R30: 30th Anniversary Tour

R30: 30th Anniversary Tour
World tour by Rush
Associated album	Feedback
Start date	May 26, 2004
End date	October 1, 2004
Legs	2
Shows	58
Rush tour chronology
Vapor Trails Tour (2002) R30: 30th Anniversary Tour (2004) Snakes & Arrows Tour (2007-2008)

The R30: 30th Anniversary Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush that celebrated the 30th anniversary of the band's definitive formation in July 1974 after Neil Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey. It was also in support of the cover album Feedback. Tour routing saw Starwood Amphitheatre, in Nashville, Tennessee to start with on May 26, 2004 and Sportpaleis Ahoy in Rotterdam, The Netherlands to finish on October 1 of that same year.

The tour resulted in the November 2005 R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour DVD which was recorded September 24, 2004 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany. The tour was staged in amphitheaters in North America and arenas in Europe. Of note was a video role of comedian Jerry Stiller as an introduction to each performance. The setlist was consistent throughout the entire world tour for the first time since the 1987 Hold Your Fire tour.

Setlist

Set one

New opening film with imagery from each album and a band introduction by Jerry Stiller.

• "R30 Overture" (instrumental medley representing excerpts of 6 songs from the band's first 6 albums; the songs were "Finding My Way", "Anthem", "Bastille Day", "A Passage to Bangkok", "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage", and "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres")
• "The Spirit of Radio"
• "Force Ten"
• "Animate"
• "Subdivisions"
• "Earthshine"
• "Red Barchetta"
• "Roll the Bones"
• "Bravado"
• "YYZ"
• "The Trees" ("I Feel Fine" and "Day Tripper" ending.)
• "The Seeker"
• "One Little Victory"

Set two

Darn That Dragon film

• "Tom Sawyer"
• "Dreamline"
• "Secret Touch"
• "Between the Wheels"
• "Mystic Rhythms"
• "Red Sector A"
• "Der Trommler" (drum solo)
• "Resist" (acoustic)
• "Heart Full of Soul" (Acoustic version with Peart on drums)
• "2112" (I. "Overture", II. "The Temples Of Syrinx", VII. "Grand Finale")
• "La Villa Strangiato"
• "By-Tor & The Snow Dog"
• "Xanadu" (abbreviated)
• "Working Man" (With reggae ending)

Encore

• "Summertime Blues"
• "Crossroads"
• "Limelight"

Concert ends with another quick Jerry Stiller "dream sequence" film.

Tour dates

References

• Rush: The Complete Tourbooks 1977-2004. 2006 Anthem Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario
• R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour DVD