Rush to continue their Snakes & Arrows Tour in 2008!

[LDRydr]

Fron the Rush website:

SNAKES & ARROWS LIVE!

RUSH TOUR 2008 - Dates, cities and venues confirmed

TORONTO, ON January 18, 2008:

After a hugely successful 2007 tour, the fans have spoken and they want more. Rush officially announce dates for their extended 2008 Snakes & Arrows World Tour. The tour will kick off with their first ever appearance in San Juan, Puerto Rico April 11 and hit over 45 cities throughout the United States and Canada. For Rush fans this will be the first time in over a decade the band will make stops in Orlando, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Reno, Moline, Boise, Austin, Jacksonville and Winnipeg to name a few. Also for the first time in years the band will play Albuquerque, Edmonton, Vancouver, Hershey and Manchester.

The 2008 tour dates and venues are listed below. Tickets for New Orleans, Reno, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and Detroit go on sale SATURDAY JANUARY 26.

American Express Cardmembers will also have the opportunity to purchase advance tickets January 26th through February 1st for Rush performances in Boston; Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Holmdel, Wantagh and January 27th through February 2nd in Los Angeles and Irvine. In addition there will be a MUSICTODAY fan club presale for all Rush performances in conjunction with RUSH.COM starting January 22 through January 24.

A SNAKES AND ARROWS LIVE CD will be released sometime in April. Details are forthcoming. In addition, the track "Malignant Narcissism" from the bands 2007 release “SNAKES & ARROWS” (Anthem/Atlantic) has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Fans will experience the technical virtuosity and hard-rocking compositions they have come to expect from Rush members, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. In addition the band will update their set list for the 2008 tour.

The Rush tour in North America is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and SRO/Anthem.

For complete tour & ticket information, fan club presales and more, visit: www.rush.com & www.livenation.com

 

[OhioFJR1300]

Saw them in Cleveland Ohio in 2007. Great concert. Do not miss it.

 

[smokeFJR06]

Caught them in Chicago in 07. The Snakes and Arrows tour is FANTASTIC!!! I've seen RUSH many, many times and thought they had never sounded better than this tour.

A MUST SEE!!!

 

[RacinRay]

Saw them in Saratoga last summer. I concur, it was a great show but I didn't get the chicken roasters behind Geddy Lee.

 

[Groo]

Will have to add that to my concert "to do" list... posting this using my PDA from row 6 next to the stage, waiting for the Foo Fighters concert to start.... YEEEHAH!!!!!

 

[OhioFJR1300]

Saw them in Saratoga last summer. I concur, it was a great show but I didn't get the chicken roasters behind Geddy Lee.

They were Geddy's amps. He goes to great lenghts to come up with something new for every tour. He has had washing machines, candy vending machines, you get the idea. It really threw me when there was a chef that came out and was checking the chickens.......... what a hoot :yahoo:

 

[OhioFJR1300]

Saw them in Saratoga last summer. I concur, it was a great show but I didn't get the chicken roasters behind Geddy Lee.

They were Geddy's amps. He goes to great lenghts to come up with something new for every tour. He has had washing machines, candy vending machines, you get the idea. It really threw me when there was a chef that came out and was checking the chickens.......... what a hoot :yahoo:

 

[LDRydr]

Saw them in Saratoga last summer. I concur, it was a great show but I didn't get the chicken roasters behind Geddy Lee.

It really threw me when there was a chef that came out and was checking the chickens.......... what a hoot :yahoo:

Different "guest chef" basting the poultry at each show, sometimes friends of the band that live locally. Also, don't miss "The Biggest Fans" Barbie doll group that hangs out beside Alex's monitors. Catch their video under the "Multimedia" section on the webpage.

 

[odot]

Actually, I believe that geddy don't like big amps and the image....er, the big amp image. Thus the washers and dryers and rotisserie junk. Just shut up and play yer guitar. Looks like I'm goin to miss this years concert.

 

[gr8eyes]

OKC on the dockett.........................I'm there.

 

[RiderCoach Lar]

Also saw them in Chicago in '07. I agree, it's a "don't miss" show. They sounded great and the set list was great. Sure, I would have like to hear some of the older stuff, but they can only play so many songs in a THREE HOUR show!

 

[LDRydr]

BUMP!

The next pre-sale is tomorrow, 2/5. Follow this link to see which venues are included in this one, and to pre-register: CLICKY. Maybe you'll be the lucky winner of the Meet & Greet with the band!

No affiliation, yada, yada, yada, just like the band is all.

 

[Jazzzzz]

Neal Peart supposedly rides between most of the gigs - can't remember if its a BMW GS or RT that he rides, but regardless it'd be a lot of fun to take a road trip WITH the band to SEE the band.

 

[Murph]

I echo Larry's post. Several of my friends were unhappy with the '07 tour because they played no less than 9 songs from their newest album. Rush played alot more older stuff on their previous 30th anniversary tour but they are definitely promoting their latest release, "Snakes and Arrows," on this tour.

Neil rides a GS and, by now, he's probably on his 3rd or 4th...he puts up big miles. Here is the ride report from Rick Foster (the guy who wrote the story that inspired Neil's lyrics to "Red Barchetta") when he met and rode with Neil last year.

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