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NFT: Rush at MSG - 6/29

B in ALB : 6/30/2015 11:57 am

I was lucky enough to get the company suite for me and about 10 friends and family last night at MSG for what could be my last Rush show.

Since the suites have been relatively newly renovated - along with the rest of the Garden - i was pretty shocked at how great they turned out. Great views/sightlines, brand new everything, etc. Fully stocked fridge and plenty of food.

Here are a couple pics for you guys:

Roll the Bones...

Completely sold out show!

"Losing It" with guest violinst Jonathan Dinklage - you definitely don't see this everyday:

"Animate" and the start of a great light show...more on that in a second...

And this pic is actually from last week in Montreal during "Animate". From below at MSG you couldn't appreciate the light show they put on. Last week we sat in the upper level and the lights were sick.

Holy schnikes...

Randy in CT : 6/30/2015 11:59 am : link

Nice!!

Nice!

hocuspocus : 6/30/2015 12:27 pm : link

Rush always puts on a great show.

Insane

Fish : 6/30/2015 12:28 pm : link

Looks great. Sorry I missed it. I think feelflows was there.

Very cool, haven't seen them live in 25 years

JonC : 6/30/2015 12:31 pm : link

It's a shame for those of us who grew up during the live rock music era that as the classic bands age, very few are being backfilled with younger acts. Even fewer yet that can actually play well in a live concert setting.

Nice!!!

timintey : 6/30/2015 12:36 pm : link

I was 4th row dead center at the Newark show Saturday night. Place was packed to the rafters as well. Great to see! So glad they included Losing It that show also. The B setlist is by far my favorite this tour...

Friend of mine went to the aftershow party last night and chatted some with Geddy and Alex.

Tim

B in ALB : 6/30/2015 12:46 pm : link

they've only played Losing It three times the entire tour. Pretty lucky to have been there for it.

And surprisingly Red Barchetta only 9 times.

FYI

YAJ2112 : 6/30/2015 1:12 pm : link

that first "Animate" pic isn't from Animate. It's from the end of the show after the encore ended.

YAJ

B in ALB : 6/30/2015 1:18 pm : link

i realized that once i looked at it again. i uploaded the wrong pic from last night. sorry about that.

ha, no worries

YAJ2112 : 6/30/2015 1:23 pm : link

I've been watching every show I didn't go to on periscope so it jumped out it me right that it had to be the end of the show due to the ghetto light stands and the amps on folding chairs... and Neil's Black Chromey kit of course.

Saw them in Newark Saturday night

giant24 : 6/30/2015 1:24 pm : link

also in a suite. Other than being in the first few rows of a concert its hard to beat free food, booze and comfortable seating while watching a great band.

Rush was as good as I've seen them, no sign of age especially Neal Peart who basically plays drum runs through every song all night long. Simply amazing.

Rush also has a great sense of humor with the videos and stage antics.

RE: Tim

timintey : 6/30/2015 1:28 pm : link

In comment 12349215 B in ALB said:

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they've only played Losing It three times the entire tour. Pretty lucky to have been there for it.

And surprisingly Red Barchetta only 9 times.

Yeah, they didn't plan on playing it in Newark. They had Jonathan Dinklage there so they decided that day to put in. Made me happy!!

Barchetta has been on the A set list. We got The Camera Eye in Newark and Greensboro, which I was more than fine with...

great pictures!

Jints in Carolina : 6/30/2015 2:29 pm : link

Never been a huge Rush fan but I wouldn't mind seeing them in concert.

I'm a big Rush fan...went to last week's Philly show

jnoble : 6/30/2015 4:07 pm : link

Great performance. Geddy's vocals have been spotty to say the least the last couple tours but that night he sounded as good as I've heard in the current era.

My only changes would be for them to start off with less new songs from the last couple albums to make room to play songs from the string of albums they skipped over. Show Don't Tell, Mission, Half The World, Prime Mover, Superconductor....all or any of those would've been great. Neil mentioned in an interview before the tour that he wanted to dust off Hand Over Fist live but apparently it didn't make the final setlist.

Was there last night

Gap92 : 6/30/2015 4:59 pm : link

Just amazing. It was my 11th Rush show and quite possibly the best...performances/setlist/presentation/energy were all stellar. I also caught the Bristow, VA show on this tour which was also amazing...but the energy at MSG last night was pretty special.

I wish the guys could play for 40 more years.

I actually thought they sounded a bit better

B in ALB : 6/30/2015 6:39 pm : link

last week in Canada. Perhaps it was the acoustic element of being higher up last week as opposed to being much closer to the stage last night. My ears and head are still booming a bit from the show at msg. Neil's solo definitely sounded better last night.

And the house was totally packed to the gills. Even the suites were pretty packed.

Losing It

GeorgeAdams33 : 6/30/2015 8:26 pm : link

The violin player is an old friend, Jonathan Dinklage. He is the brother of actor, Peter Dinklage.

You forgot to mention the ham croquettes and s'more cookies

ballanda : 6/30/2015 8:37 pm : link

I too was lucky enough to be with a friend of a friend in the suite level. What a great night!