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Exit... Stage Left (video)
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<p><i>Exit... Stage Left</i> is a concert film by the <a href="/facts/Canadians/9y5ceYgk">Canadian</a> band <a href="/facts/Rush_(band)/JCTpKWNX">Rush</a> that premiered on <a href="/facts/MTV/S5gxqCxh">MTV</a> in February 1982 and then released on <a href="/facts/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc/NSJJq3DI">CED</a>, <a href="/facts/Laserdisc/nU4WJhDM">Laserdisc</a>, <a href="/facts/Betamax/ksdxknFD">Betamax</a>, <a href="/facts/VHS/aN1lffdC">VHS</a> and <a href="/facts/DVD/7fJsHJrN">DVD</a> at various times between 1982 and 2007. It documents a live concert performance by the band on their 1981 <i><a href="/facts/Moving_Pictures_(Rush_album)/RWNx9fgv">Moving Pictures</a></i> tour. In October 1981, the band released an <a href="/facts/Exit..._Stage_Left/Wcg4ETjN">audio album of the same name</a> of the same performance at the <a href="/facts/Montreal_Forum/pwRfQUWa">Montreal Forum</a>, in <a href="/facts/Montreal/uQQaWd1b">Montreal</a>, <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a> on <a href="/facts/Vinyl_LP/0QpKHzHM">vinyl LP</a>, <a href="/facts/Audiocassette/w8I5uyfs">audiocassette</a>, <a href="/facts/8-track_cartridge/g9W1vNY9">8-track cartridge</a> and (later) <a href="/facts/Compact_disc/g51GRloc">compact disc</a>. The video has a different track list from the album, as well as voice-over comments from the band members about songwriting and performing. The four songs from the European dates of the <a href="/facts/Permanent_Waves/ull0TkI2">Permanent Waves</a> tour, included on the audio album, are not included on the video. </p>