Rush's Third Tour Stop: 'Moving Pictures' Played in Full, Bass Malfunction Halts '2112'

Towards of the end of the third show of Rush's Fifty Something Tour, the band experienced something nearly unimaginable for one of the most technically proficient and perfectionist acts of the rock era — a full musical train wreck that stopped the overture to '2112' right in its progged-out tracks.

But no one actually made an instrumental mistake. Instead, two minutes in, Geddy Lee's bass went dead, and he whipped it off his shoulder, heading backstage for a replacement that failed to immediately arrive.

It took his bandmates a while to notice, leading to a brief, fascinating guitar solo from Alex Lifeson as the crowd cheered.