My first live encounter with Neil, Geddy & Alex. The concert was part of the "Hold Your Fire" tour, which started in Canada in 1987 and ended in 1988 in Germany. I went to the show well prepared, having listened quite a bit to two of their more recent albums, "Signals" and "Hold Your Fire". Still, I was a relative newcomer to Rush's music, but I loved their sound and lyrics.
Watch "La Villa Strangiato" in this YouTube video, which by the way, was shot in 1988, shortly after I saw them live:
It was a great show overall. I remember well how the cigarette lighters came out during "Closer To The Heart". Neil Peart was phenomenal, as always.
SET LIST
- Intro (Three Stooges Theme)
- 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
- Distant Early Warning
- Lock and Key
- Mission
- Territories
- YYZ
- The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)
- Red Lenses
- The Spirit of Radio
- Tom Sawyer
- Encore: 2112 (Overture/Temples of Syrinx)
- La Villa Strangiato
- In The Mood
The show opener by Tommy Shaw of Styx fame. Not really my style.
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