Test for Echo Tour

From October 1996 to July 1997

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The Test For Echo tour was the band’s first tour without an opening act, and was billed as “An Evening With Rush.” The tour kicked off October 19, 1996 at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York and culminated on July 4, 1997 at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. This was the only concert tour in which Rush played the song “2112” in its entirety.

Tour Dates

Date Location Venue
October 19, 1996 Albany, New York Knickerbocker Arena
October 20, 1996 Buffalo, New York Marine Midland Arena
October 22, 1996 Dayton, Ohio Nutter Center
October 23, 1996 Grand Rapids, Michigan Van Andel Arena
October 25, 1996 Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace
October 26, 1996 Rockford, Illinois Rockford MetroCentre
October 28, 1996 Chicago, Illinois United Center
October 29, 1996 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center
October 31, 1996 St. Louis, Missouri Kiel Center
November 1, 1996 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bradley Center
November 3, 1996 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena
November 4, 1996 Cleveland, Ohio Gund Arena
November 6, 1996 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania CoreStates Center
November 7, 1996 Landover, Maryland USAir Arena
November 9, 1996 Boston, Massachusetts The FleetCenter
November 10, 1996 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center
November 20, 1996 San Jose, California San Jose Arena
November 21, 1996 Sacramento, California Arco Arena
November 23, 1996 San Diego, California Sports Arena
November 24, 1996 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas & Mack Arena, UNLV
November 26, 1996 Los Angeles, California Great Western Forum
November 27, 1996 Los Angeles, California Great Western Forum
November 29, 1996 Phoenix, Arizona America West Arena
November 30, 1996 El Paso, Texas UTEP Special Events Center
December 2, 1996 San Antonio, Texas The Alamodome
December 3, 1996 Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena
December 5, 1996 Houston, Texas The Summit
December 6, 1996 New Orleans, Louisiana UNO Lakefront Arena
December 8, 1996 West Palm Beach, Florida Coral Sky Amphitheater
December 9, 1996 Tampa, Florida Ice Palace Arena
December 11, 1996 Atlanta, Georgia The Omni
December 12, 1996 Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum
December 14, 1996 Uniondale, New York Nassau Coliseum
December 15, 1996 East Rutherford, New Jersey Continental Arena
December 18, 1996 Toronto, Ontario Club Phoenix
May 7, 1997 San Diego, California Hospitality Point
May 8, 1997 Phoenix, Arizona Desert Sky Pavilion
May 10, 1997 Devore, California Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion
May 11, 1997 Mountain View, California Shoreline Amphitheater
May 14, 1997 Portland, Oregon Rose Garden
May 16, 1997 Vancouver, British Columbia General Motors Place
May 17, 1997 George, Washington The Gorge
May 19, 1997 Boise, Idaho BSU Pavilion
May 20, 1997 Salt Lake City, Utah Delta Center
May 22, 1997 Englewood, Colorado Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
May 24, 1997 Dallas, Texas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheater
May 25, 1997 Woodlands, Texas Woodlands Pavilion
June 4, 1997 Cincinnati, Ohio Riverbend Music Center
June 5, 1997 Nashville, Tennessee Starwood Amphitheater
June 7, 1997 Bonner Springs, Kansas Sandstone Amphitheater
June 8, 1997 St. Louis, Missouri Riverport Amphitheater
June 10, 1997 Noblesville, Indiana Deer Creek Music Center
June 11, 1997 Burgettstown, Pennsylvania Star Lake Amphitheater
June 13, 1997 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Marcus Amphitheater
June 14, 1997 Tinley Park, Illinois World Music Theater
June 16, 1997 Columbus, Ohio Polaris Amphitheater
June 17, 1997 Detroit, Michigan Pine Knob Music Theater
June 19, 1997 Holmdel, New Jersey PNC Bank Arts Center
June 20, 1997 Bristow, Virginia Nissan Pavilion
June 22, 1997 Camden, New Jersey Blockbuster-Sony E-Centre
June 23, 1997 Mansfield, Massachusetts Great Woods Center
June 25, 1997 Wantagh, New York Jones Beach
June 26, 1997 Darien Center, New York Performing Arts Center
June 28, 1997 Montreal, Quebec Molson Centre
June 30, 1997 Toronto, Ontario Molson Amphitheater
July 2, 1997 Toronto, Ontario Molson Amphitheater
July 3, 1997 Quebec City, Quebec Colisee De Quebec
July 4, 1997 Ottawa, Ontario Corel Centre

Test For Echo Tour

Setlist

Set One

“Dreamline”
“The Big Money”/”Wipe Out” (Replaced with “Limelight” for the second leg)
“Stick It Out” (Second leg only)
“Driven”
“Half the World”
“Red Barchetta”
“Animate”
“Limbo”
“The Trees”
“Freewill” (Second leg only)
“Red Sector A”
“Virtuality”
“Nobody’s Hero”
“Closer to the Heart”
“2112”

Set two

“Test for Echo”
“Subdivisions” (Dropped from the second leg)
“Freewill”
“Roll the Bones”
“Resist”
“Leave That Thing Alone”
“The Rhythm Method” (drum solo)
“Natural Science”
“Force Ten”
“Time and Motion” (Moved around the setlist before being dropped on 9 Nov 1996)
“The Spirit of Radio”
“Tom Sawyer”

Encore

“YYZ”
“Cygnus X-1” (teaser)