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Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson revealed that they rehearsed a massive pool of 38 songs for the Fifty Something tour, originally crafting four distinct set list variations. However, by the third night of the tour, it became clear that the band is treating the set list as a living, breathing thing - swapping tracks between sets, shuffling the order nightly, and keeping fans guessing from venue to venue. We are actively tracking this nightly musical chairs, documenting how the show evolves from the 22-song opening night configuration (Set List A) and the deep-cut swaps introduced on night two (Set List B), to the amazing complete run-through of their seminal classic Moving Pictures on the third set list variation thus far.

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[-] velma@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wow, this site managed to talk about this huge Rush tour without mentioning their new drummer even once

Anika Nilles is doing a bang-up job following in Neil Peart's footsteps. They sound fantastic! Geddy Lee has even been taking vocal lessons to help strengthen his voice and he sounds almost better than before.

Being flexible around the setlists and treating it as a living thing is a really cool approach.

[-] hot_mocha_decaf@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah its amazing she's able to switch it up too.

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