{"id":5964,"date":"2011-05-20T00:49:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T00:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5964"},"modified":"2011-05-20T00:49:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T00:49:06","slug":"rush-manchester-men-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5964","title":{"rendered":"Rush @ Manchester MEN 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third leg of six, and this one was easily the best so far.<\/p>\n

It started off good when I arrived at about 5pm, and found a free parking space in the MEN multi-storey on the ground level (last time I was here, it took over an hour to get out being up on the 4th or 5th level).<\/p>\n

It was even better when I got inside the arena – I’d been worried that the seat numbering began from the opposite end to which it actually did, which meant that I was right in front of Geddy’s keyboards, and only three rows back.<\/p>\n

And this new camera is bloody brilliant – even the blurred pictures are still good.<\/p>\n

The crowd was up for it right from the start (in huge contrast to the Sheffield lot<\/a>). The band obviously felt this, and is was clear that they were really enjoying themselves – an impression which became stronger as the show progressed. Alex and Geddy were laughing among themselves, and when they brought Neil in on it there was even a deviation from the set (albeit for a few seconds) at the end of Closer to the Heart.The crowd was singing along and very animated throughout.<\/p>\n

At the end, even Geddy’s farewell made it clear they were overwhelmed by the crowd response, even more than at Glasgow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Being on Geddy’s side, my pictures were oriented to him, and it was difficult to get a decent shot of Neil from that angle (some of the better ones were when Geddy was away from his keyboard and Neil was behind him in some shots). \"Geddy\"Alex<\/p>\n

\"Neil<\/p>\n

\"Geddy<\/a>\"Geddy<\/p>\n

And I was right about the car parking space. I got out within 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Another awesome show. Next stop, Newcastle on Saturday<\/a>. Get your backsides down there and make it a sell-out – and let’s make it the best one again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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