Neil Peart chats with Jim Ladd tonight (February 3, 2015) on SiriusXM’s Deep Tracks (channel 27) at 9PM Eastern.

Tickets will go on sale for select cities for the R40 Live tour today, January 30th. All tickets go on sale at 10AM local time (12PM local time for San Jose).

Fly By Night, the first of the vinyl re-issues celebrating #R40 is now available. It, like all the forthcoming re-issues in 2015 are remastered on 200-gram, heavyweight vinyl at legendary Abbey Road Studios using the Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) audiophile copper plating process, all from original analogue masters.

Celebrating 40 years, Rush and Live Nation confirmed that the R40 LIVE Tour will visit 34 cities throughout North America this summer beginning May 8 in Tulsa, OK and finishing August 1st in Los Angeles, CA. These not to be missed concerts will highlight four decades of the band’s music. Tickets for the RUSH: R40 LIVE TOUR will go on sale starting January 30, 2015 in select markets.

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced via a press release earlier today that Rush will be the recipient of the 2015 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award.

Fly By Night, Rush’s second album, is being re-released and has been remastered on 200-gram, heavyweight vinyl at legendary Abbey Road Studios using the Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) audiophile copper plating process, all from original analogue masters. It’s available for pre-order now.

NPR’s Morning Edition is doing a week-long feature about drums and drummers. For the second installment in “Beat Week,” Steve Inskeep spoke with Neil Peart about his early fascination with Gene Krupa and the demanding requirements of his playing.

Geddy Lee taped an episode of the new PBS series “Speakeasy” on November 7th in New York City, and Speakeasy posted a sneak preview of the interview

This weekend on your radio, Neil Peart sits down with Legends of Classic Rock host Jeff Woods for an hour featuring stories and music.

When Neil Peart sat down with CBC Music to talk about his newest book, Far and Near: On Days Like These, which includes his reflections about life on the road, they couldn’t help but ask him to take them through his drum kit.