermanySporthalle
September 29, 2004StockholmSwedenGloben Arena
October 1, 2004RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam 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.
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