Not to interrupt the film critics
but... I saw the Rush gig in NYC and quite enjoyed it. I liked the largely backward-moving set list, ending up with "Working Man". Nice that they played Xanadu - the whole damn song!
It was kind of fun watching Geddy switch basses on nearly every song, and a bit surprising how much the mix changed. I agreed with... oops I've forgotten who said that that T-birds didn't really stand out. In fact, I forget which songs he played the NR on, but I couldn't really hear him well at all on those songs. A bit disappointing because I love T-birds and thought it would be cool to hear what Geddy sounds like on one.
Best bass tone of the night to my ears was "Roll the Bones" played on a precision. The circa-1990 synth parts on that song have not aged particularly well, but otherwise it was great. I like precisions, but that really surprised me ... I like Geddy's tone on jazz basses and ricks, and I never really associated him with precisions, particularly not for a song of that relatively late vintage, but it really cut through and had a nice edge to it, more of a midrange bark than he usually gets. Wish I'd heard more of that from the NR!