# Exit... Stage Left Tour > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Exit..._Stage_Left_Tour > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Exit..._Stage_Left_Tour.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit..._Stage_Left_Tour > Source revision: 1340810040 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1981 concert tour by Rush Exit... Stage Left Tour Tour by Rush Location Europe North America Associated album Exit... Stage Left Start date October 29, 1981 End date December 22, 1981 Legs 2 No. of shows 34 Rush concert chronology Moving Pictures Tour (1980–1981) Exit... Stage Left Tour (1981) Signals Tour (1982–1983) The **Exit... Stage Left Tour** was a concert tour by Canadian rock band [Rush](/source/Rush_(band)), in support of the band's second live album *[Exit... Stage Left](/source/Exit..._Stage_Left)* and its [accompanying video](/source/Exit..._Stage_Left_(video)). ## Background The European leg of the tour was supported by [Girlschool](/source/Girlschool).[1] [Riot](/source/Riot_V) was the opening act for the band on the North American leg, performing in arenas.[2] ## 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.[3] The set list was similar to the setlist from the previous tour, but featured the song "Subdivisions" which would later be featured on the band's 1982 studio album *[Signals](/source/Signals_(Rush_album))*. "New World Man" and "Chemistry" were both performed only at the soundchecks before a show.[4][5] 1. "[2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx](/source/2112_(song))" 1. "[Freewill](/source/Freewill_(song))" 1. "[Limelight](/source/Limelight_(Rush_song))" 1. "Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude" 1. "Beneath, Between and Behind" 1. "[Subdivisions](/source/Subdivisions_(song))" 1. "The Camera Eye" 1. "[YYZ](/source/YYZ_(song))" 1. "[Broon's Bane](/source/List_of_Rush_instrumentals#Broon's_Bane)" 1. "[The Trees](/source/The_Trees_(Rush_song))" 1. "[Xanadu](/source/Xanadu_(Rush_song))" 1. "[The Spirit of Radio](/source/The_Spirit_of_Radio)" 1. "[Red Barchetta](/source/Red_Barchetta)" 1. "[Closer to the Heart](/source/Closer_to_the_Heart)" 1. "[Tom Sawyer](/source/Tom_Sawyer_(song))" 1. "[Vital Signs](/source/Vital_Signs_(Rush_song))" 1. "[Working Man](/source/Working_Man)" 1. "Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon" 1. "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" 1. "In the End" 1. "In the Mood" 1. "2112: Grand Finale" **Encore** 1. "[La Villa Strangiato](/source/La_Villa_Strangiato)" ## Tour dates List of 1981 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act(s)[6][7] Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s) October 29, 1981 Stafford England New Bingley Hall —N/a October 30, 1981 October 31, 1981 Queensferry Wales Deeside Leisure Centre November 2, 1981 Brighton England Brighton Centre November 4, 1981 London Wembley Arena November 5, 1981 November 6, 1981 November 8, 1981 Ingliston Scotland Royal Highland Centre November 9, 1981 Stafford England New Bingley Hall November 11, 1981 Hamburg West Germany Musikhalle Girlschool November 12, 1981 Neunkirchen am Brand Hemmerleinhalle November 14, 1981 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Sportpaleis November 16, 1981 Munich West Germany Circus Krone November 17, 1981 Rüsselsheim am Main Walter-Köbel-Halle November 18, 1981 Böblingen Sporthalle November 19, 1981 November 20, 1981 Karlsruhe Schwarzwaldhalle November 21, 1981 Essen Grugahalle November 28, 1981 Pembroke Pines United States Hollywood Sportatorium Riot November 29, 1981[8] Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum December 1, 1981 Birmingham Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center December 2, 1981 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium December 4, 1981 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum December 5, 1981 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena December 6, 1981 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum December 8, 1981 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum December 9, 1981 Atlanta The Omni December 11, 1981 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium December 12, 1981 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center December 13, 1981 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum December 15, 1981 Norfolk Scope Arena December 20, 1981 Hartford Hartford Civic Center December 21, 1981 East Rutherford Brendan Bryne Meadowlands Arena December 22, 1981 ### Box office score data List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references Date (1981) City Venue Attendance Gross Ref(s) December 1 Birmingham, United States Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center 7,398 / 9,000 $70,281 [9] December 2 Nashville, United States Municipal Auditorium 9,900 $83,742 December 4 Charlotte, United States Coliseum 12,562 $111,616 December 6 Greensboro, United States Coliseum 8,192 / 10,000 $76,826 December 11 Greenville, United States Memorial Auditorium 7,000 $60,735 [10] ## 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-FOOTNOTEPopoff201374_1-0)** [Popoff 2013](#CITEREFPopoff2013), p. 74. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPopoff2021101–102_2-0)** [Popoff 2021](#CITEREFPopoff2021), pp. 101–102. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalyHansen2019218_3-0)** [Daly & Hansen 2019](#CITEREFDalyHansen2019), p. 218. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPopoff2021101_4-0)** [Popoff 2021](#CITEREFPopoff2021), p. 101. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalyHansen2019214_5-0)** [Daly & Hansen 2019](#CITEREFDalyHansen2019), p. 214. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalyHansen2019218–221_6-0)** [Daly & Hansen 2019](#CITEREFDalyHansen2019), pp. 218–221. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Exit... Stage Left Tour"](https://www.rush.com/tour/exit-stage-left/). *Rush.com*. Retrieved June 8, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Dead-Brothers Concert Turns Out to Be Turkey"](https://books.google.com/books?id=U7RPAAAAIBAJ&dq=rush+perform&pg=PA9&article_id=7155,6537537). No. 38. Ocala, Florida: Ocala Star-Banner. November 26, 1981. p. 4B. Retrieved June 8, 2022. Rush, a group of Canadian rockers, is scheduled to play at 8 p.m. Sunday in the Jacksonville Coliseum 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=DSQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rush+boxscore&pg=PT28). *Billboard*. Vol. 93, no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 19, 1981. p. 29. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved June 11, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Boxscore"](https://books.google.com/books?id=BCQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rush+boxscore&pg=PT43). *Billboard*. Vol. 93, no. 51. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1981. p. 44. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved June 11, 2022. ### Sources - Popoff, Martin (2013). [*Rush: The Illustrated History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=v3VmAgAAQBAJ). Voyageur Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-61058-726-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61058-726-6). - 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). - Popoff, Martin (2021). *Limelight: Rush in the '80s*. Toronto, Canada: ECW Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-77041-569-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-77041-569-0). 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Exit... Stage Left Tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit..._Stage_Left_Tour) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit..._Stage_Left_Tour?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.