Clockwork Angels Tour

For the live album and DVD/Blu-Ray, see Clockwork Angels Tour (album).

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.

Clockwork Angels Tour

Tour by Rush
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	Clockwork Angels
Start date	September 7, 2012
End date	August 4, 2013
Legs	2
No. of shows	62 in North America 10 in Europe 72 in total
Rush concert chronology

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

List of 2012 concerts^[1]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance/Capacity/Gross
September 7, 2012	Manchester	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	Canada	MTS Centre
September 28, 2012	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
September 30, 2012	Edmonton		Rexall Place
October 10, 2012	Bridgeport	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	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
October 16, 2012
October 18, 2012	Montreal		Centre Bell
October 20, 2012	Newark	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

List of 2013 concerts^[2][3][4]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance/Capacity/Gross
April 23, 2013	Austin	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	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	Germany	Lanxess Arena
June 6, 2013	Berlin		O2 World Berlin
June 8, 2013[A]	Sölvesborg	Sweden	Norje Havsbad
June 10, 2013	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena
June 21, 2013	Hershey	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	Canada	Copps Coliseum
July 8, 2013	Ottawa		Ottawa Bluesfest
July 10, 2013	Quebec City		Quebec City Summer Festival
July 12, 2013	Halifax		Halifax Metro Centre
July 14, 2013
July 24, 2013[B]	Red Deer		ENMAX Centrium
July 26, 2013	Vancouver		Rogers Arena
July 28, 2013	Ridgefield	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

^A This concert was a part of "Sweden Rock Festival"

^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^[5]
• Total Gross: US $27.2 million
• Total Attendance: 340,766
• No. of concerts: 35
• Top 100 North American Mid Year Tours 2013: Rush, #69^[6]
• Total Gross: US $4.4 million
• Total Attendance: 55,117
• No. of concerts: 14
• Top 100 Worldwide Mid Year Tours 2013: Rush, #69^[7]
• Total Gross: US $11.3 million
• Total Attendance: 127,280
• No. of concerts: 23
• Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2013: Rush, #82^[8]
• 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

1. Allen, Bob (5 January 2010). "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
2. "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. New York. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013.
3. "Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore". Billboard. June 12, 2013. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
4. "Current Boxscore". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
5. "Top 200 North American Tours 2012" (PDF). Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
6. "Pollstar Mid Year Top 100 North American Tours 2013" (PDF). Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
7. "Pollstar Mid Year Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2013" (PDF). Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
8. "Pollstar Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2013" (PDF). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 28, 2015.

Bibliography

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