Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Rush Kicks Off 2nd Leg of Snakes & Arrows Tour

Rush kicked off the second half of their tour to support their latest studio album Snakes & Arrows last Friday. (One of their best CDs in ages - reviewed here)

The band spent a week rehearsing, and did the kick off concert, in Puerto Rico. The set list isn't all that much different from the first leg of the tour, but they have added a couple of my faves. Like the first leg, they are doing eight or nine new Snakes & Arrows tunes (three of them are instrumentals), so if you like the new CD, you'll need to see this show.

Also, today the band released a double live CD of last years' leg, called Snakes & Arrows live. It's a great representation of the tour, and a good peek into what they are doing right now.

Here is a video of the band's opening song from Puerto Rico last Friday. The intro video is pretty funny if you can follow it. Enjoy.

2 comments:

VoxMoose said...

Excellent! I would personally characterize Snakes and Arrows just shy of Vapor Trails (both quite excellent), which was in turn their best CD in ages. But that's just personal taste talking.

Isorski said...

Yeah I like VT too. I just think S&A breathes a bit more. Must be all those acoustic guitars. They are for sure on a roll!