1978–1979 concert tour by Rush
Hemispheres Tour Tour byRush Location Associated album Hemispheres Start date October 14, 1978 End date June 4, 1979 Legs 2 No. of shows 137 Rush concert chronologyA Farewell to Kings Tour Hemispheres Tour Permanent Waves Tour
TheHemispheres Tour (also referred to asThe Tour of the Hemispheres ) was a concert tour by Canadianrock bandRush in support of their sixth studio album,Hemispheres
The tour began on October 14, 1978 which began with arenas in Canada, extending out into the United States.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Rush Through Time , which was unauthorized at the time.[ 4]
Reviewing the October 25, 1978 performance in Saskatoon, Star-Phoenix's Joe Rubin noted on the band's usage of special effects which he had stated held the audience 'spellbound' with balls of light, swirling spirals and spaceships depicted on the screen suspended behind the band as they performed. Regarding the audience, Rubin stated it was understandable as they were grogged on sound, later benumbed and ecstatic at the conclusion of the performance.[ 5]
The Spokesman-Review's Dave Reagan, reviewing the November 8, 1978 performance in Spokane, wrote that the band had proved its reputation to be loud but talented. He observed that the music was relatively clean and low enough to not compound the echoing effects of the coliseum where the show took place. Also noting on the special effects and the lighting accompanied by the use of the synthesizer, Reagan stated that it had brought the audience to both its feet and knees, with the visuals keeping the longer songs exciting and alive, with no interest lost from the audience.[ 6]
This is an example set list adapted fromRush: 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.[ 7] [ 8]
Main Setlist "Anthem" "A Passage to Bangkok " "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" "Xanadu " "Something for Nothing" "The Trees " "Cygnus X-1 " "Hemispheres " "Closer to the Heart " "Circumstances " "A Farewell to Kings " "La Villa Strangiato " "2112 "(Chapters I–IV, VI–VII) Encore "Working Man " / "Bastille Day " / "In the Mood "(medley, with drum solo) List of 1978 concerts[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] Date City Country Venue October 14, 1978 Kingston Canada Kingston Memorial Center October 15, 1978 Guelph Guelph Memorial Gardens October 17, 1978 North Bay North Bay Memorial Gardens October 18, 1978 Sudbury Sudbury Community Arena October 20, 1978 Thunder Bay Fort William Gardens October 21, 1978 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena October 22, 1978 Brandon Keystone Center October 24, 1978 Regina Regina Agridome October 25, 1978 Saskatoon Saskatoon Arena October 27, 1978 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum October 28, 1978 Calgary Stampede Corral October 29, 1978 Lethbridge Lethbridge Sportsplex October 31, 1978 Kamloops KXA Auditorium November 2, 1978 Victoria Victoria Memorial Arena November 3, 1978 Nanaimo Frank Crane Arena November 4, 1978 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum November 6, 1978 Portland United States Portland Memorial Coliseum November 7, 1978 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum November 8, 1978 Spokane Spokane Coliseum November 10, 1978 Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium November 11, 1978 Reno Centennial Coliseum November 13, 1978 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena November 14, 1978 Long Beach Long Beach Arena November 15, 1978 Fresno Warnors Theater November 16, 1978 Daly City Cow Palace November 18, 1978 San Bernardino Swing Auditorium November 19, 1978 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum November 20, 1978 Tucson Tucson Community Center November 21, 1978 Albuquerque Albuquerque Civic Auditorium November 30, 1978 Indianapolis Market Square Arena December 1, 1978 Dayton Hara Arena December 2, 1978 Detroit Cobo Arena December 3, 1978 Toledo Toledo Sports Arena December 5, 1978 Davenport Palmer Auditorium December 7, 1978 Milwaukee MECCA Arena December 8, 1978 Green Bay Brown County Arena December 9, 1978 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center December 10, 1978 Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium December 11, 1978 Kansas City Kansas City Municipal Auditorium December 13, 1978 St. Louis The Checkerdome December 14, 1978 Chicago International Amphitheater December 15, 1978 December 16, 1978 December 17, 1978 Madison Dane County Coliseum December 19, 1978 London Canada London Gardens December 20, 1978 Kitchener Kitchener Memorial Auditorium December 21, 1978 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Center December 26, 1978 Montreal Montreal Forum December 27, 1978 December 28, 1978 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens December 29, 1978 December 31, 1978
List of 1979 concerts[ 9] [ 10] [ 12] Date City Country Venue January 11, 1979 Boston United States Boston Music Hall January 12, 1979 Springfield Springfield Civic Center January 13, 1979 New York City The Palladium January 14, 1979 January 16, 1979 Albany Palace Theater January 17, 1979 Passaic Capitol Theater January 19, 1979 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena January 20, 1979 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center January 21, 1979 Philadelphia The Spectrum January 23, 1979 Syracuse Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium January 24, 1979 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium January 26, 1979 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum January 27, 1979 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center January 28, 1979 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum January 30, 1979 Louisville Louisville Gardens January 31, 1979 Bloomington IU Auditorium February 1, 1979 Columbus St. John Arena February 2, 1979 Saginaw Saginaw Civic Center February 3, 1979 Richfield Richfield Coliseum February 10, 1979 Oklahoma City Oklahoma State Fairgrounds February 15, 1979 Columbia Township Auditorium February 17, 1979 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Arena February 19, 1979 Asheville Asheville Civic Center February 20, 1979 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum February 22, 1979 Little Rock Barton Coliseum February 23, 1979 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum February 24, 1979 Tulsa Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion February 25, 1979 Austin Austin Municipal Auditorium February 27, 1979 Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum March 1, 1979 Houston Sam Houston Coliseum March 2, 1979 Dallas Dallas Convention Center March 3, 1979 San Antonio HemisFair Arena March 4, 1979 Beaumont Beaumont Civic Center March 6, 1979 New Orleans New Orleans Municipal Auditorium March 8, 1979 Mobile Mobile Expo Hall March 9, 1979 Jacksonville Jacksonville Civic Auditorium March 10, 1979 Hollywood Hollywood Sportatorium March 11, 1979 Tampa Curtis Hixon Convention Hall March 13, 1979 Birmingham Boutwell Auditorium March 15, 1979 Chattanooga Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium March 16, 1979 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium March 17, 1979 Johnson City Freedom Hall March 18, 1979 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Center March 27, 1979 Salt Lake City Salt Palace March 28, 1979 Denver Denver Auditorium March 29, 1979 Lincoln Pershing Center March 30, 1979 Topeka Topeka Municipal Auditorium April 2, 1979 Syracuse Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium April 3, 1979 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center April 4, 1979 Rochester War Memorial Auditorium April 6, 1979 Hempstead Nassau Coliseum April 7, 1979 New Haven New Haven Coliseum April 10, 1979 Salem Roanoke Valley Civic Center April 11, 1979 Hampton Hampton Coliseum April 13, 1979 Atlanta Fox Theater April 14, 1979 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum April 15, 1979 Providence Providence Civic Center April 23, 1979 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall April 24, 1979 April 25, 1979 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Apollo April 26, 1979 April 27, 1979 April 28, 1979 Edinburgh Edinburgh Odeon April 29, 1979 Manchester England Manchester Apollo April 30, 1979 May 1, 1979 Liverpool Empire Theater May 2, 1979 May 4, 1979 London Hammersmith Odeon May 5, 1979 May 6, 1979 May 7, 1979 May 9, 1979 Coventry Coventry Theater May 10, 1979 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon May 11, 1979 May 13, 1979 Southampton Gaumont Theater May 14, 1979 Bristol Colston Hall May 15, 1979 May 17, 1979 [ a] Paris France Le Stadium May 18, 1979 Poperinge Belgium Maeke Blyde Hall May 22, 1979 Oslo Norway Chateau Neuf May 23, 1979 Gothenburg Sweden Gothenburg Concert House May 25, 1979 Stockholm Grona Lund May 27, 1979 Erlangen West Germany Stadthalle May 28, 1979 Offenbach Stadthalle May 29, 1979 Hamburg Hamburg Music Hall May 31, 1979 [ b] Mannheim Rose Garden June 1, 1979 [ b] Zurich Switzerland Volkshaus June 2, 1979 [ b] Munich West Germany Circus Krone June 4, 1979 Geleen Netherlands Damen Sports Park
Box office score data [ edit ] List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references Date City Venue Attendance Gross Ref(s) December 11, 1978 Kansas City, United States Municipal Auditorium 9,250 $72,029 [ 13] January 11, 1979 Boston, United States Music Hall 3,800 $31,750 [ 14] January 13–14, 1979 New York City, United States Palladium 6,300 / 6,300 $52,000 January 17, 1979 Passaic, United States Capitol Theatre 3,456 / 3,456 $28,172 [ 15] January 19, 1979 Pittsburgh, United States Civic Arena 14,032 / 14,032 $110,421 January 20, 1979 Baltimore, United States Civic Center 8,676 $60,578 January 21, 1979 Philadelphia, United States Spectrum 13,064 $94,467 January 27, 1979 Huntsville, United States Civic Center 6,850 $46,891 [ 16] January 28, 1979 Memphis, United States Coliseum 7,263 $50,833 January 30, 1979 Louisville, United States Gardens 7,201 / 7,201 $48,612 [ 17] January 31, 1979 Bloomington, United States IU Auditorium 1,968 $14,498 February 1, 1979 Columbus, United States St. John's Arena 7,355 $57,950 February 2, 1979 Saginaw, United States Civic Center 7,104 / 7,104 $60,384 February 20, 1979 Knoxville, United States Coliseum 3,901 $28,265 [ 18] March 9, 1979 Jacksonville, United States Civic Auditorium 3,125 $20,875 [ 19] March 10, 1979 Hollywood, United States Sportatorium 9,937 $60,757 March 11, 1979 Tampa, United States Hixon Hall 7,600 / 7,600 $45,077 March 15, 1979 Chattanooga, United States Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium 3,130 $21,868 [ 20] March 16, 1979 Nashville, United States Municipal Auditorium 8,468 $43,844 [ 21] March 18, 1979 Wheeling, United States Civic Center 6,233 $46,812 March 29, 1979 Lincoln, United States Pershing Auditorium 4,275 $30,800 [ 22] March 30, 1979 Topeka, United States Municipal Auditorium 4,200 / 4,200 $29,400 April 3, 1979 Poughkeepsie, United States Civic Center 3,372 / 3,372 $28,263 [ 23] April 4, 1979 Rochester, United States War Memorial Auditorium 10,500 / 10,500 $89,253 April 6, 1979 Uniondale, United States Nassau Coliseum 10,400 $85,160 April 7, 1979 New Haven, United States Coliseum 5,800 $47,597 April 11, 1979 Hampton, United States Coliseum 6,165 $45,029 [ 24] April 15, 1979 Providence, United States Civic Center 6,684 $48,370
^ The performance on May 17, 1979 was canceled due to a fire burning down the venue. ^a b c The performances on May 31, June 1 and 2, 1979 were canceled due to Lifeson breaking a finger. ^ Popoff 2020 , p. 333.^ Popoff 2020 , p. 334.^ Popoff 2020 , pp. 334–335.^ Popoff 2020 , p. 336.^ Rubin, Joe (October 26, 1978)."Entertainment: Rush" . Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: The Phoenix. p. 20. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2023 . ^ Reagan, Dave (November 9, 1978)."Rush's reputation remains first-rate" . Spokane, Washington: The Spokesman-Review. p. 14. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2023 . ^ Daly & Hansen 2019 , p. 160.^ Daly & Hansen 2019 , p. 157.^a b Daly & Hansen 2019 , pp. 160–175.^a b "Hemispheres Tour" .Rush.com . RetrievedJanuary 16, 2023 .^ Newspaper concert listings:Palmer, Vaughn (October 2, 1978)."Bands battle again at the Commodore" . Vancouver, British Columbia: The Vancouver Sun. p. C3. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2023 .Rush, Nov. 4, Coliseum Concert Bowl "Sights and Sounds of the Month: Performances" . Spokane, Washington: Spokane Daily Chronicle. October 27, 1978. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2023 .Rush, a rock concert, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in the Coliseum. East, Jon (March 1, 1979)."This Week - Southern Rock, Smooth Jazz" . No. 33. Ocala, Florida: Ocala Star-Banner. p. 11A. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2023 . ^ East, Jon (March 1, 1979)."This Week - Southern Rock, Smooth Jazz" . No. 33. Ocala, Florida: Ocala Star-Banner. p. 11A. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2023 . ^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 1. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 6, 1979. p. 57.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 14, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 27, 1979. p. 54.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 14, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 5. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 3, 1979. p. 64.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 10, 1979. p. 42.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 7. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 17, 1979. p. 54.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 10. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 10, 1979. p. 46.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 12. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 24, 1979. p. 84.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 14. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 7, 1979. p. 44.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 13. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 31, 1979. p. 72.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 15. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 14, 1979. p. 43.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 16. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 21, 1979. p. 36.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Top Box Office" .Billboard . Vol. 91, no. 17. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 28, 1979. p. 46.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .Daly, Skip; Hansen, Eric (2019).Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth – The Official Touring History . Insight Editions.ISBN 978-1-68383-450-2 Popoff, Martin (2020).Anthem: Rush in the '70s . Toronto: ECW Press.ISBN 978-1-77041-520-1
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