Vapor Trails Tour

The Vapor Trails Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush in support of their album Vapor Trails. It marked the first tour in nearly five years after the band entered a hiatus due to personal tragedies in drummer Neil Peart's life. The tour kicked off June 28, 2002 at the Meadows Music Center in Hartford, Connecticut and culminated in a three-show stint in Brazil, the last night of which was recorded November 23, 2002 at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The recording was released October 2003 as a triple CD and dual DVD entitled Rush in Rio . During this tour Rush played in front of the largest crowds of their career, the largest of which was a capacity of 60,000 in São Paulo. The show at Maracana Stadium represented the second largest attendance for a headlining Rush concert with 40,000 people.

Vapor Trails Tour
Tour by Rush
Associated albumVapor Trails
Start dateJune 28, 2002
End dateNovember 23, 2002
Legs1
No. of shows66
Rush concert chronology

Set list

Set one
  1. "Tom Sawyer"
  2. "Distant Early Warning"
  3. "New World Man"
  4. "Roll the Bones"
  5. "Earthshine"
  6. "YYZ"
  7. "The Pass"
  8. "Bravado"
  9. "The Big Money"
  10. "Between Sun and Moon" or "The Trees" (Alternated during second leg of tour)
  11. "Vital Signs" or "Freewill" (Alternated during second leg of tour)
  12. "Closer to the Heart" (Only in Mexico City; Manchester, New Hampshire; and shows in Brazil)
  13. "Natural Science"

Set two
  1. "One Little Victory"
  2. "Driven"
  3. "Ceiling Unlimited" or "Ghost Rider" (Alternated during second leg of tour)
  4. "Secret Touch"
  5. "Dreamline"
  6. "Red Sector A"
  7. "Leave That Thing Alone"
  8. "O Baterista" (drum solo)
  9. "Resist" (acoustic)
  10. "2112 ("Overture"/"The Temples of Syrinx")"
  11. "Limelight"
  12. "La Villa Strangiato"
  13. "The Spirit of Radio"

Encore
  1. "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" (abbreviated)
  2. "Cygnus X-1 (prologue)"
  3. "Working Man"

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
June 28, 2002HartfordUnited StatesMeadows Music Theater
June 29, 2002ScrantonFord Pavilion
July 1, 2002CharlotteVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 3, 2002Virginia BeachVerizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 4, 2002RaleighAlltel Pavilion
July 6, 2002Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts Center
July 7, 2002CorfuDarien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 9, 2002BristowNissan Pavilion
July 11, 2002HolmdelPNC Bank Arts Center
July 12, 2002MansfieldTweeter Center
July 14, 2002CamdenTweeter Center
July 15, 2002WantaghJones Beach Theater
July 17, 2002TorontoCanadaMolson Amphitheatre
July 19, 2002MilwaukeeUnited StatesMarcus Amphitheater
July 20, 2002Tinley ParkTweeter Center
August 1, 2002Bonner SpringsVerizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 2, 2002Maryland HeightsUMB Bank Pavilion
August 4, 2002CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center
August 6, 2002BurgettstownPost-Gazette Pavilion
August 8, 2002ColumbusPolaris Amphitheater
August 9, 2002NoblesvilleVerizon Wireless Music Center
August 11, 2002ClarkstonDTE Energy Music Theatre
August 12, 2002
August 14, 2002NashvilleAmSouth Amphitheatre
August 16, 2002The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 17, 2002San AntonioVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 19, 2002DallasSmirnoff Music Center
August 21, 2002AlbuquerqueABQ Journal Pavilion
August 23, 2002Salt Lake CityDelta Center
August 24, 2002Greenwood VillageCoors Amphitheatre
September 8, 2002VancouverCanadaGM Place
September 10, 2002EdmontonSkyreach Centre
September 12, 2002CalgaryPengrowth Saddledome
September 14, 2002GeorgeUnited StatesThe Gorge
September 15, 2002PortlandRose Garden
September 17, 2002ConcordChronicle Pavilion
September 18, 2002SacramentoAutowest Amphitheater
September 20, 2002Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre
September 21, 2002ParadiseMGM Grand Garden Arena
September 23, 2002Los AngelesStaples Center
September 25, 2002Chula VistaCoors Amphitheatre
September 27, 2002PhoenixCricket Wireless Pavilion
September 28, 2002IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheater
October 5, 2002Mexico CityMexicoForo Sol
October 10, 2002TampaUnited StatesIce Palace
October 11, 2002West Palm BeachMars Music Amphitheatre
October 13, 2002AtlantaPhilips Arena
October 15, 2002BaltimoreBaltimore Arena
October 16, 2002RochesterBlue Cross Arena
October 18, 2002MontrealCanadaBell Centre
October 19, 2002Quebec CityColisée Pepsi
October 22, 2002TorontoAir Canada Centre
October 24, 2002New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square Garden
October 25, 2002HersheyGiant Center
October 27, 2002PhiladelphiaFirst Union Center
October 28, 2002BostonFleetCenter
October 30, 2002ChicagoUnited Center
November 1, 2002AmesHilton Coliseum
November 2, 2002MinneapolisTarget Center
November 4, 2002ClevelandGund Arena
November 6, 2002East RutherfordContinental Airlines Arena
November 8, 2002UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena
November 10, 2002ManchesterVerizon Wireless Arena
November 20, 2002Porto AlegreBrazilOlympic Stadium
November 22, 2002São PauloMorumbi Stadium
November 23, 2002Rio de JaneiroMaracana Stadium

References
  • Rush: The Complete Tourbooks 1977–2004. 2006 Anthem Entertainment, Toronto
  • Rush in Rio DVD
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