Hold Your Fire Tour

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Hold Your Fire Tour
Tour by Rush
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated album Hold Your Fire
Start dateOctober 29, 1987
End dateMay 5, 1988
Legs2
No. of shows78
Rush concert chronology

The Hold Your Fire Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush, in support of the band's twelfth studio album Hold Your Fire .

Contents

Background

The band continued the trend of their usage of synthesizers, sequencers and onstage automation which continued from their Power Windows Tour, [1] also featuring a laser system with red and green beams as well as a video screen that had animated segments of the three red orbs from the cover of Hold Your Fire. [2] Opening bands on the North American leg included Chalk Circle, [3] the McAuley Schenker Group, and Tommy Shaw. [4] Wishbone Ash was the support act for the band's performances in Europe. [5] The first three European performances at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England were recorded for the band's live album and video, A Show of Hands . [4]

Reception

Reviewing the Lakeland concert on February 15, 1988, Philip Booth of the Lakeland Ledger who had given the concert a 'poor' review, criticized the band's performance, stating that the band "defined itself by self absorption to the max", referring to their music as "hollow" despite the state-of-the-art equipment they had, as well as calling their music "numbingly loud" and "repetitive". He closed his review, stating that the visuals and music couldn't compensate for Rush's musical substance, concluding that they were "overcooked". [2] Jane E. Stephenson, a reader who had attended the performance, later sent a response to Booth to criticize him, defending the band's performance with a rebuttal that there were "ten thousand screaming fans" who were moved from the concert. [6]

Set list

This is an example set list adapted from Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth – The Official Touring History of what was performed during the tour, but may not represent the majority of the shows. [7]

  1. "The Big Money"
  2. "Subdivisions"
  3. "Limelight"
  4. "Marathon"
  5. "Turn the Page"
  6. "Prime Mover"
  7. "Manhattan Project"
  8. "Closer to the Heart"
  9. "Red Sector A"
  10. "Force Ten"
  11. "Time Stand Still"
  12. "Distant Early Warning"
  13. "Lock and Key"
  14. "Mission"
  15. "Territories"
  16. "YYZ"
  17. "The Rhythm Method" (drum solo)
  18. "Red Lenses" (abridged)
  19. "The Spirit of Radio"
  20. "Tom Sawyer"
    Encore
  21. "2112 Parts I & II: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx"
  22. "La Villa Strangiato"
  23. "In the Mood"

Tour dates

List of 1987 concerts [8] [9]
DateCityCountryVenueAttendance / Capacity / Gross
October 29, 1987 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Memorial Stadium 8,607 / 11,000 / $167,837
October 30, 1987
November 1, 1987 Sydney, Nova Scotia Centre 200 ??? / ??? / ???
November 2, 1987 Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax Metro Centre
November 4, 1987 Moncton, New Brunswick Moncton Coliseum
November 6, 1987 Providence, Rhode Island United States Providence Civic Center 15,082 / 20,200 / $248,853
November 7, 1987
November 9, 1987 Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield Civic Center ??? / ??? / ???
November 10, 1987 Utica, New York Utica Memorial Auditorium 3,698 / 6,000 / $61,017
November 12, 1987 Troy, New York RPI Fieldhouse 8,420 / 8,420 / $138,930
November 13, 1987 Binghamton, New York Broome County War Memorial Arena 8,000 / 8,000 / $132,000
November 14, 1987 Buffalo, New York Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 11,000 / 14,605 / $181,500
November 24, 1987 Johnson City, Tennessee Freedom Hall Civic Center -
November 25, 1987 Atlanta, Georgia The Omni 10,353 / 13,700 / $169,208
November 27, 1987 Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum 9,186 / 11,009 / $143,121
November 30, 1987 Landover, Maryland Capital Centre ??? / ??? / ???
December 2, 1987 Worcester, Massachusetts The Centrum 17,173 / 20,286 / $288,672
December 3, 1987
December 5, 1987 New Haven, Connecticut New Haven Coliseum ??? / ??? / ???
December 7, 1987 East Rutherford, New Jersey Meadowlands Arena 14,483 / 17,963 / $272,503
December 9, 1987 Uniondale, New York Nassau Coliseum 11,754 / 16,375 / $198,079
December 11, 1987 New York City, New York Madison Square Garden ??? / ??? / ???
December 13, 1987 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Spectrum 22,029 / 28,412 / $331,413
December 14, 1987
December 16, 1987 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena 6,945 / 13,359 / $116,329
December 17, 1987 Richfield, Ohio Richfield Coliseum ??? / ??? / ???
List of 1988 concerts [9] [10]
DateCityCountryVenueAttendance / Capacity / Gross
January 14, 1988 Hampton, Virginia United States Hampton Coliseum ??? / ??? / ???
January 15, 1988 Raleigh, North Carolina Reynolds Coliseum
January 17, 1988 Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum 5,892 / 12,500 / $97,218
January 18, 1988 Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Coliseum ??? / ??? / ???
January 20, 1988 Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena
January 21, 1988 San Antonio, Texas Convention Center Arena
January 23, 1988 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Myriad Arena
January 24, 1988 Shreveport, Louisiana Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 5,289 / 10,000 / $84,624
January 26, 1988 Little Rock, Arkansas Barton Coliseum ??? / ??? / ???
January 27, 1988 New Orleans, Louisiana UNO Lakefront Arena 7,000 / 8,500 / $119,000
January 29, 1988 Houston, Texas The Summit 12,765 / 17,064 / $206,907
January 30, 1988 Austin, Texas Frank Erwin Center 10,567 / 12,494 / $160,848
February 1, 1988 Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,346 / 12,660 / $203,709
February 3, 1988 San Diego, California San Diego Sports Arena 11,182 / 11,182 / $187,793
February 4, 1988 Inglewood, California The Forum 27,586 / 27,586 / $483,257
February 5, 1988
February 15, 1988 Lakeland, Florida Lakeland Civic Center 10,000 / 10,000 / $172,725
February 16, 1988 Pembroke Pines, Florida Hollywood Sportatorium 12,352 / 12,352 / $201,333
February 18, 1988 Jacksonville, Florida Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,809 / 7,500 / $90,833
February 19, 1988 Pensacola, Florida Pensacola Civic Center 7,020 / 7,500 / $99,405
February 21, 1988 Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum 5,691 / 12,065 / $91,056
February 22, 1988 Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium ??? / ??? / ???
February 23, 1988 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverfront Coliseum
February 25, 1988 Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont Horizon 22,984 / 25,962 / $391,772
February 26, 1988
February 28, 1988 Peoria, Illinois Peoria Civic Center ??? / ??? / ???
March 1, 1988 St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena 10,971 / 11,500 / $175,032
March 2, 1988 Indianapolis, Indiana Market Square Arena 7,456 / 13,500 / $115,568
March 4, 1988 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena 31,808 / 31,808 / $556,640
March 5, 1988
March 7, 1988 Toronto, Ontario Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 20,490 / 32,000 / $458,181
March 8, 1988
March 10, 1988 Montreal, Quebec Montreal Forum 11,379 / 12,500 / $221,891
March 11, 1988 Quebec City, Quebec Colisee de Quebec 9,580 / 11,800 / $186,810
March 12, 1988 Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa Civic Centre ??? / ??? / ???
April 2, 1988 Omaha, Nebraska United States Omaha Civic Auditorium 7,609 / 12,000 / $125,549
April 4, 1988 Bloomington, Minnesota Met Center 8,664 / 10,500 / $151,620
April 5, 1988 Milwaukee, Wisconsin MECCA Arena 9,605 / 9,605 / $164,133
April 7, 1988 Kansas City, Missouri Kemper Arena 9,524 / 11,200 / $152,609
April 9, 1988 Louisville, Kentucky Louisville Gardens 3,965 / 5,000 / $62,668
April 10, 1988 Dayton, Ohio Hara Arena 5,430 / 7,500 / $85,069
April 21, 1988 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre Arena 33,000 / 33,000 / $313,500
April 23, 1988
April 24, 1988
April 26, 1988 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 9,000 / 9,000 / $85,550
April 28, 1988 London England Wembley Arena 26,100 / 26,100 / $261,000
April 29, 1988
April 30, 1988
May 2, 1988 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Sportpaleis 11,540 / 11,540 / $403,900
May 4, 1988 Frankfurt West Germany Festhalle ??? / ??? / ???
May 5, 1988 Stuttgart Schleyer-Halle

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
DateCityVenueAttendanceGrossRef(s)
December 7, 1987East Rutherford, United StatesMeadowlands Arena14,483 / 17,963$272,503 [11]

Personnel

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Daly & Hansen 2019, p. 278.
  2. 1 2 Booth, Philip (17 February 1988). "Rock loses its way with Rush: Laser show offsets general monotomy of Rush concert". No. 118. Lakeland, Florida: Lakeland Ledger. pp. 1C, 6C. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Popoff 2021, pp. 241–242.
  4. 1 2 Daly & Hansen 2019, p. 280.
  5. ↑ Popoff 2021, p. 242.
  6. ↑ Stephenson, Jane E. (February 28, 1988). "Letters to the Editor: Bummed Rush". No. 129. Lakeland, Florida: Lakeland Ledger. p. 10A. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  7. ↑ Daly & Hansen 2019, p. 281.
  8. ↑ Daly & Hansen 2019, pp. 281–284.
  9. 1 2 "Hold Your Fire Tour". Rush.com. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  10. ↑ Daly & Hansen 2019, pp. 284–289.
  11. ↑ "Amusement Business Boxscore: Top Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1987. p. 42. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved January 14, 2025.

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