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Clockwork Angels Tour
Tour by Rush
Tour promotional poster
Start dateSeptember 7, 2012
End dateAugust 4, 2013
Legs2
No. of shows62 in North America
10 in Europe
72 in Total
Rush concert chronology

The Clockwork Angels Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush in support of their latest album Clockwork Angels. The tour was announced in April 2012, began on September 7, 2012 in Manchester, New Hampshire and ended on August 4, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri.[1][2] A European leg announced in May 2012 began in Manchester, England and ended in Helsinki, Finland.[3] Before the last show in Helsinki, the band took part in their first European festival in 35 years at the Sweden Rock Festival.[4] The tour is notable for featuring an eight-piece "Clockwork Angels String Ensemble", marking the first time the band has toured with accompanying musicians aside from opening acts.[5] On November 15, 2012 it was announced on their official website that the shows in Phoenix and Dallas will be filmed for a DVD release sometime in 2013. On June 8th, the official trailer for the film was released by Fadoo Productions. On September 16, the official film entitled "Clockwork Angels Tour" was announced including the list of songs to be featured on the DVD/Blu-Ray release as well as the bonus features.

Setlist

Leg One

Leg Two

Tour Dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance/Capacity/Gross
North America[7]
September 7, 2012 Manchester United States Verizon Wireless Arena 8,137 / 8,137 / $608,383
September 9, 2012 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live 10,345 / 12,822 / $757,162
September 11, 2012 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center 8,655 / 10,268 / $507,952
September 13, 2012 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,303 / 10,899 / $489,034
September 15, 2012 Chicago United Center 11,307 / 12,130 / $1,113,292
September 18, 2012 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 8,238 / 13,485 / $616,595
September 20, 2012 Columbus Nationwide Arena 8,611 / 10,204 / $587,173
September 22, 2012 St. Louis Scottrade Center 10,772 / 10,942 / $790,134
September 24, 2012 Minneapolis Target Center 8,013 / 10,652 / $561,972
September 26, 2012 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
September 28, 2012 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
September 30, 2012 Edmonton Rexall Place
October 10, 2012 Bridgeport United States Webster Bank Arena 7,339 / 7,339 / $650,355
October 12, 2012 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 11,885 / 12,810 / $943,272
October 14, 2012 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
October 16, 2012
October 18, 2012 Montreal Bell Centre
October 20, 2012 Newark United States Prudential Center 12,139 / 12,139 / $1,022,913
October 22, 2012 New York City Barclays Center 9,904 / 10,815 / $870,736
October 24, 2012 Boston TD Garden 9,861 / 10,031 / $841,953
October 26, 2012 Buffalo First Niagara Center 13,215 / 13,215 / $831,239
October 28, 2012 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 8,025 / 10,383 / $594,890
October 30, 2012 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 7,523 / 10,095 / $541,143
November 1, 2012 Alpharetta Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park 12,086 / 12,086 / $926,850
November 3, 2012 Tampa 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre 10,567 / 11,542 / $720,653
November 13, 2012 Seattle KeyArena 9,793 / 10,199 / $823,060
November 15, 2012 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose 10,719 / 10,719 / $846,843
November 17, 2012 Anaheim Honda Center 9,065 / 10,102 / $761,265
November 19, 2012 Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre 5,981 / 5,981 / $706,342
November 21, 2012 San Diego Valley View Casino Center 7,065 / 10,101 / $359,321
November 23, 2012 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 7,847 / 10,006 / $839,405
November 25, 2012 Phoenix US Airways Center 8,858 / 10,121 / $604,667
November 28, 2012 Dallas American Airlines Center 10,509 / 10,509 / $764,483
November 30, 2012 San Antonio AT&T Center 9,396 / 10,150 / $742,544
December 2, 2012 Houston Toyota Center 11,091 / 11,091 / $904,931
Leg 2[8]
April 23, 2013 Austin United States Frank Erwin Center 5,974 / 10,278 / $483,924
April 26, 2013 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center
April 28, 2013 Orlando Amway Center 7,783 / 10,142 / $623,608
May 1, 2013 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 7,272 / 9,531/ $564,666
May 3, 2013 Raleigh PNC Arena
May 5, 2013 Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live
May 7, 2013 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
May 9, 2013 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 5,258 / 5,556 / $480,268
May 11, 2013 Atlantic City Etess Arena
Europe[9]
May 22, 2013 Manchester England Manchester Arena 7,806 / 8,898 / $771,853
May 24, 2013 London The O2 Arena 12,418 / 15,050 / $1,216,510
May 26, 2013 Birmingham LG Arena
May 28, 2013 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
May 30, 2013 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
June 2, 2013 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
June 4, 2013 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena
June 6, 2013 Berlin O2 World Berlin
June 8, 2013[A] Sölvesborg Sweden Norje Havsbad
June 10, 2013 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
North America
June 21, 2013 Hershey United States Giant Center
June 23, 2013 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
June 25, 2013 Saratoga Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 28, 2013 Chicago First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
June 30, 2013 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
July 2, 2013 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
July 4, 2013 Milwaukee Summerfest
July 6, 2013 Hamilton Canada Copps Coliseum
July 8, 2013 Ottawa Ottawa Bluesfest
July 10, 2013 Quebec City Quebec City Summer Festival
July 12, 2013 Halifax Halifax Metro Centre
July 14, 2013
July 24, 2013[B] Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
July 24, 2013 Red Deer Enmax Centrium
July 26, 2013 Vancouver Rogers Arena
July 28, 2013 Portland United States Sleep Country Amphitheater
July 31, 2013 Salt Lake City USANA Amphitheater
August 2, 2013 Denver Pepsi Center
August 4, 2013 Kansas City Sprint Center
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

A This concert was a part of "Sweden Rock Festival"

B Concert moved to Red Deer due to a flood that damaged the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Success

  • Top 200 North American Tours 2012: Rush, #33[10]
  • Total Gross: US $27.2 million
  • Total Attendance: 340,766
  • No. of concerts: 35


  • Top 100 North American Mid Year Tours 2013: Rush, #69[11]
  • Total Gross: US $4.4 million
  • Total Attendance: 55,117
  • No. of concerts: 14


  • Top 100 Worldwide Mid Year Tours 2013: Rush, #69[12]
  • Total Gross: US $11.3 million
  • Total Attendance: 127,280
  • No. of concerts: 23

References

  1. ^ "Rush Announces 'Clockwork Angels' Tour". Pollstar. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  2. ^ "Welcome". RUSH. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  3. ^ "Rush Across The Pond". Pollstar. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  4. ^ "Sweden Rock Festival" (in Swedish). Swedenrock.com. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  5. ^ Graff, Gary (18 June 2012). "Rush Bringing String Ensemble on Tour". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Actual eye-witness account
  7. ^ Allen, Bob (05 January 2010). "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Retrieved 13 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York City, New York: Prometheus Global Media. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June, 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)
  9. ^ "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 12, 2013. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  10. ^ "Top 200 North American Tours 2012" (PDF). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  11. ^ "Pollstar Mid Year Top 100 North American Tours 2013" (PDF). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  12. ^ "Pollstar Mid Year Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2013" (PDF). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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