I do hope they do another tour....only because I missed 'em this last time around and broke my streak of seeing Rush live every tour since Power Windows (and twice on Test for Echo).

Amazon.com now has the CD up for pre-sale on October 21st.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...257783-3330443

http://home-3.tiscali.nl/~jberens//N...iodvdlarge.jpg

It's Official!!!
 

From the Rush.com e-mail newsletter:

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

It's official! The much-anticipated "Rush in Rio" live double-DVD and
triple-CD set release is slated for Tuesday, October 21. This is the
band's first DVD and contains footage from the Vapor Trails tour filmed in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The DVD set contains many special features and
a behind-the-scenes documentary of the band shot in Brazil by Andrew
MacNaughtan.

Also, the triple-CD set has two "official bootleg tracks" not available
on the DVD.

Go to Rush.com on Tuesday, September 2nd for of all the official
information.

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

Can't wait!!! :)

Re: It's Official!!!
 

You beat me by 10 minutes. :)

RUSH READIES RUSH IN RIO -
FIRST-EVER LIVE DOUBLE-DVD SET & DELUXE TRIPLE-CD SET SLATED FOR OCTOBER 21st

(September 3, 2003) Legendary rock trio Rush (Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart) returns October 21st with the simultaneous release of a two-disc, first-ever live DVD and a three-disc live CD, both entitled RUSH IN RIO. The sets capture all the excitement of the band’s 2002 tour of North and South America. One of the largest-grossing tours of the year, the itinerary found Rush performing before hundreds of thousands of fans throughout Canada, the United States and, for the very first time, in Mexico and Brazil. RUSH IN RIO (DVD on Anthem/Coming Home/Zoë; CD on Anthem/Atlantic) was recorded and filmed at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the final night of the tour in front of a spirited crowd of over 60,000.

The three-hour concert includes songs spanning the group’s entire 30-year career - from the mammoth guitar riffs of “Working Man” (from Rush’s debut album) to the contemporary crunch of their latest #1 rock smash, “One Little Victory” (from their critically acclaimed 17th studio album, 2002’s VAPOR TRAILS). All of the great Rush hits are present, including “Tom Sawyer,” “The Spirit of Radio,” “Closer to the Heart,” “New World Man,” “Distant Early Warning,” “2112,” “The Big Money,” “Freewill,” “YYZ,” “Dreamline,” “The Trees,” and “Limelight.” Also featured is a special never-before-performed acoustic version of “Resist” from 1996’s TEST FOR ECHO and an updated awe-inspiring Neil Peart drum solo (“O Baterista”). [FULL TRACK LISTING ATTACHED]

In addition to the entire live performance, which was mixed by James “Jimbo” Barton (Metallica, Godsmack, Eric Clapton) and guitarist Alex Lifeson, both the DVD and CD packages include special bonus materials that will appeal to both new and long-time Rush fans.

The CD set contains two “authorized bootleg” tracks recorded earlier in the 2002 tour: “Between Sun & Moon,” a gem from 1993’s COUNTERPARTS album never before played live; and “Vital Signs,” from 1981’s classic MOVING PICTURES and appearing on a live album for the very first time.

The DVD was produced from a 22-camera shoot and will be presented in 16x9 widescreen format. Audio options include Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Digital Stereo. Among the numerous DVD bonus features are:

• A documentary by longtime Rush photographer Andrew MacNaughtan that includes band interviews as well as rare rehearsal and backstage footage.

[B]• Multi-angle viewing options on “La Villa Strangiato” and “YYZ” (Alex, Geddy, or Neil angle in addition to the original cut), plus two alternate angle shots on “O Baterista.”[/B[

• Easter eggs: “By Tor & The Snow Dog” (from 1975’s FLY BY NIGHT) cartoon created specifically for the tour, and an extremely rare live performance from 1975 of “Anthem” (also from FLY BY NIGHT) that was recently discovered in the Rush vault.

Regal Theaters will host special theatrical premieres of the DVD in over 30 major markets on release date. A complete list of cities and theaters will be announced in September.

RUSH IN RIO is a truly stellar set that captures the energy, power, and virtuosity of one of music’s most dynamic ensembles.

COMPLETE TRACK LIST:

Tom Sawyer

Distant Early Warning

New World Man

Roll The Bones

Earthshine

YYZ

The Pass

Bravado

The Big Money

Trees

Freewill

Closer To The Heart

Natural Science

One Little Victory

Driven

Ghost Rider

Secret Touch

Dreamline

Red Sector “A”

Leave That Thing Alone

O Baterista

Resist

2112

Limelight

La Villa Strangiato

The Spirit of Radio

By-Tor & The Snow Dog/Cygnus X-1

Working Man

Between Sun & Moon (CD ONLY)

Vital Signs (CD ONLY)

That'll be cool to see the show in a Regal Theatre.... although it'd be cooler on Imax!! :D

Hope they show it near me!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bowles25/smilies/thud.gif :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Where is the DTS track is in all that???

quite sad they they did not included it???

Oh! I didn't see that difference I ASSUMED that it was going to be realeased in DTS. I guess we have to wait till it's up for preorder.

Only 6 more weeks or 42 more days

Rush in Rio at Amazon

$20.99

Oh... i'm not sure I can wait for this. I may have to just go get it on the release day.



Share the Love Thread here.


And Yes, it says it's in DTS!

Cover of the live cds

http://www.rush.com/flash_content/po...es/CDCover.jpg

Also, here now is a full minute of Tom Sawyer:
http://www.nexteks.com/chsreel/RushShowReelrealvideo.rm

Whoa! Thanks for the link.

Also I see Rush in Rio is in the advertisement loop here at dvdtalk; look for it.

Ugh... I can't wait!

RUSH IN RIO WILL BE PREMIERING IN REGAL THEATRES ON OCTOBER 21st, 2003.

Stay tuned for theatre locations and times coming next week.

CITIES
San Diego, CA
Farmingdale, NY (Long Island)
Dublin, CA (San Francisco)
Denver, CO
Jacksonville, FL
Miami, FL
Royal Palm Beach, FL (West Palm Beach)
Chamblee, GA (Atlanta)
Marlborough, MA (Boston)
Taunton, MA (Providence)
Walled Lake, MI (Detroit)
Minneapolis, MN
New York, NY
Portland, OR
Butler, PA (Pittsburgh)
Sacramento, CA
Arlington, VA (Washington DC)
Las Vegas, NV
Columbia, MD (Baltimore)
Irvine, CA (Los Angeles)
Orlando, FL
Tampa, FL
Branford, CT (Hartford)
Mayfield Heights, OH (Cleveland)
So. Plainfield, NJ
Philadelphia, PA


Working man from Rush in Rio: http://rush.com/rushradio/

Tuesday October 21st ONE NIGHT ONLY! 7:30

San Diego, CA MIRA MESA STADIUM 18 10733 Westview Parkway KGB-FM

Farmingdale, NY (Long Island) FARMINGDALE 10 20 Michael Avenue WBAB

Dublin, CA (San Francisco) HACIENDA CROSSINGS 5000 Dublin Blvd KSJO

Denver, CO PAVILIONS 15 500 16Th Street #310 KRFX

Jacksonville, FL AVENUES STADIUM 20 9525 Phillips Highway WFYV

Miami, FL MOVIES @ THE FALLS 12 9000 S.W. 136Th Street WBGG
Royal Palm Beach, FL (West Palm Beach) ROYAL PALM BEACH STADIUM 18 1003 State Road 7 WKGR

Chamblee, GA (Atlanta) HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 24 @ NORTH I-85 3265 N.E. Expressway Access WKLS

Marlborough, MA (Boston) SOLOMON POND 15 591 DONALD J LYNCH BLVD WAAF

Taunton, MA (Providence) SILVER CITY MALL 10 2 GALLERIA MALL DR WHJY

Walled Lake, MI (Detroit) COMMERCE TOWNSHIP STADIUM 14 3033 Springvale Drive WRIF

Minneapolis, MN BROOKLYN CENTER STADIUM 20 6420 Camden Avenue North KQRS

New York, NY UNION SQUARE STADIUM 14 850 Broadway WAXQ

Portland, OR LLOYD CENTER STADIUM 10 CINEMA 1510 NE Multnomah Blvd. KGON

Butler, PA (Pittsburgh) MORAINE POINTE CINEMA 10 300 Moraine Pointe Plaza WDVE

Sacramento, CA NATOMAS MARKETPLACE 3561 Truxel Road KSEG

Arlington, VA (Washington DC) BALLSTON COMMON STADIUM 12 671 N. Glebe Road WARW

Las Vegas, NV VILLAGE SQUARE 18 9400 W. Sahara Avenue KOMP

Columbia, MD (Baltimore) SNOWDEN SQUARE 9161 Commerce Center Dr. WIYY

Irvine, CA (Los Angeles) IRVINE SPECTRUM 20 65 Fortune KLOS

Orlando, FL WATERFORD LAKES 20 541 No. Alafaya Trail WHTQ

Tampa, FL CITRUS PARK STADIUM 7999 Citrus Pk Town Ctr Mall WTBT

Branford, CT (Hartford) BRANFORD 12 325 E. Main St. WPLR

Mayfield Heights, OH (Cleveland) MAYFIELD HEIGHTS 10 1345
SOM Center Road WNCX

So. Plainfield, NJ HADLEY THEATER STADIUM 16 1000 Corporate Court WDHA

Philadelphia, PA UA RIVERVIEW PLAZA 1400 So. Columbus Blvd WMMR

http://www.rush.com/flash_content/po...opremiere.html

I would have loved to go see this but a Tuesday night and 1 1/2 hr drive it ain't gonna happen!

Greetings!
Pre-order your tix here. http://www.regalcinemas.com
2 tix for the show in Farmingdale only put me back 14.00-
Gonna be a busy day! dvd/cd/big screen-Can't wait! :D

Cheers! jefff

I wish it was playing somewhere a little closer to home for me. That's alright, I'll be watching it, when it comes out, on my 57 inch widescreen, which is almost the same. I hope all you lucky folks, who get to go see it in the theaters, have a good time. Let us know how it went.

No DTS....
 

From the latest e-mail newsletter:
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING DVD

The 'Rush In Rio' DVD was never to be in DTS Surround Sound. Anything
indicating that it was is incorrect. Our apologies for the
misunderstanding. All versions will be available in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound.

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

bummer- but I'm sure that the 5.1 track will still sound amazing!!

Nice seven minute promo...get it now:

RIO

Woo Hoo! That kicks ass! Less than two more weeks!

Nice.

Re: No DTS....
 

Although I'm the biggest DTS whore around I must admit I still think 2.0 sounds better on most concert dvds. So I guess this news doesn't bother too much.

According to this thread:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=323843

You will be able to get Rush in Rio CD and DVD for $35.00 (Both) from Best Buy!

Circuit City will have the best price for the dvd
alone at $19.99


Oh yeah, some teasers:
http://images.t-n-m-s.com/PDVD_033.jpg

http://images.t-n-m-s.com/PDVD_000.jpg

http://images.t-n-m-s.com/PDVD_001.jpg

http://images.t-n-m-s.com/PDVD_008.jpg

http://images.t-n-m-s.com/PDVD_017.jpg

http://images.t-n-m-s.com/PDVD_030.jpg

http://images.t-n-m-s.com/PDVD_022.jpg

Neil's Rio essay
 

VaporTrails -> Neil Peart's RUSH in Rio essay (10/17/2003 1:06:18 AM)

"Having released a live collection fairly recently, Different Stages, we had not intended to make another live album for some time - years, probably. However, after listening to the rough mixes from the concert video Rush in Rio, we felt we had something special, even as a purely musical document of the Vapor Trails tour, which had meant so much to us, personally and professionally.
Our manager, Ray, suggested that some people might prefer to listen to us without having to look at us, and we could understand how that might be. Perhaps we should release the show on CD as well, for those who might prefer just "the audio portion of the program." After all, the work was already done...
And it had taken some work.
The show in Rio de Janeiro was recorded on the fly by a somewhat primitive Brazilian recording truck, and Alex, along with engineers Jimbo and Patrick, spent many long nights refining the raw material that was caught on tape, polishing those rough diamonds into something that might reflect the shine of that hot night in Rio as we and the audience had experienced it.
We were assured the package could be offered as a good value, and in addition, we were able to include some "official bootleg" tracks not played in that particular concert, but recorded straight off the mixing board at earlier shows.
Here is some of the background story about "that night in Rio," as written for the DVD package.

FLYING DOWN TO RIO
LEAVING VAPOR TRAILS BEHIND
By Neil Peart

Rain had threatened all three of the Brazilian shows, but only hit us during the second one, in Sao Paulo. And I mean hit us; the wind drove the rain straight onstage, into our faces, all over us and our equipment, and it's a good thing we had wireless microphones and transmitters, or... we could have been killed!

During the show, the three of us exchanged an occasional look, a wry expression of shared bemusement at this bizarre scene. The Sao Paulo soccer stadium held 60,000 people, by far the largest audience we had ever played to as a headliner, and despite the rain, they carried on singing along with every word, every note, and every beat. From behind my drums, I looked out at the raindrops caught in the spotlight beams, solid three-dimensional cylinders and cones of pelting drops, moving slashes of red, blue, amber, and white. My cymbals shimmered with beads of water, and when I hit them, fountains of spray erupted into colored light.

It was dramatic, all right, even beautiful, in a surreal way, but while it may have looked good, it was tough on the equipment. My electronic midi-marimba, which triggered all my keyboard percussion sounds, as well as a host of effects throughout the show, lost its midi-mind that night, and there was no assurance it would work the next night, in Rio de Janeiro. Even as I played through the show that night in Sao Paulo, looking out at the rain and the vast crowd and working around all the missing sounds as well as I could, I was already thinking ahead to the next night's show, preparing a new "map" of my perfor_mance-especially my solo-on the fly. Bad enough on any night, but especially when we were facing the very last show of the tour, which is supposed to be a triumphant finale, and, in this case, the one and only performance of the tour to be captured for posterity.

While the last chord of that Sao Paulo show still echoed in the damp night air, we ran offstage and into a van, and were driven straight to the hotel (to escape the traffic of 60,000 people). Toweling away the sweat and rain, we watched the impressive choreography of our motorcycle police escorts, and talked a little about the show, more or less shaking our heads in disbelief-and a good measure of relief, too. We hadn't been sure we were going to get through that one, but we had made it.

Now there was just one concert left. Our Vapor Trails tour had stretched from June to November of 2002, sixty-six shows altogether-and that was about enough! During early discussions, I had proposed a maximum of forty shows, over three months, which perhaps demonstrates the extent of my influence. However, in fairness (the fairness of love, war, and touring), the itinerary seemed to expand as it unfolded: one struggle, one surrender, one show at a time.

Offers came in for more North American dates, and we agreed to push back the end of the tour to play a few extra shows around the East Coast. Europe continued to hang like an unanswered question, for we hadn't toured over there for ten years, and there were a few "hands in the air" from parts of Canada we hadn't played for even longer, but regrettably, we just couldn't do it all.

We were offered a chance to play in Mexico City in mid October (during what was supposed to have been a ten-day break), and I had to think about that for awhile. As a general thing, I like traveling to unusual places and "develo_ping nations," but not to work in them. However, after several motorcycle rambles through the entrancing country of Mexico, I had come to love that sad and beautiful city (perhaps despite itself). We had never played there, or anywhere in Central America, and I finally had to agree to that one. I could only hope it would be a good experience for us all, and the other guys would like it there too. It was, and they did. We played in a soccer stadium before 20,000 very enthusiastic fans, and had a great time after the show as well, a whole bunch of us sitting around a big table in a restaurant with great food, excellent live mariachi music, and a steady flow of tequila.

We also had an offer to go to South America for the first time, to play three shows in Brazil in late November, and we didn't know what to think about that. For one thing, we were supposed to have finished touring by that time, and be at home (remember that place?). And for another, did anyone want to see us in Brazil? We had been told we were fairly popular there, and had sold a respectable number of records through "official" channels, but presumably a certain amount of piracy and bootlegging had spread our music much wider than we knew, for no one was more surprised than this humble Canadian rock trio when we played to more than 125,000 people over those three shows, way beyond any numbers we had attracted before, anywhere. In Porto Alegre (a city we hadn't even heard of), 25,000 people came to see us; in Sao Paulo we had a staggering 60,000, and for the final show, in Rio de Janeiro, we played to a roiling throng of 40,000 very animated, vocal, and enthusiastic young Brazilians.

To put those numbers in perspective, our average audience on the Vapor Trails tour, in an American or Canadian arena or amphitheatre, was something like 12,000, and the largest audience we had ever played to as a headliner had been 20,000, at The Gorge in Washington state, on our Test For Echo tour, in early 1997.

Even more than the Mexico City show, the Brazilian concert environment was like nothing we had experienced before-bigger, wilder, crazier, and more intense. Historically, we had been an arena band for more than twenty years, only recently making the transition to outdoor amphitheatres, mainly on the Vapor Trails tour. We had tried playing the big American venues a couple of times in the early '80s-the Cotton Bowl, the Astrodome-but never felt comfortable. One thing about an arena, when the lights shine out on the audience, you can see every face, every little circle of "personhood," way up to the nosebleeds, and when we lose that element of what passes for contact, however tenuous, we feel too alienated from the people we are playing for.

However, when you're onstage in a teeming, steaming soccer stadium in South America, you can forget about those niceties. We looked out across one big heaving, waving, singing, dancing, sweating mass of humanity, and gave them our best, as always. For the final show, in Rio de Janeiro, it seemed we summoned an extra surge of adrenaline, knowing that this was the last one, and that it was being recorded and filmed.

All through the tour there had been talk of filming the Vapor Trails show, for the first time since A Show of Hands, in 1988, but the arrange_ments seemed elusive, and finally it was put off until the very last possible opportunity. Certainly that was a bit risky, and indeed, after a series of technical hurdles that our crew had only barely overcome, a primitive recording truck that had the recording engineer, Jimbo, chewing his nails, and the further attrition of that rainy Sao Paulo show, it was looking pretty chancy.

Rain came and went during setup on the afternoon of the Rio show, and the trucks arrived so late from Sao Paulo that the crew didn't start loading in until six or seven hours later than usual. Toward what should have been soundcheck time, Geddy, Alex, and I wandered around, or sat under a threatening sky in the bleachers above the stage, watching rainjacketed technicians scrambling about, trying to make it happen.

With 40,000 people waiting to get in, there was no question of holding the doors, and we had to accept that there would be no soundcheck. At least the monitor board was working (unlike in Porto Alegre), and my drum tech, Lorne, reported that the midi-marimba seemed to have recovered from the previous night (though I was still mentally preparing to work around the missing sounds if I had to). The sky remained dark and gloomy, and the prospect of going onstage without a soundcheck was unnerving just as a missing part of the show-day ritual-never mind the last-show, grand-finale, captured-for-posterity stuff. There would be no run-through for the recording truck, no test for the camera crew; we were all going to have to wing it. Flying blind in Rio.

As the stadium lights went down and a mighty roar went up, we ran onstage to the Three Stooges theme and launched into "Tom Sawyer," our thoughts a little frantic and our emotions bound up in anxiety. The whole Vapor Trails tour had been very emotional for the three of us, right from the first night in Hartford, Connecticut. After five years away from live performance, and all we had been through in those five years, it really felt like a triumphant return. A few times during the show we looked at each other and shared a quick smile, an eloquent expression that stopped time for an instant and conveyed so much understanding, so much relief, and even a little joy. Our hearts were in our smiles.

Unusually for a first night, we had played really well, and the production side went smoothly too. That was our reward for weeks of rehearsing in a warehouse in Toronto, and more weeks at a small arena in upstate New York. It was also our reward for simply carrying on. Songs in the set like "One Little Victory" and "Bravado" had fresh resonance for us that night.

Even during rehearsals I had felt the three of us gradually begin to transcend our individual parts, becoming both submerged and elevated into a separate entity, the synergy of a touring band. After that first show, I said to our manager, Ray, "I have to admit, it would have been a shame if that had never happened again."

The set had changed a little through the tour, as we alternated a few pairs of songs we hadn't been able to choose between, or tried to play something different if we returned to the same area, and we had a surprise just before we went to Mexico City. Apparently our most popular song there was "Closer to the Heart," and we weren't playing it that tour (the periodic rest some older songs require). The three of us talked about it, decided we didn't want to disappoint the audience by not playing our most popular song for them, and agreed we could relearn it pretty quickly. After playing it through a few times during our soundchecks leading up to Mexico City, we added it to the show for that one night.

Only to learn that the same was true in Brazil: apparently "Closer to the Heart" was our most popular song there too (though we were told "Tom Sawyer" was used on Brazilian television as the theme song for "McGyver").

(That's what we said, "What?")

So, we stuck "Closer to the Heart" back in the show for the Brazil dates as well, and it got a very excited, very vocal response from the audience.

Though everything did, and somehow the show, and the whole tour, seemed to reach a natural climax in Rio de Janeiro. Watching the footage of that night, accom_panied by the excellent recording Jimbo Barton managed to capture in such difficult, primitive conditions (though after many hours of painstaking "rescue" of the occasionally ragged technical quality), it feels like the triumphant finale we wanted it to be.

Watching that show now, from so many angles I never see from the "hot seat," and with the luxury of not having to work at it, it is clear that audience had a synergy of its own, a unified, intense, pulsing energy, a force of nature, animating that soccer stadium with electricity and vitality. That night's show had 40,000 stars.

The three of us had a pretty good show too (and I certainly don't always say that), but no doubt we were inspired and elevated by that amazing audience, who gave back so much excite_ment, energy, and volume. Just listen to them singing along note-for-note with "YYZ"-an instrumental- and you realize this is no ordinary audience.

Extraordinary they were, and we dedicate this performance, then and now, to them.

Back at the hotel, we gathered in the bar with our wives and colleagues and ordered many rounds of the powerful national drink, caipirinhas. We were bone-weary and drained, only starting to feel the relief of knowing it was over-the long, hard show, and the long, hard tour. As the recording and film people reported in, it seemed safe to trust that at least one of those sixty-six Vapor Trails shows would not fade into the ether, like an ephemeral jetstream of echoes and memories. Our stalwart crew had prevailed against all obstacles of weather, technology, and time, and that final show had been captured as a moving souvenir for those who were there, and for those who were not. We ordered another round of caipirinhas and drank to all of them, and to each other, feeling better every minute.
"

I just got it!!!!
 

I am watching the extras as I type. The documentary is great so far. If your in the chicago area, email me and I'll tell you where I got it. Not sure how many copies they got though. I am sure other small shops are selling it early.


EDIT: The multi angle of just Neil playing is awsome!!! Just three songs though