Rush Begin ‘R40 Live Tour’ With Surprises (Ultimate Classic Rock)

If this is indeed Rush‘s last go-round on the road, they’re doing it with no small degree of style. Friday night (May 8), they kicked off their R40 Live Tour at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., with several videos created specifically for the occasion and a handful of obscurities, including a couple of songs that hadn't been performed in nearly 40 years.


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Rush, BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla., May 9, 2015 Setlist

Set 1:
1. “Clockwork Angels”
2. “The Anarchist”
3. “Headlong Flight”
4. “Far Cry”
5. “Main Monkey Business” (last played in 2008)
6. “One Little Victory” (2008)
7. “Animate” (2004)
8. “Roll the Bones” (2004)
9. “Distant Early Warning” (2007)
10. “Subdivisions”
Set 2:
11. “Tom Sawyer”
12. “Red Barchetta”
13. “The Spirit of Radio”
14. “Jacob’s Ladder” (1980)
15. “Cygnus X-1 Book Two: Hemispheres – Prelude” (1994)
16. “Cygnus X-1 Book One: The Voyage: Part 1″ (2002)
17. Drum Solo
18. “Cygnus X-1 Book One: The Voyage: Part 3″
19. “Closer to the Heart”
20. “Xanadu” (2004)
21. “2112 Overture” / “Temples of Syrinx” / “Presentation” / “Grand Finale”

Encore
22. “Lakeside Park” (1978)
23. “Anthem” (1992)
24. “What You’re Doing” (1977)
25. “Working Man”


Read More of Dave Lifton's article @ Ultimate Classic Rock: Rush Begin 'R40 Live Tour' With Surprises