Counterparts Tour

Counterparts Tour
Tour by Rush
Associated album	Counterparts
Start date	January 22, 1994
End date	May 7, 1994
Legs	1
Shows	55
Rush tour chronology
Roll the Bones Tour (1991-1992) Counterparts Tour (1994) Test for Echo Tour (1996-1997)

Rush's Counterparts Tour was in support of the band's studio album Counterparts. The tour kicked off January 22, 1994 at the Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida and culminated on May 7, 1994 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. Opening acts for this tour were Candlebox, The Melvins, Primus, The Doughboys, and I Mother Earth.

Set list

The set-list remained constant until the addition of "Bravado" for only the final two weeks of the tour. This is the only tour (since their release through the R30: 30th Anniversary Tour‎) that did not include any part of either "2112" or "La Villa Strangiato" in the set-list; in fact, nothing from the first four albums was included in the set. Having fun this tour, Lee usually introduced "Cold Fire" as a country song (often with a country music introduction), and Lifeson would introduce "Stick It Out" with a humorous comment, later providing humorous introductions during the "Closer To The Heart" jam; the introductions were never the same, and never did he make correct introductions, usually introducing each member of the band as a famous celebrity.

• Intro (Thus Spoke Zarathustra; first time used as intro)
• "Dreamline"
• "The Spirit of Radio"
• "The Analog Kid"
• "Cold Fire" (from Counterparts)
• "Time Stand Still"
• "Nobody's Hero" (from Counterparts)
• "Roll the Bones"
• "Animate" (from Counterparts)
• "Stick It Out" (from Counterparts)
• "Double Agent" (from Counterparts)
• "Limelight"
• "Bravado" (added 4/20/94)
• "Mystic Rhythms"
• "Closer to the Heart"
• "Show Don't Tell"
• "Leave That Thing Alone!" (from Counterparts)
• "The Rhythm Method" (drum solo)
• "The Trees"
• "Xanadu" (abbreviated)
• "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" (Prelude)
• "Tom Sawyer"
• "Force Ten"
• "YYZ"
• "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage" (teaser)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
January 22, 1994	Pensacola	United States	Pensacola Civic Center
January 23, 1994	New Orleans		UNO Lakefront Arena
January 25, 1994	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
January 26, 1994	Houston		The Summit
January 28, 1994	Dallas		Reunion Arena
January 29, 1994	San Antonio		S.A. Convention Center
January 31, 1994	Las Cruces		Pan American Center
February 1, 1994	Phoenix		Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 3, 1994	Inglewood		Great Western Forum
February 5, 1994	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond
February 7, 1994	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
February 8, 1994	Fresno		Selland Arena
February 10, 1994	Sacramento		Arco Arena
February 11, 1994	Daly City		Cow Palace
February 12, 1994	San Jose		San Jose Arena
February 23, 1994	Murfreesboro		Murphy Center
February 24, 1994	Atlanta		The Omni
February 25, 1994	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
February 27, 1994	Miami		Miami Arena
March 1, 1994	Orlando		Amway Arena
March 2, 1994	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Coliseum
March 4, 1994	St. Petersburg		Florida Thunderdome
March 6, 1994	Chapel Hill		Dean Smith Center
March 8, 1994	New York City		Madison Square Garden
March 9, 1994
March 11, 1994	Worcester		Worcester Centrum
March 12, 1994
March 22, 1994	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
March 23, 1994	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
March 25, 1994	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
March 26, 1994	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
March 27, 1994	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
March 29, 1994	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
March 30, 1994
April 1, 1994	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
April 2, 1994	Madison		Dane County Expo Coliseum
April 4, 1994	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena
April 5, 1994	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
April 7, 1994	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
April 8, 1994	Minneapolis		Target Center
April 9, 1994	Moline		MARK of the Quad Cities
April 18, 1994	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
April 20, 1994	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
April 22, 1994	East Rutherford		Meadowlands Arena
April 23, 1994	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum
April 24, 1994	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
April 26, 1994	Landover		US Air Arena
April 29, 1994	Philadelphia		Philadelphia Spectrum
April 30, 1994
May 1, 1994	Providence		Providence Civic Center
May 3, 1994	Albany		Knickerbocker Arena
May 4, 1994	Rochester		War Memorial Arena
May 6, 1994	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
May 7, 1994	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens

References

• Rush: The Complete Tourbooks 1977-2004. 2006 Anthem Entertainment, Toronto, Ontario