RUSH TOUR RUSH TOUR RUSH TOUR
Anybody who’s been to a Rush live event can tell you that it’s totally magical, like some kind of parallel dimension of contentment. I suspect it has something to do with the men of Rush themselves: three virtuosos who share a incredibly deep understanding of what comprises transcendent, affecting music. So that means concertgoers step through the gates with firm confidence in place of the usual crossed-arm expectations. Each Rush show is like its own holiday, where the stresses of reality are replaced with rock music at its fullest, Kobe-level potential. Sigh.
Okay if you’re still reading (hi there) and remain unconvinced, let me tell you that at a Rush show three summers ago, the cosmos spoke directly to me to affirm the validity — nay, rightness — of my rabid Rushist beliefs: during the fifth song of the night (“Mission”), I turned my back to the stage to look thirstily at the beer stand. Above it, over Lake Michigan, the sky was split by a huge fucking rainbow. You read that right: a rainbow. Not a half-ass rainbow all far away either; it was huge and really vivid. So, yeah, Rush can make goddamn rainbows. Rainbows attend Rush shows. Man, fuck U2.
This summer, it’s finally rainbow time Rush time again! And there will be extra magic ’cause the band will perform all of their classic Moving Pictures record. I’m going to hold this tour down and face-bang it!! Check out these dates released why just this very morning:
Jun. 29 – Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque presents The Pavilion – Albuquerque, NM
Jul. 01 – Starlight Theatre – Kansas City, MO
Jul. 02 – Summerfest – Milwaukee, WI
Jul. 05 – Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island – Chicago, IL
Jul. 19 – Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT
Jul. 21 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ
Jul. 23 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center – Saratoga Springs, NY
Jul. 24 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, NY
Aug. 05 – USANA Amphitheatre – West Valley City, UT
Aug. 07 – White River Amphitheatre – Auburn, WA
Aug. 09 – Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View – Mountain View, CA
Aug. 11 – The Forum – Inglewood – Inglewood, CA
Aug. 13 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Irvine, CA
Aug. 14 – MGM Grand Garden Arena – Las Vegas, NV
Aug. 16 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
Aug. 20 – INTRUST Bank Arena – Wichita, KS
Aug. 22 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis – Maryland Heights, MO
Aug. 25 – Qwest Center Omaha – Omaha, NE
Aug. 27 – Minnesota State Fair – St. Paul, MN
Aug. 29 – Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH
Aug. 31 – Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand – Allentown, PA
Sep. 02 – New York State Fair Grandstand – Syracuse, NY
Sep. 03 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
Sep. 14 – TD Garden – Boston, MA
Sep. 16 – Consol Energy Center – Pittsburgh, PA
Sep. 18 – Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, VA
Sep. 21 – BOK Center – Tulsa, OK
Sep. 23 – AT&T Center – San Antonio, TX
Sep. 25 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – The Woodlands, TX
Sep. 26 – Superpages.com Center – Dallas, TX
Sep. 29 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – Alpharetta, GA
Oct. 01 – Ford Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL
Oct. 02 – Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL
-ADF
