Rush rumbles for rabid fans at Toyota Center - Chron.com
On Wednesday night generations of Rush fans of varying sizes converged on the Toyota Center to see the mightiest power trio to ever emerge from Canada. It was an especially emotional night for some fans, since the band has said recently that this could be its final, large-scale national tour. There have been no public plans to make any new music, so Wednesday night’s set list leaned heavily on well-worn album nuggets and the classic-rock radio hits that turned them into heroes for kids looking for something brainier to bite into. This current tour, dubbed the R40 Tour, celebrates the anniversary of drummer Neil Peart joining Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson as brothers in arms in the summer of 1974. The rest is laser-laden pro-rock history. His two extended solos lead to outbreaks of air-drumming across Toyota Center. The crowd was made up of old friends and rabid fans, most decked out in vintage concert tees from Rush tours decades-old. Some said Rush was their first concert ever and still others said that they don't remember much about their lives before discovering Rush. The first set of the night kicked off with material from the trio's most recent album "Clockwork Angels" from 2012 and worked back to "Subdivisions" from the "Signals" LP, released in 1982. The sweat of sheer fandom set in as the band hammered. Source: www.chron.com
