Wednesday, October 19, 2005


Rush (in 2002)

Rush Turns 30

To celebrate Canadian band Rush's 30th Anniversary, Anthem Film & Television and Zoe Vision/Rounder will release the multi-CD and DVD package "Rush-R30" on November 22, 2005 (US & Canada/ November 28, 2005 UK & Europe).

The first DVD captures the band's $21-million grossing, sell-out 30th Anniversary World Tour and was filmed with 14 hi-definition cameras in 16x9 wide-screen format at the Festhalle, Frankfurt Germany on September 24, 2004.

The set list spans the band's diverse 30-year career, and includes "Xanadu," "The Spirit of Radio," "Working Man," "Tom Sawyer," "Subdivisions," "Earthshine," "2112," "Limelight," "Between the Wheels," which hasn't been performed live in 20 years as well as tracks from 2004's covers EP Feedback, including "Summertime Blues" and "Crossroads." Most of all eighteen studio albums are well represented through a set of 22 songs.

The second DVD is a historical retrospective that features rare and classic performance footage from the 1970's to their recent 2005 Tsunami relief benefit concert. The disc also includes interview footage culled from the past three decades. A Deluxe Edition of "Rush-R30" will also feature two CDs with the complete soundtrack from the Frankfurt concert DVD, two-edition Rush guitar picks and a souvenir backstage pass. Additionally, the standard and deluxe edition DVDs ($24.98/$39.98) feature collector's packaging and a choice of Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound or PCM Stereo.The Deluxe edition can be pre-ordered at www.rounderstore.com/retail/product.asp?P=0114310839

Rush are the most successful Canadian rock band of all time. To date, the band has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and remains one of the biggest-grossing arena rock bands ever. The 30th Anniversary Tour featured concerts in North American and Europe.

Not only was the 30th Anniversary Tour the band's first live dates since their Vapor Trails tour in 2002, it followed on from 2002's Rush in Rio Brazilian concerts where the band performed to over 60,000 fans. In November of 2003, the band released their triple live CD album Rush in Rio, followed by the Rush in Rio double live DVD concert video, the latter which sold more than a quarter of a million copies in North America, making it the second biggest selling music DVD that year (the DVD went Gold in the UK, Diamond in Canada and is currently five times platinum in the US). In 2004, Rush were nominated for 'Best Rock Instrumental Performance' Grammy Award for the track O Baterista from the Rush in Rio album.

The DVD features four and a half hours of music in 5.1 Surround Sound.

DVD Disc 1 - The Concert:

Disc one features asold-out concert that Rush performed in Frankfurt, Germany on September, 24 2004, during their 30th Anniversary World Tour.

Track listing:

1. R30 Overture -

(Finding My Way, Anthem, Bastille Day, A Passage to Bangkok, Cygnus

X-1,

Hemispheres)

2. The Spirit of Radio

3. Force Ten

4. Animate

5. Subdivisions

6. Earthshine

7. Red Barchetta

8. Roll The Bones

9. The Seeker

10. Tom Sawyer

11. Dreamline

12. Between the Wheels

13. Mystic Rhythms

14. Der Trommler

15. Resist

16. Heart Full of Soul

17. 2112

18. Xanadu

19. Working Man

20. Summertime Blues

21. Crossroads

22. Limelight

DVD Disc 2 - Special Features:

This disc includes bonus features including the following Rush rarities:

ARCHIVE PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE:

Fly By Night - Church Session Video (1975)

Finding My Way mpeg1 from Rock Concert

In The Mood mpeg1 from Rock Concert

Circumstances

La Villa Strangiato

A Farewell to Kings - Seneca College Theatre (1977)

Xanadu - Seneca College Theatre (1977)

Soundcheck: Various Songs - Ivor Wynne Stadium (1977)

Freewill - Toronto Rocks / Rolling Stones Concert (2003)

Closer to the Heart - Canadian Tsunami Disaster Fund charity telethon performance on CBC television (2005)

INTERVIEW FOOTAGE:

Interview Footage - Interview with Rush at Ivor Wynne Stadium (1979)

A Farewell to Kings Tour Interview Footage (1981)

Studio interview at Le Studio, Montreal while recording the album Signals (released 1982)

Interview Footage (1990)

Artist of the Decade (1980s) featuring all three members

Interview for release of the album Vapor Trails (2004)

CBC Television: Juno Award news report - RUSH induction into the Canadian

Music Hall of Fame (1994)

Rush 30th Anniversary Tour: 2 CD Soundtrack

CD # 1

15 R30 Overture - (Finding My Way, Bastille Day, Anthem, A Passage to Bangkok, Cygnus X-1, Hemispheres)

16 The Spirit of Radio

17 Force Ten

18 Animate

19 Subdivisions

20 Earthshine

21 Red Barchetta

22 Roll The Bones

23 The Seeker

24 Tom Sawyer

25 Dreamline

CD # 2

26 Between the Wheels

27 Mystic Rhythms

28 Der Trommler

29 Resist

30 Heart Full of Soul

31 2112

32 Xanadu

33 Working Man

34 Summertime Blues

35 Crossroads

36 Limelight Posted by Picasa