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Power Windows Tour
Tour by Rush
Associated albumPower Windows
Start dateDecember 4, 1985
End dateMay 26, 1986
Legs2
No. of shows70
Rush concert chronology
  • Grace Under Pressure Tour
    (1984)
  • Power Windows Tour
    (1985-86)
  • Hold Your Fire Tour
    (1987-88)

The Power Windows Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush, in support of the band's eleventh studio album Power Windows.

The tour officially started on December 4, 1985 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine and concluded on May 26, 1986 at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California.

Select songs at the two East Rutherford, New Jersey shows were recorded for the 1989 live album A Show of Hands. Opening bands on the tour included Steve Morse, Marillion, FM, Blue Öyster Cult, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Kick Axe.

Setlist

  1. "The Spirit of Radio"
  2. "Limelight
  3. "The Big Money"
  4. "New World Man"
  5. "Subdivisions"
  6. "Manhattan Project"
  7. "Middletown Dreams"
  8. "Witch Hunt"
  9. "Red Sector A"
  10. "Closer to the Heart"
  11. "Marathon"
  12. "The Trees"
  13. "Mystic Rhythms"
  14. "Distant Early Warning"
  15. "Territories"
  16. "YYZ"/"Drum Solo"
  17. "Red Lenses"
  18. "Tom Sawyer"

Encore

  1. "2112 Parts I & II: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx"
  2. "Grand Designs"
  3. "In The Mood"

Tour Dates

[1] [2]

Date City Country Venue
Warm Up
March 11, 1985 Lakeland United States Lakeland Civic Center
March 12, 1985
March 14, 1985 Fort Myers Lee County Civic Center
March 15, 1985 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
North America
December 4, 1985 Portland United States Cumberland County Civic Center
December 5, 1985 Providence Providence Civic Center
December 7, 1985 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
December 8, 1985 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
December 10, 1985 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
December 12, 1985 Worcester Centrum in Worcester
December 13, 1985
December 15, 1985 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
December 16, 1985 Landover Capital Centre
December 18, 1985 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena
December 19, 1985 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
January 9, 1986 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
January 10, 1986 Lafayette Cajundome
January 12, 1986 Dallas Reunion Arena
January 13, 1986
January 15, 1986 Houston The Summit
January 16, 1986
January 18, 1986 Austin Frank Erwin Center
January 19, 1986 San Antonio Hemisfair Arena
January 30, 1986 Daly City Cow Palace
January 31, 1986 Oakland Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
February 2, 1986 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
February 3, 1986 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
February 6, 1986 Inglewood The Forum
February 7, 1986
February 8, 1986 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 10, 1986 Tucson Tucson Community Center
February 12, 1986 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
February 14, 1986 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
February 27, 1986 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
February 28, 1986 Hamilton Canada Copps Coliseum
March 1, 1986 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
March 3, 1986 Quebec City Colisee de Quebec
March 4, 1986 Montreal Montreal Forum
March 6, 1986 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
March 7, 1986
March 20, 1986 Indianapolis United States Market Square Arena
March 21, 1986 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
March 22, 1986
March 24, 1986 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
March 25, 1986 St. Paul St. Paul Civic Center
March 28, 1986 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
March 29, 1986 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
March 31, 1986 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
April 1, 1986
April 3, 1986 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
April 4, 1986 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April 13, 1986 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
April 14, 1986 Philadelphia The Spectrum
April 16, 1986
April 17, 1986 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center
April 19, 1986 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
April 20, 1986 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
April 22, 1986 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
April 23, 1986 Augusta Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center
April 25, 1986 Atlanta The Omni Coliseum
April 26, 1986 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum
April 28, 1986 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
April 29, 1986 Kansas City Kemper Arena
May 1, 1986 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
May 2, 1986 Valley Center Britt Brown Arena
May 11, 1986 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Arena
May 12, 1986 Salt Lake City United States Salt Palace
May 15, 1986 Calgary Canada Olympic Saddledome
May 17, 1986 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
May 19, 1986 Portland United States Portland Memorial Coliseum
May 21, 1986 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
May 24, 1986 Sacramento Cal Expo Amphitheatre
May 25, 1986 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre
May 26, 1986

References