| R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour | ||||
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| Released | November 22, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | September 24, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Festhalle Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main) | |||
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| Length | ≈130:00 | |||
| Label | Anthem, Atlantic, Eagle Vision (for the Blu-ray edition) | |||
| Director | Pierre Lamoureux | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Mojo | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour is a live DVD by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on November 22, 2005 in Canada and the US, and November 28, 2005 in Europe. The DVD documents the band's R30: 30th Anniversary Tour, and was recorded on September 24, 2004 at the Festhalle Frankfurt, Germany.
The DVD was released in both a standard and a deluxe set. The standard set includes a DVD of the concert, a second DVD of various interviews/extra live footage/easter eggs, and a booklet. The deluxe edition set includes all the items in the standard edition, as well as two CDs of the DVD content, two limited-edition Rush guitar picks, a souvenir backstage pass, and special slipcase packaging. The CD’s are only available in the deluxe edition set. The guitar picks have Alex Lifeson's and Geddy Lee's signatures printed on them, and come in three colors: red, yellow, and black. The colors of the picks are random in packages.
To reduce overlap with the band's 2003 release Rush in Rio, eight songs were cut from both DVD versions: "Bravado", "YYZ", "The Trees", "One Little Victory", "Secret Touch", "Red Sector A", "La Villa Strangiato", and By-Tor and the Snow Dog". The audio CDs in the deluxe version present the shortened set-list as well. Five of the deleted songs were later released:
- "Red Sector A" on the Snakes & Arrows Live DVD (2008)
- "Secret Touch" on the DVD included with the two-disc version of the Retrospective III: 1989–2008 compilation (2009)
- "One Little Victory" on the DVD included with the two-disc version of the Working Men compilation (2009)
- "Bravado" and "YYZ" as bonus features for the home media release of the documentary film Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (2010)
The R30 track "Der Trommler" is a drum solo by Neil Peart. The track "R30 Overture" is an instrumental medley of six early Rush songs, one from each of the first six studio albums, with flashes of the band's history appearing in the background at the concerts. The R30 releases also feature four songs from the band's 2004 "cover" EP Feedback. The tour ultimately featured at least one song from every one of their albums up until that point, except Caress of Steel (beyond the snippet of "Bastille Day" as part of the R30 Overture) and Presto.
A Blu-ray version of R30, containing the complete concert, was released on December 8, 2009 in the US, and in late 2013 in Europe.
The booklet includes the tour and show credits, as well as many photos of the band chronologically. At the end, a photo of all their albums are shown, which includes their live releases and some compilations albums. The souvenir backstage pass is a fuzzy sticker with paper on the back. From top to bottom, it reads: "rush [;] WORLD TOUR 2004 [;] R30 [;] all areas".
- ^ Prato, Greg. "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour - Rush". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ "Rush - R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour Blu-Ray Movie". CD Universe. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "Rush: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013.