The real ‘Fifty Something’ Rush tour is starting in a month. I’ll have a few friends in attendance at the first run of shows down in LA. I’ll have to wait till August and the fall for shows in Toronto and Seattle. I figured I’d make a few predictions about what songs they’ll play and also share a few songs I hope they play, but likely will not. From what I’ve seen they are planning on playing around 33/34 songs all together. I’ll come back and visit this after the first run of shows.

I’m going to pick 10 songs that aren’t Tom Sawyer or YYZ (or Spirit of Radio, or 2112 or Subdivisions) that I think will be in the rotation. In no particular order…

  1. Natural Science
  2. Witch Hunt
  3. Analog Kid
  4. Red Sector A
  5. The Big Money
  6. The Trees
  7. Red Barchetta
  8. Freewill
  9. Ghost of a Chance
  10. Closer to the Heart

Here are 10 songs I’d absolutely love to hear, but probably won’t be played on this tour. Indeed, the fact that so many great songs will not get played is why I dream that Rush was a jamband.

  1. Superconductor
  2. Tears
  3. Losing It
  4. Chemistry
  5. Alien Shore
  6. Seven Cities of Gold
  7. Out of the Cradle
  8. Earthshine
  9. New World Man
  10. Turn the Page