Rush - 18 May 1981 - Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

Rush live at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York during the Moving Pictures tour. This recording is mostly complete, however it cuts off towards the end of La Villa Strangiato about 8 minutes in, the final song of the setlist. This was Rush’s very first time performing at Madison Square Garden, to which they returned many times in succeeding years. This recording captures a very rare occurrence of the band playing a brief teaser of The Surfaris’ song Wipeout, during the introduction to Limelight. As far as I know, I do not think this Wipeout teaser was played during any other concert on the Moving Pictures tour. Wipeout later became part of the closing outro for every concert during the Presto tour of 1990. Track Listing: