Greatest Cleveland concerts: No. 12 – Rush's Time Machine

The big picture: When Rush's first U.S. headlining tour stopped in Cleveland on Aug. 26, 1974, it drew a sold-out crowd at the Agora and aired live on WMMS' airwaves.

• Within three years, the band would be headlining larger venues such as Allen Theatre, Public Auditorium and Richfield Coliseum.

The intrigue: Rush's relationship with Cleveland continued for several decades, culminating with the band's 2011 Time Machine Tour.

• Rush recorded its April concert at Quicken Loans Arena (now Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) and released it on DVD, Blu-ray and CD as "Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland."

What they're saying: "Because of the ties the band had to this area with WMMS, people were losing their minds about it," Cleveland music historian Peter Chakerian tells Axios.

• "Cleveland's Rush fans were set up for a historical night."

What they heard: The show featured typical fan favorites, including "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill," followed by Rush's landmark album "Moving Pictures" in its entirety — a rarity for the band.

• Rush closed things out with "Working Man," the song that had consumed local airwaves 37 years earlier.

The bottom line: "I never thought when seeing the band in my preteens I'd one day be at a show being filmed in Cleveland," Chakerian says. "It's hard to even put into words."

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