It was the band's first tour with no opening act, and was billed as "An Evening With Rush".[1] The tour kicked off on October 19, 1996, at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York and culminated on July 4, 1997, at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.[2] This was the only concert tour in which Rush played the song "2112" in its entirety.[3] During the tour, the band had included live camera footage, video, lasers and strobes as part of their sets.[4] This marked the last tour until 2002 because of tragedies in Neil Peart's life.[5] Recordings from the tour were released on the 1998 live album Different Stages.[6]
ReceptionEdit
On the opening night of the tour in Albany's Knickerbocker Arena, Michael Lisi from The Sunday Gazette wrote that the band had shown that practice makes perfect, when the band performed with a visual and aural attack which kept the audience on its feet and screaming the whole show, with other fans waving their hands during the performance of "2112" in its entirety, noting on the words of a fan after the band left the stage that it was "unbelievable". Lisi continued on the mix of old and new songs which he stated was superb, noting the new songs as "right on the mark". He stated that the band were able to breathe life into "Closer to the Heart" which was noted as a "powerful read". Commenting on the band, Lisi stated that they looked like they were having a blast, were right on the money when commenting positively on Lee's vocals being in perfect form, and that they sounded better than ever.[7]
Reviewing the Civic Arena performance in Pittsburgh on November 3, 1996, Kathy Sabol from the Observer-Reporter, stated that she had enjoyed the concert, noting on the melodic songs along the video backdrop in which she appreciated drummer Neil Peart's statements on greed, ambition, death and despair. Regarding the change in the band's sound, she said that it was no accident that it came from Rush's efforts in the last five years when the band evolved to a richer, clarified sound of its own. Other than taking note on how "2112" performed in its entirety is a big deal, she stated that the sampling, and multi-layering of the guitar and drum work is a credit to the band's history with how they manage.[3]
The Deseret News's Scott Iwasald, reviewing the May 20, 1997 show at Salt Lake City's Delta Center, mentioned that the band did not need elaborate stage props, stage sets or costumes unlike modern bands those days, in which the music spoke for itself. He wrote that the band were as hot as ever, playing well, tight and looked like they were having fun on stage - working together to put on a terrific live show. He noted when the video backdrop was not working during the first half of the evening, but said the band did not need it, as he stated before that the music spoke for itself. Regarding the audience, he wrote that the instrumental "Limbo" and the power chorus of "Force Ten" brought them to their feet, later concluding that the band held them in their palm, and when the show ended, none of the audience were disappointed.[8]
Set listEdit
This is an example setlist adapted from Rush: 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.[9]
^Lisi, Michael (October 20, 1996). "Rush delivers splendid Knick show with old, new songs - plus visuals". The Sunday Gazette. p. B8. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^Iwasald, Scott (May 21, 1997). "Band holds audience in its palm and gives it a Rush". No. 341. Salt Lake City: The Deseret News. p. C7. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^"Test for Echo Tour". Rush.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^"Amusement Business Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 16, 1996. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^"Amusement Business Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 47. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 23, 1996. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^"Amusement Business Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 49. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 7, 1996. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^"Amusement Business Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 14, 1996. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^"Amusement Business Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 21. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 24 May 1997. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^"Amusement Business Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 24. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 14, 1997. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
^"Amusement Business Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 27. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 5, 1997. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
Daly, Skip; Hansen, Eric (2019). Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth – The Official Touring History. Insight Editions. ISBN978-1-68383-450-2.
Popoff, Martin (2021). Driven: Rush in the '90s and "In the End". Toronto, Canada: ECW Press. ISBN978-1-77041-537-9.
August 25, 2023
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The Test for Echo Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush in support of their sixteenth studio album Test for Echo Test for Echo TourTour by RushLocationNorth AmericaAssociated albumTest for EchoStart dateOctober 19 1996End dateJuly 4 1997Legs2No of shows68Rush concert chronologyCounterparts Tour 1994 Test for Echo Tour 1996 1997 Vapor Trails Tour 2002 Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Set list 4 Tour dates 4 1 Box office score data 5 Personnel 6 References 6 1 Citations 6 2 SourcesBackground EditIt was the band s first tour with no opening act and was billed as An Evening With Rush 1 The tour kicked off on October 19 1996 at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany New York and culminated on July 4 1997 at the Corel Centre in Ottawa Ontario 2 This was the only concert tour in which Rush played the song 2112 in its entirety 3 During the tour the band had included live camera footage video lasers and strobes as part of their sets 4 This marked the last tour until 2002 because of tragedies in Neil Peart s life 5 Recordings from the tour were released on the 1998 live album Different Stages 6 Reception EditOn the opening night of the tour in Albany s Knickerbocker Arena Michael Lisi from The Sunday Gazette wrote that the band had shown that practice makes perfect when the band performed with a visual and aural attack which kept the audience on its feet and screaming the whole show with other fans waving their hands during the performance of 2112 in its entirety noting on the words of a fan after the band left the stage that it was unbelievable Lisi continued on the mix of old and new songs which he stated was superb noting the new songs as right on the mark He stated that the band were able to breathe life into Closer to the Heart which was noted as a powerful read Commenting on the band Lisi stated that they looked like they were having a blast were right on the money when commenting positively on Lee s vocals being in perfect form and that they sounded better than ever 7 Reviewing the Civic Arena performance in Pittsburgh on November 3 1996 Kathy Sabol from the Observer Reporter stated that she had enjoyed the concert noting on the melodic songs along the video backdrop in which she appreciated drummer Neil Peart s statements on greed ambition death and despair Regarding the change in the band s sound she said that it was no accident that it came from Rush s efforts in the last five years when the band evolved to a richer clarified sound of its own Other than taking note on how 2112 performed in its entirety is a big deal she stated that the sampling and multi layering of the guitar and drum work is a credit to the band s history with how they manage 3 The Deseret News s Scott Iwasald reviewing the May 20 1997 show at Salt Lake City s Delta Center mentioned that the band did not need elaborate stage props stage sets or costumes unlike modern bands those days in which the music spoke for itself He wrote that the band were as hot as ever playing well tight and looked like they were having fun on stage working together to put on a terrific live show He noted when the video backdrop was not working during the first half of the evening but said the band did not need it as he stated before that the music spoke for itself Regarding the audience he wrote that the instrumental Limbo and the power chorus of Force Ten brought them to their feet later concluding that the band held them in their palm and when the show ended none of the audience were disappointed 8 Set list EditThis is an example setlist adapted from Rush 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 9 Set 1 Dreamline Limelight Stick It Out The Big Money with Wipeout outro Driven Half the World Red Barchetta Animate Limbo The Trees Red Sector A Virtuality Nobody s Hero Closer to the Heart 2112 all chapters Set 2 Test for Echo Subdivisions Freewill Roll the Bones Resist 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 teaser Tour dates EditDate 10 11 City Country VenueLeg 1October 19 1996 Albany United States Knickerbocker ArenaOctober 20 1996 Buffalo Marine Midland ArenaOctober 22 1996 Fairborn Nutter CenterOctober 23 1996 Grand Rapids Van Andel ArenaOctober 25 1996 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn HillsOctober 26 1996 Rockford Rockford MetroCentreOctober 28 1996 Chicago United CenterOctober 29 1996 Minneapolis Target CenterOctober 31 1996 St Louis Kiel CenterNovember 1 1996 Milwaukee Bradley CenterNovember 3 1996 Pittsburgh Civic ArenaNovember 4 1996 Cleveland Gund ArenaNovember 6 1996 Philadelphia CoreStates CenterNovember 7 1996 Landover USAir ArenaNovember 9 1996 Boston FleetCenterNovember 10 1996 Hartford Hartford Civic CenterNovember 20 1996 San Jose San Jose ArenaNovember 21 1996 Sacramento ARCO ArenaNovember 23 1996 San Diego San Diego Sports ArenaNovember 24 1996 Paradise Thomas amp Mack CenterNovember 26 1996 Inglewood Great Western ForumNovember 27 1996November 29 1996 Phoenix America West ArenaNovember 30 1996 El Paso Special Events CenterDecember 2 1996 San Antonio AlamodomeDecember 3 1996 Dallas Reunion ArenaDecember 5 1996 Houston The SummitDecember 6 1996 New Orleans UNO Lakefront ArenaDecember 8 1996 West Palm Beach Coral Sky AmphitheaterDecember 9 1996 Tampa Ice PalaceDecember 11 1996 Atlanta The OmniDecember 12 1996 Charlotte Charlotte ColiseumDecember 14 1996 Uniondale Nassau ColiseumDecember 15 1996 East Rutherford Continental Airlines ArenaDecember 18 1996 Toronto Canada Phoenix Concert TheatreLeg 2May 7 1997 San Diego United States Hospitality PointMay 8 1997 Phoenix Desert Sky PavilionMay 10 1997 Devore Glen Helen Blockbuster PavilionMay 11 1997 Mountain View Shoreline AmphitheatreMay 14 1997 Portland Rose Garden ArenaMay 16 1997 Vancouver Canada General Motors PlaceMay 17 1997 George United States The Gorge AmphitheatreMay 19 1997 Boise BSU PavilionMay 20 1997 Salt Lake City Delta CenterMay 22 1997 Greenwood Village Fiddler s Green AmphitheaterMay 24 1997 Dallas Starplex AmphitheaterMay 25 1997 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionJune 4 1997 Cincinnati Riverbend Music CenterJune 5 1997 Nashville Starwood AmphitheatreJune 7 1997 Bonner Springs Sandstone AmphitheaterJune 8 1997 Maryland Heights Riverport AmphitheaterJune 10 1997 Noblesville Deer Creek Music CenterJune 11 1997 Burgettstown Star Lake AmphitheaterJune 13 1997 Milwaukee Marcus AmphitheaterJune 14 1997 Tinley Park New World Music TheaterJune 16 1997 Columbus Polaris AmphitheaterJune 17 1997 Clarkston Pine Knob Music TheaterJune 19 1997 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts CenterJune 20 1997 Bristow Nissan PavilionJune 22 1997 Camden Blockbuster Sony E CentreJune 23 1997 Mansfield Great Woods Performing Arts CenterJune 25 1997 Wantagh Jones Beach AmphitheaterJune 26 1997 Corfu Darien LakeJune 28 1997 Montreal Canada Molson CentreJune 30 1997 Toronto Molson AmphitheatreJuly 2 1997July 3 1997 Quebec City Quebec ColiseumJuly 4 1997 Ottawa Corel CentreBox office score data Edit List of box office score data with date city venue attendance gross references Date City Venue Attendance Gross Ref s October 25 1996 Auburn Hills United States Palace 15 197 15 197 467 308 12 November 6 1996 Philadelphia United States CoreStates Center 14 759 15 147 444 805 13 November 10 1996 Hartford United States Civic Center 9 642 10 500 276 260 14 November 26 27 1996 Inglewood United States Great Western Forum 19 319 25 000 596 855 15 November 29 1996 Phoenix United States America West Arena 10 858 12 000 320 540May 8 1997 Phoenix United States Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion 9 856 20 144 267 785 16 May 25 1997 The Woodlands United States Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 13 024 13 024 382 245 17 June 17 1997 Clarkston United States Pine Knob Music Theatre 13 409 14 500 348 743 18 Personnel EditGeddy Lee vocals bass keyboards Alex Lifeson guitar backing vocals Neil Peart drumsReferences EditCitations Edit Popoff 2021 Popoff 2004 p 181 a b Sabol Kathy November 5 1996 Civic Arena echoes with Rush s rock Observer Reporter p B4 Retrieved February 20 2023 Popoff 2004 p 183 Peart 2002 Bowman 2014 p 129 Lisi Michael October 20 1996 Rush delivers splendid Knick show with old new songs plus visuals The Sunday Gazette p B8 Retrieved February 20 2023 Iwasald Scott May 21 1997 Band holds audience in its palm and gives it a Rush No 341 Salt Lake City The Deseret News p C7 Retrieved February 20 2023 Daly amp Hansen 2019 p 336 Daly amp Hansen 2019 pp 336 345 Test for Echo Tour Rush com Retrieved February 20 2023 Amusement Business Boxscore Billboard Vol 108 no 46 Nielsen Business Media Inc November 16 1996 p 16 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved February 20 2023 Amusement Business Boxscore Billboard Vol 108 no 47 Nielsen Business Media Inc November 23 1996 p 18 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved February 20 2023 Amusement Business Boxscore Billboard Vol 108 no 49 Nielsen Business Media Inc December 7 1996 p 12 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved February 20 2023 Amusement Business Boxscore Billboard Vol 108 no 50 Nielsen Business Media Inc December 14 1996 p 12 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved February 20 2023 Amusement Business Boxscore Billboard Vol 109 no 21 Nielsen Business Media Inc 24 May 1997 p 18 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved February 20 2023 Amusement Business Boxscore Billboard Vol 109 no 24 Nielsen Business Media Inc June 14 1997 p 12 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved February 21 2023 Amusement Business Boxscore Billboard Vol 109 no 27 Nielsen Business Media Inc July 5 1997 p 12 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved February 21 2023 Sources Edit Peart Neil 2002 Ghost Rider Travels on the Healing Road ECW Press ISBN 1 55022 546 4 Popoff Martin 2004 Contents Under Pressure 30 Years of Rush at Home and Away Oxford ECW Press ISBN 978 1 55022 678 2 Bowman Durrell 2014 Experiencing Rush A Listener s Companion Rowman amp Littlefield ISBN 978 1 4422 3131 3 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 2021 Driven Rush in the 90s and In the End Toronto Canada ECW Press ISBN 978 1 77041 537 9 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Test for Echo Tour amp oldid 1168699649, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
