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@Night Prowler lives!

Yeah, I took a hard pass on the U.S. Rush shows due to price and their not playing close enough to where I live. I considered consoling myself with the Grace Under Pressure box set, which looks pretty awesome in terms of content, but they want $300 for it! Literally double what they should even consider charging. No thanks.
 
Jer said:
@Night Prowler lives!

Yeah, I took a hard pass on the U.S. Rush shows due to price and their not playing close enough to where I live. I considered consoling myself with the Grace Under Pressure box set, which looks pretty awesome in terms of content, but they want $300 for it! Literally double what they should even consider charging. No thanks.
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Grace Under Pressure is one of my fav spirits albums by them. I was really excited about the boxset. Again it is a hard pass from me.

I am not being cranky, but I am sick and tired of bands charging the earth for products like this. I want to support bands by buying physical media, but I can stream all the music for this album from Apple Music. The physical music space is a pricing mess at the moment.

There is still hope from some bands. I picked up a 4 CD anniversary set of Warning by Green Day for £17.
 
I’m going to see the show in Oslo. Don’t really care for what they did after Presto, but me and two relatives went to the show in 2007, so we are basically just going again just because we feel nostalgic from that show
 
Jer said:
Listened to the “Distant Early Warning” Terry Brown remix (stereo, as I don’t have equipment that would support Atmos), and it sounds really good to my ears. More prominent bass, and just a fundamentally better balance between the instruments.

Now I’m more curious about the full album remix, as well as the other remixed albums.

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Ascendingthethrone said:
I gave this one listen on my EarPods this morning and did not get on with the mix at all. I’ll stick to the original.
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I’m going back on myself. I listened to the mix in the car and it sounded excellent.
 
The new mix sounds really good, lots of clarity between instruments, very spacious across the ears. I’m not as big on the ‘creative’ decisions though, I think I prefer the big synth riff not panned all the way on the right (sorry Alex) and I prefer the more homogenous layering of the chorus in center that the original mix had.
 
GhostofCain said:
The view from those £78.10 seats should be good (e.g., sections 415 and 416) in case you are prepared to fork out that amount of money. I have a pre-sale code in case you need one.
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A very kind offer but I think I will pass on this occasion. The main thing I was left thinking when I saw the prices was, 'I wish I'd gone to the Clockwork Angels tour'!
 
Sth2112 said:
I’m going to see the show in Oslo. Don’t really care for what they did after Presto, but me and two relatives went to the show in 2007, so we are basically just going again just because we feel nostalgic from that show
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I am considering it. Rush at their best are excellent, but they can be a bit boring at worst. For me at least. Did I read somewhere that they will do two sets? So a quite long gig most likely. I think 2 hours would be the sweet spot. Maybe 2h 15-20 mins.
GhostofCain said:
Front row tickets cost £529.75 at the O2.
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Haha, that's madness.
 
Poto said:
I am considering it. Rush at their best are excellent, but they can be a bit boring at worst. For me at least. Did I read somewhere that they will do two sets? So a quite long gig most likely. I think 2 hours would be the sweet spot. Maybe 2h 15-20 mins.

Haha, that's madness.
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Last time they did 1,5 hour with a 20 minute intermission, before another 1,5 hour. Pretty sure that is what they have done since the 90’s
 
I wasn't going to, but I did cave yesterday and bought tickets to the first Manchester show. Up in the gods, but I think I'd regret not going. I became as a teen, just after the Clockwork Angels tour, so it's been a long time coming.
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
I dread to think what the ticket prices will be.
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£2,450.00 for the VIP Limelight Front Row VIP experience:

This pacakges (sic) includes:
- One premium reserved ticket in the front row
- Official meet & greet with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson including one professional photo with them*
- Autograph signing with Rush - each guest can bring one (1) item to be signed by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson**
- Exclusive behind the scenes production tour experience, including a rig rundown!
- Access to the official Rush Xanadu VIP pre-show lounge, a space to connect with other Rush fans amongst memorabilia from previous tours, cash bar and complimentary hors d'oeuvres!
- Two (2) drink tokens redeemable for an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage within the lounge
- Two (2) VIP-exclusive merchandise items
- One (1) commemorative VIP laminate & lanyard Crowd-free merchandise shopping before the show***
- On-site perks such as VIP check-in, dedicated host, priority lane into the venue before general doors for ease of entry, and an on-site customer service mobile text-only number***

*One photo per transaction
**All items are subject to review. Please check your venue policy for information on prohibited items.
***Where available
 
What a shame…
I don't think Neil would like this

Anyway I would't pay to see them nowadays. Knowing that there's a lot of background musicians even someone singing instead Geddy Lee, well…
I'm not sure if they want to play again or they just play for a ton of money that some people are ready to pay for it.
 
GhostofCain said:
£2,450.00 for the VIP Limelight Front Row VIP experience:

This pacakges (sic) includes:
- One premium reserved ticket in the front row
- Official meet & greet with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson including one professional photo with them*
- Autograph signing with Rush - each guest can bring one (1) item to be signed by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson**
- Exclusive behind the scenes production tour experience, including a rig rundown!
- Access to the official Rush Xanadu VIP pre-show lounge, a space to connect with other Rush fans amongst memorabilia from previous tours, cash bar and complimentary hors d'oeuvres!
- Two (2) drink tokens redeemable for an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage within the lounge
- Two (2) VIP-exclusive merchandise items
- One (1) commemorative VIP laminate & lanyard Crowd-free merchandise shopping before the show***
- On-site perks such as VIP check-in, dedicated host, priority lane into the venue before general doors for ease of entry, and an on-site customer service mobile text-only number***

*One photo per transaction
**All items are subject to review. Please check your venue policy for information on prohibited items.
***Where available
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There are plenty of bands who I expect this from but in this instance it feels slightly grubby. Neil would've never agreed to paid meet and greets in a million years.

Of course this could've all been avoided if they'd gone out under a monikor like Lee & Lifeson but then the payday wouldn't be as significant...
 
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