RUSH--6/29/15 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NY

[@tomcorley238]

Flew in from Chicago to see this show from 9th row center from stage. It would be my final Rush concert. My 1st time was in 1980 Perm Waves tour in Chicago. 35 years for me of Rush tours. Such a wonderful part of my life. I wish I could do it all again.

[@tracyruth4247]

Wish I got to see them in concert!

[@johnl152]

Permanent Waves was my first Rush concert also, at the old International Amphitheatre. Caught many concerts there!

[@brendanward2257]

Saw them for the first time in Toronto "77 the "Farewell to Kings " tour, that show changed my life FOREVER.. I was 13 years old!!!

[@danielvertino8126]

@@brendanward2257 man, what gear a first show to see!! My first show was "Signals" in Buffalo when I was 13

[@brendanward2257]

@@danielvertino8126best thing that ever happened to me!!!

[@jmutil]

This was the one and only time I would get to see Rush live. What a show... RIP Neil Peart.

[@armandocastellano8272]

This band is and always will be the best...3best friends making awesome music ... RIP "NewGuy"*

[@adude394]

What I would say about Rush is that first and foremost, they were professionals. Some bands, you get the idea that they formed the band in order to party, and the music was a distant second (or third, or fourth…). With Rush, it was always about making the best quality music possible for their fans. Gotta love that.

[@bobabooey4537]

The music was always for them first, then for fans. I dont think Rush wrote music geared to make fans happy. They wrote music for themselves, like most great bands.

[@correctlyrics]

I agree. There are true musicians...then there are ppl who play instruments. And bands that are, like you said, professional. While other bands are a group of guys playing tunes in a garage who got a record deal.

[@jpr1845]

Yes Indeed 💯 Agreed & There Will NEVER Be Another That Will Sound Like Them, Ever🎵🎶🙌👏😁💙

[@RickHawkDavison]

TIME, HAS NO MERCY, IT JUST FLIES BY........EVERYTHING SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY, 1985, 95, ARE BUT BEATS IN MY HEART. ITS INSANE. LOVE YOU ALL.

[@robguitar1969]

The best band to ever walk the planet.

[@robrodarme1730]

Absolutely!!

[@KennethMilne-o3i]

Yes , your 100% right there, mate. And the greatest drummer to have walked this plant 🙏 God bless him .Very fortunate to have seen them many times , from late 70s onwards

[@sarahaugustine4185]

RUSH will always be my favorite rock band. I will surely take their recordings along if I end up in a nursing home. Thank you, Canada for sharing your talent with the rest of the World.

[@clubhouseme]

no probs 😎Rush rule

[@drewmurdaugh6264]

Ha ha ha I am in a nursing home I've been here for 2 1/2 years and I listened to Rush everyday. Whenever I listen to Rush, so do all my roommates.

[@TheKimchipower79]

One word: Phenomenal. Greatest musicians of all time. No other band has the precision and level of musicianship as these guys. Let’s not forget the amazing team behind the scenes which help produce this level of quality. Saw them once live and they sounded better live than on their records.

[@jimboslice5647]

GOAT.

[@Faltor895]

Oh yeah. The vocals are phenomenal 😂.

[@alexrizzo]

Geddy Lee, the best bass player in the world.

[@currywinborn3129]

Man, Clockwork Angels was such a great record to go out on. Wild that it just hit the 10 year mark.

[@richnibbler7731]

Present at this show as well. Would be my last. Saw every tour since 82. The best!

[@brentmacklem1872]

3 Musicians! Unreal amount of sound!!

[@paiefilhomachado7630]

Years late but here are the setlist 0:01 the world is 2:19 the anarchist 9:23 headlong flight 13:54: drumbastica (very short drum solo) 14:43 continue of headlong flight 18:11 far cry 23:45 the main monkey business 30:17 one little victory 36:08 animate 42:29 roll the bones 48:40 distant early warning 54:40 losing it (copright cut) 54:53 subdivisions 1:00:49 intermission video: no country for old hens 1:05:55 tom sawyer 1:11:16 red barchetta 1:18:13 spirit of radio 1:23:48 jacob's ladder 1:30:58 cygnus x-1 book 2 hemispheres prelude 1:35:48 cygnus x1 1:38:48 the story so far (main drum solo) 1:42:41 continue of cygnus x1 1:44:57 closer to the heart 1:48:03 xanadu 1:58:56 2112 2:11:23 intermission video r40 show 2:12:55 lakeside park 2:15:21 anthem 2:18:30 what are you doing 2:22:19 working man 2:28:11 the end

[@dantemachado6553]

oh man thank you so much

[@ianpearson3189]

2:30:30

[@paiefilhomachado7630]

​​@@ianpearson3189credits part (Thank u)

[@kerrydubord5273]

Much mahalo for the song list. I had seen their 3 rd to the last show in Vegas and Clockwork Angles was their opening song, then Anarchist or the other way around, it was 2015.....

[@thomaswhelan4648]

thank you for the break down.. It seems I am the only one that cares. I saw this concert in Atlanta , GA with a good friend. I knew it was that last one. I sensed a bad vibe but enjoyed it as always. 1st row, 5th row, 9th row, 13th row, 21st row and 23rd row and 31st row is all my shows.

[@jasonsmouse6570]

Just finished Geddy's new book. It made me cry.

[@danwilson7636]

Quality is Absolutely Fantastic here... Thank You Much

[@stephenjackson4392]

Proud to be Canadian. I lived in Port Dalhousie Ontario in 1976 when 2112 was released. Neil's parents lived there at that time. Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie is what that song was about. The memories of that song are so vivid of that time. Had the honor of meeting Neil back then. A buddy of mine lived a few doors down from his parents. Odd though i didn't become a Rush fan until A Farewell to Kings Even after seeing them play on Canadian Bandstand in 74 when they played at the Laura Secord school.

[@tdunph4250]

Professionalism, master musicianship and EPIC songs and albums is what best explains Rush!

[@johns.7501]

Saw them blue seats side stage in 1982 for the first time witn Signals, then Grace, Power Windows, Roll the Bones, and this at MSG. 30th at Radio City.

[@translationstations]

Really - no words.. only admiring this history in silence, memory, and simply joy

[@thomashargrove2991]

Rush is one of the rarities of groups that were a literal unit. One member was not more important or more famous than the others.

[@beyond_the_infinite2098]

Exactly. I say a 3-piece ensemble: lead guitar, lead bass, lead drums.

[@jpr1845]

Yes Indeed 💯 Agreed. Neil is at 3rd all time Drummers they ranked. Alex is also at 3rd Rolling Stones top 100 Guartists. I Agree with both. Geddy In My Opinion, Hands Down is the #1 Bassist of all time🎵🎶🙌👏😁💙

[@HamiltonRb]

@@jpr1845 I would put Geddy up there with Jack Bruce of Cream & John Entwistle of the Who, in whichever order you like. Although the band is done now, I still see Geddy at a lot of Toronto Blue Jays games, marking his scorebook, as his seats are a few rows over from ours.

[@Mo_Ketchups]

In form of the top comment, my very first concert was Rush at the Long Beach Arena on the Signals tour (I’d just turned 13, and in my 2nd year of playing tubs). I’ll never forget seeing Neil’s stick flung towards the roof (breathtaking at that tender age) & him deftly catching it. How many jays we sipped over those adolescent years listening to “the boys.” 😮‍💨 Now I have a Rush Premium pinball machine w full audio upgrades. The best keepsake for my home. 🤘🤟👍

[@JustMe99999]

I saw him drop one at a show once... lol

[@johndashuta7826]

I was in the upper balcony first row at this show!!!! I literally landed at Newark airport returning from my honeymoon an hour earlier!!!

[@drummadave]

I was at this show. What was hysterical (in a good way) to me and my friends were the massive cheers/applause whenever Neil used his tubular bells in the 2nd half of the show

[@bassnyc1]

I was also at this show. My 44th and last. My first was also at MSG on September 17, 1984 and I saw many other shows at the Garden in between. My hometown and the best band EVER!!!! Thank you, RUSH for shaping my life!

[@danmarston4967]

I remember seeing rush 40th Boston TD Garden show wed june 23rd 6 days before NYC show best ever Rush show I'd ever seen 2015 7 years ago

[@RickHawkDavison]

Love all the guys...RUSH is Canadian pride.

[@richrothmansky1388]

This was my 35th and final RUSH concert.

[@carlgibbons5777]

I have seen Rush 30 times, but I wish I could have experienced the majesty of NYC at least once. Most of my shows in the Midwest.

[@JimmyWhitaker-ez2ri]

In 1980's I Was in A Gun Battle!!! I Got Shot Ended in The Hospital Trying To Save Her!!! For My Recovery My Ex Wife Came in With All My Favorite RUSH Music !!! I Had Blessed Roc And Roll Recovery!!!!!!! True Story Their Music is Very Blessed From The Lord God !!!!!!! There is A God Brothers And Sisters!!!!!!! Jimmy !!!

[@kevinmcgiffin10]

Watching this after watching South Park 25th video its hard to believe its been 7 yrs BUT i was sooo happy to see alex and geddy walk out on that stage jammin with Primus. 💖💖💖💖👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏💖💖💖💖💖👏👏👏👏No drummer will ever replace neil but alex and geddy please get out there and jam with some bands. We want to see you both .

[@joecapobianco647]

Saw this show here in New York, Tampa and Boston, my biggest regret was not flying out to Los Angeles for the last one. Sleep in eternal peace Pratt.

[@timhunt1482]

Nothing beter than rush live,

[@Lerxst68]

This was my last concert of 38 , very emotional because I was aware that it was the final tour. I grew up with Rush since 1981. They are unique in every way, as musicians, as individuals. I wish that I could "live it all again "❤ Thanks for sharing😊

[@JD-pr1et]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@HamiltonRb]

I am dating myself but we used to go see Rush play the bars in Toronto and Hamilton back in the early 70's. There was a little bar called Duffy's that they played every night for a week, and it was loud & packed

[@Phill2112]

I've seen every tour since Subdivisions....except this one! Rush started as friends and stayed friends till the end! Not too many bands can do that. Hell, it's hard to do in normal life, much less in the Limelight! RIP Neil Peart! Not only one of the greatest Drummers, but one of the greatest Lyricists as well!

[@scottperry67]

Thank you for posting this. Was very fortunate to be at this show. Great memories for sure:)

[@ridefast0]

Saw these guys on the R30 tour. When 3 guys sound like 6 great musicians. Wow!

[@sid7088]

I miss these guys.😢

[@jamesbowen2105]

Saw yh first time in 1977, International Freedom Festival in Detroit. They were opening opening band but got the audience vote for Encore Set. My life hasn't been the same since!

[@bobabooey4537]

I saw Rush one time in the late 80's just so I could say I saw them live... to see, hear and experience a Rush show. Not a big fan but its Rush, had to see them live. I hope you got the chance as well.

[@johnbarrett4846]

I'd only heard Tom Sawyer on a tape a mate made for me at school in the early 80s. First album i heard was Exit Stage left and Hold your fire in 1987. Saw them in Glasgow in 1988, they were brilliant. To my eternal regret i never saw them again.

[@colinburroughs9871]

I got to sit in this general area (behind the soundboard) at the Indy and Columbus gig's. Chicago was a bit further back. 3 Rush gigs in a week was probably the closest I'll ever get to going on tour. Good time

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Wow! What a great recording! Many thanks!! Been a fan since the '70's but was never able to make it to show, my loss 😭

[@rickslair7557]

Ditto....

[@gjdc]

Thank you for posting this. I was there 12th center for my 27th and last show. Special and emotional to say the least. Great work!

[@KingofAllHumanity]

It is so very good to see and also to hear the greatest rock and roll band ever still making rock and roll happen in the greatest form ever in all of rock and roll history! There I said it and so there it is! 🏅🥇🏆

[@KingofAllHumanity]

🔑🗝Keys to the history of the world in musical form

[@yellowkangdexasthur4904]

This was their final tour 7 years ago. They're not still doing anything bro lol (except for Alex & Geddy jamming together last night in Colorado)

[@maviroy]

Well said👏👏👏👏

[@HighPower762]

@@yellowkangdexasthur4904 WTF? What did you think they were going to do? They as much as said when Neil died that was IT for Rush as a live entity!🤗Just be grateful we had them for 40 plus years and the surprise in Colorado was just icing on the cake. As they mentioned in a recent interview, there was some talk about doing a one-off show with Taylor Hawkins on drums, but obviously, that ship has sailed.😭 Unlike bands like Kiss or Motley Crue, they know when it's time to stop flogging a Dead Horse just for the sake of the money. The boys deserve to enjoy their sunset years in peace. They've moved on with their lives in different stages, with Geddy writing a book and Alex starting his new band. Better to go out on top than to fade away with diminishing capabilities. "Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it…The bell tolls for thee."😎

[@davidstobie2751]

a band that never stops

[@jazzybest]

Saw them Montreal, 3 hours of solid rock one of best concerts I went to

[@MaizeANDBlue1957]

Geddy's voice isn't the same as years past here. It has a distinct _'forced'_ sound to it. Between that, Alex's arthritis and all of Neil's problems? It's probably a good thing they hung it up when they did. I consider myself extremely lucky to have seen them live 6 times between their start and the 'Permanent Waves' tour. Also? I *HIGHLY* recommend Geddy's book. _'My Effing Life'._ (He _personally_ reads the audio version)

[@WarCrimes-y2c]

Perm. Waves was my first Rush tour also. I went on to see their Moving Pictures, Signals and Grace Under Pressure tours (2X) for each of those. And then I didn't see them again until 2015. It was pretty obvious Neil wanted permanently out of touring at that point. The 4 decades of hard intense drumming took a toll on him for sure.

[@bjk777]

God bless RUSH

[@kevinkilduff2064]

What a bloody intro..and it keeps getting better! No better band has ever graced a stage.

[@paulbrighton3303]

My god, I can’t believe I missed this show. Kicking myself. They sounded phenomenal.

[@bjk777]

Perhaps their best performance?

[@geralddavis8160]

As usual; they've never sounded anything less than phenomenal, ever!

[@dizzotizzo69]

Good dope you guys are smoking.

[@jasonkeith9317]

Behold the mighty Rush at one of their last shows ever thanks for the upload RIP Professor.

[@timhunt1482]

I had test for echo,tripping on lsd,alex yelled at n me said he is shouldent,be whhat you shoudent do what he is doing,one of thoths things ttat bend reality,lsd,best memory of m life,,thanx al,your the best musion on the planet of the solar fedeation!😊

[@RickHawkDavison]

WHAT RUSH ERA OR SONG ISNT THE BEST? ITS ALL SNAPSHOTS OF OUR YOUTH, LIFE, EVERY SONG HAS A MEMORY, GOOD OR BAD. BEST BAND EVER. Love their backstories, seeing Alex young, hippy... we lived that time....KILLROY WAS HERE!!!! I WISH WE COULD TURN BACK TIME.

[@RickHawkDavison]

RIP NEIL, YOU WERE. THE ENVY AND. BEST...MAY YOURE SOUL BE HALF WAY TO HEAVEN BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOURE GONE( IRISH ROVERS)....LOVE YOU ALL. GOD, YWHE, BLESS YOU ALL.

[@danmarston4967]

great concert live video

[@everydaystuffandthingsguy4554]

Saw these guys for the 1st time back in 82 or somewhere close to that on the , Signals tour at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, OH! We had 1st row seats on the right side of the stage. Pardon the pun but it would be the bands “Exit stage left!” John Butcher Axe was the opening act. I thank God for experience because I was 13 and I still remember it to this very day!!!! Great post and thank you!!

[@Justamedic77]

My first show was on the Counterparts tour at Riverfront Coliseum in 1994. Never missed a tour after that.

[@GWrex1skip]

Oh my GOD...so unfiltered eyes...like I was there! THANK YOU FOR....THIS...LOL!

[@Denis-pj6zg]

Nice job filming this! Thank you so much for posting this. When they came to my city for this tour (London, Ontario Canada), I found out too late and thus missed it. :(

[@stevedrums1675]

I grew up going to shows at MSG. I live in NC these days, but there’s no place anywhere like the Garden. Thank so much for posting this in its entirety!!!

[@mr.d.572]

I remember seeing all the major bands at MSG in the 70's and tickets were like $6-$8!

[@billstrohler]

Reading Neil's book Bring that Horizon to me brought me here. He was in so much feet pain he could barely walk. What a professional!

[@jasonsmouse6570]

Geddy's new book talks about Neil's foot pain as well. Crazy that you would never known listening to him play his ass off.

[@littlebj612]

fantastic love rush

[@woodytfc]

no one better love it.... RIP Pratt

[@johns.7501]

I was there in 1982, for Grace, Big Money, Roll the Bones and this one.

[@danwilson7636]

This made my day. Thank You !!

[@jeepduder]

Best rock trio ever! 😎

[@chrisstanise4341]

i was at this show frist and only time i saw them live

[@hvyone]

GOATs. Full Stop.

[@ИгорьУваров-м6ч]

Мне очень жаль,что всё закончилось,вечная память Нилу👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@fieldfairy9845]

Man, these boys can fucking rip during working man. Unbelievable

[@brodieyake7735]

The bassline in "Headlong Flight" is fucking insane.

[@mikeclancy1930]

So much superlative fun thinking about being there! Grrreat

[@alchemist7000]

1:55:30 Lol Alex learning the song

[@vinsanity4029]

Not understanding why loosing it was cut from this, the original version of this boot has loosing on it in its entirety, it’s a shame it’s not there. I was at this show and 7 others during the R40 run it was the best time of my life!

[@glenngrinter6818]

Radio City Music Hall, Glens Falls, Albany, Saratoga Springs, Troy(NY venues)-Springfield, Worcester, Mansfield(MA venues) -East Rutherford(NJ venue). I ❤️ every show.🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

[@shelleyharris165]

My sister before she passed said she was getting in Alex Lifeson 🎸 guitaring 🙏😇☮️☮️✌️😎💪🎸🙌🤲🎼🗝️💙🐞🦋🔐🍯🎵🔔💖🥁💐. Blessings 🌎

[@verosbichos9095]

maravilhoso perfeito

[@nanchanger]

great live band

[@BrianTurner1971]

From Dallas..... it was great.

[@reinventionnation]

Alex's solo in headlong flight was incredible.

[@miguel--rush]

Gracias..!

[@johnevans1962]

youll never witness a bad rush concert,...sure they might disappoint you by not playing a certain song but that still is a long ways away from it beein a bad show,....rush never ever will deliver a bad concert they only deliver top quality shows

[@therushprojectny]

15th Row!! Never will forget!!

[@frankperrotta5745]

Miss them RIP Neil

[@MyVideos-fm7ug]

A Far Cry…. And Lerxst singing through a hot microphone for once 😂 Geddy was once asked about why Alex sang through a dead mic , and his response was “if you every heard Lerxst sing before… YOU WOULD KNOW WHY!!!” 😂

[@gregfox1186]

This is an awesome quality , but why is Losing It missing from it ?????????????????????? That was one of the only performances of that song in the History of Rush !!!

[@medmac2112]

Unfortunately there are copyright issues with Losing It. It’s very hard to find any version of it on KZbin.

[@oriolo99]

You posted this 2 hour video and felt it was necessary to remove "Losing It" ????

[@Tumamagringa1]

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[@johnsmith7140]

Thanis for sharing, but yeah what's up with losing it? My last and favorite Rush show

[@louiscollins7942]

I’m pretty sure losing it is copyrighted by rush am not to sure but I know another video I watched didn’t play it because of that.

[@RobertABooey75]

@@louiscollins7942 I'm pretty sure all their songs copyrighted

[@currywinborn3129]

@@louiscollins7942 if i had a copy a signals sitting near me I could confirm this, but since Ben Mink is credited on Wikipedia as a writer, my best guess is his publishing company must be tied up in the song’s legality. EDIT: So I just got home and checked an old vinyl copy of Signals and it says “Special guest performance by Ben Mink, electric violins on Losing It, appears courtesy of FM.” So my guess is whatever FM is is involved in things

[@kenmoscoe]

What's the source of the audio? Sounds too good to be the phone it was recorded on.

[@nvrbetrwhoohoo3941]

Alex@15:05 holy shit! Why he isn't top 5 guitarists? Someone is smoking dope.

[@barryfitzgerald3839]

Seen all of the Best. Rush Journey Pink Floyd Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth Triumph Foreigner List is too long to name them all. Checker Dome STL 80’s Best years of my life.

[@gertfolkesson5098]

Så jäkla bra! So damn good!

[@veronaraven3099]

I saw the Distance Early Warning tour in Hartford when I was in high school..I kick myself that I wasn't into them until after Peart passed.

[@kingkevin6971]

Think u mean Grace Under Pressure tour....which was my first of many

[@SenecaHighlander]

Amazing concept for a stage show. Unfortunately, Neil was the only one who actually had to change the equipment he was playing on. Alex and Geddy still played through their normal amps (direct for Geddy) behind the change-ups, but Neil ended up having to play his main solo on a less-than-preferred set for that sort of thing. It was still epic.

[@JoelEscaner1213]

Wholey Trinity

[@scottstevens2752]

Im a huge Rush fan poor Geddy's voice was terrible I thought :(

[@sickerman88]

audio is really good

[@joedecker3900]

Geddy’s voice was pretty rough, but those boys could play better than ever!

[@dizzotizzo69]

A cat having a seizure.

[@tbrennancreative4958]

Why did Alex change his shoes by the 1:13 mark?

[@prestigepressurewash3758]

The person in the rap section of Roll The Bones with the pig mask 🐷 is Les Claypool.

[@dmannrocks]

Why cut out loosing it? That was a gem played live in only a handful of cities. Fail!

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Read other posts.. it's been pointed out it's probably a copyright issue, not with Rush but with Ben Mink (and/or his music lawyers) who is also credited on the tune..

[@ulrichmicheel6757]

This is it RUSH, you know a better band? Geddy... or Alex, yes Neil, they are my big friends.

[@jimboslice5647]

Neil Peart is the best drummer/percussionist of all time.

[@felipeaoyama3274]

What about LOSING IT by RUSH?

[@mr.d.572]

Anyone have a song listing for this? I don't know all these songs.

[@PatrickPowers2112]

Am I the only one here who see's Alex in this video and immediately thinks of "Simple Jack" from "Tropic Thunder"?