Snakes & Arrows Tour

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Snakes & Arrows Tour
World tour by Rush
Locations North America, Europe
Supporting album Snakes & Arrows
Start date June 13, 2007
End date July 22, 2008
Legs 2
Shows 113
Rush tour chronology
R30: 30th Anniversary Tour
(2004)		 Snakes & Arrows Tour
(2007-2008)

Rush began the Snakes & Arrows Tour to promote their latest album, Snakes & Arrows on June 13, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2007 tour came to a close on October 29, 2007 at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The 2008 portion of the tour started on April 11, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and is currently scheduled to end on July 24, 2008 in Noblesville, Indiana at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.[1]

This tour differs from previous Rush tours in an increase of new material played on the tour (9 songs compared to the more usual 4 or 5) [2] and the reintroduction of songs that have not been played for decades (for example "Circumstances" which was last played when the band was touring for 1978's "Hemispheres" and "A Passage to Bangkok", which was last played in its entirety on the Permanent Waves Tour)[3]. Some of the older songs (e.g "Digital Man" from Signals) were shortened.[4]

Drummer Neil Peart's drum solo has undergone changes. The ending, which on previous tours featured Peart's performance of One O'Clock Jump by Count Basie, now features a sample of Cotton Tail, a song he recorded with the Buddy Rich Band on the tribute Burning For Buddy, Vol. 1. The marimba section from Pieces of Eight, as well as the tribal excerpt piece from "Scars" have also been dropped.[5]

During this tour, Rush once again use their connections to add humor to their performances. "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" features an intro from SCTV's own Bob and Doug McKenzie, while "Tom Sawyer" features an intro from South Park characters Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny.[6]

At 113 shows, this will be the second longest tour Rush has done (superseded only by the Hemispheres Tour). Rush released the live CD, Snakes & Arrows Live on April 15, 2008, therein documenting this tour. The 2-disc CD contains the entire 2007 setlist recorded over two days in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The album features the song "Distant Early Warning" in place of "Summertime Blues".

Contents

[edit] 2007 leg setlist

Intermission:

Encore:

[edit] 2008 leg setlist

Intermission:

Encore:

[edit] 2007 Leg

Neil Peart and his custom Snakes & Arrows drums
Neil Peart and his custom Snakes & Arrows drums
Alex Lifeson playing his Garrison GD25-12 guitar
Alex Lifeson playing his Garrison GD25-12 guitar
Geddy Lee playing his signature Fender Jazz Bass
Geddy Lee playing his signature Fender Jazz Bass
Date City Venue
June 13, 2007 Atlanta, GA HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
June 15, 2007 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
June 16, 2007 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
June 18, 2007 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 20, 2007 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
June 22, 2007 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 23, 2007 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
June 25, 2007 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
June 27, 2007 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
June 29, 2007 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
June 30, 2007 Saratoga Springs, NY SPAC
July 2, 2007 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 4, 2007 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake
July 6, 2007 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center
July 8, 2007 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 9, 2007 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
July 18, 2007 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
July 20, 2007 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheater
July 21, 2007 Ridgefield, WA The Amphitheater at Clark County
July 23, 2007 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
July 25, 2007 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 27, 2007 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
July 28, 2007 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
July 30, 2007 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheater
August 1, 2007 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheater
August 3, 2007 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion
August 4, 2007 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheater
August 6, 2007 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheater
August 8, 2007 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
August 11, 2007 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Centre
August 12, 2007 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 14, 2007 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 23, 2007 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 24, 2007 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 26, 2007 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 28, 2007 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theater
August 30, 2007 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Centre
September 1, 2007 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
September 2, 2007 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheater
September 6, 2007 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater
September 8, 2007 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
September 9, 2007 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
September 12, 2007 London, ON John Labatt Centre
September 14, 2007 Quebec City, QC Colisee de Quebec
September 15, 2007 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
September 17, 2007 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
September 19, 2007 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
September 21, 2007 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
September 22, 2007 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
October 3, 2007 Glasgow, Scotland SECC
October 5, 2007 Newcastle, England Metro Radio Arena
October 6, 2007 Sheffield, England Hallam FM Arena
October 9, 2007 London, England Wembley Arena
October 10, 2007 London, England Wembley Arena
October 12, 2007 Birmingham, England NEC Arena
October 14, 2007 Manchester, England MEN Arena
October 16, 2007 Rotterdam, Netherlands Ahoy
October 17, 2007 Rotterdam, Netherlands Ahoy
October 19, 2007 Oberhausen, Germany König Pilsener Arena
October 21, 2007 Mannheim, Germany SAP Arena
October 23, 2007 Milan, Italy Forum Arena
October 26, 2007 Oslo, Norway Spektrum
October 27, 2007 Stockholm, Sweden Globen Arena
October 29, 2007 Helsinki, Finland Hartwall Arena

[edit] 2008 Leg

Date City Venue
April 11, 2008 San Juan, PR Coliseo de Puerto Rico
April 13, 2008 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
April 15, 2008 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
April 17, 2008 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
April 23, 2008 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
April 25, 2008 Dallas, TX The Music Center at Fair Park
April 26, 2008 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
April 29, 2008 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
May 1, 2008 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
May 3, 2008 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
May 4, 2008 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion
May 6, 2008 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theater
May 8, 2008 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theater
May 10, 2008 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
May 11, 2008 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 20, 2008 Moline, IL i wireless Center
May 22, 2008 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
May 24, 2008 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
May 25, 2008 Regina, SK Brandt Centre
May 27, 2008 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
May 29, 2008 Vancouver, BC GM Place
May 31, 2008 George, WA The Gorge
June 1, 2008 Ridgefield, WA The Amphitheater at Clark County
June 3, 2008 Boise, ID Idaho Center
June 7, 2008 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theater
June 9, 2008 Chicago, IL United Center
June 10, 2008 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
June 12, 2008 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
June 14, 2008 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
June 15, 2008 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
June 25, 2008 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater[7]
June 27, 2008 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater (Summerfest)
June 28, 2008 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 30, 2008 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
July 2, 2008 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
July 4, 2008 Atlantic City, NJ Mark Etess Arena
July 5, 2008 Saratoga Springs, NY SPAC
July 7, 2008 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
July 9, 2008 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
July 11, 2008 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
July 12, 2008 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 14, 2008 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 17, 2008 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
July 19, 2008 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
July 20, 2008 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 22, 2008 Atlanta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park
July 24, 2008 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheater[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official Rush Website Rush tour schedule
  2. ^ Azcentral [1] New Rush songs Accessed August 29 2007
  3. ^ Pqarchiver.com > Unheard tunes Accessed August 29 2007
  4. ^ Power Windows Wesite Snakes & Arrows tour news
  5. ^ 2112.net [2]
  6. ^ 2112.net [3]
  7. ^ [4]
  8. ^ [5]
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