Vapor Trails Tour


The Vapor Trails Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush in support of their album Vapor Trails. It marked the first tour in nearly five years after the band entered a hiatus due to personal tragedies in drummer Neil Peart's life. The tour kicked off June 28, 2002 at the Meadows Music Center in Hartford, Connecticut and culminated in a three show stint in Brazil, the last night of which was recorded November 23, 2002 at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The recording was released October 2003 as a triple CD and dual DVD entitled Rush in Rio. During this tour Rush played in front of the largest crowds of their career, the largest of which was a capacity of 60,000 in São Paulo. The show at Maracana Stadium represented the second largest attendance for a headlining Rush concert with 40,000 people.

Set list

Set one

  1. "Tom Sawyer"
  2. "Distant Early Warning"
  3. "New World Man"
  4. "Roll the Bones"
  5. "Earthshine"
  6. "YYZ"
  7. "The Pass"
  8. "Bravado"
  9. "The Big Money"
  10. "Between Sun and Moon" or "The Trees"
  11. "Vital Signs" or "Freewill"
  12. "Closer to the Heart"
  13. "Natural Science"

    Set two

  14. "One Little Victory"
  15. "Driven"
  16. "Ceiling Unlimited" or "Ghost Rider"
  17. "Secret Touch"
  18. "Dreamline"
  19. "Red Sector A"
  20. "Leave That Thing Alone"
  21. "O Baterista"
  22. "Resist"
  23. "2112 "
  24. "Limelight"
  25. "La Villa Strangiato"
  26. "The Spirit of Radio"

    Encore

  27. "By-Tor and the Snow Dog"
  28. "Cygnus X-1 "
  29. "Working Man"

    Tour dates