Rush @ SECC, 3 Oct

Neil Peart, Rush's brilliant drummer, is an Objectivist. Maybe that's why their show tonight is so disappointing. Objectivists believe that the Ego is supreme. Individualism and selfishness are virtues to be treasured; altruism is a big no-no, so kudos to Peart and Rush for sticking by their principles. By playing new album Snakes and Arrows in its entirety, this tour may be his two fingered salute to the world.

This is his version of Howard Roark's - fictional architect in Ayn Rand's literary vehicle for Objectivism, The Fountainhead - infamous courtroom soliloquy. The drones exiting the venue an hour early, however, suggests that Objectivists are thin on the ground on a Wednesday night in Glasgow. At £50 a ticket, principles go out the window. These people, mostly devout fans, paid for the classics. What they heard was impeccably delivered, but really quite boring, apparently leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of almost everybody but the hardcore. (Finbarr Bermingham)