It's really tough seeing them in there prime when they were gods, in the height of their physical and musical prowess and realizing Peart's not here anymore. Time goes buy so fucking fast. I was just 11 when this album came out, I can remember riding around the streets at night on my BMX listening to this on my Walkman in fall of 82.

R.I.P. Neil an artist in every sense of the word.

Man, this is Rush's freakshow, superhero era...everything as fast as they could take it. A gem

Looking back now, it seems like a lifetime went by between the release of their first album and Signals. In reality, it was only 8 years. Man I'm getting old.

This is rock music at its best. No frills, no big egos, just great music by three of the best and most creative guys ever.

This era of Rush will forever be my favorite. I was in middle school and saw this tour. It really was a great time to be a kid and discovering Rush.

RUSH---The thinking man's band !!!

This was the play everything fast tour. Still great.

You move, you move me… you move us ! What a show. Analog kid, Weapon, Subdivision, Chemistry, Countdown ! Signals was definitely a game changing record, especially live !

Thanks to those who recorded these so long ago when technology didn't exist to share it yet.

Saw this tour on Long Island. My third tour in a row. I would not see them again until their very last show in L.A. in 2015. Time flies.

Hearing The Analog Kid on the radio in the summer of ‘83, in my old house on a ranch in Oklahoma, gave me hope, an idea of escape, a possible future away from that oppressive hellscape.

Digital Man is a song to be reckoned with. Listen to that rhythm section. First-rate

“One likes to believe In the freedom of baseball” Gotta love the ad lib

This setlist is absolutely insane!

Caught this tour about a month later, in Hamburg, Germany. Worked my way up to the stage and stayed there for the whole show, about 10 feet from Geddy and Alex. Caught a lot of good shows in Europe and that was one of the best!

I was in 10th grade when Signals came out. It is the most anticipated album of my lifetime.

I played Broon's Bane for my Highschool recital back in '89. Bully for me! lol. RUSH!

Insane. Neil Peart just blows my mind.

Wow, this was Rush at their absolute best. Digital Man sounds like the album! If only I had a Time Machine.

My first concert ever was RUSH in March 1983 Lakeland, Florida. Really great to see this footage recorded about a month later in Montreal. As a kid, seeing Neil's beautiful red Tama drum set up close was a dream come true. Hard to believe my drum hero is no longer here. Thanks for the memories!

These guys created more music in 10 years than most bands do in a lifetime, unlike most other bands however, after 10 yrs, they had only just begun.

For those wondering in the comments: they’re really playing “that fast” … it isn’t just tape speed or some other mechanical issue. Just note the sequencer tempos are correct … “Digital Man”, for example. Neil was a master of bringing the band back to meter when the machines kicked in- I’ve a friend who used to tour with them in the GUP era who marveled at this phenomenon. There was no click to sync to in between the sequencer parts- just the professor’s own internal clock.

Best band EVER !

Today was the last day of school and I was wearing my rush shirt, and when we were leaving a teacher told me to show him my shirt and he said that he was a rush fan and that he went to this concert

Holy shit they were flying through Freewill.

Every song is a masterpiece. Great setlist for a new period

Saw them at the Forum the following yr for the GUP Tour. My first live show, blew my 14 yr old mind

This tour was the first concert I ever saw, I was a 15 year old school band drummer and my life changed forever that night.

Wow! What a Setlist! Great mix of songs. Not a lot of the earlier stuff, but fantastic just the same. This is the era of Rush I relate to the most. Thanks for the upload.

Compare this speed to Snakes And Arrows lol. Really though I would kill a man to have this show pro-shot on bluray... why god couldn't they record more in this era.

This is awesome. This is Rush at their peak.

I saw this tour in Chicago (Rosemont) later that year. This is like reliving the very show I was at. Alex wore that light colored new wave style jacket (same one, I'll bet), and Geddy wore a sleeves-cut-off grey sweatshirt, real similar to the one here. And I remember distinctly that Alex spent half the show leaning against that equipment stage right- they probably had side monitors over there. The set was the same. After all these years the Signals tunes are the ones that stand out. Probably because that was the album I was listening to at the time, and they used visuals for some of those. Fun to be able to watch this and go back to just how it was.

Got in to this band during the hold your fire album and that was it...... i had to get all Their albums regrettably I only saw them twice live R I P RUSH R I P MR PEART

Saw this tour in Chicago. Alex & his new wave haircut! They killed it as always.

THANK YOU to whoever recorded and uploaded this treasure. this is unheard of!! loved to finally see the drum solo as close as it was to Exit....

Aside from A Flock of Seagulls this was one of the best shows I have seen at the Forum !!

The most underappreciated guitar solo OF ALL TIME - THE WEAPON!

Neil Peart once said that "you have to earn your audience, every night. Earn every fan for their time, effort and money at every performance". I saw Rush 17 times(last show at Madison Square Garden and I got counterfeit tix. Uugghhh!!) and not once was I ever disappointed. If you put Signals on the turntable and listen to this...its hard to tell apart!! RIP Professor!! Oh yeah... GREAT FIND! New subscriber here!

the quality is much better than the first night. Funny how FAST they were playing these tunes at the time. You'd think they were trying to make a plane or something.

I was almost 19 during this tour and wanted it to be my first Rush Concert and couldn't go. My friends didn't get me a ticket. I knew when Signals came out I wanted to to go...Usually when a band is able to play material like this with such precision and energy, you know it's their peak! Too band the Band didn't see fit to document this tour as it's amazing! I was hoping they would have something for the Anniversary edition, it's a shame. So glad someone was able to capture this! 👍 Love Rush!

Wow, there is certainly a crispness in youth

The sound on this Is unreal! I am an avid bootleg collector and this has to be one of the best I have heard.

Love that extended gong bass drum roll at the end of Xanadu. A lot of nice moments in this recording.

Rush fans are always LOUD! What a find. Thanks so much!

The Trees fades into Red Barchetta, awesome

I saw Rush over 35 times through the years. I saw this tour on November 11, 1982 at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. It was festival seating and I fought my way to the front of the stage during Rory Gallagher's set. It was freaking awesome.

Was There a 13 years old with my older Brother First show ever...what a show..thanks for the awsome memories....BTW only from the smoke around i had a wonderful First trip..lol

Superb to see this up here. I saw them on the 24th of May that year my first ever concert as a mere boy of 15! Changed my life :)

My God what a setlist! I can’t believe this was uploaded 6 years ago and I’m just finding it!! Signals was the first “new Rush release” I purchased after discovering them with Moving Pictures/Exit.. Although a bit disappointed at first with Signals it’s grown tremendously on me over the years. Unfortunately I didn’t get to see this tour and would not see them for the first time until Jan ‘86 on Power Windows.

I was 17 when I saw this show. A group of friends and I would purchase bus packages (ticket included a charter bus ride) from Ottawa to the MTL Forum. What a unique experience seeing many great bands in the early 80's in Montreal, as some bands would skip performing at the Ottawa Civic Centre. I also remember after our first bus package trip, some of us would scrambled to get to the Mcdonald's, near the Form to grab food before the bus departed. I learned quickly, with a bus full of people with the munchies, they would pay just about anything for a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder. Many times it paid for our night out, but required some fast footwork to get back to the bus in time. But well worth the experience being a teenager in the 80's, who saw an opportunity that allowed me to experience many concerts for free, or almost free. Thanks for posting this, brings back some great memories of my past.

Thank you. Signals is an amazing Rush album.

I was at this show. Traveling from SUNYp Plattsburgh we got searched at the border, station wagon completely stripped but nothing was found. At the Forum we hit the pit but got caught and we all took off. I ended up backstage behind Peart, who had a towel over his head just moments before the show. Extremely surreal being backstage when nobody was there to stop me. I quickly hot-tailed it back out front running off the side of the stage near Alex so I could get back to my balcony seat. My friends saw me running from backstage and freaked out

Guys, unless you're a drummer yourself, don't ever pick a fight with a drummer "they will surely kill you" 😬 Neil just played his ass off for almost 2 straight hours here THEN did his drum solo😮 I can't imagine the kind of strength it must take to be a drummer at this kind of level or a drummer period?! I'm a drummer fan boy "guitarist" and have nothing but the utmost respect and love for drummers, they are unquestionably the hardest working member physically of any band!

I saw this tour in Dallas. They had a full screen behind them, the band and the lasers and lights in front. It was the best concert I've ever seen. I have been to over 50 concerts over my life,60 years old.

I was there at the 2nd show 17 years old kid and it was my first of 9 Rush shows. What a treat it was. Thanks Rush for the memories. RIP the professor.

Thank you for this! I was too young to attend their concerts. 😩 I’m from Montreal, really cool that Geddy was speaking to the crowd in French 😎

This by the way is a pretty fantastic video considering the era. I love it, thanks for posting!

Holy crap this is cool. I saw them a few weeks earlier in Las Cruces, NM and it was my first Rush show. Looking at their tour schedule for that album, they started it in Apr 1982 and ended in May 1983. Poor guys had a relentless schedule.

What a sweet way to segue into TS from the final note of TSOR. Thank you for this gem.

I saw this show in New Haven 37 years ago today. Thanks for uploading this... I get to relive the night. :D

God I miss Montreal and yet how blessed we were to live there.

I saw this tour two weeks prior (Charlotte, NC). Sucks that they did only half of The Camera Eye. Abbreviating Xanadu I get, as by that point they'd been doing it in its entirety since '77. But TCE was only one album old, and they would not perform it again until the Time Machine and R40 tours decades later.

I was there! Thanks for posting!

Thanks for uploading this, saw them for the first time 39 years ago this evening at the Convention Center Arena in San Antonio, TX. Watching it on the big screen TV now 👍

Great version of LA Villa. Alex shreds it.

thank you so much for this, tight drumming, visually dull - but perfect & pure music....

Très très apprécié ce vidéo merci beaucoup.

The solo at the end. He is a machine!

My first concert same tour in Tucson AZ. RIP Professor

Wow!!! This is the 1st tour I saw. Can't believe it's been 36 years!! thanks for posting!

Very good! Thanks

I remember when they came & played the old Salt Palace on this tour in Salt Lake City, Utah in the spring of '83 and both my older brother & sister getting ready to go & how pissed off I was cause I didn't have enough to get a ticket to go. For me this is RUSH in their prime on the Signals tour. This era just hits it on all levels. It doesn't get any better than this!

Whoever recorded this thank you for the memories,this was my first show in philly ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I missed this tour at Radio City Music Hall it was sold out I was very disappointed . I did see them for the first time on GUP and of course was Blown Away. Thank you for sharing this I finally get a chance to experience the signals to tour

I went to both nights

Dam.......miss a new album coming out every year then going to their concert.....Great times!!

Thanks for sharing. Amazing. My first was the Signals tours in Toronto Nov/1982.

I remember I used to have a bootleg red vhs of this concert. Watched it over and over. What I want to know is how someone snuck in a a vhs recorder to get this get whole show? Those things were huge in 83’.

I was 8 yrs old when this came out. I was a little too young to appreciate it. Around 11-12 I had this cassette on day and night. Signals is probably still my favorite album. Maybe not as technical of an album but dark. Just a great fucking band.

They were peeking so much as musicians on this album and Grace Under Pressure they were absolutely on point straight beast mode and playing everything lightning fast just cause they could God bless you for putting this out thank you

Saw them in Greensboro, NC nine days before this show. This is on par with what I saw. I was awestruck.

******EXCELLENT****** I remember it well.

Greatest rock band of all time

i always loved how Alex takes a few steps back then a few steps forward over and over along with his little jig

man props to the guy who recorded this. has to be the same person who did the halen show from '84 same venue.? perfect spot really to get whole stage and show everything. especially when you consider the time and eqiupment available

Saw this tour in Franfurt Germany as a teen in high school......they were and are my #1 rip Neil

Love the humor on 2112 and countdown was really sweet.

RIP to the King

Drums really come out in this. I remember racing sail boats and listening to this music they sound really good.

Saw the, that year, this video is priceless!!

Countdown live, surely one of the few times they played that song, amazing!

First time I saw Rush was this tour !!! The forum Los Angeles ,..Unreal !!!

holy... i just watched this for the first time.. going through Rush's catalogue in order for the first time.. finally getting to see footage of YYZ live.. i was soooo scared we wouldn't get the guitar solo , omgggg

Wow!!! ULTRA FAST!!! Very Cool!!! Rush in their best form EVER!!

40 years ago (in two days actually) 3 buddies from college and I stopped off on our way, picked up my little HS age brother and drove 2+ hours to Charlotte to the old Coliseum (now Bojangles Col.) for all of us' first Rush show ever. This video was recorded about a week and a half later. Tickets were $12.50. I still have my ticket stub as the only memento from the show. (We didn't carry phones in our pockets back in those days, kids. Way down the road, I found the show we attended on Dime and downloaded it. The audio quality is pretty low but still it is great to remember what little banter Geddy carried on to the crowd. I appreciate Snowdog for uploading this, thank you.

This awesome.. I wish too there was more pro shot video too of this time, around 1984.

My God what a set list 💪💪💪💪💪

Saw them at Wembley Arena, London, a month or so after this was filmed.

This is so great. RIP Professor.