Exit... Stage Left Tour

Exit... Stage Left Tour

Tour by Rush
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	Exit... Stage Left
Start date	October 29, 1981
End date	December 22, 1981
Legs	2
No. of shows	34
Rush concert chronology

The Exit... Stage Left Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush, in support of the band's second live album Exit... Stage Left and its accompanying video.

Background

The European leg of the tour was supported by Girlschool.[1] Riot was the opening act for the band on the North American leg, performing in arenas.[2]

Set list

This is an example set list 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.[3] The set list was similar to the setlist from the previous tour, but featured the song "Subdivisions" which would later be featured on the band's 1982 studio album Signals. "New World Man" and "Chemistry" were both performed only at the soundchecks before a show.[4][5]

1. "2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx"
2. "Freewill"
3. "Limelight"
4. "Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude"
5. "Beneath, Between and Behind"
6. "Subdivisions"
7. "The Camera Eye"
8. "YYZ"
9. "Broon's Bane"
10. "The Trees"
11. "Xanadu"
12. "The Spirit of Radio"
13. "Red Barchetta"
14. "Closer to the Heart"
15. "Tom Sawyer"
16. "Vital Signs"
17. "Working Man"
18. "Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon"
19. "By-Tor and the Snow Dog"
20. "In the End"
21. "In the Mood"
22. "2112: Grand Finale"

    Encore

23. "La Villa Strangiato"

Tour dates

List of 1981 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act(s)[6][7]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)
October 29, 1981	Stafford	England	New Bingley Hall	—
October 30, 1981
October 31, 1981	Queensferry	Wales	Deeside Leisure Centre
November 2, 1981	Brighton	England	Brighton Centre
November 4, 1981	London		Wembley Arena
November 5, 1981
November 6, 1981
November 8, 1981	Ingliston	Scotland	Royal Highland Centre
November 9, 1981	Stafford	England	New Bingley Hall
November 11, 1981	Hamburg	West Germany	Musikhalle	Girlschool
November 12, 1981	Neunkirchen am Brand		Hemmerleinhalle
November 14, 1981	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Sportpaleis
November 16, 1981	Munich	West Germany	Circus Krone
November 17, 1981	Rüsselsheim am Main		Walter-Köbel-Halle
November 18, 1981	Böblingen		Sporthalle
November 19, 1981
November 20, 1981	Karlsruhe		Schwarzwaldhalle
November 21, 1981	Essen		Grugahalle
November 28, 1981	Pembroke Pines	United States	Hollywood Sportatorium	Riot
November 29, 1981[8]	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 1, 1981	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
December 2, 1981	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
December 4, 1981	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
December 5, 1981	Fayetteville		Cumberland County Memorial Arena
December 6, 1981	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
December 8, 1981	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum
December 9, 1981	Atlanta		The Omni
December 11, 1981	Greenville		Greenville Memorial Auditorium
December 12, 1981	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center
December 13, 1981	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum
December 15, 1981	Norfolk		Scope Arena
December 20, 1981	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
December 21, 1981	East Rutherford		Brendan Bryne Meadowlands Arena
December 22, 1981

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references

Date (1981)	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
December 1	Birmingham, United States	Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center	7,398 / 9,000	$70,281	[9]
December 2	Nashville, United States	Municipal Auditorium	9,900	$83,742
December 4	Charlotte, United States	Coliseum	12,562	$111,616
December 6	Greensboro, United States	Coliseum	8,192 / 10,000	$76,826
December 11	Greenville, United States	Memorial Auditorium	7,000	$60,735	[10]

Personnel

• Geddy Lee – vocals, bass, keyboards
• Alex Lifeson – guitar, backing vocals
• Neil Peart – drums

References

Citations

1. Popoff 2013, p. 74.
2. Popoff 2021, pp. 101–102.
3. Daly & Hansen 2019, p. 218.
4. Popoff 2021, p. 101.
5. Daly & Hansen 2019, p. 214.
6. Daly & Hansen 2019, pp. 218–221.
7. "Exit... Stage Left Tour". Rush.com. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
8. "Dead-Brothers Concert Turns Out to Be Turkey". No. 38. Ocala, Florida: Ocala Star-Banner. November 26, 1981. p. 4B. Retrieved June 8, 2022. Rush, a group of Canadian rockers, is scheduled to play at 8 p.m. Sunday in the Jacksonville Coliseum
9. "Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 19, 1981. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
10. "Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 51. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1981. p. 44. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 11, 2022.

Sources

• Popoff, Martin (2013). Rush: The Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-1-61058-726-6.
• 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). Limelight: Rush in the '80s. Toronto, Canada: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77041-569-0.