Snakes & Arrows Tour

Snakes & Arrows Tour

World tour by Rush
File:Snakes&Arrows Tour poster.jpg
Associated album	Snakes & Arrows
Start date	June 13, 2007
End date	October 29, 2007
Legs	1
No. of shows	64
Rush concert chronology

Rush began the tour to promote their latest album, Snakes & Arrows on June 13, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Setlist

• Limelight (from Moving Pictures)
• Digital Man (from Signals)
• Entre Nous (from Permanent Waves)
• Mission (from Hold Your Fire)
• Freewill (from Permanent Waves)
• The Main Monkey Business (from Snakes & Arrows)
• The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum) (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Secret Touch (from Vapor Trails)
• Circumstances (from Hemispheres)
• Between the Wheels (from Grace Under Pressure)
• Dreamline (from Roll The Bones)

Intermission:

• Video Intro
• Far Cry (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Workin' Them Angels (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Armor And Sword (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Spindrift (from Snakes & Arrows)
• The Way the Wind Blows (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Subdivisions (from Signals)
• Natural Science (from Permanent Waves)
• Witch Hunt (from Moving Pictures)
• Malignant Narcissism (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Drum Solo
• Hope (from Snakes & Arrows)
• Summertime Blues (from Feedback) (alternating with Distant Early Warning (from Grace Under Pressure) starting on July 4, 2007)
• The Spirit of Radio (from Permanent Waves)
• Tom Sawyer (from Moving Pictures)

Encore:

• One Little Victory (from Vapor Trails)
• A Passage to Bangkok (from 2112)
• YYZ (from Moving Pictures)

US and Canada Tour

Date	City	Venue
June 13, 2007	Atlanta, GA	HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
June 15, 2007	West Palm Beach, FL	Sound Advice Amphitheatre
June 16, 2007	Tampa, FL	Ford Amphitheatre
June 18, 2007	Charlotte, NC	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 20, 2007	Raleigh, NC	Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
June 22, 2007	Virginia Beach, VA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 23, 2007	Bristow, VA	Nissan Pavilion
June 25, 2007	Pittsburgh, PA	Post-Gazette Pavilion
June 27, 2007	Boston, MA	Tweeter Center
June 29, 2007	Scranton, PA	Toyota Pavilion
June 30, 2007	Saratoga Springs, NY	SPAC
July 2, 2007	Wantagh, NY	Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 4, 2007	Buffalo, NY	Darien Lake
July 6, 2007	Camden, NJ	Tweeter Center
July 8, 2007	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
July 9, 2007	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun Arena
July 18, 2007	Calgary, AB	Pengrowth Saddledome
July 20, 2007	Seattle, WA	White River Amphitheater
July 21, 2007	Portland, OR	The Amphitheater at Clark County
July 23, 2007	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl
July 25, 2007	Irvine, CA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 27, 2007	Phoenix, AZ	Cricket Pavilion
July 28, 2007	Las Vegas, NV	MGM Grand Garden Arena
July 30, 2007	San Diego, CA	Coors Amphitheater
August 1, 2007	San Francisco, CA	Shoreline Amphitheater
August 3, 2007	Concord, CA	Sleep Train Pavilion
August 4, 2007	Sacramento, CA	Sleep Train Amphitheater
August 6, 2007	Salt Lake City, UT	USANA Amphitheater
August 8, 2007	Denver, CO	Red Rocks Amphitheater
August 11, 2007	Dallas, TX	Smirnoff Music Centre
August 12, 2007	San Antonio, TX	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 14, 2007	Houston, TX	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 23, 2007	Kansas City, MO	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 24, 2007	St. Louis, MO	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 26, 2007	Indianapolis, IN	Verizon Wireless Music Center
August 28, 2007	Detroit, MI	DTE Energy Music Theater
August 30, 2007	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Blossom Music Centre
September 1, 2007	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center
September 2, 2007	Columbus, OH	Germain Amphitheater
September 6, 2007	Milwaukee, WI	Marcus Amphitheater
September 8, 2007	Chicago, IL	First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
September 9, 2007	Saint Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center
September 12, 2007	London, ON, Canada	John Labatt Centre
September 14, 2007	Quebec City, PQ, Canada	Colisee de Quebec
September 15, 2007	Montreal, PQ, Canada	Bell Centre
September 17, 2007	New York, NY	Madison Square Garden
September 19, 2007	Toronto, ON, Canada	Air Canada Centre
September 21, 2007	Ottawa, ON, Canada	ScotiaBank Place
September 22, 2007	Toronto, ON, Canada	Air Canada Centre

Europe Tour

Date	City	Venue
October 3, 2007	Glasgow, Scotland	SECC
October 5, 2007	Newcastle, England	Metro Radio Arena
October 6, 2007	Sheffield, England	Hallam FM Arena
October 9, 2007	London, England	Wembley Arena
October 10, 2007	London, England	Wembley Arena
October 12, 2007	Birmingham, England	NEC Arena
October 14, 2007	Manchester, England	MEN Arena
October 16, 2007	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Ahoy
October 17, 2007	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Ahoy
October 19, 2007	Oberhausen, Germany	Arena
October 21, 2007	Mannheim, Germany	SAP Arena
October 23, 2007	Milan, Italy	Forum Arena
October 26, 2007	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum
October 27, 2007	Stockholm, Sweden	Globen Arena
October 29, 2007	Helsinki, Finland	Hartwall Arena

Concert information

• The tour differs from previous Rush tours in an increase of new material played on the tour (9 songs compared to the more usual 4) and the reintroduction of songs that have not been played for decades (for example "Circumstances" which was last played when the band was touring for 1978's "Hemispheres" ). Some of the older songs (e.g "Digital Man" from Signals) were changed from their original version in the form of abbreviation
• Drummer Neil Peart's drum solo has undergone changes. The ending, which featured Peart's performance of One O'Clock Jump by Count Basie, now features a sample of Cotton Tail, which he recorded with the Buddy Rich Band on the tribute Burning For Buddy, Vol. 1. The marimba section from Pieces of Eight, as well as the tribal excerpt piece from "Scars" have also been dropped.
• Starting with the July 4, 2007 show at Darien Lake, the band substituted "Distant Early Warning" for "Summertime Blues". This setlist was then played on 3 out of the last 4 nights of the first east coast leg including the final show at Mohegan Sun on July 9, 2007. However on July 18 the band played "Summertime Blues" again to open the second leg of the tour.
• Rush once again use their connections to add humor to their tour. The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum) features an intro from SCTV's own Bob & Doug McKenzie. Tom Sawyer features an intro from South Park characters Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny who perform as Lil' Rush.
• In each of the American concerts and those in the UK, Lee filmed the audience saying "Hi, Canada!" During the Calgary, London, Ottawa and Toronto concerts, Lee told the audience to say "Take off, eh" (but in Montreal, he told the audience to say "Vive les Habitants!"
• In Geddy Lee's traditional "stack envy," on the opposite half of the stage from where Alex Lifeson has his amplifier stacks, Geddy had three rotisserie-style ovens, which were filled with chicken. Throughout the concert, chefs would periodically come onstage and tend to the chicken.