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Fri, Apr 24, 2026

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Rush extends their Fifty Something tour to Europe and South America in 2027. Details, ticket info, and more 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
Thu, Apr 23, 2026@8:36PM | comments

Just a couple of weeks after announcing the addition of a Chile date at the Estadio Bicentenario La Florida in Santiago to the South American leg of their Fifty Something tour, Rush has added a second show at the venue 2 days after the first for January 19th. This brings the total number of South American dates to 9, and the total for the entire tour to an impressive 88 shows! Tickets go on sale this coming Wednesday, April 29th at 11AM Chile time. Here are all the 2027 tour dates:

RUSH 2027 Fifty Something Tour Dates:

South America:

15 Jan - Buenos Aires, AR - Movistar Arena
17 Jan - Santiago, CL - Estadio Bicentenario La Florida
19 Jan - Santiago, CL - Estadio Bicentenario La Florida
22 Jan - Curitiba, BR - Arena da Baixada
24 Jan - São Paulo, BR - Allianz Parque
26 Jan - São Paulo, BR - Allianz Parque
30 Jan - Rio de Janeiro, BR - Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (Engenhão)
01 Feb - Belo Horizonte, BR - Estádio Mineirão
04 Feb - Brasília, BR - Arena BRB Mané Garrincha

Europe:

19 Feb - Paris, FR - La Défense Arena
21 Feb - Berlin, DE - Uber Arena
23 Feb - Amsterdam, NL - Ziggo Dome
25 Feb - Munich, DE - Olympiahalle
28 Feb - Cologne, DE - LANXESS Arena
02 Mar - Hamburg, DE - Barclays Arena
04 Mar - Stuttgart, DE - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
08 Mar - Glasgow, UK - OVO Hydro
10 Mar - Glasgow, UK - OVO Hydro
12 Mar - Manchester, UK - Co-op Live
14 Mar - Manchester, UK - Co-op Live
16 Mar - London, UK - O2 Arena
18 Mar - London, UK - O2 Arena
21 Mar - London, UK - O2 Arena
27 Mar - Kraków, PL - TAURON Arena Kraków
30 Mar - Milan, IT - Unipol Dome
01 Apr - Basel, CH - St. Jakobshalle
04 Apr - Copenhagen, DK - Royal Arena
06 Apr - Oslo, NO - Unity Arena
08 Apr - Stockholm, SE - Avicii Arena
10 Apr - Helsinki, FI - Veikkaus Arena

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Rush Santiago Chile showRush has just announced that they are expanding the 2027 South American leg of their Fifty Something tour, and have added a date at the Estadio Bicentenario La Florida in Santiago, Chile on Sunday, January 17th with pre-sales beginning Monday ...
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