[Rick Lee]

I think last night was around my 70th Rush concert since 1988. It's well known that they play the whole Moving Pictures album on this tour, but I don't want to give away too many spoilers, since some folks haven't seen them yet. No huge surprises, really. They play two songs they've never performed live before, but you'd only know them if you're pretty hardcore.

Honestly, they made a ton of mistakes last night and that's especially unfortunate, since they had a very expensive film crew there in the hopes of making a concert DVD out of it because of the awesome venue. Absolute train wreck at the end of Tom Sawyer. Alex looked to be having some arthritis problems and even the infallible Neil Peart made a few errors. I used to play in a Rush tribute band, so I know what to look for. Most folks probably would never notice. But knowing what perfectionists they are, there's no way they'll let last night's performance be released on a dvd. They normally wear earphone monitors, but last night and Monday Neil wore full size headphones and they were duct taped to his beanie. I don't know if that was some special click track because they were recording it or why he had them on.

If you're a real fan, you will be delighted by Geddy's performance. I used to go to watch Neil, but Geddy has stolen probably the last 10 shows I've been to. He's been taking voice lessons, takes a night off between shows to rest his voice and his bass sounds better than ever live. Then watch him tap out the keyboard melodies on his pedals while he's playing the bass line and singing the vocal melody and you have to bow your head in respect. He is amazing. BTW, Neil looks like he hasn't missed a meal.