The Audio Expo North America (AXPONA) conference for the North American audio industry took place last month, and featured a blockbuster under-the-radar announcement from Mobile Fidelity regarding their plans for Rush's Mercury catalog. The YouTube channel Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion broke the news last month in this video following the conference after attending MOFI's panel with Jim Davis and Rob LoVerde. At one point in their presentation when discussing their plans for the near future, they showed a slide that simply said RUSH - 2026-2028, but did not elaborate, prompting the YouTuber to ask about it.
... I think we're doing almost everything in the Mercury catalog, so up through Grace Under Pressure. I think the only thing that we're not doing is the live album Exit ... Stage Left. So that would encompass the first album, Fly By Night - I don't know that we're doing Caress of Steel - but we're doing everything else but the live albums up until and including Grace Under Pressure (EDITOR NOTE: Power Windows and Hold Your Fire were also on Mercury). We're doing a combination of One-Steps, 2-LP 45s, and SACDs ...
So it sounds like these will be trickling out over the next 2 years. You can learn more in the video at about the 5-minute mark (thanks Efron B).
Friday Rush updates! Rush on their unlikely reunion and upcoming "Fifty Something" tour in new New York Times interview, Rickenbacker gives Geddy Lee a new custom Rickenbacker 4000V Bass, Happy 19th anniversary to "Snake & Arrows", and more ...
Rickenbacker unveiled a new custom Rickenbacker 4000V Bass that they had specially made for Geddy Lee to use on Rush's upcoming "Fifty Something" tour ...
Friday Rush updates! Rush adds 2nd Chile date to their "Fifty Something" tour, Rush to appear on Rick Beato's YouTube show, new interview ith Rush lighting director Howard Ungerleider, "Envy of None"'s Maiah Wynne's upcoming solo album to feature Alex Lifeson, and more ...
Rush has just announced that they are expanding the 2027 South American leg of their "Fifty Something" tour, and have added a 2nd date at the Estadio Bicentenario La Florida in Santiago, Chile on Tuesday, January 17th with tickets on sale Wednesday ...
Longtime Rush lighting director Howard Ungerleider was a recent guest on the Gib Gab podcast to talk about his long career as Rush's lighting director, and what the band might have in store for fans on their upcoming "Fifty Something" tour, which Howard says will be "something completely different than what I've ever done" ...
Alex Lifeson's "Envy of None" bandmate - vocalist Maiah Wynne - has signed with KScope Records and will be releasing her new solo album this summer, which will feature Alex Lifeson on six of the tracks ...
Mojotone and Lerxst Amps have have teamed up for a new contest where the winner will get a fully loaded, tour-ready pedalboard ...
