Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Rush's Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland concert video US theatrical premiere tonight
UPDATE - 10/27@5:00PM: Here's a review of the Time Machine DVD from longtime RIAB reader Todd Garbarini (RushSignals1982). Todd also wrote one of the early reviews of the Rush documentary Beyond the Lighted Stage last year which you can check out here, along with an interview with the filmmakers Sam Dunn and Scott McFadyen at this link.
UPDATE - 10/27@2:16PM: Reader Rayzer2112 contacted Canadian movie magazine Tribute and was told that there would be NO Canadian theatrical dates for Time Machine at all. No reasoning was given. :(
UPDATE - 10/26@1:14PM: Rolling Stone magazine just posted the entire Tom Sawyer clip from the DVD including the Real History of Rush intro to their website at this link (thanks Power Windows):
Rush played their 1980 album Moving Pictures every night on their 2010-2011 Time Machine tour, so it was a little tough to pick one show to film for a DVD release. "We realized that we've recorded almost all of our DVDs abroad," Rush frontman Geddy Lee tells Rolling Stone. "And we had never done one in America, and we noticed we were doing Cleveland on the last leg of the tour. We though it was an appropriate choice seeing as Cleveland's such an important town in our history. It was the first city that was ever warm to us. We thought it would be kind of apropos to come full circle and do that particular show there."
Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland is in stores now. Lee admits that he feels a little extra pressure at shows when the cameras are rolling. "You always get a little bit of a tight ass when you're doing a recording," he says. "Even though we've done I don't know how many of these things by now, you want it to be perfect. And of course it rarely is perfect, but you just hope for a good show and we certainly felt we did a good show that night. The crowd really inspired us to want to work as hard as we could. But you can say you're a veteran, but when the red light comes on, you do tighten up a little bit." ...
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Tonight is the theatrical premiere of Rush's Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland concert video in the US and Chile (3 theaters in Santiago). The UK premiere will occur next Tuesday, November 1st, and there's still no word on any Canadian dates. For a complete list of theaters and showtimes go to www.rushtimemachinepremiere.com. Chromey, the chrome Slingerland kit once owned by Neil Peart, will be on display for the premiere tonight from 5-11PM at the Marcus Majestic Theatre, Brookfield in Brookfield, WI, as well as next Wednesday's November 5th showing at the Goodrich Randall 15 in Batavia, IL. For all the details check out this post at Andrew Olson's site. Donna Halper will be in attendance and will say a few words at tonight's showing of the film at the Regent Theater in Arlington, MA. If you know of any other pre-show gatherings/parties please share the details in the comments. Reviews of the video are starting to come out; here's one from the Buffalo News. The edited, 2-hour VH1 Classic TV version of the film will be shown on Palladia starting on Saturday, November 5th. You can watch the official trailer at this link.
The Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland DVD/Blu-ray will release on November 8th along with the CD companion and a vinyl-only package containing just the live tracks from the Moving Pictures album titled Moving Pictures: Live 2011. Although there still hasn't been any official announcement, it looks like the blu-ray version of the video will be getting an exclusive November 8th release at Best Buy in the US, with it not becoming available at other US retailers until 6 weeks later on December 20th. It's still not completely clear whether the exclusive offer applies to the Rush Backstage Club, but as of right now they are still claiming that they will release the Blu-ray on November 8th. The Best Buy offer will also include an XL RASH t-shirt with any purchase of the blu-ray. A few weeks back Roadrunner Records released 7 live cuts from the Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland CD to radio. The 7 tracks were The Spirit of Radio, Workin' Them Angels, Faithless, Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Caravan and Working Man.
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Plano, Tx. Had a great time at the show! Not a huge turn out but the concert was great as usual!
Sacramento, CA ROCKS! Had a great time at the showing. As people entered the theater we got a commemorative button to mark the night. Beer and wine was served in the theater lobby and karaoke with Rush songs was going and the show played in the big theater. During the intermission there was a raffle giving away some movie posters and a shirt. Thank you Crest Theater for hosting this event. Now for the show review. Great to see the show on big screen and to see the different perspectives of the show. My friend and I attended the Cleveland show (second row in front of Lifeson) and we made about a dozen appearances in various crowd shots. I would guess at least a hundred plus people came to the Sac showing. People responded to the videos with laughter and applauded at the end of songs. The only complaint was the sound (sounded like it was DVD (two channels) instead of HD surround sound. Bass was muddy, highs were high (loud guitar) and mid range was very low (hard to hear vocals and drums). Bass pedals and sound effect pedals were also very loud. Overall though, very fun night. Can't wait to get Blu-ray on the 8th.
#66 - It's playing again in Philly on Nov 3 if you want to travel across the state!
@ #61, Betamax,
Thank you for coming out! We appreciate your support. Glad you enjoyed your experience. Hope to see you at future shows. We expect the Batavia, IL (Nov. 3rd) show to be bigger!
For those of you who have not seen "Chromey" (or want to play it!!!), come on out or visit: www.facebook.com/chromey.
Rush on,
The "Chromey" Crew
i was so pleased with this! the screen was huge and the sound was loud! the energy of the show was just amazing. I wish i coulda been there!
I made the cut! I am in the second row. I have on the pink Bubba bowling shirt. And an bright orange Cleveland Browns hat! My sister,the one who got me into Rush, is on my right-hand side!! I just found out I dance like a weeble wobble!! haha
I agree that it's lousy there are no showings in Canada. However, they have probably did some number-crunching and decided it wasn't warranted. If the number of Rush fans in my area is any indication... (pretty poor showing for BTLS, I think), they made the right decision. I'm surrounded by country music fans here. But come on, not even a showing in Toronto?! I'm sure they could have filled a theatre there! Having said all that, I can hardly wait for the Blu-Ray release. Hope that Nov. 8 is correct!
Rush on!
At the Pasadena California showing the theater guy came up front for the usual "no takling no cell phones" thing, then mentioned he was a huge Rush fan and didn't know this movie was about Rush! Everyone laughed at him.
ninjadave,
You sure? I was at it last night and the manager said they were showing it again(one night only...again) on Thursday November 3rd. It's at the Southside Works Cinema.
for those in Pittsburgh, they are NOT reshowing the movie next week i just called them and they are not showing on the website. major depressing.....i was traveling back from vegas last night and missed it. gonna have to drive somewhere now....ack.
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