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The rock band Rush will be returning in 2011 with the Time Machine Tour set to begin on March 30 at Bank Atlantic Center. After a successful and largely sold out concert tour in 2010 Rush will be back for the die hard Rush fans to see them live once again after great reviews of last years concerts.

Just as in last years tour, Rush will perform the album “Moving Pictures” in its entirety and a mix of hits from other albums. While waiting to tour Rush will be continuing to work on their current project, the Clockwork Angels cd that is in the works. 2011 Rush tickets are on sale at PreferredSeat.com.

Rush 2011 Time Machine tour schedule

Billboard.com is reporting the  number of albums sold the week ending May 31 was the fewest albums sold in a week since the 1970′s. Less than 5 mil albums were sold for a particularly slow album release week, but it is also part of a trend that has decimated the music industry as they fight the pirating of their music.

Since the music is being pirated the artists are not getting paid as well and are now forced to tour year after year to pay for things. The younger generation that has done most of the pirating on the web still have the most reasonably priced concert tickets for the most part, with the exception of Lady Gaga’s ticket prices.

One of the reasons given by Live Nation for raising the ticket prices recently was to counter the loss of income from album sales. But the concerts that have been jacked up the most are the older artists such as The Eagles, Roger Waters, Rush, etc.  I can’t imagine a huge number of their fans are trolling the web to pirate songs.

Most of the older artists have been receiving royalties for decades for their best work and don’t need to jack up their fans with high ticket prices. Not only that, the quality of the music is suffering a little with the age, and even old ears can tell the difference.

I would suggest to the artists that maybe they need to cut their budgets a bit to help out the fans and keep the concert ticket prices down so the fans don’t have to sacrifice so much to attend a concert. The music business has changed dramatically the last few years, just as the ticket business, and the money just isn’t there right now.

Rush tour dates have been announced for the “Time Machine” summer concert tour that will feature the performance of the entire “Moving Pictures” album from 1981. Rush will also perform some new material and many of their hits on the tour as well. Concert tickets for Rush go on sale this week.

The band last toured in 2008 and for Rush, that’s a pretty quick turnaround for Rush to tour again, maybe reflecting the need for bands to tour more often since the cash from cd sales is dwindling. But Rush is worth seeing more than once for the fans that have supported them since they were formed in 1968.

Rush Tour Schedule for the “Time Machine” 2010 Concert Tour

June 2010
29 – Albuquerque, NM – Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque

July 2010
1 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
2 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
5 – Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion
9 – Sarnia, Ontario – Bayfest
13 – Toronto, Ontario – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
15 – Quebec City, Quebec – Festival d’ete de Quebec
17 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
19 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun
21 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
23 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
24 – Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach

August 2010
5 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
7 – Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheatre
9 – San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
11 – Inglewood, CA – The Forum
13 – Irvine, CA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
14 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
16 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
20 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena
22 – St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
25 – Omaha, NE – Qwest Center
27 – St. Paul, MN – Minnesota State Fair
29 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
31 – Allentown, PA – Allentown Fair

September 2010
2 – Syracuse, NY – New York State Fair
3 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
14 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center
18 – Washington, DC – Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater
21 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
23 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
25 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
26 – Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center
29 – Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park

October 2010
1 – Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheatre
2 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre

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