Vapor Trails Tour

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Vapor Trails Tour
Western Hemisphere tour by Rush
Locations North America, South America
Supporting album Vapor Trails
Start date June 28, 2002
End date November 23, 2002
Legs 1
Shows 66
Rush tour chronology
Test For Echo Tour
(1996-1997)		 Vapor Trails Tour
(2002)		 R30: 30th Anniversary Tour
(2004)

Rush's Vapor Trails Tour marked the first tour for the band in nearly six years after the band entered a hiatus due to personal tragedies in drummer Neil Peart's life. Likewise, the tour was in support of the band's first studio album in five years, Vapor Trails. 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 Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. This resulted in the release of the triple CD and dual DVD Rush in Rio in October 2003. It was during this tour that Rush played in front of some of the largest crowds of their career, the largest of which was a capacity of 60,000 in São Paulo. Incidentally, the show at Maracana Stadium represented the second largest attendance for a headlining Rush concert with 40,000 people.

Contents

[edit] Set list

(-Intermission-)

[edit] Encore

  • "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" (abbreviated)
  • "Cygnus X-1" (prologue)
  • "Working Man"

[edit] Tour Dates

Date City Venue
June 28, 2002 Hartford, CT Meadows Music Center
June 29, 2002 Scranton, Pennsylvania Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
July 1, 2002 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 3, 2002 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 4, 2002 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
July 6, 2002 Saratoga Springs, NY SPAC
July 7, 2002 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake
July 9, 2002 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
July 11, 2002 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 12, 2002 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
July 14, 2002 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center
July 15, 2002 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 17, 2002 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
July 19, 2002 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
July 20, 2002 Chicago, IL Tweeter Center
August 1, 2002 Bonner Springs, KS Sandstone Amphitheatre
August 2, 2002 St. Louis, MO UMB Bank Pavilion
August 4, 2002 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
August 6, 2002 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
August 8, 2002 Columbus, OH Polaris Amphitheater
August 9, 2002 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 11, 2002 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 12, 2002 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 14, 2002 Nashville, TN AmSouth Amphitheatre
August 16, 2002 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 17, 2002 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 19, 2002 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Center
August 21, 2002 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
August 23, 2002 Salt Lake City, UT Delta Center
August 24, 2002 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
September 8, 2002 Vancouver, BC GM Place
September 10, 2002 Edmonton, AB Skyreach Centre
September 12, 2002 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
September 14, 2002 Seattle, WA The Gorge
September 15, 2002 Portland, OR Rose Garden
September 17, 2002 Concord , CA Chronicle Pavilion
September 18, 2002 Sacramento, CA Autowest Amphitheater
September 20, 2002 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheate
September 21, 2002 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 23, 2002 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
September 25, 2002 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheater
September 27, 2002 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
September 28, 2002 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
October 5, 2002 Mexico City, Mexico Foro Sol
October 10, 2002 Tampa, FL Ice Palace
October 11, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL Mars Music Amphitheatre
October 13, 2002 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
October 15, 2002 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Arena
October 16, 2002 Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena
October 18, 2002 Montreal, PQ Bell Centre
October 19, 2002 Quebec City, PQ Colisée Pepsi
October 22, 2002 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
October 24, 2002 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
October 25, 2002 Hershey, PA Giant Center
October 27, 2002 Philadelphia, PA First Union Center
October 28, 2002 Boston, MA Fleet Center
October 30, 2002 Chicago, IL United Center
November 1, 2002 Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum
November 2, 2002 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
November 4, 2002 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena
November 6, 2002 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
November 8, 2002 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Casino
November 10, 2002 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
November 20, 2002 Porto Alegre, Brazil Olympic Stadium
November 22, 2002 São Paulo, Brazil Morumbi Stadium
November 23, 2002 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Maracana Stadium

[edit] References

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