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The Snakes & Arrows Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock Rush to promote the studio album ''Snakes & Arrows''. The first leg of the tour began on June 13, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia and concluded on October 29, 2007 at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The 2008 portion of the tour started on April 11, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and ended on July 24, 2008 in Noblesville, Indiana at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.〔Official Rush Website (Rush tour schedule )〕 The tour was Rush's most successful to date, grossing nearly $65 million. At 114 shows, it is Rush's second-longest tour, after the ''Hemispheres'' tour. Rush released the double live album ''Snakes & Arrows Live'' on April 15, 2008, documenting the 2007 leg. It contains the entire 2007 setlist recorded over two days in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The album features the song "Distant Early Warning" in place of "Summertime Blues". During this tour, Rush once again used their connections to add humor to their performances. "The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)" featured an intro from SCTV's own Bob and Doug McKenzie, while "Tom Sawyer" was preceded by an intro from ''South Park'' characters Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny.〔(2112.net )〕 ==Performance changes== This tour differed from previous Rush tours in an increase of new material played (nine songs compared to the more usual four or five) 〔Azcentral () New Rush songs Accessed August 29, 2007〕 and the reintroduction of songs that have not been played for decades (for example "Circumstances", last played when the band was touring for 1978's ''Hemispheres'' and "A Passage to Bangkok", which was last played in its entirety on the ''Moving Pictures'' Warm-Up tour).〔Pqarchiver.com (Unheard tunes ) Accessed August 29, 2007〕 The first leg also marked the first time "Entre Nous" from ''Permanent Waves'' was performed live.〔Power Windows Website (tour archives )〕 Some of the older songs (e.g. "Digital Man" from ''Signals'') were shortened.〔Power Windows Website (Snakes & Arrows tour news )〕 Neil Peart's drum solo underwent changes. The big band ending, which on previous tours featured Peart's performance of "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie, instead incorporated a portion of "Cotton Tail", a song he recorded with the Buddy Rich Band on the tribute ''Burning For Buddy, Vol. 1''. The marimba section from "Pieces of Eight" and the tribal excerpt piece from "Scars" were also dropped.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Snakes & Arrows Tour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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