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Overall Tour Attendance: In excess of 15,042,112
Total Confirmed Dates: 2,566 (with 42 cancelations and 4 rescheduled dates)
Total Number of Songs Performed: 46,640 [estimate]

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Tour Supporting "TEST FOR ECHO"

October 19th, 1996 through December 18th, 1996
May 7th, 1997 through July 4th, 1997

Overall Tour Attendance: 660,000 (approximate)
Total Dates: 68

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The Test for Echo Tour marked a monumental structural shift for Rush, establishing their legendary "An Evening with..." format, eliminating opening acts entirely in favor of two sprawling sets divided by an intermission. Opening once again with the "Also Sprach Zarathustra" video, the first set balanced heavy new tracks like "Driven" and the instrumental "Limbo" with classic mainstays, ultimately culminating in a historic, first-ever complete live performance of the entire "2112" suite. Following the break, the second set launched with the new title track and leaned into complex 90s material alongside returning 70s epics like "Natural Science." Taking full advantage of the expanded runtime, the band continued their increasingly common rotational approach to the set list, easily swapping out tracks and shifting the placement of several songs between nights and tour legs. After Neil Peart's "The Rhythm Method" solo and the reliable anchor of "Tom Sawyer," the marathon shows concluded with an encore of "YYZ" capped by their now-customary "Cygnus X-1" teaser.

Main Performance
Set One

●Dreamline
○Limelight
●The Big Money
●Wipeout!
●Stick It Out
●Driven
●Half The World
●Red Barchetta
●Animate
●Limbo
●The Trees
●Red Sector A
●Virtuality
●Nobody's Hero
●Closer To The Heart
●2112 (complete rendition)

Main Performance
Set Two

●Test For Echo
●Subdivisions
●Freewill
●Resist
●Roll The Bones
●Leave That Thing Alone
●The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)
●Natural Science
●Force Ten
○Time and Motion
●The Spirit of Radio
●Tom Sawyer

Encore
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●YYZ
●Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage (teaser)

● Core — 90%+ of shows ● Heavy Rotation — 50% to 89% of shows ○ Light Rotation — < 50% of shows
Sorting — Mode order, based on the most frequent position played.

TEST FOR ECHO TOUR - PROGRESS & VARIATIONS
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Explore the night-by-night breakdown of the setlist evolution.

📅 Oct 19

Albany, New York

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Oct 20

Buffalo, New York

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Oct 22

Fairborn, Ohio

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Oct 23

Grand Rapids, Michigan

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #2)

📅 Oct 25

Auburn Hills, Michigan

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Oct 26

Rockford, Illinois

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #2)

📅 Oct 28

Chicago, Illinois

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Oct 29

Minneapolis, Minnesota

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #2)

📅 Oct 31

St. Louis, Missouri

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 1

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #2)

📅 Nov 3

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 4

Cleveland, Ohio

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #2)

📅 Nov 6

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 7

Largo, Maryland

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #2)

📅 Nov 9

Boston, Massachusetts

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 10

Hartford, Connecticut

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 20

San Jose, California

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 21

Sacramento, California

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 23

San Diego, California

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 24

Las Vegas, Nevada

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 26

Inglewood, California

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 27

Inglewood, California

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 29

Phoenix, Arizona

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Nov 30

El Paso, Texas

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 2

San Antonio, Texas

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 3

Dallas, Texas

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 5

Houston, Texas

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 6

New Orleans, Louisiana

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 8

West Palm Beach, Florida

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 9

Tampa, Florida

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 11

Atlanta, Georgia

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 12

Charlotte, North Carolina

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 14

Uniondale, New York

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 15

East Rutherford, New Jersey

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

📅 Dec 18

Toronto, Ontario

Molson Blind Date Setlist
(12/18/1996)

📅 May 7

San Diego, California

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 8

Phoenix, Arizona

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 10

Devore, California

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 11

Mountain View, California

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 14

Portland, Oregon

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 16

Vancouver, British Columbia

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 17

George, Washington

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 19

Boise, Idaho

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 20

Salt Lake City, Utah

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 22

Englewood, Colorado

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 24

Dallas, Texas

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 May 25

The Woodlands, Texas

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 4

Cincinnati, Ohio

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 5

Antioch, Tennessee

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 7

Bonner Springs, Kansas

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 8

Maryland Heights, Missouri

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 10

Noblesville, Indiana

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 11

Burgettstown, Pennsylvania

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 13

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 14

Tinley Park, Illinois

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 16

Columbus, Ohio

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 17

Clarkstone, Michigan

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 19

Holmdel, New Jersey

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 20

Bristow, Virginia

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 22

Camden, New Jersey

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 23

Mansfield, Massachusetts

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 25

Wantagh, New York

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 26

Darien Center, New York

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 28

Montreal, Québec

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jun 30

Toronto, Ontario

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jul 2

Toronto, Ontario

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jul 3

Québec City, Québec

2nd Leg Primary Set List

📅 Jul 4

Kanata, Ontario

2nd Leg Primary Set List

Performance Totals

1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #1)

Performed
28 times

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1st Leg Primary Set List
(Variation #2)

Performed
6 times

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Molson Blind Date Setlist
(12/18/1996)

Performed
1 time

Click for dates

2nd Leg Primary Set List

Performed
33 times

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DreamlineSET 1	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Limelight	33/68																																				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
The Big Money	35/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Wipeout!	35/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Stick It Out	67/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Driven	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Half The World	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Red Barchetta	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Animate	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Limbo	67/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
The Trees	67/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Red Sector A	67/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Virtuality	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Nobody's Hero	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Closer To The Heart	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
2112 (complete rendition)	67/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Test For EchoSET 2	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Subdivisions	35/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Freewill	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Resist	62/68	●	●	●		●		●		●		●		●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Roll The Bones	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Leave That Thing Alone	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)	67/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Natural Science	67/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Force Ten	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Time and Motion	6/68				●		●		●		●		●		●
The Spirit of Radio	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Tom Sawyer	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
YYZENCORE	68/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage (teaser)	67/68	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Set List Variations

Test for Echo Tour

1st Leg Primary Set List (Variation #1)

Played at 28 shows

Main Performance - Set One

Dreamline
The Big Money
Wipeout!
Stick It Out
Driven
Half The World
Red Barchetta
Animate
Limbo
The Trees
Red Sector A
Virtuality
Nobody's Hero
Closer To The Heart
2112 - (complete rendition)

Main Performance - Set Two

Test For Echo
Subdivisions
Freewill
Roll The Bones
Resist
Leave That Thing Alone
The Rhythm Method - (Drum Solo)
Natural Science
Force Ten
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer

Encore

YYZ
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - (teaser)

Test for Echo Tour

1st Leg Primary Set List (Variation #2)

Oct 23, Oct 26, Oct 29, Nov 1, Nov 4, Nov 7

Main Performance - Set One

Dreamline
The Big Money
Wipeout!
Stick It Out
Driven
Half The World
Red Barchetta
Animate
Limbo
The Trees
Red Sector A
Virtuality
Nobody's Hero
Closer To The Heart
2112 - (complete rendition)

Main Performance - Set Two

Test For Echo
Subdivisions
Freewill
Roll The Bones
Leave That Thing Alone
The Rhythm Method - (Drum Solo)
Natural Science
Force Ten
Time and Motion
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer

Encore

YYZ
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - (teaser)

Test for Echo Tour

2nd Leg Primary Set List

Played at 33 shows

Main Performance - Set One

Dreamline
Limelight
Stick It Out
Driven
Half The World
Red Barchetta
Animate
Limbo
The Trees
Virtuality
Nobody's Hero
Closer To The Heart
2112 - (complete rendition)

Main Performance - Set Two

Test For Echo
Freewill
Red Sector A
Roll The Bones
Resist
Leave That Thing Alone
The Rhythm Method - (Drum Solo)
Natural Science
Force Ten
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer

Encore

YYZ
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - (teaser)

Test for Echo Tour

Molson Blind Date Setlist (12/18/1996)

Dec 18

Main Performance

Dreamline
The Big Money
Wipeout!
Driven
Half The World
Red Barchetta
Animate
Virtuality
Nobody's Hero
Closer To The Heart
Test For Echo
Subdivisions
Freewill
Roll The Bones
Resist
Leave That Thing Alone
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer

Encore

Force Ten
YYZ

Disclaimer: The tour dates and set list variations presented here have been rigorously researched and validated using a wide variety of sources, including published biographies, historical tour advertisements, online databases, and direct fan input.

While we have done our absolute best to make this archive as complete and accurate as possible, unrecorded set list changes and historical discrepancies do happen. Mistakes and omissions are always possible. If you notice any inaccuracies and have a verified source to help correct the record, please let us know so we can continue to improve the archive.

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Test for Echo Tour - Song Performance Count

Set List Variations

Test for Echo Tour

1st Leg Primary Set List (Variation #1)

Test for Echo Tour

1st Leg Primary Set List (Variation #2)

Test for Echo Tour

2nd Leg Primary Set List

Test for Echo Tour

Molson Blind Date Setlist (12/18/1996)

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Main Performance
Set Two

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