Jason

Not really. Retiring is, "We're geezers and we've decided that we don't want to do this anymore." Breaking up is, "I can't work with these dickheads anymore."

I think Rush almost broke up in the mid-1980's, but I don't see them doing it now. Retirement, though...

Giantrobo

Ok, well I meant "break up" as a generic, "we're not recording anymore, we're all doing our own thing, but we're still friends".

How'z that?

kenbuzz

North America Tour Dates

Date City Venue
May 26, 2004 Nashville, TN AMSouth Amphitheater
May 28, 2004 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 29, 2004 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 31, 2004 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Pavilion
June 02, 2004 Columbus Germain Amphitheater
June 04, 2004 Indianapolis Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 05, 2004 Chicago Tweeter Center
June 07, 2004 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater
June 08, 2004 Detroit DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 10, 2004 Cleveland Blossom Music Center
June 12, 2004 St. Louis UMB Pavilion
June 13, 2004 Kansas City Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 23, 2004 Dallas Smirnoff Music Center
June 25, 2004 San Antonio Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 26, 2004 Houston The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 29, 2004 Denver Red Rocks Amphitheater
June 30, 2004 Salt Lake City USANA Amphitheater
July 02, 2004 Seattle White River Amphitheatre
July 03, 2004 Portland Clark County Amphitheater
July 06, 2004 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl
July 07, 2004 San Diego Coors Amphitheatre
July 09, 2004 San Francisco Shoreline Amphitheater
July 10, 2004 Concord Chronicle Pavilion
July 12, 2004 Sacramento Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 14, 2004 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 16, 2004 Phoenix Cricket Pavilion
July 17, 2004 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
July 29, 2004 West Palm Beach Sound Advice Amphitheatre
July 30, 2004 Tampa Tampa Bay Amphitheatre
Aug. 01, 2004 Atlanta HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
Aug. 03, 2004 Washington Nissan Pavilion
Aug. 04, 2004 Philadelphia Tweeter Waterfront Center
Aug. 06, 2004 Hartford Meadows Music Theater
Aug. 07, 2004 Scranton Ford Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Aug. 09, 2004 Saratoga Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Aug. 11, 2004 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater
Aug. 12, 2004 Boston Tweeter Center
Aug. 14, 2004 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 15, 2004 Buffalo Darien Lake
Aug. 18, 2004 New York Radio City Music Hall
Aug. 19, 2004 New York Radio City Music Hall
Aug. 21, 2004 Montreal Bell Centre
Aug. 22, 2004 Toronto Molson Amphitheatre

UK Tour Dates

Date City Venue
Sept. 08, 2004 London Wembley Arena
Sept. 09, 2004 London Wembley Arena
Sept. 11, 2004 Birmingham NEC Arena
Sept. 12, 2004 Manchester Evening News Arena
Sept. 14, 2004 Glasgow SECC
Sept. 15, 2004 Birmingham NEC Arena

Europe Tour Dates

Date City Venue
Sept. 17, 2004 Oberhaussen Arena
Sept. 19, 2004 Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
Sept. 21, 2004 Milan Mazda Palace
Sept. 22, 2004 Munich Olympiahalle
Sept. 24, 2004 Frankfurt Festhalle
Sept. 25, 2004 Prague T-Mobile Arena
Sept. 27, 2004 Hamburg Sporthalle
Sept. 29, 2004 Stockholm Globe Arena
Oct. 01, 2004 Rotterdam Ahoy

Of course, this was from their 2004 tour.

Lateralus

Fucker!!!!!!!!!!!

Rypro 525

Also, its pretty amazing when you think about it, sans the first album, these are the same 3 guys for about what 36 or 37 years. Also at least from watching the dvds, they never really have more then the three members on stage, and don't seem to slow down faster paced songs due to age.

Giantrobo

Yeah and they even ditched sucky opening acts for longer shows. At today's ticket prices this is much appreciated.

Geddy does make the joke about adding the intermission so they can recover and get oxygen.

The Infidel

Why does everyone always forget about John Rutsey?

astrochimp

sans=without

The Infidel

Oops. I guess I missed the "sans" part, and was just looking at the "36 or 37 years" part. These same three guys have been together since '74, which has been 33 years now. If Rutsey had stayed with them it would have been closer to 37 years.

My bad.

Jason

If Rutsey had stayed with them, they wouldn't have lasted 10 years.

Kittydreamer

I've never been. I had the chance to go once and missed out on it. I suck.

The Infidel

True dat. Of course, I was just talking hypothetically.

DarkElf

Given that the only Rush record I've really liked since Signals is Counterparts ("Cut to the Chase" frigging ROCKS), I don't expect much from this record either, but with the multiple time signatures and complex rhythms, those 10 seconds really sound like the OLD Rush, so now I'm hopeful. The last chord (F#7?) in the clip reminds me of the opening chord on Hemispheres!

Saw them on the Vapor Trails tour and I really can't wait for this tour. Quickly scanned the list posted by kenbuzz and jumped for joy when I saw they were coming back to San Diego for my birthday AGAIN. Then I saw 2004.

Lateralus

Wow this got DarkElf to post!

In other news... the album got pushed back to May 8th.

Lateralus

Album artwork

Anybody got a better copy?

The Infidel

From what I've read, that may be bogus. Here's a picture of the Hindu game "Leela":



and here's a side by side comparison of that picture and the so-called album art:



I doubt Hugh Syme would be so lazy as to just copy someone else's picture.

This next picture is a little small, but it's a more likely preview of the album artwork:

Snowmaker

I used to love playing that as a kid:

Lateralus

Looks like it is the cover art:

Sell Sheet Link

Has album art and track listing!

The Infidel

I still don't buy it. Rush has always been known for providing very original, artistic album covers, and I'll be very disappointed if they just slap someone else's picture on this one.

SmackDaddy

You mean like this awesome cover??

The Infidel

Alright...post-Rutsey album covers.

SmackDaddy

Just another reason to thank the lord that Neil came along!! That first cover sort of reflects the generic rock that was on that album.

Cobrachris

Found this pic on another forum. Looks more like a Rush CD cover than what was previously posted.

Edit 3/22/07 - Yikes! Looks like they changed the cover. This isn't the pic I originally linked to.

KnightLerxst

That looks like the same font used for Grace Under Pressure.

Lateralus

I think we have a winner!