The Snakes & Arrows Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush to promote the studio album Snakes & Arrows. The first leg of the tour began on June 13, 2007, in Atlanta and concluded on October 29, 2007, at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The 2008 portion of the tour started on April 11, 2008, in San Juan, Puerto Rico at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and ended on July 24, 2008, in Noblesville, Indiana at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.Official Rush Website Rush tour schedule The tour was Rush's most successful to date, grossing nearly $65 million. At 114 shows, it is Rush's second-longest tour, after the Hemispheres tour back in

Rush released the double live album Snakes & Arrows Live on April 15, 2008, documenting the 2007 leg. It contains the entire 2007 setlist recorded over two days, October 16–17, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The album features the song "Distant Early Warning" in place of "Summertime Blues".

During this tour, Rush once again used their connections to add humor to their performances. "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" featured an intro from SCTV's own Bob and Doug McKenzie, while "Tom Sawyer" was preceded by an intro from South Park characters Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny.2112.net

Performance changes This tour differed from previous Rush tours in an increase of new material played (nine songs compared to the more usual four or five) Azcentral New Rush songs Accessed August 29, 2007 and the reintroduction of songs that have not been played for decades (for example "Circumstances", last played when the band was touring for 1978's Hemispheres, and "A Passage to Bangkok", which was last played in its entirety on the Moving Pictures Warm-Up tour and included as a cut on 1981's double-live album Exit... Stage Left).Pqarchiver.com > Unheard tunes Accessed August 29, 2007 The first leg also marked the first time "Entre Nous" from Permanent Waves was performed live.Power Windows Website tour archives Some of the older songs (e.g. "Digital Man" from Signals) were shortened.Power Windows Website Snakes & Arrows tour news

Neil Peart's drum solo underwent changes. The big band ending, which on previous tours featured Peart's performance of "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie, instead incorporated a portion of "Cotton Tail", a song he recorded with the Buddy Rich Band on the tribute Burning For Buddy, Vol. 1. The marimba section from "Pieces of Eight" and the tribal excerpt piece from "Scars" were also dropped.

2007 leg setlist

Set 1

"Limelight" "Digital Man" "Entre Nous" "Mission" "Freewill" "The Main Monkey Business" "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" "Secret Touch" "Circumstances" "Between the Wheels" "Dreamline"

Set 2

"Far Cry" "Workin' Them Angels" "Armor and Sword" "Spindrift" "The Way the Wind Blows" "Subdivisions" "Natural Science" "Witch Hunt" "Malignant Narcissism" "De Slagwerker" (Neil Peart drum solo) "Hope" "Summertime Blues" or "Distant Early Warning" (alternated starting on July 4, 2007, and permanently added to the setlist for the entire European leg) "The Spirit of Radio" "Tom Sawyer"

Encore:

"One Little Victory" "A Passage to Bangkok" "YYZ"

2008 leg setlist

Set 1

"Limelight" "Digital Man" "Ghost of a Chance" "Mission" "Freewill" "The Main Monkey Business" "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" "Red Barchetta" "The Trees" "Between the Wheels" "Dreamline"

Set 2:

"Far Cry" "Workin' Them Angels" "Armor and Sword" "Spindrift" "The Way the Wind Blows" "Subdivisions" "Natural Science" "Witch Hunt" "Malignant Narcissism" "De Slagwerker" (Neil Peart drum solo) "Hope" "The Spirit of Radio" "2112"I."Overture"II."The Temples of Syrinx" "Tom Sawyer"

Encore:

"One Little Victory" "A Passage to Bangkok" "YYZ"

Tour dates + List of 2007 concertsDateCityCountryVenueCapacity/Attendance/GrossJune 13, 2007AtlantaUnited StatesHiFi Buys Amphitheatre15,949 / 8,998 / $505,255June 15, 2007West Palm BeachSound Advice Amphitheater19,238 / 9,432 / $492,908June 16, 2007TampaFord Amphitheater19,508 / 13,434 / $605,896June 18, 2007CharlotteVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre18,700 / 8,287 / $408,908June 20, 2007RaleighWalnut Creek Amphitheater20,036 / 8,085 / $348,592June 22, 2007Virginia BeachVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre??? / ??? / ???June 23, 2007BristowNissan Pavilion22,661 / 12,203 / $708,378June 25, 2007BurgettstownPost-Gazette Pavilion23,070 / 9,257 / $380,157June 27, 2007MansfieldTweeter Center14,245 / 12,358 / $689,995June 29, 2007ScrantonToyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain17,161 / 8,482 / $405,990June 30, 2007Saratoga SpringsSPAC25,240 / 10,847 / $525,626July 2, 2007WantaghNikon at Jones Beach Theater13,851 / 12,300 / $860,671July 4, 2007CorfuDarien Lake Performing Arts Center21,800 / 7,624 / $429,109July 6, 2007CamdenTweeter Center24,956 / 12,180 / $662,267July 8, 2007HolmdelPNC Bank Arts Center16,996 / 12,014 / $628,792July 9, 2007UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena7,793 / 7,793 / $452,900July 18, 2007CalgaryCanadaPengrowth Saddledome12,026 / 11,006 / $808,041 July 20, 2007AuburnUnited StatesWhite River Amphitheatre15,552 / 13,689 / $638,462July 21, 2007RidgefieldThe Amphitheater at Clark County13,188 / 10,986 / $581,898July 23, 2007HollywoodHollywood Bowl17,563 / 14,696 / $1,074,586July 25, 2007IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheater11,563 / 10,347 / $682,819July 27, 2007PhoenixCricket Wireless Pavilion16,066 / 12,276 / $485,795July 28, 2007ParadiseMGM Grand Garden Arena11,034 / 10,002 / $922,675July 30, 2007Chula VistaCoors Amphitheater9,831 / 8,959 / $412,235August 1, 2007Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre11,000 / 9,101 / $507,546August 3, 2007ConcordSleep Train Pavilion10,916 / 9,775 / $529,150August 4, 2007WheatlandSleep Train Amphitheatre9,000 / 8,428 / $409,880August 6, 2007West Valley CityUSANA Amphitheatre14,500 / 10,971 / $492,950August 8, 2007MorrisonRed Rocks Amphitheatre8,753 / 8,753 / $674,504August 11, 2007DallasSmirnoff Music Centre16,500 / 13,366 / $690,086August 12, 2007SelmaVerizon Wireless Amphitheater15,155 / 11,469 / $527,568August 14, 2007The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion14,490 / 11,904 / $646,748August 23, 2007Bonner SpringsVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre12,500 / 8,104 / $406,416August 24, 2007 Maryland HeightsVerizon Wireless Amphitheater16,500 / 12,135 / $490,721August 26, 2007NoblesvilleVerizon Wireless Music Center12,500 / 9,599 / $424,449August 28, 2007ClarkstonDTE Energy Music Theatre13,213 / 11,384 / $602,300August 30, 2007Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center13,491 / 10,527 / $449,578September 1, 2007CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center16,435 / 10,776 / $479,040September 2, 2007ColumbusGermain Amphitheater12,891 / 10,241 / $463,661September 6, 2007MilwaukeeMarcus Amphitheater13,299 / 12,100 / $516,155September 8, 2007Tinley ParkFirst Midwest Bank Amphitheatre18,174 / 16,613 / $847,695September 9, 2007Saint PaulXcel Energy Center14,956 / 11,402 / $752,618September 12, 2007LondonCanadaJohn Labatt Centre8,936 / 8,608 / $627,749 September 14, 2007Quebec CityColisée de Québec7,000 / 6,604 / $489,689 September 15, 2007MontrealBell Centre12,000 / 11,662 / $967,692 September 17, 2007New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square Garden12,125 / 11,786 / $1,022,675September 19, 2007TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre11,950 / 11,950 / $605,304 September 21, 2007OttawaScotiabank Place16,500 / 10,870 / $594,490 September 22, 2007TorontoAir Canada Centre11,950 / 10,304 / $592,306 October 3, 2007GlasgowScotlandSECC9000 / 7,820 / $485,330October 5, 2007NewcastleEnglandMetro Radio Arena9000 / 6,989 / $427,560October 6, 2007SheffieldHallam FM Arena11,000 / 10,102 / $455,403October 9, 2007LondonWembley Arena9,890 / 9,890 / $710,000October 10, 20079,890 / 9,130 / $687,330October 12, 2007BirminghamNEC Arena12,643 / 12,643 / $875,300October 14, 2007ManchesterMEN Arena15,552 / 15,552 / $977,290October 16, 2007RotterdamNetherlandsAhoy5,800 / 5,800 / $377,000October 17, 20075,800 / 5,800 / $377,000October 19, 2007OberhausenGermanyKönig Pilsener Arena10,000 / 6,550 / $398,995October 21, 2007MannheimSAP Arena12,500 / 9,170 / $567,540October 23, 2007MilanItalyForum Arena9,000 / 5,020 / $362,020October 26, 2007OsloNorwaySpektrum7,300 / 7,300 / 458,000October 27, 2007StockholmSwedenGloben Arena12,000 / 10,886 / $496,405October 29, 2007HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Arena11,200 / 11,200 / $577,347

+ List of 2008 concertsDateCityCountryVenueCapacity/Attendance/GrossApril 11, 2008 San JuanPuerto RicoColiseo de Puerto Rico9,598 / 6,855 / $740,155April 13, 2008 Fort LauderdaleUnited StatesBankAtlantic Center8,432 / 8,432 / $568,067April 15, 2008 OrlandoAmway Arena8,517 / 7,612 / $513,348April 17, 2008 JacksonvilleJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena12,234 / 6,271 / $341,025April 19, 2008 The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion11,033 / 7,653 / $507,265April 20, 2008 New OrleansNew Orleans Arena12,987 / 10,529 / $663,000April 23, 2008 AustinFrank Erwin Center7,836 / 7,049 / $417,260April 25, 2008 DallasGexa Energy Pavilion11,500 / 8,496 / $546,048April 26, 2008Oklahoma CityFord Center8,497 / 7,953 / $477,831April 29, 2008AlbuquerqueJournal Pavilion11,496 / 7,653 / $345,952May 1, 2008PhoenixCricket Wireless Pavilion12,000 / 8,531 / $420,818May 3, 2008RenoReno Events Center6,114 / 6,114 / $468,486May 4, 2008ConcordSleep Train Pavilion11,500 / 9,451 / $469,767May 6, 2008Los AngelesNokia Theater6,308 / 4,930 / $592,788May 8, 20086,308 / 4,930 / $592,788May 10, 2008ParadiseMandalay Bay Events Center8,449 / 7,762 / $680,901May 11, 2008IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheater12,298 / 9,488 / $615,582May 20, 2008MolineiWireless Center6,526 / 5,789 / $298,153May 22, 2008Saint PaulXcel Energy Center12,440 / 7,901 / $494,340May 24, 2008WinnipegCanadaMTS Centre10,333 / 7,802 / $419,459May 25, 2008ReginaBrandt Centre6,186 / 5,548 / $375,778May 27, 2008EdmontonRexall Place11,250 / 8,779 / $496,569May 29, 2008VancouverGM Place14,000 / 10,150 / $589,540May 31, 2008GeorgeUnited StatesThe Gorge14,482 / 10,450 / $638,211June 1, 2008RidgefieldThe Amphitheater at Clark County10,790 / 8,157 / $449,155June 3, 2008NampaIdaho Center6,160 / 5,568 / $330,479June 5, 2008MorrisonRed Rocks Amphitheatre Postponed to June 25, 2008, due to severe weather Cygnus-x1.net Rush News Archive April through June 2008June 7, 2008Kansas CityStarlight Theater7,733 / 6,339 / $373,564June 9, 2008ChicagoUnited Center10,863 / 10,600 / $802,843June 10, 2008DetroitJoe Louis Arena13,835 / 8,744 / 571,309June 12, 2008MontrealCanadaBell Centre9,468 / 7,575 / $655,450June 14, 2008PhiladelphiaUnited StatesWachovia Center12,017 / 9,801 / $662,621June 15, 2008MansfieldComcast Center10,734 / 8,263 / $617,859June 25, 2008MorrisonRed Rocks AmphitheatreRush News from Power Windows 8,412 / 8,412 / $672,514June 27, 2008MilwaukeeMarcus Amphitheater25,000 / 11,272 / $787,005June 28, 2008Maryland HeightsVerizon Wireless Amphitheater12,000 / 9,744 / $443,455June 30, 2008CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center10,000 / 7,894 / $419,600July 2, 2008BurgettstownPost-Gazette Pavilion12,500 / 8,190 / $329,076July 4, 2008Atlantic CityMark Etess Arena5,256 / 4,327 / $365,252July 5, 2008Saratoga SpringsSPAC13,633 / 9,202 / $490,540July 7, 2008UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena7,514 / 6,619 / $455,230July 9, 2008TorontoCanadaMolson Amphitheatre15,949 / 15,949 / 900,480July 11, 2008ManchesterUnited StatesVerizon Wireless Arena8,679 / 7,989 / $496,740July 12, 2008HolmdelPNC Bank Arts Center12,700 / 9,641 / $638,247July 14, 2008WantaghNikon at Jones Beach Theater10,829 / 9,070 / $733,035July 17, 2008HersheyHersheypark Stadium13,153 / 9,597 / $631,050July 19, 2008BristowNissan Pavilion14,500 / 10,784 / $684,385July 20, 2008CharlotteVerizon Wireless Amphitheater12,517 / 8,997 / $399,279July 22, 2008AlpharettaVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park12,000 / 10,559 / $701,025July 24, 2008NoblesvilleVerizon Wireless Music Center24,000 / 9,987 / $445,652

References

Bibliography Daly and Hansen. Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth: The Official Touring History. Insight Editions, 2019.