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Overall Tour Attendance: In excess of 15,042,112
Total Confirmed Dates: 2,566 (with 42 cancelations and 4 rescheduled dates)
Total Number of Songs Performed: 46,640 [estimate]

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Tour Supporting "EXIT...STAGE LEFT"

October 29, 1981 through December 22nd, 1981

Overall Tour Attendance: In excess of 180,000
Total Dates: 34

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The Exit...Stage Left Tour served as a victory lap for the massively successful Moving Pictures era while supporting their second live album. Consequently, the set list remained largely identical to the previous tour, retaining the heavy reliance on their most recent hits, as well as the massive, segmented closing medley of 70s staples. However, true to form, Rush couldn't resist looking forward. To the delight of audiences, they swapped out "Natural Science" to road-test a pre-release version of "Subdivisions." This early live debut provided fans with a tantalizing glimpse into the heavily synthesizer-driven direction the band would soon take on their upcoming Signals album.

Main Performance

2112 (“Overture” and “The Temples of Syrinx”)
Freewill
Limelight
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres (“Prelude”)
Beneath, Between, & Behind (abridged)
Subdivisions (pre-release version)
The Camera Eye
YYZ (with drum solo)
Broon's Bane
The Trees
Xanadu
The Spirit of Radio
Red Barchetta
Closer To The Heart
Tom Sawyer
Vital Signs
Working Man (with reggae intro)
Cygnus X-1: Book II: Hemispheres (“Armageddon”)
By-Tor & the Snow Dog (abridged)
In The End (abridged)
In the Mood (abridged)
2112 (“Grand Finale”)

Encore

La Villa Strangiato (with electric guitar intro)

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