New Rush 30th Anniversary DVD Details Announced
Posted: October 11, 2005 10:48 am
Sanctuary Visual Entertainment in association with Anthem Film & Television are pleased to announce the follow-up to 2003's internationally successful and top selling Rush DVD Rush in Rio, with Rush - R30 - the definitive live in-concert rock'n'roll DVD extravaganza.
UK and European release date is set for Monday November 28, 2005 (A week earlier on Tuesday November 22, Rounder Records will release the DVD in America, and Anthem will release the DVD in Canada).
The DVD celebrates Rush's $21-million grossing, sell-out 30th Anniversary World Tour. The concert was filmed with 14 hi-definition cameras in 16x9 widescreen format at the Festhalle, Frankfurt Germany on September 24, 2004.
The DVD will be released in two different packs. The 2 DVD Package will include the Frankfurt concert on disc one (mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound); while the second DVD disc will include rare and classic performance footage from the late seventies to the Tsunami relief benefit concert in 2005 along with interview footage culled from the last three decades. The total running time of the 2 DVD package is 3 hours and 40 minutes.
The Deluxe Edition will include two CDs in addition to the aforementioned two DVD discs. The two bonus CDs feature the soundtrack from the Frankfurt concert DVD (CDs will not be sold separately). The Deluxe Edition will also include two limited edition Rush guitar picks and a souvenir backstage pass. The combined running time of the 2 DVDs and 2 CDs is over 5 hours and 40 minutes.
The set list spans Rush's incredibly diverse 30-year career, and includes Hemispheres, The Spirit of Radio, Anthem, Tom Sawyer, Subdivisions, Earthshine, 2112, Limelight, plus tracks from 2004's covers EP Feedback including Summertime Blues and Crossroads.
The band also performs the classic Working Man which originally appeared as the closing track on their self-titled 1974 debut album. All eighteen studio albums are well represented through a non-stop energetic set of 22 electrifying songs.
Celebrated, critically acclaimed and respected worldwide, Rush comprising Geddy Lee (bass and vocals), Alex Lifeson (guitar and vocals) and Neil Peart (drums and percussion), are the most successful Canadian rock band of all time. Rush has sold more than 40 million album sales worldwide and are one of the biggest grossing arena rock bands ever. The 30th Anniversary Tour gave North American and European fans an unforgettable chance to experience the band in some of the most exciting arenas around the world.
Not only was the 30th Anniversary Tour the band's first live dates since their successful Vapor Trails tour in 2002, it followed on from 2002's Rush in Rio Brazilian concerts where they performed to over 60,000 ecstatic fans. In November of the 2003, the band released their triple live CD album Rush in Rio, followed by the Rush in Rio double live DVD concert video, the latter which sold over a quarter of a million copies in North America, making it the second biggest selling music DVD that year (the DVD went Gold in the UK, Diamond in Canada and is currently 5 times platinum in the US). In 2004, RUSH were nominated for 'Best Rock Instrumental Performance' Grammy Award for the track O Baterista from the Rush in Rio album.
The wait is over. Celebrate the band's 30th Anniversary in the privacy of your own home in stunning 5.1 Surround Sound. Turn it up, Rush are back and more powerful than ever before.
DVD Disc 1 - The Concert: Disc one features the sold out concert that Rush performed in Frankfurt, Germany on September, 24 2004, during their 30th Anniversary World Tour.
Track listing is as follows:
R30 Overture (Finding My Way, Bastille Day, Anthem, A Passage To Bangkok, Cygnus, Hemispheres) . The Spirit of Radio . Force Ten . Animate . Subdivisions . Earthshine . Red Barchetta . Roll The Bones . The Seeker . Tom Sawyer . Dreamline . Between the Wheels . Mystic Rhythms . Der Trommler . Resist . Heart Full of Soul . 2112 . Xanadu . Working Man . Summertime Blues . Crossroads . Limelight.
Running Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes
DVD Disc 2 - Special Features: This disc includes bonus features including the following RUSH rarities:
Archive Performance Footage: Fly By Night - Church Session Video (1975) . Circumstances - Live in Studio (1978) . La Villa Strangiato - Live in Studio (1978) . Farewell to Kings - Live in Studio (1978) . Xanadu - Live in Studio (1978) . Soundcheck: Various Songs - Ivor Wynne Stadium (1977) . Freewill - Toronto Rocks / Rolling Stones Concert (2003) . Closer to the Heart - Canadian Tsunami Disaster Fund charity telethon performance on CBC television (2005).
Interview Footage: Interview Footage - Interview with at Ivor Wynne Stadium (1977) - A Farewell to Kings Tour . Interview Footage (1981) - Studio interview at Le Studio, Montreal while recording the album Signals (released 1982) . Interview Footage (1991) Artist of the Decade (1980s) featuring all 3 members . Interview for release of the album Vapor Trails (2004) . CBC Television: Juno Award news report - Rush induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (1994).
Running Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes.
R30 - Rush 30th Anniversary Tour: 2 CD Soundtrack:
CD1: R30 Overture - (Finding My Way, Bastille Day, Anthem, A Passage to Bangkok, Cygnus, Hemispheres) . The Spirit of Radio . Force Ten . Animate . Subdivisions . Earthshine . Red Barchetta . Roll The Bones . The Seeker Tom Sawyer . Dreamline.
CD2: Between the Wheels . Mystic Rhythms . Der Trommler . Resist . Heart Full of Soul . 2112 . Xanadu . Working Man . Summertime Blues . Crossroads . Limelight.
WebLinks: www.rush.com / www.geddylee.net / www.neilpeart.net / www.sanctuaryrecords.co.uk.
