UPDATE - 10/31@1:11PM: Oops.. forgot one thing. Rush.com has also updated their Multimedia section with more Rush on the Road galleries from Glasgow, Newcastle, London, Sheffield, and Birmingham. Thanks to texanmgm and Daniel C for reminding me.
The tour is over. Rush.com has just been updated with the following Thank You message to fans:
Rush officially finishes the 2007 leg of the "Snakes and Arrows tour" with a sold out performance in Helsinki, Finland. A very BIG Thank you to all the fans who made it out this year ... stay tuned to rush.com for all the latest updates.
This sort of indirectly confirms a 2008 leg I'd say. Finnish Reader RAKA also let me know that in the Helsingin Sanomat (the biggest newspaper in Finland) a couple days ago there was a half page article where Alex Lifeson is interviewed. Lerxst says the following: We will take a break after Helsinki and continue the tour in April 2008, South and North America.
A lot of folks have asked me about dates for the 2008 leg. At this time I don't have any information outside of what I reported back on September 3rd. But I can assure that as soon as I hear anything I will post it here. My guess is that we won't be hearing any official announcements until after the new year, but I'm hoping to get some leaked info early.
I'm turning off the special tour section on the home page for the time being. As soon as we have some firm 2008 dates it'll be back up there. You can still access all the tourdate information though by going to the tour section.
The fan tour image upload feature has been a huge success. Readers of this site have uploaded nearly 2000 images from the tour! A very big thank you to everyone who took the time to do this. If you haven't seen the gallery yet you can check it out here. And if you have any images to upload, click here.
I have yet to add videos for the European leg to the bootleg video section. I will try to do that in the upcoming week. To check out bootleg YouTube videos from the North American leg go here.
Thanks to readers Mark S, Scott_PA and JordanRud we now have all attendance information up through September 17th (the first 46 shows) for the Snakes & Arrows tour. Now that the tour is over, I thought I'd analyze some of these numbers.
Attendance
Average Attendance: 10,633
Average Capacity: 15,052
TOP 5
1) Tinley Park, IL (Sep 8) - 16,613
2) Los Angeles, CA (Jul 23) - 14,696
3) Auburn, WA (Jul 20) - 13,689
4) Tampa Bay, FL (Jun 16) - 13,434
5) Dallas, TX (Aug 11) - 13,366
BOTTOM 5
1) Quebec City, QC (Sep 14) - 6,604
2) Darien Center, NY (Jul 4) - 7,624
3) Uncasville, CT (Jul 9) - 7,793
4) Raleigh, NC (Jun 20) - 8,085
5) Bonner Springs, KS (Aug 23) - 8,104
Note: although the Uncasville show was the 3rd least attended show, it was still sold out.
Percentage Capacity
Average Percentage Capacity: 70.64%
TOP 5
1) Morisson, CO (Aug 8) - 100% (SOLD OUT)
2) Uncasville, CT (Jul 9) - 100% (SOLD OUT)
3) New York, NY (Sep 17) - 97.2%
4) Montreal, QC (Sep 15) - 97.18%
5) London, ON (Sep 12) - 96.33%
BOTTOM 5
1) Darien Center, NY (Jul 4) - 34.97%
2) Pittsburgh, PA (Jun 25) - 40.13%
3) Raleigh, NC (Jun 20) - 40.35%
4) Virginia Beach, VA (Jun 22) - 42.72%
5) Saratoga Springs, NY (Jun 30) - 42.98%
Gross Ticket Sales
Average Gross Sales: $589,333
TOP 5
1) Los Angeles, CA (Jul 23) - $1,074,586
2) New York, NY (Sep 17) - $1,022,675
3) Montreal, QC (Sep 15) - $967,692
4) Las Vegas, NV (Jul 28) - $922,675
5) Wantagh, NY (Jul 2) - $860,671
BOTTOM 5
1) Raleigh, NC (Jun 20) - $348592
2) Virginia Beach, VA (Jun 22) - $378,512
3) Pittsburgh, PA (Jun 25) - $380,157
4) Scranton, PA (Jun 29) - $405,990
5) Bonner Springs, KS (Aug 23) - $406,416
Average Ticket Price
Average Ticket Price: $55.47
TOP 5
1) Las Vegas, NV (Jul 28) - $92.25
2) New York, NY (Sep 17) - $86.77
3) Montreal, QC (Sep 15) - $82.98
4) Morisson, CO (Aug 8) - $77.06
5) Quebec City, QC (Sep 14) - $74.15
BOTTOM 5
1) Phoenix, AZ (Jul 27) - $39.57
2) Maryland Hts, MO (Aug 24) - $40.44
3) Pittsburgh, PA (Jun 25) - $41.07
4) Milwaukee, WI (Sep 6) - $42.66
5) Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Aug 30) - $42.710
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