Rush Celebrate New Live Disc Release With North American Tour

02/27/08 7:00pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Rush will release a live album on April 8 to coincide with the launch of the second leg of their North American tour in support of their latest studio album.

The double-disc release, Snakes & Arrows Live, was recorded in Rotterdam, Netherlands in October. It features 27 tracks, including nine songs from last year's Snakes & Arrows. Lead single "Workin' Them Angels" will be released to rock radio stations next month.

Rush released their first live album, All The World's A Stage, in 1976. It was recorded at Toronto's Massey Hall during the world tour for 2112. Four more live albums followed: Exit… Stage Left (1981), A Show Of Hands (1988), Different Stages (1998) and Rush In Rio (2003). Rush also released a live DVD titled R30: 30th Anniversary Tour in 2005.

Rush's tour begins on April 11 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Here are the Canadian dates:

May 24 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
May 25 Regina, SK @ Brandt Centre
May 27 Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
May 29 Vancouver, BC @ GM Place
June 12 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
July 9 Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre

Here are the tracks on Snakes & Arrows Live:

Disc one:

"Limelight"
"Digital Man"
"Entre Nous"
"Mission"
"Freewill"
"The Main Monkey Business"
"The Larger Bowl"
"Secret Touch"
"Circumstances"
"Between The Wheels"
"Dreamline"
"Far Cry"
"Workin' Them Angels"
"Armour And Sword"

Disc two:

"Spindrift"
"The Way The Wind Blows"
"Subdivisions"
"Natural Science"
"Witch Hunt"
"Malignant Narcissism/De Slagwerker"
"Hope"
"Distant Early Warning"
"The Spirit Of Radio"
"Tom Sawyer"
"One Little Victory"
"A Passage To Bangkok"
"YYZ"