UPDATE - 2/21@10:44AM: Live Nation pre-sales for the Canadian dates of Hamilton, Calgary and Vancouver today at 10AM local time using password dazzle. The Hamilton pre-sale is already underway.

UPDATE - 2/20@5:57PM: Some more VIP ticket packages for Hamilton and Portland were released earlier today. Passwords are no longer required to purchase the VIP packages now.

UPDATE - 2/20@12:45PM: I'd mentioned below that it's possible that Rush may insert a show on either July 8th or 10th (8th seems more likely) at the Quebec City Summer Festival. This is based on speculation included in this report by the Quebec Journal although nothing is confirmed yet (thanks Raymond B).

UPDATE - 2/20@10:55AM: The Summerfest pre-sale kicks off at 10AM CST via Ticketmaster and using the password ANGELS. The CITI pre-sales for Chicago and Kansas City also will begin at 10AM CST.

UPDATE - 2/20@9:56AM: CITI pre-sales for Hershey, Jones Beach, Saratoga Springs, Grand Rapids, and Cincinnati begin in just a few minutes. These pre-sales require a CITI credit card and the password is the first 6 digits of your credit card number. CITI pre-sales for the rest of the US shows will occur at 10AM local venue time.

UPDATE - 2/20@7:13AM: The Portland VIP pre-sale is sold out and the Denver Music Today pre-sale is also sold out. Today's Summerfest pre-sale will be run via Ticketmaster and use the password ANGELS. CITI card pre-sales for most of the shows begin today at 10AM local venue time.

UPDATE - 2/19@2:54PM: VIP and Fan pre-sales for the Pacific timezone cities of Vancouver and Portland begin in just a few minutes!

UPDATE - 2/19@2:09PM: VIP and Fan pre-sales for the Mountain timezone cities of Denver and Salt Lake City are underway!

UPDATE - 2/19@1:13PM: It looks like both the Hamilton and Halifax VIP pre-sales are SOLD OUT. Halifax Music Today fan pre-sales also are sold out.

UPDATE - 2/19@12:54PM: VIP and Fan pre-sales for the Central timezone cities of Chicago, Milwaukee (Fan pre-sale only), Calgary and Kansas City begin in a few minutes!!

UPDATE - 2/19@12:17PM: In addition to Hamilton, there's an AMEX Front of the Line pre-sale for Calgary too; tickets on sale NOW!

UPDATE - 2/19@11:58AM: VIP and Fan pre-sales for Hershey, Wantagh, Saratoga Springs, Grand Rapids, Cincinatti, and Hamilton begin in a few minutes!! Also, there's an AMEX pre-sale going on RIGHT NOW for Hamilton...

UPDATE - 2/19@11:45AM: AMEX Front of the Line pre-sales for Hamilton are on sale now!

UPDATE - 2/19@10:54AM: I've added all the dates and pre-sale info into the tour section. All the shows are now listed at both the VIP Nation website (except for Milwaukee) and the Rush Music Today website (for the Fan pre-sales). The Milwaukee Summerfest show will not have a VIP Nation pre-sale (it's not a Live Nation event) but it will have a Music Today fan pre-sale. Summerfest will also be running their own pre-sale tomorrow from 10AM-10PM. All of the VIP and Fan pre-sales begin today at Noon local venue time. That means that all of the venues in the Eastern time zone begin at 12PM EST, those in the Central time zone at 12PM CST, etc. This means that the Halifax pre-sale begins in just a few minutes at 12PM AST! It also means that the pre-sales for Hershey, Wantagh, Saratoga Springs, Grand Rapids, Cincinatti, Milwaukee (Fan pre-sale only), and Hamilton begin in about 1 hour from now! Some but not all of the shows are now also listed at Ticketmaster. For questions regarding all the various pre-sales be sure to read my guide to ticket sales and pre-sales.

UPDATE - 2/19@9:28AM: Most of the dates are now listed at the VIP Nation website as well as the Rush Music Today site. I forgot to note that in Rush's original announcement of the Spring dates last month they had mentioned Boston as one of the cities to be included on the Summer leg, but obviously no Boston date was announced today. My guess is that there will still be an as yet unannounced show there on either July 8th or 10th, as well as a possible appearance at the Quebec City Summer Festival on one of those 2 dates. For questions regarding all the various pre-sales be sure to read my guide to ticket sales and pre-sales.

Early this morning Rush announced via the Rush.com newsletter the remaining dates of the Summer leg of the 2013 North American Clockwork Angels tour. Late last week they had announced shows in Hamilton and Halifax on July 6th and 12th respectively, and today have added another 13 shows to make a total of 15 for the Summer leg. Just as we had speculated, the Summer North American leg of the tour will kick off in Hershey, PA on June 21st, then travel the Northeast and Midwest for a total of 9 shows before ending up in Halifax on July 12th. After a 12-day break, things will pick up again out West on July 24th in Calgary for a short run of 6 dates before ending at the Spring Center in Kansas City on August 4th. All of the cities included in this batch had actually already been mentioned in Rush's announcement of the Spring dates last month. We had hoped they would add a few more, but it looks like the band is keeping things simple with only 2 short legs of 9 and 6 dates respectively. They are also playing indoor stadiums rather than outdoor sheds for the most part. Pre-sales for 14 of the 15 dates kick off TODAY at Noon local time (Milwaukee pre-sale starts Wednesday). Here's the announcement with all the details from Rush.com:

RUSH: CLOCKWORK ANGELS TOUR

ADDITIONAL DATES ANNOUNCED INCLUDING CITIES NOT PLAYED IN OVER A DECADE!

RUSH TO VISIT 20+ CITIES THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA IN 2013

Pre-sales for newly announced shows begin TODAY, TUESDAY FEB 19th at NOON!

RUSH Clockwork Angels Tour will visit an additional 15 cities from June to August across North America, following the previously announced spring dates. The second leg will begin in Hershey on June 21st and complete in Kansas City on August 4th. ...

Following the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Rush kick off their Clockwork Angels North American Tour 2013 on April 23rd in Austin, TX and will visit Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Nashville, Raleigh, Virginia Beach, Baltimore, Uncasville, and Atlantic City this spring. After returning from their European dates, a second leg will begin in June which will include stops in Hershey, Wantagh, Saratoga, Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Calgary, Vancouver, Portland, Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas City, Hamilton, and will finally return to Grand Rapids and Halifax for the first time in decades.

CLOCKWORK ANGELS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ITINERARY

Apr-23	Austin, TX	Frank Erwin Center	On Sale Now
Apr-26	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	BB&T Center	On Sale Now
Apr-28	Orlando, FL	Amway Center	On Sale Now
May-1	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena	On Sale Now
May-3	Raleigh, NC	PNC Arena	On Sale Now
May-5	Virginia Beach, VA	Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach	On Sale Now
May-7	Baltimore, MD	1st Mariner Arena	On Sale Now
May-9	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun	On Sale Now
May-11	Atlantic City, NJ	Etess Arena	On Sale Now
Jun-21	Hershey, PA	Giant Center	On Sale Mon. Feb. 25
Jun-23	Wantagh, NY	Nikon at Jones BeachTheater	On Sale Mon. Feb. 25
Jun-25	Saratoga, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center	On Sale Mon. Feb. 25
Jun-28	Chicago, IL	First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	On Sale Mon. Feb. 25
Jun-30	Grand Rapids, MI	Van Andel Arena	On Sale Mon. Feb. 25
Jul-2	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center	On Sale Mon. Feb. 25
*Jul-4	Milwaukee, WI	Summerfest	On Sale Fri. Feb. 22
Jul-6	Hamilton, ON	Copps Coliseum	On Sale Fri. Feb. 22
Jul-12	Halifax, NS	Halifax Metro Centre	On Sale Sat. Feb. 23
Jul-24	Calgary, AB	Scotiabank Saddledome	On Sale Fri. Feb. 22
Jul-26	Vancouver, BC	Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena	On Sale Fri. Feb. 22
Jul-28	Portland, OR	Sleep Country Amphitheater	On Sale Mon. Feb. 25
Jul-31	Salt Lake City, UT	USANA Amphitheatre	On Sale Mon. Feb.25
Aug-2	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center	On Sale Mon. Feb. 25
Aug-4	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center	On Sale Mon. Feb. 25

*non-Live Nation event
Itinerary subject to change.

Pre-sales begin at noon on Tuesday, February 19th in select markets for Hershey, Wantagh, Saratoga, Chicago, Grand Rapids, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Halifax, Calgary, Vancouver, Portland, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Kansas City.

To purchase your RUSH Tour package, please visit http://www.vipnation.com/programs/rush---clockwork-angels-tour/ The link is password protected for the first 24 hours for Rush members starting at noon local time on Tuesday, Feb 19th. The password is 2013Rush.

To purchase Presale Tickets and Presale Merchandise please visit http://rush.musictoday.com This fan pre-sale via Music Today begins Tuesday, Feb 19th at noon local time and is open until Thursday, Feb 21st until 5pm local time.

Citi® cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets for new US dates (with exception of Milwaukee) through Citi's Private Pass® Program beginning February 20th in select markets. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

AMEX® cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets for Hamilton, Calgary and Vancouver shows through American Express Front of the Line program beginning Tuesday, Feb 19th at 10am. For complete presale details visit www.americanexpress.ca/frontoftheline.

For Milwaukee Summerfest, the pre-sale begins Wednesday, Feb 20th at 10AM and public on-sale starts Friday, Feb 22nd at 11am via www.summerfest.com

For those that want to join RUSH at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 28th Annual Induction Ceremony live at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, please visit www.rockhall.com for details. Inductees include RUSH, HEART, PUBLIC ENEMY, DONNA SUMMER, ALBERT KING, RANDY NEWMAN, QUINCY JONES, AND LOU ADLER. With special appearances by John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Don Henley, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Gary Clark Jr., Usher, and more to be announced.

See you out on the road!

I'll be updating the tour section this morning with all the details.

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