Photo from Rush rehearsals May 31, 2007
*** minor tour SPOILER alert ***. Thanks to snowlynx at Rush Tour, we have a photograph of the stage setup from Rush’s rehearsals. There are no huge spoilers here, but if you don’t want to see it don’t click on the thumbnail. The picture is a little grainy but Neil’s kit, described in this post, is clearly displayed. In case you’re wondering, the photograph was obtained from someone who works for the company which suppplies the large video screens that Rush uses.
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Snakes & Arrows chart details, week 4
The latest Billboard chart information is out and Snakes & Arrows has dropped out of the top 40 to #51 (from #35 last week) in its 4th week of release in the US. On the Canadian charts it’s still hanging in there in the top 40 at #29, down from #18 last week.
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Alex Lifeson Planet Rock interview now available May 30, 2007
As I’d mentioned on Monday, Alex Lifeson was recently interviewed on UK digital radio station Planet Rock by Mark Jeeves. The interview aired about an hour ago on the Nicky Horne show and I recorded it. You can download it at this location or listen using the player below. No earth-shattering news, but Alex does mention that they’ll play 9 songs from Snakes & Arrows on the tour and that Workin’ Them Angels is his current favorite.
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The Larger Bowl is the next single from Snakes & Arrows
I recently found out that The Larger Bowl is the next single from Snakes & Arrows. Copies of the single were sent to radio stations yesterday under the following formats; Rock, Heritage Rock, Adult Contemporary, and Country. Yes, you read that correctly … Country and Adult Contemporary. I hope to have a list of stations who received the single sometime today. In the meantime, it might be worth the effort to give your local stations a call to see if they have it.
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Rush in Guitar Player May 29, 2007
Here are a couple of quick Rush sightings in the current and upcoming issues of Guitar Player magazine. Mandydog at Counterparts reports that the July 2007 issue lists the top 40 live albums of all time (in no particular order) and Rush’s All the World’s A Stage makes the cut. And RedSectorA points us to the August 2007 cd-rom preview posted on the Guitar Player website which showcases a couple of short clips of Alex and Geddy.
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Snakes & Arrows MVI release date delayed … again
Late last week those fans who had ordered the Snakes & Arrows MVI through Amazon began receiving emails telling them that the release date was delayed until June 19th. Now the Rush Backstage Club is also reporting the delay … except they’re saying June 26th - a week later. Not only that, but they’re sold out of their allotment. From their website:
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Updates and other random Rush stuff May 28, 2007
It’s a holiday here in the US and things are a little slow. I thought it an opportune time to clear out my backlog of random Rush stuff.
Snakes & Arrows has fallen to #39 on the United World Chart, which combines sales from around the world. It sold 40,000 copies in its 3rd week of release. In most countries the album is falling off the charts, but reader jp let me know that in Finland it actually moved up a couple spots in its 3rd week; it was #4 in its first week, #21 in its second week but then climbed back up to #18 this week.
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Esquire article breaks down The Spirit of Radio May 27, 2007
Radio is History
In my updates post last Saturday I mentioned an Esquire article by Chuck Closterman titled Radio is History. It was in the June 2007 issue and it discussed the demise of radio in America using the Rush song The Spirit of Radio to illustrate the point. Dave gave me the heads up that the entire article is now online at this location. The article begins as follows:
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Geddy Lee discusses politics, marriage in new interview May 26, 2007
Every month the Toronto Globe and Mail’s Evan Solomon sends an unidentified image to someone in the public eye along with a challenge: Give it a title and share the ideas and experiences it evokes. This month it was Geddy Lee who submitted to the challenge. To read the entire article and see the image you need to be a subscriber, but from Geddy’s caption and what he says about it we can get the gist of it. He titled the photo The Pain of Politics:
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Updates and other random Rush stuff May 25, 2007
It’s time for an update before us Americans go off to celebrate the Memorial Day holiday. The poll results are in and with 300 responses over 95% of readers gave Snakes & Arrows an above average rating (no surprise really). Nearly 17% say it’s a masterpiece (10, 5 stars, A); 38% say it’s excellent (9, 4.5 stars, A-); 30% say it’s very good (8, 4 stars, B+); 11% say it’s above or slightly above average; just over 2% said it was average and the rest gave it a less than average rating. Only one person said it was very poor (2, 1 star, D) and nobody said it was either awful (1, 0.5 stars, D-) or horrendous (0, 0 stars, F). Since the tour kicks off soon I thought I’d ask a tour-related question this week. How many times will you be seeing Rush on the Snakes & Arrows tour? Let us know here.
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