I saw The Beatles in 66, The Stones and The Who at least three times each, Led Leppelin in 1970, and Cream both old and new
Last Night, Rush moved into my Top five concerts of all time.
I saw them at Blossom south of Cleveland Aug 30th. Great show - we were sitting 11th row dead center, and were we excited when we walked in and saw the seats. But we were too close; Geddy's DI into the PA, along with Neal Peart's bass drums, saturated the air - I mean there must of been 10's of thousands of watts driving the PA and we were sitting in some sort of acoustic node between the PA speakers. Felt like the bass drum was lifting the shirt off your chest. Lifeson had 4 stacks and we couldn't hear him unless he cranked it, I was cupping my left ear to hear him the low frequencies were so overwhelming (this took some recovery the next day for the ear). This might sound good for us low-enders, but I couldn't distinguish individual notes from the bass which was disappointing. Lesson learned: consider where the sound board is located.
Like you, I have seen a lot of great concerts with bands that were my influences over the years.
I first saw Rush in 1994 at their counterparts tour show in Sacramento at Arco Arena. I always liked them and listened to them on the radio but never bought a record until that concert. Then I went out an bought much of their catalog starting with Chronicles.
I saw them last month at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre near Sacramento. Awesome show as usual. I missed the 30th anniversary tour. I'll never miss one of their shows again if I can help it!
dr. eagle-----we've probably seen a lot of the same shows, since I live in Fair Oaks area.
I first saw Rush in 1980 -----permanent waves tour, and have only missed 2 tours in the 27 years since. Freaking amazing the evolution of lights/lasers/video over the years.
Anyone who hasn't seen some of the old (newly released) DVD's from the 80's should buy them.
