After getting off to a great start in LA and Mexico City, Rush's Fifty Something tour hit a bit of a snag during their Fort Worth stint last month. The band was delayed at the border when trying to get back into the US, forcing them to postpone their scheduled June 24th opener to July 2nd. Things starting to look up again when the June 26th and June 28th shows went off without a hitch. Then when it came time for the June 30th show, the band announced that Geddy had been diagnosed with laryngitis and bronchitis, forcing them to postpone the June 30th show to July 11th, and the July 2nd show (which had already been rescheduled from June 24th) to July 13th. Luckily Rush already had a 2-week break built into their tour itinerary before their planned 4-show stint in Chicago later this month, so Geddy has had a full 2 weeks to recover between performances. That said, many fans have understandably voiced their skepticism as to whether that was enough time for Ged to fully recover and be ready to perform, especially since there haven't been any official updates from the band. That is up until earlier this evening, when Geddy posted the following message to Instagram (thanks Dean S):

Thanks so much to everyone for all of your well wishes! I'm feeling so much better and hard at work with Dottie in the studio hitting all the high notes and getting ready to return to Texas this Saturday July 11th and Monday July 13th! #MmmmTexasBBQtoo

So it definitely seems like the shows will go forward, which is great news. The next test will be to hear how Ged's voice has held up after the illness, and - beyond that - will it hold up for the remainder of the tour. All those questions will be answered in time, but for now this is all good news and it sure looks like we'll be seeing Rush up on stage again this Saturday evening.

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