Snakes & Arrows Tour

Snakes & Arrows Tour
World tour by Rush
Associated album	Snakes & Arrows
Start date	June 13, 2007
End date	July 24, 2008
Legs	3
Shows	113
Rush tour chronology
R30: 30th Anniversary Tour (2004) Snakes & Arrows Tour (2007-2008) Time Machine Tour (2010-2011)

Rush began the Snakes & Arrows Tour to promote the 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 ended on July 24, 2008 in Noblesville, Indiana at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.^[1] The tour was Rush's most successful to date, grossing nearly $65 million. At 113 shows, this is the second longest tour Rush has done (superseded only by the Hemispheres tour).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, documenting the 2007 leg. The two-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".

During this tour, Rush once again used their connections to add humor to their performances. "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" featured an intro from SCTV's own Bob and Doug McKenzie, while "Tom Sawyer" was preceded by an intro from South Park characters Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny.^[2]

Contents 1 Performance changes 2 2007 leg setlist 3 2008 leg setlist 4 Tour dates 5 References

Performance changes

This tour differed from previous Rush tours in an increase of new material played (nine songs compared to the more usual four or five) ^[3] and the reintroduction of songs that have not been played for decades (for example "Circumstances", 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 Moving Pictures Warm-Up tour)^[4]. The first leg also marked the first time "Entre Nous" from Permanent Waves was performed live.^[5] Some of the older songs (e.g. "Digital Man" from Signals) were shortened.^[6]

Neil Peart's drum solo underwent changes. The big band ending, which on previous tours featured Peart's performance of "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie, instead incorporated a portion 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" and the tribal excerpt piece from "Scars" were also dropped.^[2]

2007 leg setlist

• Snakes & Arrows Intro Video
• "Limelight"
• "Digital Man"
• "Entre Nous"
• "Mission"
• "Freewill"
• "The Main Monkey Business" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Video Intro: Bob and Doug McKenzie
• "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Secret Touch"
• "Circumstances"
• "Between the Wheels"
• "Dreamline"

Intermission:

• Video Intro: The Plain of Dharma
• "Far Cry" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Workin' Them Angels" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Armor and Sword" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Spindrift" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "The Way the Wind Blows" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Subdivisions"
• "Natural Science"
• "Witch Hunt"
• "Malignant Narcissism" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• De Slagwerker (Drum Solo)
• "Hope" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Summertime Blues" (alternating with "Distant Early Warning" starting on July 4, 2007 and permanently added to the setlist for the entire European leg)
• "The Spirit of Radio"
• Video Intro: South Park - Lil' Rush
• "Tom Sawyer"

Encore:

• "One Little Victory"
• "A Passage to Bangkok"
• "YYZ"

2008 leg setlist

• Snakes & Arrows Intro Video
• "Limelight"
• "Digital Man"
• "Ghost of a Chance"
• "Mission"
• "Freewill"
• "The Main Monkey Business" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Video Intro: Bob and Doug McKenzie
• "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Red Barchetta"
• "The Trees"
• "Between the Wheels"
• "Dreamline"

Intermission:

• Video Intro: Harry Satchel in What's That Smell?
• "Far Cry" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Workin' Them Angels" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Armor and Sword" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Spindrift" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "The Way the Wind Blows" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "Subdivisions"
• "Natural Science"
• "Witch Hunt"
• "Malignant Narcissism" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Drum solo
• "Hope" (from Snakes & Arrows)
• "The Spirit of Radio"
• "2112 (Overture/The Temples of Syrinx)"
• Video Intro: South Park - Lil' Rush
• "Tom Sawyer"

Encore:

• "One Little Victory"
• "A Passage to Bangkok"
• "YYZ"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Capacity/Attendance/Gross
North America, 2007 Leg
June 13, 2007	Atlanta	United States	HiFi Buys Amphitheatre	15,949 / 8,998 / $505,255
June 15, 2007	West Palm Beach		Sound Advice Amphitheater	19,238 / 9,432 / $492,908
June 16, 2007	Tampa		Ford Amphitheater	19,508 / 13,434 / $605,896
June 18, 2007	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	18,700 / 8,287 / $408,908
June 20, 2007	Raleigh		Walnut Creek Amphitheater	20,036 / 8,085 / $348,592
June 22, 2007	Virginia Beach		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	20,055 / 8,567 / $378,512
June 23, 2007	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion	22,661 / 12,203 / $708,378
June 25, 2007	Burgettstown		Post-Gazette Pavilion	23,070 / 9,257 / $380,157
June 27, 2007	Mansfield		Tweeter Center	14,245 / 12,358 / $689,995
June 29, 2007	Scranton		Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain	17,161 / 8,482 / $405,990
June 30, 2007	Saratoga Springs		SPAC	25,240 / 10,847 / $525,626
July 2, 2007	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater	13,851 / 12,300 / $860,671
July 4, 2007	Corfu		Six Flags Performing Arts Center	21,800 / 7,624 / $429,109
July 6, 2007	Camden		Tweeter Center	24,956 / 12,180 / $662,267
July 8, 2007	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center	16,996 / 12,014 / $628,792
July 9, 2007	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena	7,793 / Sold Out / $452,900
July 18, 2007	Calgary	Canada	Pengrowth Saddledome	12,026 / 11,006 / $808,041 USD
July 20, 2007	Auburn	United States	White River Amphitheatre	15,552 / 13,689 / $638,462
July 21, 2007	Ridgefield		The Amphitheater at Clark County	13,188 / 10,986 / $581,898
July 23, 2007	Hollywood		Hollywood Bowl	17,563 / 14,696 / $1,074,586
July 25, 2007	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	11,563 / 10,347 / $682,819
July 27, 2007	Phoenix		Cricket Wireless Pavilion	16,066 / 12,276 / $485,795
July 28, 2007	Paradise		MGM Grand Garden Arena	11,034 / 10,002 / $922,675
July 30, 2007	Chula Vista		Coors Amphitheater	9,831 / 8,959 / $412,235
August 1, 2007	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	11,000 / 9,101 / $507,546
August 3, 2007	Concord		Sleep Train Pavilion	10,916 / 9,775 / $529,150
August 4, 2007	Wheatland		Sleep Train Amphitheatre	9,000 / 8,428 / $409,880
August 6, 2007	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre	14,500 / 10,971 / $492,950
August 8, 2007	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre	8,753 / Sold Out / $674,504
August 11, 2007	Dallas		Smirnoff Music Centre	16,500 / 13,366 / $690,086
August 12, 2007	Selma		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Selma)	15,155 / 11,469 / $527,568
August 14, 2007	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	14,490 / 11,904 / $646,748
August 23, 2007	Bonner Springs		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	12,500 / 8,104 / $406,416
August 24, 2007	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	16,500 / 12,135 / $490,721
August 26, 2007	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center	12,500 / 9,599 / $424,449
August 28, 2007	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre	13,213 / 11,384 / $602,300
August 30, 2007	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center	13,491 / 10,527 / $449,578
September 1, 2007	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center	16,435 / 10,776 / $479,040
September 2, 2007	Columbus		Germain Amphitheater	12,891 / 10,241 / $463,661
September 6, 2007	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater	13,299 / 12,100 / $516,155
September 8, 2007	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	18,174 / 16,613 / $847,695
September 9, 2007	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center	14,956 / 11,402 / $752,618
September 12, 2007	London	Canada	John Labatt Centre	8,936 / 8,608 / $627,749 USD
September 14, 2007	Quebec City		Colisee de Quebec	7,000 / 6,604 / $489,689 USD
September 15, 2007	Montreal		Bell Centre	12,000 / 11,662 / $967,692 USD
September 17, 2007	New York City	United States	Madison Square Garden	12,125 / 11,786 / $1,022,675
September 19, 2007	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	N/A
September 21, 2007	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place	N/A
September 22, 2007	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	N/A
Europe
October 3, 2007	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC
October 5, 2007	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena
October 6, 2007	Sheffield		Hallam FM Arena
October 9, 2007	London		Wembley Arena
October 10, 2007
October 12, 2007	Birmingham		NEC Arena
October 14, 2007
October 16, 2007	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy
October 17, 2007
October 19, 2007	Oberhausen	Germany	König Pilsener Arena
October 21, 2007	Mannheim		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
North America, 2008 Leg
April 11, 2008	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Coliseo de Puerto Rico
April 13, 2008	Fort Lauderdale	United States	BankAtlantic Center
April 15, 2008	Orlando		Amway Arena
April 17, 2008	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
April 19, 2008	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
April 20, 2008	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
April 23, 2008	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
April 25, 2008	Dallas		Music Hall at Fair Park
April 26, 2008	Oklahoma City		Ford Center
April 29, 2008	Albuquerque		Journal Pavilion
May 1, 2008	Phoenix		Cricket Wireless Pavilion
May 3, 2008	Reno		Reno Events Center
May 4, 2008	Concord		Sleep Train Pavilion
May 6, 2008	Los Angeles		Nokia Theater
May 8, 2008
May 10, 2008	Paradise		Mandalay Bay Events Center
May 11, 2008	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 20, 2008	Moline		i wireless Center
May 22, 2008	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
May 24, 2008	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre
May 25, 2008	Regina		Brandt Centre
May 27, 2008	Edmonton		Rexall Place
May 29, 2008	Vancouver		GM Place
May 31, 2008	George	United States	The Gorge
June 1, 2008	Ridgefield		The Amphitheater at Clark County
June 3, 2008	Nampa		Idaho Center
June 7, 2008	Kansas City		Starlight Theater
June 9, 2008	Chicago		United Center
June 10, 2008	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
June 12, 2008	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre
June 14, 2008	Philadelphia	United States	Wachovia Center
June 15, 2008	Mansfield		Comcast Center
June 25, 2008	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre[7]
June 27, 2008	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater
June 28, 2008	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 30, 2008	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
July 2, 2008	Burgettstown		Post-Gazette Pavilion
July 4, 2008	Atlantic City		Mark Etess Arena
July 5, 2008	Saratoga Springs		SPAC
July 7, 2008	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
July 9, 2008	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre
July 11, 2008	Manchester	United States	Verizon Wireless Arena
July 12, 2008	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
July 14, 2008	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 17, 2008	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium
July 19, 2008	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion
July 20, 2008	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 22, 2008	Atlanta		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
July 24, 2008	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center[7]

References

Rush Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson Neil Peart John Rutsey Jeff Jones Studio albums Rush Fly by Night Caress of Steel 2112 A Farewell to Kings Hemispheres Permanent Waves Moving Pictures Signals Grace Under Pressure Power Windows Hold Your Fire Presto Roll the Bones Counterparts Test for Echo Vapor Trails Snakes & Arrows Clockwork Angels Extended plays Feedback Live albums All the World's a Stage Exit...Stage Left Grace Under Pressure Tour A Show of Hands Different Stages Rush in Rio R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour Snakes & Arrows Live Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland Singles "Not Fade Away" "Finding My Way" "In the Mood " "Fly by Night" "The Necromancer" "Lakeside Park" "The Twilight Zone" "2112 " "A Passage to Bangkok" "Closer to the Heart" "Xanadu" "Cinderella Man" "The Trees" "Circumstances" "The Spirit of Radio" "Freewill" "Entre Nous" "Limelight" "Tom Sawyer" "Vital Signs" "New World Man" "Subdivisions" "Distant Early Warning" "Red Sector A" "Afterimage" "The Big Money" "Mystic Rhythms" "Manhattan Project" "Marathon" "Time Stand Still" "Mission" "Show Don't Tell" "The Pass" "Dreamline" "Roll the Bones" "Heresy" "Ghost of a Chance" "Stick It Out" "Nobody's Hero" "Cold Fire" "Test for Echo" "Half the World" "Driven" "Secret Touch" "One Little Victory" "Summertime Blues" "Far Cry" "Spindrift" "The Larger Bowl" "Caravan" Live videos Exit...Stage Left Grace Under Pressure Tour A Show of Hands Rush in Rio R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour Rush Replay X 3 Snakes & Arrows Live Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland Album compilations Rush Through Time Archives Chronicles Retrospective I Retrospective II The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 Gold Retrospective III: 1989-2008 Working Men Video compilations Through the Camera Eye Chronicles Tours Roll the Bones Tour Counterparts Tour Test for Echo Tour Vapor Trails Tour R30: 30th Anniversary Tour Snakes & Arrows Tour Time Machine Tour Related articles Discography Awards History Instrumentals Equipment Victor My Favorite Headache A Work in Progress Anatomy of a Drum Solo Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road "Fear" series Cygnus X-1 duology Hugh Syme The Fifth Order of Angels Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage Book Category Portal