Snakes & Arrows tour 2007 leg wrap-up October 31, 2007
The tour is over. Rush.com has just been updated with the following Thank You message to fans:
Rush officially finishes the 2007 leg of the “Snakes and Arrows tour” with a sold out performance in Helsinki, Finland. A very BIG Thank you to all the fans who made it out this year … stay tuned to rush.com for all the latest updates.
This sort of indirectly confirms a 2008 leg I’d say. Finnish Reader RAKA also let me know that in the Helsingin Sanomat (the biggest newspaper in Finland) a couple days ago there was a half page article where Alex Lifeson is interviewed. Lerxst says the following: We will take a break after Helsinki and continue the tour in April 2008, South and North America.
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Rush: The Documentary October 30, 2007
Headbanger duo feels Rush
When I gave you my report from RushCon 7 last month I mentioned that filmmaker Sam Dunn was in attendance. If you don’t know who Sam Dunn is, he’s a Toronto native who is the creative force behind the heavy metal documentary Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey for which he interviewed Geddy Lee. Sam was at RushCon as well as both Toronto shows getting footage for a documentary on Rush that he was filming with the blessing of the band. In a recent article in Playback several details regarding this documentary are revealed. From the article:
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Ross Halfin checks in from the Rush tour October 29, 2007
Rock photographer Ross Halfin has been shooting Rush throughout the European leg of the Snakes & Arrows tour. He’s been posting photos to his website and relaying his exploits in his online diary. In his October 23rd entry he reported that Rush played some very interesting tunes during their Milan soundcheck; Here Again, The Analog Kid and Cinderella Man. He gives another soundcheck report in his latest entry from the 27th and talks about hanging out with Neil Peart in his October 26th entry:
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Helsinki open thread
This is it; the last stop on the 2007 leg of the Snakes & Arrows tour has arrived. Rush will play Helsinki, Finland for the first time ever tonight and then head home for the holidays. It’s hard to believe that 4 and a half months have passed since opening night in Atlanta. I’m glad to say that - although the 2007 leg is over - this is not the end. Rush will be back in 2008 after a much-deserved rest. To all my Finnish friends - have a great time tonight!
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Stockholm open thread October 27, 2007
Date/Time: Saturday, October 27th @ 7:30PM (local time)
Show Number: 63
Venue: Globe Arena
Place: Stockholm, Sweden
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reviews: [reviews]
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Oslo open thread October 26, 2007
Date/Time: Friday, October 26th @ 7:30PM (local time)
Show Number: 62
Venue: Oslo Spektrum
Place: Oslo, Norway
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reviews: [reviews]
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Updates and other random Rush stuff
This is it. The 2007 leg of the Snakes & Arrows tour is about to come to a close. Rush will play Norway and Sweden over the weekend and finish up in Helsinki, Finland. Attendance figures are in for the following shows: Cincinnati, Columbus, Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Paul, London, Quebec City and Montreal. Check the tour section to see the numbers. Thanks to JordanRud and Scott_PA for providing the info.
If Ross Halfin is to be believed, the band played some interesting songs during soundcheck in Milan. Perhaps a clue to some additions to the 2008 leg’s setlist? We’ll see.
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New video interviews at Rush.com October 25, 2007
There are 2 new video interviews up at Rush.com in the Multimedia section. The first is with Geddy’s keyboard tech Hondo Von Dankenburg. He talks about how everything about the tour reminds him of food and how he’s gained weight. The second interview is with pyrotechnician John Boom Boom Arrowsmith. John demonstrates some of the pyro effects and talks about safety concerns. Both interviews are 3-plus minutes long. Thanks to AFarCryfromFBN for the heads up.
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Alex and Geddy dine with Ross Halfin too … plus cool soundcheck news October 24, 2007
It seems that Alex and Geddy had a really good time in Milan, drinking wine and dining with friends. In addition to hooking up with wine connoisseur James Suckling the night before the show - as detailed in this post from earlier today, Alex and Geddy had dinner with rock photographer Ross Halfin after the show. Ross has been shooting several of Rush’s shows in Europe and has been very impressed. He writes about the show and about dining with the boys in the last two entries of his online diary:
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Alex and Geddy have dinner with James Suckling of the Wine Spectator in Milan
James Suckling of the Wine Spectator is a good friend of both Alex and Geddy. He’s interviewed them both in the past and has mentioned them several times in his online blog. In one entry earlier this year he had mentioned that he’d be dining with Geddy and Alex in Milan on the Snakes & Arrows tour later that year (that was actually the first mention that they’d be playing Milan). True to his promise, he went to dinner with the boys a couple of nights ago before the Milan show and blogged about it:
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