Vapor Trails Tour

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Vapor Trails Tour


image_caption =
type=Western Hemisphere
locations=North America, South America
album="Vapor Trails"
artist = Rush
start_date = June 28, 2002
end_date = November 23, 2002
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 66
last_tour = Test For Echo Tour
(1996-1997)
this_tour = Vapor Trails Tour
(2002)
next_tour =
(2004)
Rush's Vapor Trails Tour marked the first tour for the band in nearly six years after the band entered a hiatus due to personal tragedies in drummer Neil Peart's life. Likewise, the tour was in support of the band's first studio album in five years, "Vapor Trails". The tour kicked off June 28, 2002 at the Meadows Music Center in Hartford, Connecticut and culminated in a three show stint in Brazil, the last night of which was recorded November 23, 2002 at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. This resulted in the release of the triple CD and dual DVD "Rush in Rio" in October 2003. It was during this tour that Rush played in front of some of the largest crowds of their career, the largest of which was a capacity of 60,000 in São Paulo. Incidentally, the show at Maracana Stadium represented the second largest attendance for a headlining Rush concert with 40,000 people.

et list

*"Tom Sawyer" (with Three Stooges intro)
*"Distant Early Warning"
*"New World Man"
*"Roll The Bones"
*"Earthshine" (from "Vapor Trails")
*"YYZ"
*"The Pass"
*"Bravado"
*"The Big Money"
*"Between Sun and Moon" or "The Trees" (BS&M replaced by Trees 9/20 & 9/21 then alternated. Both dropped 11/2 and 11/4, standard rotation back 11/6.
*" Vital Signs" or " Freewill" (VS replaced by FW on 8/12 then alternated. Both VS followed by FW played 11/2 and 11/4, standard rotation back 11/6)
*"Closer to the Heart" (original version, added 10/5, 11/20, 11/22, 11/23, replaced BS&M/The Trees on 11/10)
*"Natural Science" (-Intermission-)
*(Dragon Intro)
*"One Little Victory" (from "Vapor Trails")
*"Driven
*"Ceiling Unlimited" or "Ghost Rider" (from "Vapor Trails") (GR replaced CU second night, then alternated. CU dropped permanent after 11/1)
*"Secret Touch" (from "Vapor Trails")
*'Dreamline"
*"Red Sector A"
*"Leave That Thing Alone"
*"O Baterista" (drum solo)
*"Resist" (acoustic)
*"2112" ("Overture"/"The Temples of Syrinx")
*"Limelight"
*"La Villa Strangiato" (parts 2-12, with rant from Alex Lifeson)
*"The Spirit of Radio"

Encore

*"By-Tor and the Snow Dog" (abbreviated)
*"Cygnus X-1 (prologue)
*"Working Man"

Tour Dates

References

* Rush: The Complete Tourbooks 1977-2004. 2006 Anthem Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario
* Rush in Rio DVD