Test for Echo Tour


The Test for Echo Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush in support of their sixteenth studio album Test for Echo.
It was the band's first tour with no opening act on any date, and was billed as "An Evening With Rush." The tour kicked off October 19, 1996 at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York and culminated on July 4, 1997 at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. This was the only concert tour in which Rush played the song "2112" in its entirety. This marks the last tour until 2002 because of. Recordings from the tour were released on the 1998 live album Different Stages.

Set list

Leg one

Set 1
  1. "Dreamline"
  2. "The Big Money"/"Wipeout"
  3. "Driven"
  4. "Half the World"
  5. "Red Barchetta"
  6. "Animate"
  7. "Limbo"
  8. "The Trees"
  9. "Red Sector A"
  10. "Virtuality"
  11. "Nobody's Hero"
  12. "Closer to the Heart"
  13. "2112"
Set 2
  1. "Test for Echo"
  2. "Subdivisions"
  3. "Freewill"
  4. "Roll the Bones"
  5. "Resist"
  6. "Leave That Thing Alone"
  7. "The Rhythm Method"
  8. "Natural Science"
  9. "Force Ten"
  10. "Time and Motion"
  11. "The Spirit of Radio"
  12. "Tom Sawyer"
Encore
  1. "YYZ"
  2. "Cygnus X-1"

    Leg two

Set 1
  1. "Dreamline"
  2. "Limelight"
  3. "Stick It Out"
  4. "Driven"
  5. "Half the World"
  6. "Red Barchetta"
  7. "Animate"
  8. "Limbo"
  9. "The Trees"
  10. "Virtuality"
  11. "Nobody's Hero"
  12. "Closer to the Heart"
  13. "2112"
Set 2
  1. "Test for Echo"
  2. "Freewill"
  3. "Red Sector A"
  4. "Roll the Bones"
  5. "Resist"
  6. "Leave That Thing Alone"
  7. "The Rhythm Method"
  8. "Natural Science"
  9. "Force Ten"
  10. "The Spirit of Radio"
  11. "Tom Sawyer"
Encore
  1. "YYZ"
  2. "Cygnus X-1"

    Tour dates