Rush have since gone on hiatus since their epic Clockwork Angels tour, and what a well-deserved rest it is for them. Fans and critics alike have wondered if they'd celebrate their 40th Anniversary and the band was very vocal about NOT doing the expected thing, which is very Rush-like of them. They live their own lives and do their own thing, which IS expected. Geddy (or Alex, I can't recall) even said something along the lines of "Why a 40th Anniversary? Why not a 41st Anniversary tour?", and all I could do was laugh. I could totally see them doing that, and calling it that as well.
I don't expect them to tour this year, and to be honest, I really hope they start to get the itch to write/record this year/next year, and release a new album in 2015 or 2016, then go on another tour.
As for the tour itself, Alex has gone on the record (again) about how he'd like to play deep cuts and bring out rarely played songs, and of course, one that fans constantly bring up (now that "The Camera Eye" has finally been resurrected) is "Jacob's Ladder", and I do not blame them. They even brought out "Entre Nous" a few tours back, so why not "Jacob's Ladder"?! Or even "Different Strings", which, like "Entre Nous" up to it's performance, has not been played live.
Even then, there's tons of tracks from the 80's and 90's that have never been played live, so I would LOVE to see them bring them out (like "Available Light" or anything from Presto, really, an album whose tracks definitely improve with live performance).
How much longer will they tour, though?! At the rate they've been going, I can see them doing two or even three more tours before hanging it up. They've got some energy left in them, and even if they don't record any more albums, they could still tour and make bank on it, both on the tour itself and on inevitable live releases. Rush have proven themselves to be force in touring rock shows, and they show no signs of stopping quite soon.
Thanks again to everyone that has participated in my off-and-on thread, and feel free to continue this discussion on live Rush, from any tour and era, any song or performance! Share videos or experiences, anything you want! Let's keep this resource alive!
-Marc.