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Sun, Jun 14, 2026

Attention All Planets of the Solar Federation ...

Rush's Fifty Something is underway! Details, setlists, videos, photos, reviews and full coverage in the tour section.
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
Sat, Jun 13, 2026@1:43PM | comments

UPDATE - 6/14@1:51AM: That's a wrap on tonight's show and Rush's 4-show stint/residency in LA. Now it's on to Mexico City next week! As expected, this evening's performance included the 3 remaining songs on the leaked rehearsal setlist; The Pass, The Anarchist and A Farewell to Kings - the latter of which has not been performed live since 1979! So it looks like we've now seen all 37 (38 if you count 2112 truncated vs. full) of the songs from Rush's rehearsal setlist. It'll be interesting to see how they mix up the song selection from one night to another now that they have completed a full run of shows in one city. Below are some video clips of the 3 newly introduced songs from tonight's show. Good night!

A Farewell to Kings

The Pass

The Anarchist

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UPDATE - 6/14@1:27AM: We are now 8 songs into set 2, and Rush is playing the final song from their leaked rehearsal setlist - a song they haven't performed live since the '70s ... the title track from their A Farewell to Kings album! They also played the full 2112, New World Man again, Far Cry, and welcomed Aimee Mann once again to sing backing vocals on Time Stand Still for one last time. Follow along with the setlist here.

UPDATE - 6/14@12:37AM: The 2nd set is underway now, and they opened with 2112 ... and they just busted into Discovery, which means we'll be getting the whole thing again, just like night 2. Follow along with the setlist here.

UPDATE - 6/14@12:02AM: It's intermission time, and they added another new song since my last update - The Anarchist - just prior to closing out the set with The Spirit of Radio. The 1st set also saw the band introduce The Pass, and pull out The Camera Eye again. Otherwise another mix of tracks from the 1st 3 shows. That means there's only one song from their leaked rehearsal setlist left to play, and I expect we'll hear that in the second set... and it's a good one (not played since the '70s). Here's the full setlist so far:

1) Xanadu
2) Limelight
3) Subdivisions
4) The Pass
5) Freewill
6) Bravado (Neil Peart tribute)
7) The Camera Eye
8) The Trees
9) The Anarchist
10) The Spirit of Radio

Follow along with the setlist here.

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UPDATE - 6/13@11:17PM: They are now 4 songs in and we have our first new song - The Pass! Follow along with the setlist here.

UPDATE - 6/13@10:57PM: The show is underway - Xanadu to open once again. Follow along with the setlist here.

UPDATE - 6/13@7:44PM: Rush announced a few hours ago that there will be some new Rush jewelry available at the merch stands:


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Date/Time: Saturday, June 13th @ 7:30PM
Show Number: 4
Venue: KIA Forum
Place: Inglewood, CA
Setlist: View
Photos: Cygnus-X1.net
Reviews: TBD

Rush will wrap up their 4-night Fifty Something tour opening stint at the Kia Forum in LA tonight before taking a 5-day break and kicking things back into gear for a pair of shows down in Mexico City later next week. Over the first 3 shows, the band has performed a total of 34 different songs (35 if you count 2112 truncated vs. full) spanning over a dozen Rush albums. This means that of the 37 songs they rehearsed (according to the leaked rehearsal list), there are now only 3 songs that haven't been heard yet, and which we assume we'll be hearing tonight. One of those songs has not been performed live by the band since the '70s! Other than the Xanadu opener, the Working Man show closer, and the 2 Neil Peart tributes, there hasn't been much continuity from one show to the next, so there's no telling what the band has in store for fans. So far over the first 3 LA shows we've seen the band performing 2112 (the song) in its entirety (first time since the Test for Echo tour), Moving Pictures in its entirety, and the inclusion of Aimee Mann performing backing vocals on Time Stand Still, among several other surprises. Mann will be doing one last performance with the band tonight in LA where she resides, but that should be it (she's not going on tour with the band). If you want to score tickets, there are still plenty available from resellers via both Ticketmaster and brokers. 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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