Rush (in 2002)
Rush Turns 30
To celebrate Canadian band Rush's 30th Anniversary, Anthem Film & Television and
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,
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
Rush are the most successful Canadian rock band of all time. To date, the band has sold
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
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
Track listing:
1. R30 Overture -
(Finding My Way, Anthem, Bastille Day, A Passage to
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
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 -
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,
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
Rush 30th Anniversary Tour: 2 CD Soundtrack
CD # 1
15 R30 Overture - (Finding My Way, Bastille Day, Anthem, A Passage to
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