Underplayed Gems

Rush in Rio (2003)

Rush in Rio poster
Directed by
Daniel Catullo
Genre
documentary film, progressive rock, musical film
Country
Brazil, United States, Canada
Runtime
2h 51m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.3 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is the first concert DVD from the Canadian band Rush. It captures their entire final show of the 2002 Vapor Trails Tour in front of 40,000 fans at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The set includes 29 songs and bonus features like a behind-the-scenes tour documentary.

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What happens

Rush in Rio is a live DVD by Canadian band Rush, released in 2003. It is also available as a three CD set. It was the first concert DVD ever released by the band, consisting of 29 songs, and is available in both one-disc and two-disc sets. Bonus features in the two-disc set include a behind-the-scenes tour documentary directed by Andrew MacNaughtan and multi-angle viewing options for three instrumentals. The performance was recorded and filmed at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and was the final night on the 2002 Vapor Trails Tour. It is the band's first live video that presents a single night's entire performance. The attendance at this show was 40,000, the second largest crowd at a show on the Vapor Trails Tour (the largest crowd being 60,000 at the previous night's show in São Paulo). The crew had such a difficult time driving from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro that they were hours late when they arrived at the stadium, and no sound or video check was done because the crowd was entering by the time everything was set up. After this show, Neil Peart's rotating drum riser was destroyed when it was being removed from the stadium by a flat-bed truck whose driver miscalculated the height of the exit. During the final three shows of the tour, all in Brazil, the Vapor Trails carpet spread out on the stage became so soaked with rainwater that it could not be flown out with the rest of the equipment afterward. It was left behind in Rio and eventually sold on eBay to a fan in Connecticut. The Rush In Rio DVD received the 2004 Juno Award for "Music DVD of the Year." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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