R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour


R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour is a live DVD by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on November 22, 2005 in Canada and the US, and November 28, 2005 in Europe. The DVD documents the band's R30: 30th Anniversary Tour, and was recorded on September 24, 2004 at the Festhalle Frankfurt, Germany.
The DVD was released in both a standard and a deluxe set. The standard set includes a DVD of the concert, a second DVD of various interviews/extra live footage/easter eggs, and a booklet of album and band photos. The deluxe edition set includes all the items in the standard edition, as well as two CDs of the DVD content, two limited-edition Rush guitar picks, a souvenir backstage pass, and special slipcase packaging. The CD’s are only available in the deluxe edition set. The guitar picks have Alex Lifeson's and Geddy Lee's signatures printed on them, and come in three colors: red, yellow, and black. The colors of the picks are random in packages.
To reduce overlap with the band's 2003 release Rush in Rio, eight songs were cut from both DVD versions: "Bravado", "YYZ", "The Trees", "One Little Victory", "Secret Touch", "Red Sector A", "La Villa Strangiato", and By-Tor and the Snow Dog". The audio CDs in the deluxe version present the shortened set-list as well. Five of the deleted songs were later released:
The R30 track "Der Trommler" is a drum solo by Neil Peart. The track "R30 Overture" is an instrumental medley of six early Rush songs, one from each of the first six studio albums, with flashes of the band's history appearing in the background at the concerts. The R30 releases also feature four songs from the band's 2004 "cover" EP Feedback. The tour ultimately featured at least one song from every one of their albums up until that point, except Caress of Steel and Presto.
A Blu-ray version of R30, containing the complete concert, was released on December 8, 2009 in the US, and in late 2013 in Europe.

Track listing

DVD disc 1

  1. "R30 Overture" -
  2. "The Spirit of Radio"
  3. "Force Ten"
  4. "Animate"
  5. "Subdivisions"
  6. "Earthshine"
  7. "Red Barchetta"
  8. "Roll the Bones"
  9. "The Seeker"
  10. "Tom Sawyer"
  11. "Dreamline"
  12. "Between the Wheels"
  13. "Mystic Rhythms"
  14. "Der Trommler"
  15. "Resist"
  16. "Heart Full of Soul"
  17. 2112 suite|"2112"]
  18. "Xanadu"
  19. "Working Man"
  20. "Summertime Blues"
  21. "Crossroads"
  22. "Limelight"
Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes

DVD disc 2

  1. 1979: Interview with Geddy Lee at Ivor Wynne Stadium – Tour of the Hemispheres
  2. 1979: Interview at Le Studio recording studio in Quebec featuring all three members together, on the making of the Permanent Waves album
  3. 1990: Juno Awards Artist of the Decade interviews featuring all three members separately
  4. 1994: CBC Television: Juno Awards news report - Induction of Rush into the Canadian [Music Hall of Fame], presented by Tom Cochrane
  5. 2002: Interview with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson for the release of the album Vapor Trails
  6. "Fly by Night" - Church Session Video
  7. "Finding My Way" - from the band's appearance on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
  8. "In the Mood" - Same performance as above
  9. "Circumstances"
  10. "La Villa Strangiato"
  11. "A Farewell to Kings" - Seneca College Theatre
  12. "Xanadu" - Seneca College Theatre
  13. "The Spirit of Radio" - sound check at Ivor Wynne Stadium
  14. "Freewill" - Toronto Rocks festival performance
  15. "Closer to the Heart" - Canadian Tsunami Disaster Fund charity telethon performance on CBC Television, with Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies and Mike Smith in character as Bubbles of the Trailer Park Boys
  16. 1988: Rush hits St. John's - Interviews with Geddy Lee and fans prior to a Rush concert in St. John's
  17. 1990: Alex's Interview for Artist of the Decade - Outtakes from Alex Lifeson's Artist of the Decade interview
Running Time: 2 hours 8 minutes

CD disc 1

  1. "R30 Overture" – – 6:42
  2. "The Spirit of Radio" – 5:05
  3. "Force Ten" – 4:49
  4. "Animate" – 5:49
  5. "Subdivisions" – 6:09
  6. "Earthshine" – 5:41
  7. "Red Barchetta" – 6:49
  8. "Roll the Bones" – 6:22
  9. "The Seeker" – 3:27
  10. "Tom Sawyer" – 5:00
  11. "Dreamline" – 5:20
Running Time: 61:19

CD disc 2

  1. "Between the Wheels" – 6:17
  2. "Mystic Rhythms" – 5:22
  3. "Der Trommler" – 9:01
  4. "Resist" – 4:33
  5. "Heart Full of Soul" – 2:44
  6. "2112" – 8:24
  7. "Xanadu" – 6:44
  8. "Working Man" – 6:14
  9. "Summertime Blues" – 3:41
  10. "Crossroads" – 3:13
  11. "Limelight" – 4:57
Running Time: 61:13

Blu-Ray disc

  1. "R30 Overture" –
  2. "The Spirit of Radio"
  3. "Force Ten"
  4. "Animate"
  5. "Subdivisions"
  6. "Earthshine"
  7. "Red Barchetta"
  8. "Roll the Bones"
  9. "Bravado"
  10. "YYZ"
  11. "The Trees"
  12. "The Seeker"
  13. "One Little Victory"
  14. "Tom Sawyer"
  15. "Dreamline"
  16. "Secret Touch"
  17. "Between the Wheels"
  18. "Mystic Rhythms"
  19. "Red Sector A"
  20. "Der Trommler"
  21. "Resist"
  22. "Heart Full of Soul"
  23. "2112"
  24. "La Villa Strangiato"
  25. "By-Tor and the Snow Dog"
  26. "Xanadu"
  27. "Working Man"
  28. "Summertime Blues"
  29. "Crossroads"
  30. "Limelight"
Full concert running time: 182 minutes
plus the extra features of the second DVD

Personnel

  • Geddy Lee – bass and acoustic guitars, keyboards, vocals
  • Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic guitars, bass pedal synth
  • Neil Peart – drums, percussion

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