Rush fans will enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pose for a picture behind legendary drummer Neil Peart’s one-of-a-kind, Collector’s Series® Drum Workshop (DW) hockey-themed drumset on the band’s R40 Live Anniversary Tour.
Rush announced today that both hometown Toronto performances will be filmed. Fans who have their coveted tickets to the sold out shows in Toronto are encouraged to represent and wear Rush shirts, bring signs and come ready with their ‘outside’ voices.
Celebrating 40 years of Rush, Gibson Custom and Alex Lifeson have collaborated on the Alex Lifeson R40 Les Paul Axcess. A run of 50 guitars are hand-signed and played by Alex himself, and an additional 250 guitars are available in unsigned versions—all in a lush Ruby Red R40 finish.
Beth Volpert Johansen from the Gwinnett Citizen published a review of the Rush show in Atlanta on May 26, calling the show “a comprehensive and masterful tour through their eclectic discography.”
The Tampa Bay Times’ Jay Cridlin published a review of Rush’s show on May 24th: It’s a guesstimate, but scanning Tampa’s Amalie Arena on Sunday night, I’d say a solid third of the sold-out crowd of 14,827 was wearing Rush T-shirts. “It’s not retro, it’s original!” I overheard one T-shirted fan emphatically attest to another. Who would doubt it? Rush’s legendarily obsessive fans live and die with the band, and you just know many have a drawer full of faded tees back at home. Rush may not be cool, you see, but for 40-plus years, they’ve never gone out of style. So it’s no wonder they all lifted their lighters and roared with approval as the …
New Orleans’ The Times-Picayune published a review today by Keith Spera on May 23rd: “After Peart and Lifeson already had bolted from the stage, Lee said, “We do hope we’ll see you again one day.” Maybe they will, maybe they won’t. If not, they gave fans one last look at Rush, then and now.” Additionally, The New Orleans Advocate posted their own review by Alex Rawls: When Foo Fighter Dave Grohl inducted Rush into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, he said, “They did it from the ground up. No hype, no bulls***, without any help from the mainstream press — cough — Rolling Stone!”
Base to bass: Hall of Famers are friends, and Big Unit rocks as a photographer
“Rush remains one of those rare musical acts that can bridge the generations without anything getting lost in translation.”
The reviews from Dallas’ Star Telegram and Dallas Observer are in…
The Texas Rock Report’s Elisa Regulski published a review of Rush’s show at the Austin360 Ampitheater on May 16
