Rush Add 17 Cities To Fifty Something Tour

A few weeks ago, Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson made a big announcement: They’re going back out on tour. It’s been more than a decade since Canadian prog legends Rush’s last tour. In 2020, longtime drummer and lyricist Neal Peart passed away at the age of 67. Now, Peart’s two surviving bandmates are getting ready to head out on their Fifty Something tour. The show is being framed as a tribute to Peart, and they’re doing it with the blessing of Peart’s family and with former Jeff Beck drummer Anika Nilles standing in. As initially announced, the Fifty Something tour was only scheduled to hit seven cities, with multiple dates in most of them. But all of the Rush’s US and Canadian dates sold out, so they’ve added a bunch more, in different cities.

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