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Rush 2011 Time Machine Tour: opening night in Florida open thread

Wed, Mar 30, 2011@12:53PM | comments removed/disabled

UPDATE - 4/7@4:16PM: From The Miami Herald (thanks RushFanForever):

Following their Wednesday night show at BankAtlantic Center, members of Rush had dinner Thursday night at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink. Vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart were seen sitting outdoors enjoying the food and scenery.

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Date/Time: Wednesday, March 30th @ 7:30PM
Show Number: 1
Venue: Bank Atlantic Center
Place: Sunrise, FL (outside Ft. Lauderdale)

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reviews: [reviews]

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UPDATE - 4/1@8:20AM: Official photos are now posted at the Rush on the Road Photo Store website, which no longer seems to be linked from the new Rush.com for some reason (thanks Agent Rush.v2).

UPDATE - 3/31@7:38PM: Here's a review from the Palm Beach Post and another from the Broward Palm-Beach New Times (thanks Power Windows).

UPDATE - 3/31@8:55PM: Correction: I guess those Slobovich t-shirts are not new - they were around on the 2010 leg too. New to me though! Shows you how much I know ... :)

UPDATE - 3/31@7:31PM: Reader reillygolfpro shot over 200 great photos from front row center which you can check out here and here.

UPDATE - 3/31@12:39PM: Lance Armstrong was at the show last night according to this Twitter post (thanks Thomas P):

4 days in St Barths for The Bucket, 2 in the Abacos, finishing in Florida for the kick off of the @rushtheband tour. #ultimateboystrip
11 hours ago

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UPDATE - 3/31@10:55AM: Here's another Facebook gallery (thanks fattony77).

UPDATE - 3/31@10:02AM: For those of you on Facebook, here's a big gallery of photos courtesy rosmakloma.

UPDATE - 3/31@9:51AM: Here's a photo gallery of last night's show from a local news station (thanks Power Windows).

UPDATE - 3/31@7:53AM: One new thing from last night were the t-shirts that get thrown out to the audience towards the end of the show. Alex did the honors this time and the shirt has his character from the concert videos - Slobovich - on them with the slogan, Slobovich says... (front) the last time someone grabbed my sausage ... (back). You can check out some photos sent in by reader angiodan by clicking on the thumbnails.

UPDATE - 3/30@11:12PM: The show's over and no setlist changes or new videos. As expected, it was the exact same show as on the 2010 tour.

UPDATE - 3/30@9:57PM: Rush.com has launched a newly refreshed website to celebrate the kickoff of the 2011 Time Machine Tour. Still no setlist changes or show surprises. It sounds like Alex wasn't lying.

UPDATE - 3/30@9:39PM: RIAB is having issues due to heavy traffic - it's up and down. But I've been told that there were NO setlist changes/surprises through intermission (thanks Mary Jo).

Rush will be kicking off the 2011 leg of the Time Machine Tour tonight at 7:30PM in Sunrise, FL at the Bank Atlantic Center. The band has stated in interviews that the show and setlist won't be changing from the 2010 tour, but if there are any surprises I'll post them here. And if you are going tonight and notice any changes, please let us know. For everyone going to the show, have fun, be safe and make sure to share your reports, reviews, and photos with us. Rush on!!!

As I'd reported yesterday, the Rush Backstage Club is running a weekly meet and greet contest where you could win 2 meet and greet passes with Rush! For all the details and to enter go to this link.

If you hadn't already heard, both the Greensboro and Toledo shows have been rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances. The April 1st Rush concert in Greensboro for this Friday has been pushed back one day to Saturday, April 2nd; and the April 6th show in Toledo has been rescheduled to Wednesday, April 13th.

For those of you who'd like to follow the tour on your mobile device, laptop or PC - Eric at Power Windows has created a special Google iCalendar for the 2011 leg of the tour. Click here for more information.

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