SETLISTS

Rush Tour 1974

8/14/74
Finding My Way
In The Mood
Working Man / Drum Solo / Working Man

8/26/74
Finding My Way
Best I Can
Need Some Love
In The End
Fancy Dancer
In The Mood
Bad Boy
Guitar Solo
Here Again
Working Man / Drum Solo / Working Man
(encore)
What You're Doing

10/4/74
Finding My Way
Best I Can
What You're Doing
Working Man / Drum Solo / Working Man

11/17/74
Finding My Way
Best I Can
Anthem
In The Mood
Here Again
Bad Boy
Working Man / Drum Solo / Working Man

11/27/74
Finding My Way
Fancy Dancer
In The Mood
In The End
What You're Doing
Bad Boy

(Note: "In The Mood" was stopped to fix a broken bass drum head as Alex proceeded to play a country-styled jingle used in subsequent tours and most recently on the 1994 Tour before "Cold Fire.")

12/5/74
Finding My Way
Best I Can
In The Mood
Anthem
Need Some Love
Fly By Night
Here Again
Bad Boy
Working Man / Drum Solo / Working Man

Fly By Night Tour 1975

Supporting Set:
What You're Doing
Anthem
Beneath, Between And Behind
In The End
Fly By Night
Working Man / Drum Solo / In The Mood

Headlining Set:
What You're Doing
Best I Can
Anthem
Beneath, Between And Behind
In The End
Fly By Night
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Working Man (abr.) / Drum Solo / In The Mood (abr.) / Need Some Love (abr.)
(encore)
Finding My Way

6/25/75
Finding My Way
Best I Can
Anthem
Beneath, Between And Behind
In The End
Fly By Night
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
In The Mood / Need Some Love / Working Man / Drum Solo / Working Man
(encore)
What You're Doing

Caress Of Steel Tour (Down The Tubes Tour) 1975

Finding My Way
Best I Can (replaced by Anthem on 12/75)
I Think I'm Going Bald
Beneath, Between And Behind
Lakeside Park
Anthem (replaced by Fly By Night on 12/75)
Bastille Day
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
The Necromancer
Fly By Night (replaced by In The End on 12/75)
Working Man / Drum Solo / In The Mood

11/15/75
Bastille Day
Anthem
Lakeside Park
The Necromancer
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Working Man / Drum Solo
In The Mood

2112 Tour 1976

Bastille Day
Anthem
Lakeside Park
2112 (abbrev. 'Discovery', no 'Oracle')
Fly By Night / In The Mood
Something For Nothing
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Working Man / Finding My Way / Drum Solo / Working Man
(encore)
What You're Doing

All The World's A Stage Tour 1976-77

(Skip Gildersleeve intros the band on All The World's A Stage. Same setlist as 2112 but with "Best I Can" as encore.)

Supporting Sets:
Anthem
2112 (minus 'Oracle')
Working Man
Finding My Way / Drum Solo
Fly By Night / In The Mood

Bastille Day
Anthem
2112 (minus 'Oracle')
Lakeside Park
Working Man
Finding My Way / Drum Solo

Headlining Set:
Bastille Day
Anthem
Lakeside Park
2112 (minus 'Oracle')
Fly By Night
In The Mood
Something For Nothing
Instrumental
In The End
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Working Man / Finding My Way / Drum Solo
(encore)
Best I Can

12/31/76:
Bastille Day
Anthem
Lakeside Park
2112
The Twilight Zone
Something For Nothing
Best I Can
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
The Necromancer (Under The Shadow-abr. instr./Return Of The Prince)
In The End
Working Man / Finding My Way (abr.) / Drum Solo
(encore)
Fly By Night / In The Mood

6/2/77
Bastille Day
Anthem
Lakeside Park
2112
Xanadu
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
The Necromancer (Return Of The Prince)
Working Man / Finding My Way (abr.) / Drum Solo
(encore)
Fly By Night (abr.) / In The Mood (abr.) / What You're Doing

A Farewell To Kings Tour 1977-78

Intro: unknown
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By-Tor And The Snow Dog (abr.) / Xanadu
A Farewell To Kings
Something For Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Anthem
Closer To The Heart
2112 (abr. 'Discovery', minus 'Oracle')
Working Man (abr.) / Fly By Night (abr.) / In The Mood (abr.) / Drum Solo
(encore)
Cinderella Man

Tour of the Hemispheres 1978-79

Intro: unknown
Anthem
A Passage To Bangkok
By-Tor and the Snow Dog (abr.) / The Trees
Xanadu
Something For Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres (with abr. Apollo/Dionysus)
Closer To The Heart
Circumstances (dropped 4/23/79)
A Farewell To Kings
The Twilight Zone (or La Villa Strangiato)
2112 (abr. Discovery; except Oracle: The Dream)
Working Man / Bastille Day / In The Mood (abr.) / Drum Solo
(encore)
Cinderella Man

War-Up Tour 1979

2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx)
A Passage To Bangkok
By-Tor and the Snow Dog (abr.) / Xanadu
The Spirit Of Radio
The Trees
Cygnus X-1 / Hemispheres (with abr. Apollo/Dionysus)
Closer To The Heart
Freewill
Working Man (abr.) / Finding My Way (intro) / Bastille Day (abr.) / In The Mood (abr.) / Drum Solo
(encore)
La Villa Strangiato

Permanent Waves Tour 1980

2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx)
Freewill
By-Tor and the Snowdog (abr.) / Xanadu
The Spirit Of Radio
Natural Science
A Passage To Bangkok
Spanish classical guitar intro / The Trees
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres (with abr. Apollo/Dionysus)
Closer To The Heart (abr.) / Beneath, Between and Behind (abr.)
Jacob's Ladder
Working Man (reggae ver.) / Finding My Way (intro) / Anthem (abr.) / Bastille Day (abr.) / Drum Solo
(encore)
La Villa Strangiato (electric guitar intro)

Warm-Up Tour 1980

2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx)
Freewill
By-Tor and the Snowdog (abr.) / Xanadu
Limelight (different intro, faster)
Broon's Bane (classical guitar intro)
The Trees
Hemispheres (Prelude)
The Spirit Of Radio
Closer To The Heart / Beneath, Between and Behind (abr.)
Tom Sawyer (different second verse, faster)
Jacob's Ladder
Natural Science
Working Man (reggae ver./abr.) / Finding My Way (intro) / Anthem (abr.) / Bastille Day (abr.) / In The Mood (abr.) / Drum Solo
(encore)
La Villa Strangiato

Moving Pictures Tour 1981

2112 (Overtue/The Temples Of Syrinx)
Freewill
Limelight
Hemispheres (Prelude) / Beneath, Between and Behind (abr.)
The Camera Eye
YYZ / Drum Solo / YYZ
Broon's Bane (classical guitar intro)
The Trees
Xanadu
The Spirit Of Radio
Red Barchetta
Closer To The Heart
Tom Sawyer
Vital Signs
Natural Science
Workin Man (reggae ver.) / Hemispheres (Armageddon) (abr. instrumental) / By-Tor and the Snow Dog (abr.) / In The End (abr.) / In The Mood (abr.) / 2112 (Grand Finale)
(encore)
La Villa Strangiato (with classical guitar intro)

(The country jingle used in 1974 resurfaced on certain dates before "YYZ." The lyrics changed in some shows from this tour on with "Tom Sawyer." "Catch the spirit/catch the fish" was started after roadies threw fish onstage during the song.)

Exit... Stage Left Tour 1981

(Same as Moving Pictures Tour but "Subdivisions" followed "Beneath, Between and Behind")

Tour of the Nadars 1982

(Same as Exit... Stage Left Tour set but "The Analog Kid" follows "The Trees")

Signals / New World Tour 1982

Intro: Three Stooges
The Spirit Of Radio / Tom Sawyer
Freewill
Digital Man
Subdivisions
Vital Signs
The Camera Eye
Closer To The Heart
Chemistry (dropped 5/3/83)
The Analog Kid
Broon's Bane
The Trees
Red Barchetta
The Weapon
New World Man
Limelight
Countdown
(encore)
2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx) / Xanadu (abr.) / La Villa Strangiato (abr.) / In The Mood (abr.)
YYZ / Drum Solo / YYZ

(Note: Midway through the tour, Count Floyd (Joe Flaherty) from SCTV in 3-D intros "The Weapon" while a Get Smart TV show excerpt intros "New World Man". Lyrics in "Spirit" were changed sometimes to "one likes to believe in the freedom of baseball"; in "2112" sometimes changed to "we are the plumbers who have come to fix your sinks" for comic effect. Film footage simulating the Moving Pictures album appears before "Tom Sawyer".)

Radio City Music Hall

Intro: Three Stooges
Tom Sawyer
Freewill
Digital Man
Kid Gloves
Subdivisions
Vital Signs
Red Sector A
Closer To The Heart
Chemistry
The Body Electric
Broon's Bane
The Trees
Red Barchetta
The Weapon
New World Man
Limelight
Countdown

Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984

Intro: The Three Stooges
The Spirit Of Radio
Subdivisions
The Body Electric
The Enemy Within
The Weapon
Witch Hunt+ (first time live)
New World Man
Between The Wheels
Red Barchetta
Distant Early Warning
Red Sector A
Closer To The Heart
Afterimage (dropped 9/14; replaced by Kid Gloves - dropped 11/9)
YYZ (abr.) / Drum Solo moved later
2112 (The Temples Of Syrinx) / Tom Sawyer
(encore)
Red Lenses / Drum Solo / Red Lenses
Vital Signs / Finding My Way / In The Mood

(The early versions of the Grace songs have different structures, solos and sometimes lyrics--for example, "one humanoid escapee/one robot on the run.")

Spring Tour 1985

(Same as previous tour except "The Big Money" followed "Witch Hunt"; "Middletown Dreams" followed "Closer To The Heart", followed by "YYZ" with "Drum Solo" medley / "2112" / "Tom Sawyer". "Red Lenses" was the final song and the encore was the "Vital Signs" medley.)

Power Windows Tour 1985-86

Intro: The Three Stooges
The Spirit Of Radio
Limelight
The Big Money
New World Man
Subdivisions
Manhattan Project (Middletown Dreams followed on 2nd set; after 2/14)
Red Sector A
Closer To The Heart
Middletown Dreams
Witch Hunt (dropped 4/13/86; replaced by Mystic Rhythms)
Distant Early Warning
Territories
The Weapon (dropped 12/8/85)
YYZ (abr.) / Drum Solo / Red Lenses (abr.)
(encore)
Tom Sawyer
2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Srinx) (more was played on 4/3/86) / Grand Designs / In The Mood (abr.)

Hold Your Fire Tour 1987-88

Intro: The Three Stooges
The Big Money
Subdivisions
Limelight
Marathon
Turn The Page
Prime Mover
Manhattan Project
Closer To The Heart
Red Sector A
Force Ten
Time Stand Still
Red Barchetta
Distant Early Warning
Lock and Key
Mission
Territories
YYZ (abr.) / The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo) / Red Lenses (abr.) / The Spirit Of Radio
Tom Sawyer
(encore)
2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx) / La Villa Strangiato (abr.) / In The Mood (abr.)

(Alex began clowning around even more on this tour--he even started 'singing'. In the case of "2112", he started replying into the mike: after Geddy would sing, "We are the priests of the Temples of Syrinx," Alex would answer, "It's a tough job ya know!... What do our computers do... Where is Syrinx anyway?" The band also threw in parts from Cheech and Chong's rock band beats in the film Up In Smoke to close "The Big Money". Occasionally the "Pipeline" jazzy bass ending would be thrown in at the end of the later shows.)

Presto Tour 1990

Intro: A Show Of Hands
Force Ten
Freewill (abr.) / Distant Early Warning
Time Stand Still
Subdivisions
Marathon
Red Barchetta
Superconductor
The Pass
Closer To The Heart
Manhattan Project
Xanadu+ / YYZ (abr.) / The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)
Scars
War Paint
Mission
Tom Sawyer (inflated rabbits)
(encore)
The Big Money (replaced by The Spirit Of Radio on 4/3/90) / 2112 (Overture) (abr.) / La Villa Strangiato (abr.) / In The Mood (abr.) / Pipeline (jazz bass)

(Hired Playboy bunnies would come out on stage to wipe sweat off Alex and Geddy and kiss them. Giant inflatable rabbits made their debut (these would be used for the following two tours.))

Roll The Bones Tour 1991-92

Intro: A Show Of Hands
Force Ten
Limelight
Freewill (abr.) / Distant Early Warning (replaced by Red Sector A for Euro dates/third leg)
Time Stand Still
Dreamline
Bravado
Roll The Bones
Show Don't Tell
The Big Money
Ghost Of A Chance (added after the first month or so)
Subdivisions (replaced by Vital Signs on Euro dates/third leg)
The Pass (replaced by The Analog Kid on Euro dates/third leg)
The Trees (added on third leg)
Where's My Thing?
The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)
Closer To The Heart
Xanadu (abr.) / Superconductor
Tom Sawyer
(encore)
The Spirit Of Radio / 2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx) / Finding My Way (abr.) / La Villa Strangiato / Anthem (abr.) / Red Barchetta (abr.) / The Spirit Of Radio (reprise) / Cygnus X-1 (teaser added near start of third leg)

Counterparts Tour 1994

Intro: Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
Dreamline
The Spirit Of Radio
The Analog Kid
Cold Fire
Time Stand Still
Nobody's Hero
Roll The Bones
Animate
Stick It Out (fireworks)
Double Agent (flame jets)
Limelight
Bravado (added 4/20/94)
Mystic Rhythms
Closer To The Heart
Show Don't Tell
Leave That Thing Alone!
Mystic Rhythms
The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)
The Trees
Xanadu (abr.) / Hemispheres (Prelude)+ / Tom Sawyer
(encore)
Force Ten (absent 4/24)
YYZ

(During the jam part of "Closer", Alex on every gig would speak to the audience on the microphone. Introducing himself as everyone from Fabio to Alec Baldwin, Geddy as Ted Nugent, Spike Lee, and Buddy Hackett and Neil as Karen Carpenter. Alex would also talk about the state they were playing in. The intro cartoon to "Leave" has the inflatable rabbit being shot and deflated. Geddy often perched his Mystery Science Theater 3000 TV show lunchbox atop his synthesizer.)

Test For Echo Tour 1996

Intro: Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
Dreamline
The Big Money / Wipeout!
Driven
Half The World
Red Barchetta
Animate
Limbo
The Trees
Red Sector A
Virtuality
Nobody's Hero
Closer To The Heart
2112 (all seven parts and an extended intro on Discovery)

(Intermission: 50's drive-in cartoons "Let's All Go To the Lobby and Have Ourselves a Snack.")

(Trailers for: Hell's Bells, Werewolves On Wheels, Free Grass, Selvaggi. Music heard included "At The End" by Victor and "Momo's Dance Part" by Neil Peart (from "A Work In Progress" end titles).)

Test For Echo
Subdivisions
Freewill
Roll The Bones
Resist (absent 10/23, 26, 29/96 and 11/1, 4, 7/96)
Leave That Thing Alone!
The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)
Natural Science+
Force Ten
Time And Motion (absent 10/22, 25, 28, 31/96 and 11/6/96; dropped 11/9/96)
The Spirit Of Radio
Tom Sawyer
(encore)
YYZ
Cygnus X-1 teaser

(Note: Resist and Time And Motion were played the first two dates of the tour)

12/18 Secret Show

Intro: Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
The Big Money / Wipeout!
Driven
Half The World
Red Barchetta
Animate
Virtuality
Nobody's Hero
Closer To The Heart
Test For Echo
Subdivisions
Freewill
Roll The Bones
Resist
Leave That Thing Alone!
The Spirit Of Radio
Tom Sawyer
(encore)
Force Ten
YYZ
Cygnus X-1 (teaser)

May 7 on:

Intro: Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
Dreamline
Limelight
Stick It Out
Driven
Half The World
Red Barchetta
Animate
Limbo
The Trees
Virtuality
Nobody's Hero
Closer To The Heart
2112

(Intermission)

Test For Echo
Freewill
Red Sector A
Roll The Bones
Resist
Leave That Thing Alone!
The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)
Natural Science
Force Ten
The Spirit Of Radio
Tom Sawyer
(encore)
YYZ

Vapor Trails Tour 2002

Intro: The Three Stooges
Tom Sawyer
Distant Early Warning
New World Man
Roll The Bones
Earthshine
YYZ
The Pass
Bravado
The Big Money
Between Sun & Moon (sometimes replaced by The Trees)
Vital Signs (sometimes replaced by Freewill)
Closer To The Heart (played in Mexico and Brazil only)
Natural Science

(Intermission)

Film Intro: Dragons
One Little Victory (flame jets)
Driven
Ceiling Unlimited (sometimes replaced by Ghost Rider)
Secret Touch
Dreamline
Red Sector A
Leave That Thing Alone!
O Baterista (Drum Solo)
Resist (acoustic version)
2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx)
Limelight
La Villa Strangiato
The Spirit Of Radio
(encore)
By-Tor & The Snow Dog (abr.) / Cygnus X-1 (abr.) / Working Man

(Notes: Geddy had 3 dryers on stage during the entire concert. Significance????? Right before the intermission had started, a movie trailer started with a mystical land. Suddenly 4 dragons appeared. The camera closed in on one who looked like he was ready to attack until he suddenly pulled out a cigar and lit it by blowing flames on it. At the same time flames shot up on stage and then One Little Victory began. Flames shot up once the song had ended as well. This years version of The Rhythm Method included parts from Burning For Buddy. Resist was played as an acoustic version with both Geddy and Alex playing acoustic guitars. During the climax of La Villa Strangiato, Geddy and Neil started playing some jazz improvisation. Alex went up to the mike and said, "O.k. I'm the singer for the band now", and then he started singing skat. During Cygnus X-1, a movie trailer was playing in the background with a dryer being sucked into a black hole, but this still did not reveal the significance of the dryers. )

SARS Relief Concert 2003

Tom Sawyer
Limelight
Dreamline
YYZ
Freewill
Closer To The Heart
Paint It Black (abr.) / The Spirit Of Radio

30th Anniversary Tour 2004

Film Intro: (with animation and Jerry Stiller)
2004 Overture - Finding My Way (abr.) / Anthem (abr.) / Bastille Day (abr.) / Passage to Bangkok (abr.) / Cygnus X-1 (abr.) / Hemispheres: I. Prelude (abr.)
The Spirit Of Radio
Force Ten
Animate
Subdivisions
Earthshine
Red Barchetta
Roll The Bones
Bravado
YYZ
The Trees
The Seeker
One Little Victory (w/ flame jets and dragon film intro)

(Intermission)

Film intro: "Darn That Dragon"
Tom Sawyer
Dreamline
Secret Touch
Between The Wheels
Mystic Rhythms
Red Sector A
O Baterista (Drum Solo)
Resist (acoustic version)
Heart Full Of Soul (acoustic version)
2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx/Grand Finale)
La Villa Strangiato
By-Tor & the Snow Dog
Xanadu
Working Man
(encore)
Summertime Blues
Crossroads
Limelight
Film outro: (w/ Jerry Stiller)

(Notes: Once again, Geddy had dryers on the stage but this time he had only 2. He also had a snack vending machine that was filled with various little trinkets and action figures, like the ones that he mounts on the dryers and his keyboard. The opening film intro featured a Rush dream land filled with various pictures from their album covers (dragons, dalmations, rabbits, janitors, etc). Suddenly Jerry Stiller (with a Rush t-shirt) wakes up from the dream and yells for the band to get on stage, which starts off the concert. "One Little Victory" again had a dragon film intro with flame jets. The second half o f the show opened up with a movie called "Darn That Dragon." The film used marianettes like from "The Thunderbirds" 60s tv show. The boggle head dolls of Rush had to stop the dragon from destroying Toronto, so they hopped into their Cygnus X-1 spaceship and blew the dragon to smithereens. During "2112", the stage hands dressed up as pirates and Geddy had a parrot on his shoulder. At one point he even changed the lyrics "we are the priests of the temples of syrinx" to "we are the pirates of the temples of syrinx". They had their usual jam during La Villa Strangiato and they had more role playing during By-Tor & The Snow Dog. Working Man was played in a raggae feel towards the end of the song. Jerry Stiller was also in the film outro: "Why are you all still here? GO HOME!"). At the Montreal show, Rick and Bubbles from the “Trailer Park Boys” came out on Alex’s side of the stage, and walked across to the dryers, stood there and just did a bit of headbanging, then Rick lit a smoke and the two of them waddled off.

Snakes & Arrows Tour 2007

Limelight
Digital Man
Entre Nous
Mission
Freewill
The Main Monkey Business
The Larger Bowl (with McKenzie Brothers intro)
Secret Touch
Circumstances
Between The Wheels
Dreamline

(-Intermission-/video intro)

Far Cry
Workin' Them Angels
Armor And Sword
Spindrift
The Way The Wind Blows
Subdivisions
Natural Science
Witch Hunt
Malignant Narcissism
Drum Solo
Hope
Summertime Blues (replaced by Distant Early Warning on 7/4/07)
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer (with South Park intro)
(encore)
One Little Victory
A Passage to Bangkok
YYZ

(Notes: Geddy finally retired his dryers and vending machine for chicken rotisserie ovens. WEIRD!!!!! The opening film intro featured a Snakes & Arrows dream land filled. Suddenly Alex woke up from his nightmare and it is later revealed that Neil was sleeping in the bed with him; he had the nightmare as well. Then Geddy is shown talking with a very Scottish version of himself. Hysterical opening video. At one point during the show, someone dressed as a chef came and applied glaze to the chickens in the rotisserie ovens. At another point, another guy came with a blow torch. "The Larger Bowl" featured a video intro by the McKenzie Brothers and "Tom Sawyer" featured an video intro by the characters from South Park. The video outro for the concert featured the Scottish Geddy telling everyone to go home while he played Rush songs on the bagpipes.

Snakes & Arrows Tour 2008

Limelight
Digital Man
Ghost Of A Chance
Mission
Freewill
The Main Monkey Business
The Larger Bowl (with McKenzie Brothers intro)
Red Barchetta
The Trees
Between The Wheels
Dreamline

(-Intermission-/video intro)

Far Cry
Workin' Them Angels
Armor And Sword
Spindrift
The Way The Wind Blows
Subdivisions
Natural Science
Witch Hunt
Malignant Narcissism
Drum Solo
Hope
The Spirit of Radio
2112 (Overture/The Temples of Syrinx) Tom Sawyer (with South Park intro)
(encore)
One Little Victory
A Passage to Bangkok
YYZ


If anyone notices any changes in the set list, please e-mail me.