R30: 30th Anniversary Tour

R30: 30th Anniversary Tour
World tour by Rush
Associated album Feedback
Start date May 26, 2004
End date October 1, 2004
Legs 2
Shows 58
Rush tour chronology
Vapor Trails Tour
(2002)		 R30: 30th Anniversary Tour
(2004)		 Snakes & Arrows Tour
(2007-2008)

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 cover album Feedback. Tour routing saw Starwood Amphitheatre, in Nashville, Tennessee to start with on May 26, 2004 and Sportpaleis Ahoy in Rotterdam, The Netherlands to finish on October 1 of that same year.

The tour resulted in the November 2005 R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour DVD which was recorded September 24, 2004 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany. The tour was staged in amphitheaters in North America and arenas in Europe. Of note was a video role of comedian Jerry Stiller as an introduction to each performance. The setlist was consistent throughout the entire world tour for the first time since the 1987 Hold Your Fire tour.

Contents

Setlist

Set one

New opening film with imagery from each album and a band introduction by Jerry Stiller.

Set two

Darn That Dragon film

Encore

Concert ends with another quick Jerry Stiller "dream sequence" film.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America
May 26, 2004 Nashville United States Starwood Amphitheatre
May 28, 2004 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
May 29, 2004 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
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 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 23, 2004 Texas 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 MGM Grand Garden Arena
July 29, 2004 West Palm Beach Sound Advice 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 Ahoy Rotterdam

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