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Clockwork Angels Tour

{{Short description|2012–2013 concert tour by Rush}}

{{For|the live album and DVD/Blu-Ray|Clockwork Angels Tour (album)}}

{{infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Clockwork Angels Tour

| image = Clockwork Angels Poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster for the tour

| artist = Rush

| location = {{hlist|Europe|North America}}

| album = Clockwork Angels

| start_date = September 7, 2012

| end_date = August 4, 2013

| number_of_legs = 2

| number_of_shows = {{unbulleted list|62 in North America|10 in Europe|72 in total}}

| last_tour = Time Machine Tour
(2010–11)

| this_tour = Clockwork Angels Tour
(2012–13)

| next_tour = R40 Live Tour
(2015)

}}

The Clockwork Angels Tour was a concert tour in support of the 2012 album, Clockwork Angels, by the Canadian rock band Rush. The tour included shows in Canada, the United States and throughout Europe. A nine-piece string ensemble accompanied the band during the second set of each performance, which highlighted songs from Clockwork Angels.

Set list

Set One

  1. "Subdivisions"
  2. "The Big Money"
  3. "Force Ten"
  4. "Grand Designs"
  5. "The Body Electric" or "Middletown Dreams" or "Limelight"
  6. "Territories"
  7. "The Analog Kid"
  8. "Bravado" or "The Pass"
  9. "Where's My Thing? (Part IV, "Gangster of Boats" Trilogy)/Here It Is! (drum solo)"
  10. "Far Cry"

Set Two

  1. "Caravan"
  2. "Clockwork Angels"
  3. "The Anarchist"
  4. "Carnies"
  5. "The Wreckers"
  6. "Headlong Flight/Drumbastica"
  7. "Peke's Repose (guitar solo)/Halo Effect"
  8. "Seven Cities of Gold" or "Wish Them Well"
  9. "The Garden"
  10. "Manhattan Project" or "Dreamline"
  11. "Red Sector A"
  12. "YYZ"
  13. "The Spirit of Radio"

Encore

  1. "Tom Sawyer"
  2. "2112: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx/Grand Finale" or "Working Man"

Tour dates

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|+ List of 2012 concerts{{cite magazine | url =http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp | archive-url =http://www.freezepage.com/1357566049IANLXYVBOK?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp | url-status =dead | archive-date =7 January 2013 | title = Billboard Boxscore | last = Allen | first = Bob | magazine = Billboard | date = 5 January 2010 | access-date = 13 June 2013}}

!width="150"|Date

!width="150"|City

!width="150"|Country

!width="275"|Venue

!width="220"|Attendance/Capacity/Gross

September 7, 2012

|Manchester

|rowspan="9"|United States

|Verizon Wireless Arena

|8,137 / 8,137 / $608,383

September 9, 2012

|Bristow

|Jiffy Lube Live

|10,345 / 12,822 / $757,162

September 11, 2012

|Pittsburgh

|Consol Energy Center

|8,655 / 10,268 / $507,952

September 13, 2012

|Indianapolis

|Bankers Life Fieldhouse

|7,303 / 10,899 / $489,034

September 15, 2012

|Chicago

|United Center

|11,307 / 12,130 / $1,113,292

September 18, 2012

|Auburn Hills

|The Palace of Auburn Hills

|8,238 / 13,485 / $616,595

September 20, 2012

|Columbus

|Nationwide Arena

|8,611 / 10,204 / $587,173

September 22, 2012

|St. Louis

|Scottrade Center

|10,772 / 10,942 / $790,134

September 24, 2012

|Minneapolis

|Target Center

|8,013 / 10,652 / $561,972

September 26, 2012

|Winnipeg

|rowspan="3"|Canada

|MTS Centre

|

September 28, 2012

|Saskatoon

|Credit Union Centre

|

September 30, 2012

|Edmonton

|Rexall Place

|

October 10, 2012

|Bridgeport

|rowspan="2"|United States

|Webster Bank Arena

|7,339 / 7,339 / $650,355

October 12, 2012

|Philadelphia

|Wells Fargo Center

|11,885 / 12,810 / $943,272

October 14, 2012

|rowspan="2"|Toronto

|rowspan="3"|Canada

|rowspan="2"|Air Canada Centre

|

October 16, 2012

|

October 18, 2012

|Montreal

|Centre Bell

|

October 20, 2012

|Newark

|rowspan="18"|United States

|Prudential Center

|12,139 / 12,139 / $1,022,913

October 22, 2012

|New York City

|Barclays Center

|9,904 / 10,815 / $870,736

October 24, 2012

|Boston

|TD Garden

|9,861 / 10,031 / $841,953

October 26, 2012

|Buffalo

|First Niagara Center

|13,215 / 13,215 / $831,239

October 28, 2012

|Cleveland

|Quicken Loans Arena

|8,025 / 10,383 / $594,890

October 30, 2012

|Charlotte

|Time Warner Cable Arena

|7,523 / 10,095 / $541,143

November 1, 2012

|Alpharetta

|Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park

|12,086 / 12,086 / $926,850

November 3, 2012

|Tampa

|1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre

|10,567 / 11,542 / $720,653

November 13, 2012

|Seattle

|KeyArena

|9,793 / 10,199 / $823,060

November 15, 2012

|San Jose

|HP Pavilion at San Jose

|10,719 / 10,719 / $846,843

November 17, 2012

|Anaheim

|Honda Center

|9,065 / 10,102 / $761,265

November 19, 2012

|Los Angeles

|Gibson Amphitheatre

|5,981 / 5,981 / $706,342

November 21, 2012

|San Diego

|Valley View Casino Center

|7,065 / 10,101 / $359,321

November 23, 2012

|Las Vegas

|MGM Grand Garden Arena

|7,847 / 10,006 / $839,405

November 25, 2012

|Phoenix

|US Airways Center

|8,858 / 10,121 / $604,667

November 28, 2012

|Dallas

|American Airlines Center

|10,509 / 10,509 / $764,483

November 30, 2012

|San Antonio

|AT&T Center

|9,396 / 10,150 / $742,544

December 2, 2012

|Houston

|Toyota Center

|11,091 / 11,091 / $904,931

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|+ List of 2013 concerts{{cite magazine|date=19 June 2013 |title=Billboard Boxscore |magazine=Billboard |location=New York |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106122621/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archive-date=6 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106122621/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archive-date=November 6, 2013 |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |title=Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore |date=June 12, 2013 |access-date=June 13, 2013 |magazine=Billboard |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |title=Current Boxscore |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106122621/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archive-date=November 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

!width="150"|Date

!width="150"|City

!width="150"|Country

!width="275"|Venue

!width="220"|Attendance/Capacity/Gross

April 23, 2013

|Austin

|rowspan="9"|United States

|Frank Erwin Center

|5,974 / 10,278 / $483,924

April 26, 2013

|Sunrise

|BankAtlantic Center

|6,245 / 7,552 / $549,795

April 28, 2013

|Orlando

|Amway Center

|7,783 / 10,142 / $623,608

May 1, 2013

|Nashville

|Bridgestone Arena

|7,272 / 9,531/ $564,666

May 3, 2013

|Raleigh

|PNC Arena

|7,902 / 8,583 / $607,010

May 5, 2013

|Virginia Beach

|Farm Bureau Live

|5,307 / 5,800 / $360,608

May 7, 2013

|Baltimore

|1st Mariner Arena

|6,570 / 12,848 / $539,231

May 9, 2013

|Uncasville

|Mohegan Sun Arena

|5,258 / 5,556 / $480,268

May 11, 2013

|Atlantic City

|Etess Arena

|4,500 / 4,823 / $566,630

May 22, 2013

|Manchester

|rowspan="4"|England

|Manchester Arena

|7,806 / 8,898 / $771,853

May 24, 2013

|London

|The O2 Arena

|12,418 / 15,050 / $1,216,510

May 26, 2013

|Birmingham

|LG Arena

|

May 28, 2013

|Sheffield

|Motorpoint Arena Sheffield

|

May 30, 2013

|Glasgow

|Scotland

|Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

|

June 2, 2013

|Amsterdam

|Netherlands

|Ziggo Dome

|

June 4, 2013

|Cologne

|rowspan="2"| Germany

|Lanxess Arena

|

June 6, 2013

|Berlin

|O2 World Berlin

|

June 8, 2013{{ref label|LAM|A|A}}

|Sölvesborg

|Sweden

|Norje Havsbad

|

June 10, 2013

|Helsinki

|Finland

|Hartwall Arena

|

June 21, 2013

|Hershey

|rowspan="7"|United States

|Giant Center

|7,972 / 8,564 / $699,975

June 23, 2013

|Wantagh

|Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

|9,692 / 10,647 / $748,560

June 25, 2013

|Saratoga Springs

|Saratoga Performing Arts Center

|7,557 / 8,129 / $491,853

June 28, 2013

|Tinley Park

|First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

|7,626 / 8,382 / $657,505

June 30, 2013

|Grand Rapids

|Van Andel Arena

|8,786 / 9,726 / $612,081

July 2, 2013

|Cincinnati

|Riverbend Music Center

|9,965 / 10,445 / $487,860

July 4, 2013

|Milwaukee

|Summerfest

|14,423 / 22,861 / $714,020

July 6, 2013

|Hamilton

|rowspan="7"|Canada

|Copps Coliseum

|

July 8, 2013

|Ottawa

|Ottawa Bluesfest

|

July 10, 2013

|Quebec City

|Quebec City Summer Festival

|

July 12, 2013

|rowspan="2"|Halifax

|rowspan="2"|Halifax Metro Centre

|

July 14, 2013

|

July 24, 2013{{ref label|LAM|B|B}}

|Red Deer

|ENMAX Centrium

|

July 26, 2013

|Vancouver

|Rogers Arena

|

July 28, 2013

|Ridgefield

|rowspan="4"|United States

|Sleep Country Amphitheater

|8,552 / 9,214 / $482,640

July 31, 2013

|West Valley City

|USANA Amphitheatre

|11,216 / 11,637 / $626,706

August 2, 2013

|Denver

|Pepsi Center

|10,409 / 11,266 / $816,641

August 4, 2013

|Kansas City

|Sprint Center

|8,450 / 8,789 / $654,900

;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

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:{{note label|LAM|A|A}}This concert was a part of "Sweden Rock Festival"

:{{note label|LAM|B|B}}Concert moved to Red Deer from Calgary due to a flood that damaged the Scotiabank Saddledome.

}}

Success

  • Top 200 North American Tours 2012: Rush, #33{{cite web |url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2012/2012YearEndTop200NorthAmericanTours.pdf |title=Top 200 North American Tours 2012 |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=March 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323233326/http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2012/2012YearEndTop200NorthAmericanTours.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
  • Total Gross: US $27.2 million
  • Total Attendance: 340,766
  • No. of concerts: 35
  • Top 100 North American Mid Year Tours 2013: Rush, #69{{cite web |url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2013/2013MidYearTop100NorthAmericanTours.pdf |title=Pollstar Mid Year Top 100 North American Tours 2013 |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=March 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075538/http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2013/2013MidYearTop100NorthAmericanTours.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
  • Total Gross: US $4.4 million
  • Total Attendance: 55,117
  • No. of concerts: 14
  • Top 100 Worldwide Mid Year Tours 2013: Rush, #69{{cite web |url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2013/2013MidYearTop100WorldwideTours.pdf |title=Pollstar Mid Year Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2013 |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=March 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717125604/http://pollstarpro.com/files/charts2013/2013MidYearTop100WorldwideTours.pdf |archive-date=July 17, 2013 }}
  • Total Gross: US $11.3 million
  • Total Attendance: 127,280
  • No. of concerts: 23
  • Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2013: Rush, #82{{cite web |url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2013/2013YearEndTop100WorldwideTours.pdf

|title=Pollstar Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2013 |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=May 28, 2015}}

  • Total Gross: US $21.2 million
  • Total Attendance: 268,252
  • No. of concerts: 34
  • In summary
  • Total Gross: US $48.4 million
  • Total Attendance: 609,018
  • No. of concerts: 69

References

{{Reflist}}

=Bibliography=

  • Daly and Hansen. Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth: The Official Touring History. Insight Editions, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1683834502}}

{{Rush}}

Category:Rush (band) concert tours

Category:2012 concert tours

Category:2013 concert tours