R40 Live Tour

The R40 Live Tour was the final concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush that commemorated the 40th anniversary of drummer Neil Peart joining the band in July 1974. The title hearkens back to Rush's 2004 R30: 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.

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

While their setlist was intended to represent their discography in reverse order, no songs from the EP Feedback (2004) or the albums Test for Echo (1996), Presto (1989), Hold Your Fire (1987), or Power Windows (1985) were performed for the duration of the tour.

Films

For the Rush song, see 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 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. The film was narrated by Paul Rudd and directed by Dale Heslip.

Live album

Rush recorded two of their shows in June in Toronto for a live album released on November 20, 2015. 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 reached number one on Billboard Top Rock Albums chart.

Book

Neil Peart released a book about the tour titled Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me! on September 13, 2015.

Set list

First set

"The World Is... The World Is" (video introduction)

1. "The Anarchist"/"Clockwork Angels" (only on May 8 in Tulsa, Oklahoma)
2. "Clockwork Angels"/"The Wreckers"†
3. "Headlong Flight" (with "Drumbastica", Neil Peart drum solo)
4. "Far Cry"
5. "The Main Monkey Business"
6. "One Little Victory"/"How It Is"
7. "Animate"
8. "Roll the Bones"
9. "Distant Early Warning"/"Between the Wheels"
10. "Losing It"†
11. "Subdivisions"

Second set

"No Country for Old Hens" (video introduction)

1. "Tom Sawyer"
2. "Red Barchetta"/"The Camera Eye"/"YYZ"
3. "The Spirit of Radio"
4. "Natural Science" (only when "YYZ" was performed)
5. "Jacob's Ladder"
6. "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres"
   1. "Prelude"
7. "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage"
   1. "Prologue"
   2. "Part 1"
   3. "The Story So Far" (Neil Peart drum solo)
   4. "Part 3"
8. "Closer to the Heart"
9. "Xanadu"
10. "2112"
    I. "Overture"
    II. "The Temples of Syrinx"
    IV. "Presentation"
    VII. "Grand Finale"

Encore

"Mel's Rock Pile" starring Eugene Levy (video introduction)

1. "Lakeside Park"
2. "Anthem"
3. "What You're Doing"
4. "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."

Tour dates

List of 2015 concerts

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	—
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	—	—
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

Bibliography

• Daly and Hansen. Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth: The Official Touring History. Insight Editions, 2019. ISBN 978-1683834502