Rush -- St. Louis, MO -- March 5th, 1990

es156 · #1 09-18-2010, 05:56 PM

Tour: Presto Tour
Headliner: Rush
Support: Mr. Big
Venue: St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO
Date: March 5th, 1990
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Rush Set List:

Intro: A Show Of Hands
01. Force Ten
02. Freewill
03. Distant Early Warning
04. Time Stand Still
05. Subdivisions
06. Marathon
07. Red Barchetta
08. Superconductor
09. Show Don't Tell
10. The Pass
11. Closer To The Heart
12. Manhattan Project
13. Xanadu
14. YYZ
15. The Rhythm Method (Drum solo)
16. Scars
17. War Paint
18. Mission
19. Tom Sawyer

20. The Big Money
21. 2112 (Overture)
22. La Villa Strangiato
23. In The Mood
24. Wipeout!

Rush Lineup:

Bass/Keyboards/Vocals: Geddy Lee
Guitar: Alex Lifeson
Drums: Neil Peart

This was one of my favorite tours as far as 80's material is concerned. This was not a very diverse set when you consider that almost half of the songs were taken from 3 discs (5 from Presto, 3 from Hold Your Fire and 3 from Power Windows). There were a lot of unhappy fans that wanted to hear more 70's material, but I thought the set list was great. Manhattan Project was so good live. I don't think they have played it since this tour. They played Marathon this year so maybe there is hope that they might bring back Manhattan Project next year. The Presto material all sounded really good. The Pass, War Paint and Show Don't Tell were my favorites from that disc. This was only my second Rush show, so it was the first time I got to see Red Barchetta. That was an amazing experience! It was also my first time seeing Freewill and Xanadu. I thought In The Mood was a cool way to close the show, but this would be the last tour that it was played. Great show.

Sanitarium78 · #2 09-18-2010, 06:10 PM

You posting the sets of all the times you've seen Rush has got me thinking about doing the same thing.

It would be cool to see Manhattan Project make it back into the set. Maybe next year it will and yes, this was the last tour they played it on.

JLRedWing13 · #3 09-18-2010, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by es156

01. Force Ten
08. Superconductor
09. Show Don't Tell
10. The Pass
12. Manhattan Project
13. Xanadu
18. Mission
20. The Big Money

All of these need to be brought back.

Sanitarium78 · #4 09-19-2010, 08:47 AM

^^^^^^^^^^^

Except for Show Don't Tell, Superconductor and Manhattan Project all those other songs have been done by Rush since their comeback tour in 2002. I wouldn't count on any of them getting back in since they've already done them and Rush has said they wanna get as many songs documented live as possible.

Show Don't Tell is a possibility but I don't see Superconductor being played again. It's an OK tune but it would be a waste of time now.

JLRedWing13 · #5 09-19-2010, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Sanitarium78

^^^^^^^^^^^

Except for Show Don't Tell, Superconductor and Manhattan Project all those other songs have been done by Rush since their comeback tour in 2002. I wouldn't count on any of them getting back in since they've already done them and Rush has said they wanna get as many songs documented live as possible.

Show Don't Tell is a possibility but I don't see Superconductor being played again. It's an OK tune but it would be a waste of time now.

I'd take anything off of Presto. The Pass is a favorite of theirs so I could at least see that one getting back in soon, maybe not next year, but later.

PlaysWithKnives · #6 09-19-2010, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JLRedWing13

I'd take anything off of Presto. The Pass is a favorite of theirs so I could at least see that one getting back in soon, maybe not next year, but later.

I agree. Presto is an underrated album of theirs. Doing presto this tour, which hasn't been done before is great. Bringing back The Pass, Chain Lightning or Available Light a song they've never done would be a cool song to do.

rjturtle9 · #7 09-19-2010, 10:44 PM

I just want to see natural Science live at least once. This tour was my first so I missed out on many classics played live. I can go on and on on what i want to hear live but at this point in their careers I can only hope...

maidenpriest · #8 09-19-2010, 11:38 PM

You should have a good opportunity to see that song since they seem to love playing it since they reunited (not complaining in the slightest, it is one of my favorite Rush songs.) Only R30 and this tour where they haven't played it. I wouldn't be surprised if it comes back next tour.