99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1978!
That year PLR presented RUSH at New Haven Coliseum. Joining them in New Haven were fellow rockers Blue Oyster Cult. Rush hit the road in 1978 to support their fifth studio album “A Farewell To Kings,” which featured the hit song Closer To The Heart. This was the first time ever RUSH played in New Haven and the first time performing in Connecticut since 1976 at Waterbury’s Palace Theater.
Today we look back at Rush’s performance at the Coliseum:
RUSH
Tour: A Farewell To Kings
Also featuring Blue Oyster Cult
Saturday January 14, 1978
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Ticket Prices: $7.50, $7.00 and $6.50
Band Lineup: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart
Setlist*
- Bastille Day
- Lakeside Park
- By-Tor & The Snow Dog
- Xanadu
- A Farewell To Kings
- Something For Nothing
- Cygnus X-1
- Anthem
- Closer To The Heart
- 2112 Part I: Overture
- 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
- 2112 Part III: Discovery
- 2112 Part IV: Presentation
- 2112 Part VI: Soliloquy
- 2112 Part VII: Grand Finale
- Working Man
- Fly By Night
- In The Mood
- Drum Solo
- Cinderella Man (encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Ticket courtesy of Bob Olsen
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