The Sun is making a habit of this! The second time they’ve mentioned Rush in the last 30-odd years (can you remember the Time Machine Tour, here?)
The review of the O2 gig says:
“IT has long been a source of wonder how Rush produce such a huge sound with only three blokes.
“Bolster the headcount to nine and it’s overwhelming.
“Their new mini-orchestra is essential for the epic arrangements of 2012’s magnificent Clockwork Angels album, but the wondrous marriage makes you wonder why they weren’t recruited in 1976.
“The Canadian legends’ three-hour O2 show was their most spectacular in 40 years.
“On a beautiful steampunk-themed stage set, they played their best Eighties synth-rock, much of Clockwork Angels and Obligatory classics.
“Despite dodgy sound, a world-class performance.”
I have to say that I didn’t find the sound at the O2 that bad – though The Sun isn’t the first to criticise it. I think it depended where you were standing.
Having noted that, The Sun’s reviewer goes on to score the gig as 4 out of 5.