Date/Time: Friday, August 21st @ 7:30PM
Show Number: 23
Venue: Xfinity Mobile Arena
Place: Philadelphia, PA
Setlist: View
Photos: TBD
Reviews: TBD
After reaching the quarter-pole of their Fifty Something tour last week in Toronto, and taking a much-deserved 8-day break, Rush is back at it and will play the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philly tonight, kicking off a 4-month run which will see them perform a pair of shows in 18 cities across North America before taking a break for the Holidays and picking things up in South America and Europe next year. Now that the band has all of their 4-show mini-residencies under their belt, it's not clear how the setlists will break down given that they'll only be doing 2 shows per city. The only info we have to go on at this point are the 2 Echo/E and Foxtrot/F setlists that were played in Mexico City. These 2 setlists included one show with 2112 in full and the other with Moving Pictures in full, and a good selection of songs spread out between the 2 nights. Every show thus far has started with Xanadu and ended with Working Man, so we don't expect that to change either, and we'll expect the Neil Peart Bravado and Time Stand Still tributes in each respective set. It's probably a good guess that the 2-night rotation will look something like those Echo/Foxtrot sets. Although they might pull out some totally new setlists, or they might just continue with the 4-setlist rotation and just spread it over 2 cities. We'll start to answer all those questions tonight in Philly. Rush's exclusive line of Philly merch is featured in this IG post, with early merch sales beginning at 4PM on the Broad Street side near the Team Store. Doors open at 6:30 and the show starts at 7:30 (ish). We'll be keeping a close eye on the setlist tonight, so follow along for updates. For everyone going tonight, have a blast!
