Less than a week after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Rush resumed their Clockwork Angels tour Tuesday in Austin, Texas.
Geddy Lee referenced the Rock Hall honors when greeting the crowd with the question, “Austin, what’s happening!?,” to wild applause. “I can’t understand you. It’s just a bunch of ‘blah, blah, blah.”
Guitarist Alex Lifeson’s portion of the band’s acceptance speech last week was literally 3 minutes of “blah, blah, blah” (check out video here). Many in the Austin crowd held up signs with the latest catchphrase in the world of Rush.
The show opened with 1982’s “Subdivisions,” and mirrored much of the setlist as the first leg of the tour, relying heavily on the band’s latest effort, “Clockwork Angels.”
According to the Austin Chronicle, new songs “The Anarchist,” “Carnies,” and “Headlong Flight” proved monstrous riff scrums, bare knuckle band engagement of the most ancient power trio sort.
The reviewer writes that the band have "seldom played it looser, louder, or with more total self-assurance."
Rush continue the road trip on Thursday in Sunrise, FL; the current North American leg runs to May 11 in Atlantic City, NJ.
Rush
Frank Erwin Center – Austin, TX – April 23, 2013
Set One
Subdivisions
The Big Money
Force Ten
Grand Designs
Limelight
Territories
The Analog Kid
Bravado
Where's My Thing?
Far Cry
Set Two
Caravan
Clockwork Angels
The Anarchist
Carnies
The Wreckers
Headlong Flight
Halo Effect
Seven Cities of Gold
The Garden
Manhattan Project
Drum Solo (The Percusser)
Red Sector A
YYZ
The Spirit of Radio
Encore:
Tom Sawyer
2112 Part I: Overture
2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
2112 Part VII: Grand Finale
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