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Tue, Jun 9, 2026

Attention All Planets of the Solar Federation ...

Rush kicks off their Fifty Something tour TONIGHT at the Kia Forum in LA. Details and full coverage here.
Rush opens up the 2026 JUNO Awards with a performance of Finding My Way! Details, video, interviews and more here.
Rush's long-anticipated 40th anniversary Grace Under Pressure box set NOW AVAILABLE. Details here.
The Rheostatics' featuring Rush's Alex Lifeson performed their new album The Great Lakes Suite at a pair of shows at TD Music Hall on 11/21-2. Details, videos, photos and more here.
Geddy Lee's new baseball book 72 Stories now available to purchase and Ged did a signing at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Oct. 11. Details, photos and more here.
Geddy Lee has releaseed a paperback edition of his 2023 memoir My Effin' Life including a new bonus chapter titled My Effin' Appendix. Details here.
Alex Lifeson sits in with Tom Morello's band in Toronto to perform Limelight. Details, video and more here.
Rush: The Albums - 2002-2012 7-LP box set now available for purchase. Details here.
Rush 50th anniversary compilation box set NOW AVAILABLE. Details, tracklist, photos, reviews and more here.
Neil Peart's Silver Surfers coffee table book now available for purchase. Details, cover and more here.
RIAB now has an official YouTube channel, full of videos of Rush references, old interviews and live clips. Check it out and SUBSCRIBE here
Tue, Jun 9, 2026@2:25AM | comments

UPDATE - 6/9@6:01PM: Rick Beato just dropped his 20-minute interview with Anika Nilles that he conducted in Toronto around the same time as Ged and Al's interview (thanks Brian E):

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Date/Time: Tuesday, June 9th @ 7:30PM
Show Number: 2
Venue: KIA Forum
Place: Inglewood, CA
Setlist: View
Photos: TBD
Reviews: TBD

Rush fans across the globe are still trying to digest all the details from Sunday's unforgettable opening night show, but this is just the beginning - 1 show down, 87 left to go! Rush has 3 more shows to play at The Forum over the next week, starting tonight, and they should essentially follow the same format as the opener except with a significantly different setlist. Rush revealed in several interviews that they'd been rehearsing around 38 songs for the tour, and they played 22 of those on Sunday night, leaving another 16 left to hear. Their plan is to try and rotate in their entire 38-song repertoire over a 4-night stint (or thereabouts), which means we should be hearing 5 or 6 new songs at tonight's show. It'll be interesting to see which songs get swapped out and which remain, outside the obvious of course; meaning Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio, Limelight, Working Man, and other standards will always be in there, but maybe not By-tor, Vital Signs, etc. Speaking of which, Anika Nilles posted a photo of herself examining the setlist post-show to Instagram yesterday, and the list is readable if you zoom in, revealing that Anthem was also an option for the slot where they played Vital Signs. It looks like the band will be dedicating one song per set to Neil Peart, where they play a tribute video with a Neil Peart voiceover prior. And on Sunday night those 2 songs were Bravado in the first set, and Time Stand Still in the 2nd. It remains to be seen whether these will be swapped out, or if they'll remain a fixed part of each show. For that Time Stand Still performance, the band gave fans a special treat, bringing out Aimee Mann to sing backing vocals on the track she was featured on over 40 years ago (and appeared in the iconic music video). Aimee is based in LA, so it's likely this was just a one-off special appearance for opening night, but it's certainly possible she'll be on hand for tonight's and/or the rest of the LA shows. I'm also guessing the set openers and closers will stay in - so Xanadu and The Spirit of Radio will probably continue to bookend the 1st set, with 2112 opening set 2 and Tom Sawyer closing out the main performance. I also think they'll keep Working Man as the encore closer, but might shake things up and swap out By-tor. We shall see. I'll keep the setlist updated throughout the evening, as well as the RIAB social media channels. For everyone going tonight, have fun and be safe. RUSH!!!!

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