Time Machine Tour


The Time Machine Tour was a concert tour by the Canadian rock band Rush that began on June 29, 2010 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and ended July 2, 2011 at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. The tour was notable for featuring the album Moving Pictures played in its entirety for the first time live, as well as material from the band's then upcoming studio album Clockwork Angels. This tour is one of three where the setlist has been consistent throughout the entire tour, the others being the 1987 Hold Your Fire tour and the 2004 R30: 30th Anniversary Tour. This is also the first Rush tour to not include any songs from Roll the Bones in the set list since that album was released in 1991.
As a tribute to the city that first played their music on the radio, the Cleveland performance at Quicken Loans Arena on April 15, 2011 was recorded/filmed and released as a DVD, Blu-ray, and double CD titled Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland. This is the first official full-length live performance filming of Rush in the United States.

Set list

Set 1
  1. "The Spirit of Radio"
  2. "Time Stand Still"
  3. "Presto"
  4. "Stick It Out"
  5. "Workin' Them Angels"
  6. "Leave That Thing Alone"
  7. "Faithless"
  8. "BU2B"
  9. "Freewill"
  10. "Marathon"
  11. "Subdivisions"
Set 2
  1. "Tom Sawyer"
  2. "Red Barchetta"
  3. "YYZ"
  4. "Limelight"
  5. "The Camera Eye"
  6. "Witch Hunt"
  7. "Vital Signs"
  8. "Caravan"
  9. "Moto Perpetuo/Love for Sale"
  10. "O'Malley's Break"
  11. "Closer to the Heart"
  12. "2112"
I: "Overture"
II: "The Temples of Syrinx"
  1. "Far Cry"
Encore:
  1. "La Villa Strangiato"
  2. "Working Man"
Post Show:
Post-show video depicting the characters Peter Klaven and Sydney Fife from the 2009 film I Love You, Man annoying the band members after the gig.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueCapacity/Attendance/Gross
March 30, 2011Fort LauderdaleUnited StatesBankAtlantic Center7,671 / 7,671 / $599,150
April 2, 2011GreensboroUnited StatesGreensboro Coliseum11,304 / 10,183 / $704,352
April 3, 2011NashvilleUnited StatesBridgestone Arena11,122 / 10,093 / $651,738
April 5, 2011LouisvilleUnited StatesKFC Yum! Center8,358 / 8,139 / $545,149
April 8, 2011HersheyUnited StatesGiant Center9,158 / 9,158 / $744,298
April 10, 2011New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square Garden13,207 / 13,207 / $1,276,798
April 12, 2011ChicagoUnited StatesUnited Center12,178 / 11,670 / $1,009,885
April 13, 2011ToledoUnited StatesHuntington Center5,969 / 5,736 / $370,004
April 15, 2011ClevelandUnited StatesQuicken Loans Arena14,970 / 14,970 / $958,727
April 17, 2011Auburn HillsUnited StatesThe Palace of Auburn Hills9,987 / 9,987 / 826,549
April 19, 2011HamiltonCanadaCopps Coliseum13,500 / 13,500 / $1,009,495
April 20, 2011MontrealCanadaBell Centre11,590 / 11,590 / $1,008,250
April 22, 2011BaltimoreUnited States1st Mariner Arena11,006 / 11,006 / $821,493
May 4, 2011HelsinkiFinlandHartwall AreenaN/A
May 6, 2011StockholmSwedenEricsson Globe10,764 / 5,637 / $456,028
May 8, 2011MalmöSwedenMalmö ArenaN/A
May 12, 2011DublinIrelandThe O27,000 / 6,278 / $602,861
May 14, 2011GlasgowScotlandS.E.C.C. ArenaN/A
May 16, 2011SheffieldEnglandMotorpoint ArenaN/A
May 19, 2011ManchesterEnglandManchester Evening News Arena10,285 / 9,115 / $861,850
May 21, 2011NewcastleEnglandMetro Radio Arena6,508 / 5,151 / $505,613
May 22, 2011BirminghamEnglandLG Arena12,628 / 11,287 / $1,092,646
May 25, 2011LondonEnglandThe O2 Arena13,517 / 12,984 / $1,221,530
May 27, 2011RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam AhoyN/A
May 29, 2011FrankfurtGermanyFesthalle FrankfurtN/A
June 8, 2011GreenvilleUnited StatesBi-Lo Center10,422 / 8,027 / $503,228
June 10, 2011New OrleansUnited StatesNew Orleans Arena9,804 / 9,804 / $671,618
June 12, 2011AustinUnited StatesFrank Erwin Center10,525 / 10,525 / $693,912
June 14, 2011El PasoUnited StatesDon Haskins Center6,338 / 6,338 / $428,500
June 16, 2011PhoenixUnited StatesU.S. Airways Center12,472 / 10,777 / $713,851
June 18, 2011San DiegoUnited StatesCricket Wireless Amphitheatre11,183 / 9,912 / $606,918
June 20, 2011Los AngelesUnited StatesGibson Amphitheatre5,801 / 5,697 / $644,724
June 22, 2011Los AngelesUnited StatesGibson Amphitheatre5,801 / 5,697 / $644,724
June 24, 2011ParadiseUnited StatesMGM Grand Garden ArenaN/A
June 26, 2011ConcordUnited StatesSleep Train PavilionN/A
June 28, 2011RidgefieldUnited StatesSleep Country Amphitheatre9,356 / 9,356 / $417,903
June 30, 2011VancouverCanadaRogers ArenaN/A
July 2, 2011GeorgeUnited StatesGorge Amphitheatre12,206 / 11,911 / $748,934

Cancellations/postponements

The show on July 7, 2010 in Chicago at the Charter One Pavilion was postponed due to inclement weather. It was rescheduled for August 23, 2010. Fans attending the August 23, 2010 makeup show received an embroidered Rush baseball cap with "The Rain Date – Chicago 2010" on the back. Prior to kicking off the second leg of the tour, the band announced that they would be postponing the April 1, 2011 Greensboro, North Carolina show a day later and as a result, they would move the April 6, 2011 show in Toledo, Ohio to April 13, 2011.