The Rush concert was excellent. I managed to luck into a 15th row ticket
(Kevin from Wafer Thin
and Dave from Japan AIr had a extra
ticket… Going to a Rush show with two drummers, who would of guessed?)

Sow started at 7:30, no opening band. They opened with Tom Sawyer,
which got things off to a good start. The set was composed of a song
or two from each of the last couple albums, and then a handful of
classics.

They played some songs I’d never seen them play live before (
except maybe as quick bits in a medley…). “Natural Science”
was one I wasn’t expecting. They also played somewhat
shortened versions of 2112 (“Overture”, “Temples of Syrinx”,)
and Cygnus-X1. YYZ was played in it’s entirety, and most
of La Villa Strangiato (only the beginning was shortened).

“Vital Signs”, “Bytor and the Snowdog”, “Working Man”,
and “Red Sector A” also surprised me.

The stage set was actually fairly small. The oddest thing
was on Geddy’s side. instead of a wall of bass amps, there
were three maytag coin operated dryers. They were setup
to at least be spinning with a bunch of tshirts in them. And
just to make it goofier, they were all miked. Or at least,
had mikes pointing at them ;-> I’m sure somewhere there
is a bizarre in joke that led to that.