# R40 Live Tour > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/R40_Live_Tour > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/R40_Live_Tour.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R40_Live_Tour > Source revision: 1345581505 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2015 concert tour by Rush R40 Live Tour Tour by Rush Location North America Start date May 8, 2015 (2015-05-08) End date August 1, 2015 (2015-08-01) Legs 1 No. of shows 35 Rush concert chronology Clockwork Angels Tour (2012–2013) R40 Live Tour (2015) Fifty Something Tour (2026–2027) The **R40 Live Tour** was a concert tour by Canadian rock band [Rush](/source/Rush_(band)) that commemorated the 40th anniversary of drummer [Neil Peart](/source/Neil_Peart) joining the band in July 1974. The title hearkens back to Rush's 2004 [R30: 30th Anniversary Tour](/source/R30%3A_30th_Anniversary_Tour) that celebrated the 30th anniversary of the band. The tour grossed US$37.8 million, with 442,337 tickets sold at 35 concerts. Although the tour was shorter than many of Rush’s preceding tours, it was very successful in terms of average concert attendance and gross, which was 12,638 and US$1,080,000 respectively. The tour also saw more sellouts than any other Rush tour in recent memory. With 26 out of the 33 reported shows being sellouts, and the remaining 7 still over 90% capacity, the band felt a taste of their success from their prime years again.[1] This was Rush's final tour with Peart before his death in 2020, and their last one before dissolving for ten years. While their set list was intended to represent their discography in reverse order, no songs from the EP *[Feedback](/source/Feedback_(EP))* (2004) or the albums *[Test for Echo](/source/Test_for_Echo)* (1996), *[Presto](/source/Presto_(album))* (1989), *[Hold Your Fire](/source/Hold_Your_Fire)* (1987), or *[Power Windows](/source/Power_Windows_(album))* (1985) were performed for the duration of the tour. ## Films For the Rush song, see [Time Stand Still (song)](/source/Time_Stand_Still_(song)). The shows performed on June 17 and 19, 2015, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto were filmed and released as the concert film *[R40 Live](/source/R40_Live)* on November 20, 2015. A documentary titled *Rush: Time Stand Still* was released in November 2016, dealing with the band's preparations for the tour and their experiences during it.[2] The film was narrated by [Paul Rudd](/source/Paul_Rudd) and directed by [Dale Heslip](/source/Dale_Heslip). ## Live album Rush recorded two of their shows in June in Toronto for a live album released on November 20, 2015.[3] They also recorded "The Wreckers" in Buffalo, NY at the show on June 10, 2015 for the album, as well as "The Camera Eye" at the show in Kansas City, MO on July 9, 2015. The live album *[R40 Live](/source/R40_Live)* reached number one on *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))* [Top Rock Albums](/source/Top_Rock_Albums) chart.[4] ## Book Neil Peart released a book about the tour titled *Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me!* on September 13, 2015.[5] ## Set list ### First set "The World Is... The World Is" (video introduction) 1. "The Anarchist"/"Clockwork Angels" (only on May 8 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) 1. "Clockwork Angels"/"The Wreckers"† 1. "[Headlong Flight](/source/Headlong_Flight)" (with "[Drumbastica](/source/List_of_Rush_instrumentals#Neil_Peart's_drum_solos)", [Neil Peart](/source/Neil_Peart) drum solo) 1. "[Far Cry](/source/Far_Cry_(Rush_song))" 1. "[The Main Monkey Business](/source/The_Main_Monkey_Business)" 1. "[One Little Victory](/source/One_Little_Victory)"/"How It Is" 1. "[Animate](/source/Animate_(song))" 1. "[Roll the Bones](/source/Roll_the_Bones_(song))" 1. "[Distant Early Warning](/source/Distant_Early_Warning_(Rush_Song))"/"[Between the Wheels](/source/Between_the_Wheels)" 1. "Losing It"† 1. "[Subdivisions](/source/Subdivisions_(song))" ### Second set "No Country for Old Hens" (video introduction) 1. "[Tom Sawyer](/source/Tom_Sawyer_(song))" 1. "[Red Barchetta](/source/Red_Barchetta)"/"[The Camera Eye](/source/The_Camera_Eye)"/"[YYZ](/source/YYZ_(instrumental))" 1. "[The Spirit of Radio](/source/The_Spirit_of_Radio)" 1. "[Natural Science](/source/Natural_Science_(song))" (only when "[YYZ](/source/YYZ_(song))" was performed) 1. "[Jacob's Ladder](/source/Jacob's_Ladder_(Rush_song))" 1. "[Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres](/source/Cygnus_X-1_(song_series)#Book_II:_Hemispheres)" 1. "Prelude" 1. "[Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage](/source/Cygnus_X-1_(song_series)#Book_I:_The_Voyage)" 1. "Prologue" 2. "Part 1" 3. "The Story So Far" (Neil Peart drum solo) 4. "Part 3" 1. "[Closer to the Heart](/source/Closer_to_the_Heart)" 1. "[Xanadu](/source/Xanadu_(Rush_song))" 1. "[2112](/source/2112_(song))" I. "Overture" II. "The Temples of Syrinx" IV. "Presentation" VII. "Grand Finale" ### Encore "Mel's Rock Pile" starring [Eugene Levy](/source/Eugene_Levy) (video introduction) 1. "[Lakeside Park](/source/Lakeside_Park_(song))" 1. "[Anthem](/source/Anthem_(rush_song))" 1. "What You're Doing" 1. "[Working Man](/source/Working_Man)" (featuring intro excerpt of "Garden Road") "Exit Stage Left" (video outro) † "Clockwork Angels" / "The Wreckers" were not played June 19 in Toronto, June 27 in Newark, New Jersey, June 29 in New York, New York, July 17 in Vancouver, BC and August 1 in Los Angeles, California. At those five shows, they were replaced by "Losing It," which was played prior to "[Subdivisions](/source/Subdivisions_(song))." ## Tour dates List of 2015 concerts[6] Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue May 8, 2015 Tulsa United States BOK Center 9,830 / 10,355 $817,400 May 10, 2015 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena 9,357 / 10,280 $654,434 May 12, 2015 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 11,835 / 11,835 $973,166 May 14, 2015 St. Louis Scottrade Center 13,096 / 13,096 $1,092,824 May 16, 2015 Austin Austin360 Amphitheater 12,898 / 12,898 $791,645 May 18, 2015 Dallas American Airlines Center 13,320 / 13,320 $1,032,215 May 20, 2015 Houston Toyota Center 11,202 / 11,202 $1,046,297 May 22, 2015 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 10,786 / 11,547 $884,926 May 24, 2015 Tampa Amalie Arena 13,914 / 13,914 $1,176,535 May 26, 2015 Alpharetta Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park 11,500 / 11,500 —N/a May 28, 2015 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 10,861 / 11,135 $895,380 May 30, 2015 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live 16,579 / 16,579 $1,094,711 June 8, 2015 Columbus Nationwide Arena 14,079 / 14,079 $1,076,164 June 10, 2015 Buffalo First Niagara Center 13,913 / 13,913 $1,132,154 June 12, 2015 Chicago United Center 14,256 / 14,256 $1,450,746 June 14, 2015 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,083 / 13,083 $1,092,767 June 17, 2015 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 28,364 / 28,364 $2,541,984 June 19, 2015 June 21, 2015 Montreal Centre Bell 13,024 / 13,024 $939,304 June 23, 2015 Boston United States TD Garden 12,953 / 12,953 $1,232,122 June 25, 2015 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 13,476 / 13,476 $1,340,006 June 27, 2015 Newark Prudential Center 12,483 / 12,483 $1,289,222 June 29, 2015 New York City Madison Square Garden 13,554 / 13,554 $1,507,393 July 9, 2015 Kansas City Sprint Center 10,629 / 10,736 $914,828 July 11, 2015 Denver Pepsi Center 12,681 / 12,681 $1,119,150 July 13, 2015 West Valley City Maverik Center 9,564 / 10,156 $805,899 July 15, 2015 Calgary Canada Scotiabank Saddledome —N/a —N/a July 17, 2015 Vancouver Rogers Arena July 19, 2015 Seattle United States KeyArena 11,933 / 11,933 $1,055,071 July 21, 2015 Portland Moda Center 12,684 / 12,684 $971,350 July 23, 2015 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose 12,534 / 12,534 $1,210,279 July 25, 2015 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 13,434 / 13,434 $1,401,719 July 27, 2015 Phoenix US Airways Center 12,282 / 12,551 $944,212 July 30, 2015 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 14,933 / 14,933 $1,042,380 August 1, 2015 Inglewood The Forum 12,894 / 12,894 $1,406,214 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Pollstar - Welcome to the New Pollstar!"](https://www.pollstar.com/pollstarpro). *www.pollstar.com*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Greene, Andy (November 1, 2016). ["Rush's revealing new tour doc 'Time Stand Still': 10 things we learned"](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rushs-revealing-new-tour-doc-time-stand-still-10-things-we-learned-122571/). *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)*. Retrieved January 23, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Rush to Release CD/DVD of 'R40 Live' Tour"](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rush-40-tour-dvd/). *Ultimate Classic Rock*. September 19, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Rush Debuts at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums With 'R40 Live'"](https://www.billboard.com/pro/rush-debuts-no-1-top-rock-albums-r40-live/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved February 13, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["RUSH Drummer NEIL PEART Chronicles 'R40 Live' Tour In New Book"](http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rush-drummer-neil-peart-chronicles-r40-live-tour-in-new-book/). March 17, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Rush Announce 2015 Tour Dates"](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rush-2015-tour/). *Ultimate Classic Rock*. January 22, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2018. ### Bibliography - Daly and Hansen. *Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth: The Official Touring History*. Insight Editions, 2019. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1683834502](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1683834502) 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 [R40 Live Tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R40_Live_Tour) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R40_Live_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.