Rush - Boston September 14 2010 Part 3 - Guitar Malfunction

Alex's Guitar goes wrong - improv follows!

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• Boston
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• Garden
• Malfunction

[expate]

I just love how they can be so tight and professional - at the same time as keeping their sense of humour! What a band

[bankser]

It didn't seem staged in any way to me. I was seated right about mid-floor under the scoreboard. The guitar dropped out halfway through Far Cry and Neil/Geddy finished it by themselves. Then when they came back for the encore Alex still had no sound. He was trying to get Neil and Ged's attention and when they noticed him they went into that polka-thing. I've seen Rush about a dozen times and this is the first glitch I can remember.

[expate]

@bankser @laplut @RealDragonHawk - it's great to have your perspectives, although I coudl get the video, it was hard to tell what was going on in the detail you saw. Great night - glad you all enjoyed it.

[boudy077]

i was there last night and im so glad someone has video of this, thank you! the whole show was amazing but i just love the fact how they can just mess around like this when shit goes wrong and still be amazing. long live rush

[expate]

@boudy077 they seemed so relaxed last night - it was a great moment - and a great gig.

[kennyo88]

It doesn't get any better. Where's the video of "Working Man" Jazz!?

[expate]

@kennyo88 there is a bit of it in my part 2 video - enjoy! - and glad you enjoyed the show!

[Drummerboy048]

@247firerescue what are you talking about Working Man has been played at every show this tour.

[mlr2112]

Alex's rants and improv alone are worth the price of admission!

[Jstbtrflyz2]

@expate LMAO I know, I was 2nd row in front of Big Al and he was NOT happy with his tech! Funny shit!

[247firerescue]

@247firerescue based it off the CT show where they didnt play it,or so I was told. but I stand corected anyways they alway put on a great show and if they have to recover from a mishap they do it gracefully!

[247firerescue]

Was not staged, I was in the box with the sound guys when it happened, working man was not suppose to be played either, so that was a throw in to make up for the mess up, right after the explosion alex lost the guitar, this is why the road crews are there to get the ball rolling! Great show!

[Jps32585]

I was sitting loge on the side where geddy was playing, only 13 rows up, and it was clearly a guitar problem. I could see Alex saying to Geddy and Neil that his guitar wasnt working and he was talking to the sound guys trying to get it on, but it was hilarious with what they improved due to the technical failure. Either way it got fixed and it was back to epicness. 10/10 on the show!

[iphoneruler]

I have from the explosion to the end of the polka here

watch?v=ARTHbI3zXRY

[hsfinlayson]

@odawg65 ... yeah, I felt bad when his delay was on the wrong setting/patch for the beginning of 2112. "Oooops!" - Keep in mind, this was their first night back from a long break, kicking-off this leg of the tour.

[hsfinlayson]

This was absolutely *not* staged, but if you know anything about Al & Ged, they are all-about "the comedy". His rig went down towards the end of "Far Cry" when the pyros went off... not sure if it was related or coincidental to the pyros. Far cry finished w/ just drums & bass - no guitar. I can say with 100% confidence that the techs were NOT delaying things for comedy - they were scrambling to get his H&K rig back up. It's just a good thing Rush has a laid back sense of humor.