Features: DVD, Deluxe Edition R30 celebrates the 30th Anniversary World Tour. The concert was filmed with 14 hi-definition cameras in 16x9 widescreen format at the Festhalle, Frankfurt Germany on September 24, 2004.
The set list spans RUSH's incredibly diverse 30-year career, and includes "Hemispheres," "The Spirit of Radio," "Anthem," "Tom Sawyer," "Subdivisions," "Earthshine," "2112," "Limelight," plus tracks from 2004's covers EP Feedback including "Summertime Blues" and "Crossroads."
This R30 2 DVD and 2 CD Deluxe Edition set includes the Frankfurt concert on DVD disc one (mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound); while the second DVD disc will include rare and classic performance footage from the late seventies to the Tsunami relief benefit concert in 2005 along with interview footage culled from the last three decades. The two bonus CDs feature the soundtrack from the Frankfurt concert DVD (CDs will not be sold separately).
The Deluxe Edition will also include two limited edition RUSH guitar picks and a souvenir backstage pass.
DVD Disc 1 Tracklisting
1. R30 Overture - (Finding My Way, Anthem, Bastille Day, A Passage to Bangkok, Cygnus X-1, Hemispheres)
2. The Spirit of Radio
3. Force Ten
4. Animate
5. Subdivisions
6. Earthshine
7. Red Barchetta
8. Roll The Bones
9. The Seeker
10. Tom Sawyer
11. Dreamline
12. Between the Wheels
13. Mystic Rhythms
14. Der Trommler
15. Resist
16. Heart Full of Soul
17. 2112
18. Xanadu
19. Working Man
20. Summertime Blues
21. Crossroads
22. Limelight
DVD Disc 2 Special Features
Archive Performance Footage:
Fly By Night - Church Session Video (1975)
Finding My Way – mpeg1 from Rock Concert
In The Mood – mpeg1 from Rock Concert
Circumstances
La Villa Strangiato
A Farewell to Kings - Seneca College Theatre (1977)
Xanadu - Seneca College Theatre (1977)
Soundcheck: Various Songs - Ivor Wynne Stadium (1977)
Freewill - Toronto Rocks / Rolling Stones Concert (2003)
Closer to the Heart - Canadian Tsunami Disaster Fund charity telethon performance on CBC television (2005)
Interview Footage:
Interview with Rush at Ivor Wynne Stadium (1979) – A Farewell to Kings Tour
Studio interview at Le Studio, Montreal (1981) while recording the album Signals (released 1982)
Interview featuring all 3 members (1990) for Artist of the Decade (1980s)
Interview for release of the album Vapor Trails (2004)
La Villa Strangiato
CBC Television: Juno Award news report - RUSH induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (1994)
CD 1 Tracklisting
1. R30 Overture - (Finding My Way, Anthem, Bastille Day, A Passage to Bangkok, Cygnus X-1, Hemispheres)
2. The Spirit of Radio
3. Force Ten
4. Animate
5. Subdivisions
6. Earthshine
7. Red Barchetta
8. Roll The Bones
9. The Seeker
10. Tom Sawyer
11. Dreamline
CD 2 Tracklisting
1. Between the Wheels
2. Mystic Rhythms
3. Der Trommler
4. Resist
5. Heart Full of Soul
6. 2112
7. Xanadu
8. Working Man
9. Summertime Blues
10. Crossroads
11. Limelight
 Editor's Note
 In 2004 Rush celebrated their 30th anniversary together in style, by undertaking an extensive world tour, and performing the classic songs that catapulted them to stardom. The show included here is taken from their date in Frankfurt, Germany, and sees the band shaking off their advancing years to perform a set packed full of energy.
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