Exit... Stage Left Tour
Tour by Rush
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumExit... Stage Left
Start dateOctober 29, 1981
End dateDecember 22, 1981
Legs2
No. of shows34
Rush concert chronology

The Exit... Stage Left Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush, in support of the band's second live album Exit... Stage Left and its accompanying video.

Background

The European leg of the tour was supported by Girlschool.[1] Riot was the opening act for the band on the North American leg, performing in arenas.[2]

Setlist

This is an example setlist adapted from Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth – The Official Touring History of what were performed during the tour, but may not represent the majority of the shows.[3] The setlist was similar to the setlist from the previous tour, but featured the song "Subdivisions" which would later be featured on the band's 1982 studio album Signals. "New World Man" and "Chemistry" were both performed only at the soundchecks before a show.[4][5]

  1. "2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx"
  2. "Freewill"
  3. "Limelight"
  4. "Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude"
  5. "Beneath, Between and Behind"
  6. "Subdivisions"
  7. "The Camera Eye"
  8. "YYZ"
  9. "Broon's Bane"
  10. "The Trees"
  11. "Xanadu"
  12. "The Spirit of Radio"
  13. "Red Barchetta"
  14. "Closer to the Heart"
  15. "Tom Sawyer"
  16. "Vital Signs"
  17. "Working Man"
  18. "Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon"
  19. "By-Tor and the Snow Dog"
  20. "In the End"
  21. "In the Mood"
  22. "2112: Grand Finale"

Encore

  2. "La Villa Strangiato"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act(s)
Date[6][7] City Country Venue Opening Act(s)
Europe
October 29, 1981 Stafford England New Bingley Hall —
October 30, 1981
October 31, 1981 Queensferry Wales Deeside Leisure Centre
November 2, 1981 Brighton England Brighton Centre
November 4, 1981 London Wembley Arena
November 5, 1981
November 6, 1981
November 8, 1981 Ingliston Scotland Royal Highland Centre
November 9, 1981 Stafford England New Bingley Hall
November 11, 1981 Hamburg West Germany Musikhalle Girlschool
November 12, 1981 Neunkirchen am Brand Hemmerleinhalle
November 14, 1981 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Sportpaleis
November 16, 1981 Munich West Germany Circus Krone
November 17, 1981 Rüsselsheim am Main Walter-Köbel-Halle
November 18, 1981 Böblingen Sporthalle
November 19, 1981
November 20, 1981 Karlsruhe Schwarzwaldhalle
November 21, 1981 Essen Grugahalle
North America
November 28, 1981 Pembroke Pines United States Hollywood Sportatorium Riot
November 29, 1981[8] Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 1, 1981 Birmingham Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
December 2, 1981 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
December 4, 1981 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
December 5, 1981 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena
December 6, 1981 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
December 8, 1981 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
December 9, 1981 Atlanta The Omni
December 11, 1981 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
December 12, 1981 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
December 13, 1981 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum
December 15, 1981 Norfolk Scope Arena
December 20, 1981 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
December 21, 1981 East Rutherford Brendan Bryne Meadowlands Arena
December 22, 1981

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date
(1981) 		City Venue Attendance Gross Ref(s)
December 1 Birmingham, United States Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center 7,398 / 9,000 $70,281 [9]
December 2 Nashville, United States Municipal Auditorium 9,900 $83,742
December 4 Charlotte, United States Coliseum 12,562 $111,616
December 6 Greensboro, United States Coliseum 8,192 / 10,000 $76,826
December 11 Greenville, United States Memorial Auditorium 7,000 $60,735 [10]

Personnel

References

Citations

  1. ^ Popoff 2013, p. 74.
  2. ^ Popoff 2021, pp. 101–102.
  3. ^ Daly & Hansen 2019, p. 218.
  4. ^ Popoff 2021, p. 101.
  5. ^ Daly & Hansen 2019, p. 214.
  6. ^ Daly & Hansen 2019, pp. 218–221.
  7. ^ "Exit... Stage Left Tour". Rush.com. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Dead-Brothers Concert Turns Out to Be Turkey". No. 38. Ocala, Florida: Ocala Star-Banner. November 26, 1981. p. 4B. Retrieved June 8, 2022. Rush, a group of Canadian rockers, is scheduled to play at 8 p.m. Sunday in the Jacksonville Coliseum
  9. ^ "Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 19, 1981. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  10. ^ "Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 51. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1981. p. 44. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 11, 2022.

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