Rush Snakes And Arrows Tour 2008 - North American Dates Cities and Venues Confirmed

Rush Snakes And Arrows Tour 2008 - North American Dates Cities and Venues Confirmed

TORONTO, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- After a hugely successful 2007 tour, the fans have spoken and they want more. Rush officially announce dates for their extended 2008 Snakes & Arrows World Tour. The tour will kick off with their first ever appearance in San Juan, Puerto Rico April 11 and hit over 45 cities throughout the United States and Canada. For Rush fans this will be the first time in over a decade the band will make stops in Orlando, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Reno, Moline, Boise, Austin, Jacksonville and Winnipeg to name a few. Also for the first time in years the band will play Albuquerque, Edmonton, Vancouver, Hershey and Manchester.

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The 2008 tour dates and venues are listed below. Tickets for New Orleans, Reno, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and Detroit go on sale SATURDAY JANUARY 26.

American Express Cardmembers will also have the opportunity to purchase advance tickets January 26th through February 1st for Rush performances in Boston; Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Holmdel, Wantagh and January 27th through February 2nd in Los Angeles and Irvine. In addition there will be a MUSICTODAY fan club presale for all Rush performances in conjunction with RUSH.COM starting January 22 through January 24.

A SNAKES AND ARROWS LIVE CD will be released sometime in April. Details are forthcoming. In addition, the track "Malignant Narcissism" from the band's 2007 release "SNAKES & ARROWS" (Anthem/Atlantic) has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Fans will experience the technical virtuosity and hard-rocking compositions they have come to expect from Rush members, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. In addition the band will update their set list for the 2008 tour.

The Rush tour in North America is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and SRO/Anthem.

For complete tour & ticket information, fan club presales and more, visit: http://www.rush.com/ & http://www.livenation.com/. ALL DATES LISTED BELOW

   RUSH SNAKES AND ARROWS TOUR 2008    APRIL   April 11 San Juan, PR - Coliseo de Puerto Rico   April 13 Ft Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center   April 15 Orlando, FL - Amway Center   April 17 Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena   April 19 New Orleans, LA - Arena   April 20 Houston, TX - Woodlands Pavilion   April 23 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center   April 25 Dallas, TX - The Music Center at Fair Park   April 26 Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center   April 29 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion    MAY   May 1 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion   May 3 Reno, NV - Reno Events Center   May 4 Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion   May 6 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre   May 10 Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center   May 11 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre   May 20 Moline, IL - iWireless Center   May 22 St Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center   May 24 Winnipeg, MB - MTS Center   May 25 Regina, SK - Brandt Center   May 27 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place   May 29 Vancouver, BC - GM Place   May 31 Seattle, WA- The Gorge Amphitheatre    JUNE   June 1 Portland, OR - Clark County Amphitheatre   June 3 Boise, ID, - Idaho Center   June 5 Denver, CO - Red Rocks   June 7 Kansas City, MO- Starlight Theatre   June 9 Chicago, IL - United Center   June 10 Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena   June 12 Montreal, QC - Bell Center   June 14 Philadelphia, PA- Wachovia Center   June 15 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center   June 25 Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Amphitheatre   June 27 Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest   June 28 St Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre   June 30 Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center    JULY   July 2 Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Amphitheatre   July 4 Atlantic City, NJ - Marc Etess Arena   July 5 Saratoga, NY - SPAC   July 7 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun   July 9 Toronto, ON - The Molson Amphitheatre   July 11 Manchester, MA - Verizon Arena   July 12 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center   July 14 Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach   July 17 Hershey, PA - Hershey Stadium   July 19 Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion   July 20 Charlotte, NC - Amphitheatre   July 22 Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park    About Live Nation  

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