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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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"R40 Live 40th Anniversary Tour"

May 8th, 2015 through August 1st, 2015

Overall Tour Attendance: 440,000 (approximate)
Total Dates: 35

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The R40 Live: 40th Anniversary Tour conceptually served as a brilliant reverse-chronological journey through Rush's entire musical history, ultimately standing as a deeply emotional farewell to the band's legendary Holy Triumvirate. Opening with "The World Is... The World Is..." video, the first set launched with their heavy modern material from Clockwork Angels before steadily working backwards in time, closing out the first half with the synth-rock staple "Subdivisions." To truly celebrate their vast catalog, the band employed their most complex rotational strategy ever, cycling through seven distinct set list variations over the course of the tour. This unprecedented rotation allowed them to frequently swap out major tracks while resurrecting unbelievable deep cuts, most notably bringing the Signals track "Losing It" to the live stage for the very first time, complete with guest appearances by violinists Ben Mink and Jonathan Dinklage.

Following intermission and the "No Country for Old Hens" fan montage video, the second set picked up in the early 1980s with mainstays like "Tom Sawyer" before plunging deep into their 1970s progressive rock roots. As the stage production actively deconstructed around them to eventually resemble a humble high school gymnasium, the band tore through massive, long-dormant epics like "Jacob's Ladder," a heavily expanded "Cygnus X-1" suite surrounding Neil Peart's final drum solo, and a sprawling four-part rendition of "2112." The nostalgic journey culminated after the "Mel's Rockpile" video intro, featuring a hilarious cameo by comedy legend Eugene Levy, with a raw, hard-rocking encore dedicated entirely to their earliest origins. Firing through a relentless run of "Lakeside Park," "Anthem," "What You're Doing," and their seminal hit "Working Man," the band closed out the night with a final nod to the unreleased early riff "Garden Road." Walking offstage to the fittingly titled "Exit... Stage Left" closing film, R40 brought Neil Peart's legendary touring career to a perfect, poignant close, serving as the definitive final chapter for the original lineup before the surviving members would eventually carry the band's live legacy forward into a new era.

Main Performance
Set One

●The Anarchist
●Clockwork Angels
○The Wreckers
●Headlong Flight (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)
●Far Cry
●The Main Monkey Business
○How It Is
●One Little Victory
●Animate
●Roll The Bones
○Between the Wheels
●Distant Early Warning
○Losing It
●Subdivisions

Main Performance
Set Two

●Tom Sawyer
○Red Barchetta
○The Camera Eye
○YYZ
●The Spirit of Radio
○Natural Science
●Jacob's Ladder
●Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres ("Prelude")
●Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage ("Prologue")
●The Story So Far (Drum Solo)
●Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage ("Part 3")
●Closer To The Heart
●Xanadu
●2112 ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")

Encore
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●Lakeside Park
●Anthem
●What You're Doing
●Working Man
●Garden Road (riff)

● Core — 90%+ of shows ● Heavy Rotation — 50% to 89% of shows ○ Light Rotation — < 50% of shows
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📅 May 8

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Set List A
(Opening Night Variant)

📅 May 10

Lincoln, Nebraska

Set List B

📅 May 12

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Set List C

📅 May 14

St. Louis, Missouri

Set List A

📅 May 16

Del Valle, Texas

Set List B

📅 May 18

Dallas, Texas

Set List C

📅 May 20

Houston, Texas

Set List A

📅 May 22

New Orleans, Louisiana

Set List B

📅 May 24

Tampa, Florida

Set List C

📅 May 26

Alpharetta, Georgia

Set List A

📅 May 28

Greensboro, North Carolina

Set List B

📅 May 30

Bristow, Virginia

Set List C

📅 Jun 8

Columbus, Ohio

Set List A

📅 Jun 10

Buffalo, New York

Set List B

📅 Jun 12

Chicago, Illinois

Set List C

📅 Jun 14

Auburn Hills, Michigan

Set List A

📅 Jun 17

Toronto, Ontario

Set List A

📅 Jun 19

Toronto, Ontario

Set List D
(June 19th)

📅 Jun 21

Montreal, Québec

Set List A

📅 Jun 23

Boston, Massachusetts

Set List B

📅 Jun 25

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Set List C

📅 Jun 27

Newark, New Jersey

Set List E
(June 27th)

📅 Jun 29

New York, New York

Set List F
(June 29th and August 1st)

📅 Jul 9

Kansas City, Missouri

Set List B

📅 Jul 11

Denver, Colorado

Set List C

📅 Jul 13

West Valley City, Utah

Set List A

📅 Jul 15

Calgary, Alberta

Set List B

📅 Jul 17

Vancouver, British Columbia

Set List G
(July 17th)

📅 Jul 19

Seattle, Washington

Set List B

📅 Jul 21

Portland, Oregon

Set List A

📅 Jul 23

San Jose, California

Set List C

📅 Jul 25

Las Vegas, Nevada

Set List A

📅 Jul 27

Phoenix, Arizona

Set List B

📅 Jul 30

Irvine, California

Set List C

📅 Aug 1

Inglewood, California

Set List F
(June 29th and August 1st)

Performance Totals

Set List A
(Opening Night Variant)

Performed
1 time

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Set List B

Performed
10 times

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Set List C

Performed
9 times

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Set List A

Performed
10 times

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Set List D
(June 19th)

Performed
1 time

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Set List E
(June 27th)

Performed
1 time

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Set List F
(June 29th and August 1st)

Performed
2 times

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Set List G
(July 17th)

Performed
1 time

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Song Title	Plays	May 8	May 10	May 12	May 14	May 16	May 18	May 20	May 22	May 24	May 26	May 28	May 30	Jun 8	Jun 10	Jun 12	Jun 14	Jun 17	Jun 19	Jun 21	Jun 23	Jun 25	Jun 27	Jun 29	Jul 9	Jul 11	Jul 13	Jul 15	Jul 17	Jul 19	Jul 21	Jul 23	Jul 25	Jul 27	Jul 30	Aug 1
The AnarchistSET 1	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Clockwork Angels	20/35	●		●	●		●	●		●	●		●	●		●	●	●		●		●				●	●				●	●	●		●
The Wreckers	10/35		●			●			●			●			●						●				●			●		●				●
Headlong Flight (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Far Cry	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
The Main Monkey Business	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
How It Is	12/35		●			●			●			●			●				●		●		●		●			●		●				●
One Little Victory	23/35	●		●	●		●	●		●	●		●	●		●	●	●		●		●		●		●	●		●		●	●	●		●	●
Animate	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Roll The Bones	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Between the Wheels	12/35		●			●			●			●			●				●		●		●		●			●		●				●
Distant Early Warning	23/35	●		●	●		●	●		●	●		●	●		●	●	●		●		●		●		●	●		●		●	●	●		●	●
Losing It	5/35																		●				●	●					●							●
Subdivisions	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Tom SawyerSET 2	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Red Barchetta	13/35	●			●			●			●			●			●	●		●				●			●				●		●			●
The Camera Eye	11/35		●			●			●			●			●						●		●		●			●		●				●
YYZ	11/35			●			●			●			●			●			●			●				●			●			●			●
The Spirit of Radio	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Natural Science	11/35			●			●			●			●			●			●			●				●			●			●			●
Jacob's Ladder	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres ("Prelude")	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage ("Prologue")	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
The Story So Far (Drum Solo)	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage ("Part 3")	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Closer To The Heart	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Xanadu	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
2112 ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Lakeside ParkENCORE	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Anthem	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
What You're Doing	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Working Man	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Garden Road (riff)	35/35	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Set List Variations

R40 Live (40th Anniversary)

Set List A (Opening Night Variant)

May 8

Main Performance - Set One

Clockwork Angels
The Anarchist
Headlong Flight - (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
One Little Victory
Animate
Roll The Bones
Distant Early Warning
Subdivisions

Main Performance - Set Two

Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
The Spirit of Radio
Jacob's Ladder
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres - ("Prelude")
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Prologue")
The Story So Far - (Drum Solo)
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Part 3")
Closer To The Heart
Xanadu
2112 - ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")

Encore

Lakeside Park
Anthem
What You're Doing
Working Man
Garden Road - (riff)

R40 Live (40th Anniversary)

Set List A

May 14, May 20, May 26, Jun 8, Jun 14, Jun 17, Jun 21, Jul 13, Jul 21, Jul 25

Main Performance - Set One

The Anarchist
Clockwork Angels
Headlong Flight - (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
One Little Victory
Animate
Roll The Bones
Distant Early Warning
Subdivisions

Main Performance - Set Two

Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
The Spirit of Radio
Jacob's Ladder
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres - ("Prelude")
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Prologue")
The Story So Far - (Drum Solo)
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Part 3")
Closer To The Heart
Xanadu
2112 - ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")

Encore

Lakeside Park
Anthem
What You're Doing
Working Man
Garden Road - (riff)

R40 Live (40th Anniversary)

Set List B

May 10, May 16, May 22, May 28, Jun 10, Jun 23, Jul 9, Jul 15, Jul 19, Jul 27

Main Performance - Set One

The Anarchist
The Wreckers
Headlong Flight - (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
How It Is
Animate
Roll The Bones
Between the Wheels
Subdivisions

Main Performance - Set Two

Tom Sawyer
The Camera Eye
The Spirit of Radio
Jacob's Ladder
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres - ("Prelude")
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Prologue")
The Story So Far - (Drum Solo)
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Part 3")
Closer To The Heart
Xanadu
2112 - ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")

Encore

Lakeside Park
Anthem
What You're Doing
Working Man
Garden Road - (riff)

R40 Live (40th Anniversary)

Set List C

May 12, May 18, May 24, May 30, Jun 12, Jun 25, Jul 11, Jul 23, Jul 30

Main Performance - Set One

The Anarchist
Clockwork Angels
Headlong Flight - (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
One Little Victory
Animate
Roll The Bones
Distant Early Warning
Subdivisions

Main Performance - Set Two

Tom Sawyer
YYZ
The Spirit of Radio
Natural Science
Jacob's Ladder
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres - ("Prelude")
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Prologue")
The Story So Far - (Drum Solo)
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Part 3")
Closer To The Heart
Xanadu
2112 - ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")

Encore

Lakeside Park
Anthem
What You're Doing
Working Man
Garden Road - (riff)

R40 Live (40th Anniversary)

Set List D (June 19th)

Jun 19

Main Performance - Set One

The Anarchist
Headlong Flight - (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
How It Is
Animate
Roll The Bones
Between the Wheels
Losing It
Subdivisions

Main Performance - Set Two

Tom Sawyer
YYZ
The Spirit of Radio
Natural Science
Jacob's Ladder
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres - ("Prelude")
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Prologue")
The Story So Far - (Drum Solo)
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Part 3")
Closer To The Heart
Xanadu
2112 - ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")

Encore

Lakeside Park
Anthem
What You're Doing
Working Man
Garden Road - (riff)

R40 Live (40th Anniversary)

Set List E (June 27th)

Jun 27

Main Performance - Set One

The Anarchist
Headlong Flight - (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
How It Is
Animate
Roll The Bones
Between the Wheels
Losing It
Subdivisions

Main Performance - Set Two

Tom Sawyer
The Camera Eye
The Spirit of Radio
Jacob's Ladder
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres - ("Prelude")
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Prologue")
The Story So Far - (Drum Solo)
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Part 3")
Closer To The Heart
Xanadu
2112 - ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")

Encore

Lakeside Park
Anthem
What You're Doing
Working Man
Garden Road - (riff)

R40 Live (40th Anniversary)

Set List F (June 29th and August 1st)

Jun 29, Aug 1

Main Performance - Set One

The Anarchist
Headlong Flight - (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
One Little Victory
Animate
Roll The Bones
Distant Early Warning
Losing It
Subdivisions

Main Performance - Set Two

Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
The Spirit of Radio
Jacob's Ladder
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres - ("Prelude")
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Prologue")
The Story So Far - (Drum Solo)
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Part 3")
Closer To The Heart
Xanadu
2112 - ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")

Encore

Lakeside Park
Anthem
What You're Doing
Working Man
Garden Road - (riff)

R40 Live (40th Anniversary)

Set List G (July 17th)

Jul 17

Main Performance - Set One

The Anarchist
Headlong Flight - (with Drumbastica mini drum solo)
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
One Little Victory
Animate
Roll The Bones
Distant Early Warning
Losing It
Subdivisions

Main Performance - Set Two

Tom Sawyer
YYZ
The Spirit of Radio
Natural Science
Jacob's Ladder
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres - ("Prelude")
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Prologue")
The Story So Far - (Drum Solo)
Cygnus X-1: Book I: The Voyage - ("Part 3")
Closer To The Heart
Xanadu
2112 - ("Overture", "The Temples of Syrinx", "Presentation", "The Grand Finale")

Encore

Lakeside Park
Anthem
What You're Doing
Working Man
Garden Road - (riff)

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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Set List Variations

R40 Live (40th Anniversary)

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Set List F (June 29th and August 1st)

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Set List G (July 17th)

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