Quote Originally Posted by topspeed
Maybe you can figure out what the roasters on stage were for (you'll see).

Peart's solo is absolutely sick. Nice tip o' the hat to Buddy Rich and listen for the 7/8 rhythm. It's amazing.
The roasters (and vending machines on the last tour, and washers and dryers on the tour before that) are to replace the amp stack that was behind Geddy many years ago. Geddy dropped the amps several years ago but felt like he still needed something behind him to give him a backdrop.

Speedy's right about the drum solo. We saw Rush early in this tour and were sitting side stage over Peart's drum kit. We were able to watch the solo from a bird's eye view and it was jaw dropping! Best drum solo I've ever seen...and I've seen A LOT of solos.