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1994 concert tour by Rush

Counterparts Tour Tour by Rush Location North America Associated album Counterparts Start date January 22, 1994 End date May 7, 1994 No. of shows 54 Rush concert chronology Roll the Bones Tour (1991–1992) Counterparts Tour (1994) Test for Echo Tour (1996–1997)

The **Counterparts Tour** was a concert tour by Canadian rock band [Rush](/source/Rush_(band)) in support of their fifteenth studio album, *[Counterparts](/source/Counterparts_(Rush_album)),* and marked the members' 20th anniversary as a band.[1][2]

## Background

The tour kicked off January 22, 1994 at the [Civic Center](/source/Pensacola_Civic_Center) in [Pensacola, Florida](/source/Pensacola%2C_Florida) and culminated on May 7, 1994 at [Maple Leaf Gardens](/source/Maple_Leaf_Gardens) in [Toronto](/source/Toronto),[3] estimated to have performed to 589,137 fans.[2] Some recordings from the tour were featured on the 1998 live album *[Different Stages](/source/Different_Stages_(Rush_album))*.[4]

This was the band's last tour to have any opening acts. These opening acts were [Candlebox](/source/Candlebox), [The Melvins](/source/The_Melvins), [Primus](/source/Primus_(band)), [The Doughboys](/source/Doughboys_(Canadian_band)), and [I Mother Earth](/source/I_Mother_Earth).[5]

## Reception

*The New York Times*'s John Pareles, reviewing one of the two Madison Square Garden shows in March, opened that the band performed for two hours amid film clips and special effects such as smoke, psychedelic patterned lights, and spark showers. He continued, stating that Rush flaunted music proficiency with "speeding guitar scales, hard-hitting drumming and earnest vocals" to "melodic hooks of pop tunes" similar to The Police. Noting on the audience, Pareles acknowledged that the band counted on many fans during the show to sing along to every song performed. The only criticism Pareles gave was the change in sound in songs when Lifeson went from acoustic to electric, proceeding the music at one "unvarying" volume, also noting that Rush lacked a rudimentary sense of dynamics.[6]

Reviewing the May 3, 1994 performance at Albany's Knickerbocker Arena, Michael Hochanadel from *The Sunday Gazette*, praised the band's sound, stating that it sounded like it had settled into a sound similar to Pink Floyd and The Police and had become a genre themselves "through sheer sound and style", adding that the special effects and fireworks have elevated the band's music. Commenting on the interaction with Rush and their fans, Hochanadel noted when Lee had advanced closer towards the audience during the song "Closer to the Heart", stating that he matched movement to words as well as adding that Peart's drum solo had a tip-off when his drum riser was used.[7]

Despite the positive reception from many critics and audiences, Ed Masley from the *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette* who attended the April 20, 1994 performance in Pittsburgh, had opened that Rush did not know how to put on a 'real' rock show, stating that Peart did not know anything about that - calling him a "drag". He noted on the special effects the band used in their performance, stating that the band were still boring, noting on how the images on the screen behind the band had drawn more applause than the musicians performing.[8]

Kelley Crowley from the *Observer-Reporter*, whom also criticized the band's performance in a negative light claimed that Geddy Lee's vocals were possessed by the spirit of a mouse and in an "electronic frenzy", also criticizing the "muddy and distorted" sound the band had presented, and the mistakes Lifeson was making on his guitar solo in "The Spirit of Radio". Crowley also acknowledged the complaints of fans on their expectations of hearing the old material at the show. However though, Crowley stated that with the use of the video screen, special effects and lights, it was described as a "sensory experience".[9]

## Set list

This is an example set list adapted from *Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth – The Official Touring History* of what were performed during the tour, but may not represent the majority of the shows.[10] The Counterparts Tour was also the first and only Rush tour to not feature any portion(s) of 2112 in the set list since the song's release.

1. "[Dreamline](/source/Dreamline)"

1. "[The Spirit of Radio](/source/The_Spirit_of_Radio)"

1. "[The Analog Kid](/source/The_Analog_Kid)"

1. "[Cold Fire](/source/Cold_Fire_(song))"

1. "[Time Stand Still](/source/Time_Stand_Still_(song))"

1. "[Nobody's Hero](/source/Nobody's_Hero_(song))"

1. "[Roll the Bones](/source/Roll_the_Bones_(song))"

1. "[Animate](/source/Animate_(song))"

1. "[Stick It Out](/source/Stick_It_Out_(Rush_song))"

1. "Double Agent"

1. "[Limelight](/source/Limelight_(Rush_song))"

1. "Bravado"

1. "[Mystic Rhythms](/source/Mystic_Rhythms)"

1. "[Closer to the Heart](/source/Closer_to_the_Heart)"

1. "[Show Don't Tell](/source/Show_Don't_Tell)"

1. "[Leave That Thing Alone](/source/Rush_Instrumentals#Leave_That_Thing_Alone)"

1. "[The Rhythm Method](/source/Rush_Instrumentals#Neil_Peart's_drum_solos)" (drum solo)

1. "[The Trees](/source/The_Trees_(Rush_song))"

1. "[Xanadu](/source/Xanadu_(Rush_song))"

1. "[Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude](/source/Cygnus_X-1_(song_series))"

1. "[Tom Sawyer](/source/Tom_Sawyer_(song))" **Encore**

1. "[Force Ten](/source/Force_Ten_(song))"

1. "[YYZ](/source/YYZ_(instrumental))"

1. "[Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage](/source/Cygnus_X-1_(song_series))" (teaser)

## Tour dates

List of 1994 concerts[11][12] Date City Country Venue January 22, 1994 Pensacola United States Pensacola Civic Center January 23, 1994 New Orleans Lakefront Arena January 25, 1994 Austin Frank Erwin Center January 26, 1994 Houston The Summit January 28, 1994 Dallas Reunion Arena January 29, 1994 San Antonio HemisFair Arena January 31, 1994 Las Cruces Pan American Center February 1, 1994 Phoenix Veterans Memorial Coliseum February 3, 1994 Inglewood Great Western Forum February 5, 1994 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim February 7, 1994 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena February 8, 1994 Fresno Selland Arena February 10, 1994 Sacramento ARCO Arena February 11, 1994 Daly City Cow Palace February 12, 1994 San Jose San Jose Arena February 23, 1994 Murfreesboro Murphy Center February 24, 1994 Atlanta Omni Coliseum February 25, 1994 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum February 27, 1994 Miami Miami Arena March 1, 1994 Orlando Amway Arena March 2, 1994 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum March 4, 1994 St. Petersburg Thunderdome March 6, 1994 Chapel Hill Dean Smith Center March 8, 1994 New York City Madison Square Garden March 9, 1994 March 11, 1994 Worcester Worcester Centrum March 12, 1994 March 22, 1994 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills March 23, 1994 Richfield Richfield Coliseum March 25, 1994 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum March 26, 1994 Indianapolis Market Square Arena March 27, 1994 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills March 29, 1994 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon March 30, 1994 April 1, 1994 Peoria Peoria Civic Center April 2, 1994 Madison Dane County Coliseum April 4, 1994 St. Louis St. Louis Arena April 5, 1994 Kansas City Kemper Arena April 7, 1994 Milwaukee Bradley Center April 8, 1994 Minneapolis Target Center April 9, 1994 Moline MARK of the Quad Cities April 18, 1994 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium April 20, 1994 Pittsburgh Civic Arena April 22, 1994 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena April 23, 1994 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum April 24, 1994 Hartford Hartford Civic Center April 26, 1994 Landover USAir Arena April 29, 1994 Philadelphia The Spectrum April 30, 1994 May 1, 1994 Providence Providence Civic Center May 3, 1994 Albany Knickerbocker Arena May 4, 1994 Rochester War Memorial Arena May 6, 1994 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum May 7, 1994 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens

### Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references Date (1994) City Venue Attendance Gross Ref(s) January 22 Pensacola, United States Civic Center 8,422 / 8,422 $176,550 [13] January 23 New Orleans, United States Lakefront Arena 7,432 / 7,432 $180,302 February 5 Anaheim, United States Arrowhead Pond 13,460 / 13,460 $333,647 [14] February 7 San Diego, United States Sports Arena 11,242 / 11,668 $226,598 [15] March 11–12 Worcester, United States Centrum 22,127 / 25,008 $535,570 [16] March 23 Richfield, United States Coliseum 14,717 / 14,717 $360,270 [17] March 29–30 Rosemont, United States Rosemont Horizon 21,665 / 21,665 $528,363 April 4 St. Louis, United States Arena 13,570 / 13,570 $322,305 April 20 Pittsburgh, United States Civic Arena 11,062 / 12,000 $267,991 [18] April 22 East Rutherford, United States Meadowlands Arena 14,083 / 14,083 $365,829 [19] April 23 Uniondale, United States Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,585 / 11,585 $313,287 April 29–30 Philadelphia, United States Spectrum 23,979 / 27,090 $586,134 May 6 Montreal, Canada Forum 12,913 / 12,913 $291,306 [20]

## Personnel

- [Geddy Lee](/source/Geddy_Lee) – vocals, bass, keyboards

- [Alex Lifeson](/source/Alex_Lifeson) – guitar, backing vocals

- [Neil Peart](/source/Neil_Peart) – drums

## References

### Citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Shuster, Fred (April 21, 1994). ["Rush celebrates 20 years in music industry"](https://books.google.com/books?id=V7wfAAAAIBAJ&dq=rush+20+years+peart&pg=PA9&article_id=1173,2367852). No. 293. Gadsden, Alabama: Gadsden Times. p. C2. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalyHansen2019320_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalyHansen2019320_2-1) [Daly & Hansen 2019](#CITEREFDalyHansen2019), p. 320.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalyHansen2019322_3-0)** [Daly & Hansen 2019](#CITEREFDalyHansen2019), p. 322.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Morse, Steve (November 19, 1998). ["Rush's new live CD best one yet"](https://books.google.com/books?id=YGpeAAAAIBAJ&dq=rush+counterparts+tour+different+stages&pg=PA16&article_id=2840,640470). Observer-Reporter. p. B6. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPopoff2017148_5-0)** [Popoff 2017](#CITEREFPopoff2017), p. 148.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Pareles, John (April 17, 1994). ["Rush delivery: a breakneck set in NYC"](https://books.google.com/books?id=NiRjAAAAIBAJ&dq=rush+counterparts+concert&pg=PA57&article_id=1330,5927426). New York City, New York: Observer-Reporter. p. F3. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Hochanadel, Michael (May 4, 1994). ["Special effects lift Rush's music from familiar to classic-looking"](https://books.google.com/books?id=RWdGAAAAIBAJ&dq=rush+counterparts+tour&pg=PA12&article_id=1283,1099349). Schenectady, New York: The Sunday Gazette. p. B10. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Masley, Ed (April 21, 1994). ["After two decades, Rush still doesn't know rock"](https://books.google.com/books?id=jIRIAAAAIBAJ&dq=rush+20+years+peart&pg=PA16&article_id=5744,3362425). No. 264. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C-4. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Crowley, Kelley (April 19, 1994). ["Don't hurry to see Rush"](https://books.google.com/books?id=oKtdAAAAIBAJ&dq=rush+20+years+peart&pg=PA110&article_id=1301,3884180). Observer-Reporter. p. B2. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalyHansen2019324_10-0)** [Daly & Hansen 2019](#CITEREFDalyHansen2019), p. 324.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalyHansen2019324–331_11-0)** [Daly & Hansen 2019](#CITEREFDalyHansen2019), pp. 324–331.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Counterparts Tour"](https://www.rush.com/tour/counterparts/). *Rush.com*. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Amusement Business Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=IwgEAAAAMBAJ). *Billboard*. Vol. 106, no. 6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 5, 1994. p. 14. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved February 22, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Amusement Business Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=KQgEAAAAMBAJ). *Billboard*. Vol. 106, no. 8. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 19, 1994. p. 14. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved February 22, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Amusement Business Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=LQgEAAAAMBAJ). *Billboard*. Vol. 106, no. 10. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 5, 1994. p. 20. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved February 22, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Amusement Business Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=NQgEAAAAMBAJ). *Billboard*. Vol. 106, no. 13. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 26, 1994. p. 24. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved February 22, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Amusement Business Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=QggEAAAAMBAJ). *Billboard*. Vol. 106, no. 16. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 16, 1994. p. 19. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved February 22, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Amusement Business Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=SAgEAAAAMBAJ). *Billboard*. Vol. 106, no. 19. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 7, 1994. p. 16. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved February 23, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Amusement Business Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=SggEAAAAMBAJ). *Billboard*. Vol. 106, no. 20. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 14, 1994. p. 24. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved February 23, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Amusement Business Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=TwgEAAAAMBAJ). *Billboard*. Vol. 106, no. 22. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 28, 1994. p. 13. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved February 23, 2023.

### Sources

- Popoff, Martin (2017). [*Rush: Album by Album*](https://books.google.com/books?id=KfA8DgAAQBAJ). Voyageur Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7603-5220-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7603-5220-5).

- Daly, Skip; Hansen, Eric (2019). *Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth – The Official Touring History*. Insight Editions. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-68383-450-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-68383-450-2).

v t e Rush Alex Lifeson Geddy Lee Jeff Jones John Rutsey Neil Peart Studio albums Rush (1974) Fly by Night (1975) Caress of Steel (1975) 2112 (1976) A Farewell to Kings (1977) Hemispheres (1978) Permanent Waves (1980) Moving Pictures (1981) Signals (1982) Grace Under Pressure (1984) Power Windows (1985) Hold Your Fire (1987) Presto (1989) Roll the Bones (1991) Counterparts (1993) Test for Echo (1996) Vapor Trails (2002) Snakes & Arrows (2007) Clockwork Angels (2012) Live albums All the World's a Stage (1976) Exit... Stage Left (1981) A Show of Hands (1989) Different Stages (1998) Rush in Rio (2003) R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005) Snakes & Arrows Live (2008) Grace Under Pressure Tour (2009) Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (2011) Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) R40 Live (2015) Live videos Exit... Stage Left (1982) Grace Under Pressure Tour (1986) A Show of Hands (1989) Rush in Rio (2003) R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005) Rush Replay X 3 (2006) Snakes & Arrows Live (2008) Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland (2011) Clockwork Angels Tour (2013) R40 Live (2015) Compilations Rush Through Time (1979) Chronicles (1990) Retrospective I (1997) Retrospective II (1997) The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 (2003) Gold (2006) Retrospective III: 1989–2008 (2009) Working Men (2009) Video compilations Through the Camera Eye (1985) Chronicles (1990) Box sets The Studio Albums 1989–2007 (2013) Extended plays Feedback (2004) Cygnus X-1 (2017) Singles "In the Mood" "Fly by Night" "Lakeside Park" "The Twilight Zone" "Making Memories" "Closer to the Heart" "Circumstances" "The Trees" "The Spirit of Radio" "Entre Nous" "Limelight" "Tom Sawyer" "Vital Signs" "New World Man" "Subdivisions" "Countdown" "Red Sector A" "Afterimage" "The Big Money" "Mystic Rhythms" "Time Stand Still" "Show Don't Tell" "The Pass" "Dreamline" "Roll the Bones" "Ghost of a Chance" "Stick It Out" "Nobody's Hero" "Test for Echo" "Half the World" "Driven" "One Little Victory" "Secret Touch" "Summertime Blues" "Far Cry" "Caravan" "Headlong Flight" Other songs "Working Man" "Before" and "After" I. "Into the Darkness" "Didacts and Narpets" "2112" "A Passage to Bangkok" "Tears" "Xanadu" "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" (II. "Apollo Bringer of Wisdom" and III. "Dionysus Bringer of Love" IV. "Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind" VI. "The Sphere A Kind of Dream") "Freewill" "Red Barchetta" "YYZ" "Witch Hunt" "The Analog Kid" "Between the Wheels" "Marathon" "Manhattan Project" "Force Ten" "Mission" "Lock and Key" "Second Nature" "Heresy" "Animate" "Cold Fire" "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" Tours Hemispheres Tour (1978–1979) Moving Pictures Tour (1980–1981) Exit... Stage Left Tour (1981) Power Windows Tour (1985–1986) Hold Your Fire Tour (1987–1988) Presto Tour (1990) Roll the Bones Tour (1991–1992) Counterparts Tour (1994) Test for Echo Tour (1996–1997) Snakes & Arrows Tour (2007–2008) Time Machine Tour (2010–2011) Clockwork Angels Tour (2012–2013) R40 Live Tour (2015) Fifty Something Tour (2026–2027) Related articles Discography Songs Awards Instrumentals Victor My Favourite Headache A Work in Progress Anatomy of a Drum Solo Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road Hugh Syme Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage Working Man – A Tribute to Rush Category

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