Rush is a Band

A blog devoted to RUSH:
Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson

Thu, Dec 26, 2024

Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: A Virtual Evening with Geddy Lee

Tue, Dec 5, 2023@6:13PM | comments

UPDATE - 12/7@12:14PM: Here's some audio of the entire program (thanks RushFanForever):

----- snip -----

UPDATE - 12/6@10:31PM: Here are a few clips from last night's event: clip 1, clip 2, clip 3.

----- snip -----

UPDATE - 12/5@8:46PM: There did end up being a special guest interviewer - Primus' Les Claypool! (thanks RushCon)

Geddy Lee's best-selling memoir My Effin' Life was officially released last month and back on November 13th Geddy kicked off his spoken word In Conversation book tour at the Beacon Theatre in New York City with guest speaker Paul Rudd. He then headed to Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, Cleveland, Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, and Detroit over the last few weeks. Geddy has just one more stop on the North American tour - he'll wrap things up on Thursday at Toronto's Massey Hall. But before that, Geddy's publisher Harper Collins will be hosting A Virtual Evening with Geddy Lee this evening for any fans unable to attend one of the in-person events. To attend the event, you just need to purchase a copy of the book from one of the following booksellers - so the book purchase acts as your ticket: POLITICS & PROSE, LEFT BANK BOOKS, BOOKS & BOOKS, BOOK PEOPLE, or WARWICK'S. The event is slated for 1 hour (unconfirmed), and plenty of spots are still available, so get your tickets now. Just like with the live book tour, fans can submit questions for Geddy via Rush.com at this location. It's not clear how the format will differ with this virtual event, but it's assumed that he'll be reading some excerpts from the book, and answering fan-submitted questions at least. Whether there will be a special interviewer or not, or just a Harper Collins representative is unknown at this time. For a complete rundown of the format and highlights from all the shows thus far, view the links below for RIAB's coverage of each night. As mentioned above, after tonight's virtual event, Geddy will wrap up the North American leg this coming Thursday, December 7th at Toronto's Massey Hall. He'll then cross the pond for the UK tour beginning in Wolverhampton on Sunday, December 10th. You can get all the details and learn how to get tickets at Rush.com (North America, UK).

Coverage of completed shows:
Mon Nov 13 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour kicks off in New York City: live updates] (interviewer - Paul Rudd)
Wed Nov 15 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: The Met Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA] (interviewers - Brian Koppelman and Pierre Robert)
Fri Nov 17 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: The Theater at MGM National Harbor in National Harbor, MD] (interviewer - Eric McCormack)
Sat Nov 18 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: Orpheum Theatre in Boston, MA] (interviewers - Eric McCormack and Geoff Edgers)
Sun Nov 19 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: State Theatre at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH] (interviewers - Rob Tannenbaum and Donna Halper)
Tue Nov 21 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: Théâtre Maisonneuve in Montreal, QC] (interviewer - Jay Baruchel)
Thu Nov 23 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: The Centre in Vancouver, BC] (interviewer - Jann Arden)
Fri Nov 24 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: The Moore Theatre in Seattle, WA] (interviewer - Krist Novoselic)
Sun Nov 26 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: The Masonic in San Francisco, CA] (interviewer - Matt Cameron)
Tue Nov 28 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, CA] (interviewer - Jack Black)
Thu Nov 30 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: The Paramount Theatre in Denver, CO] (interviewer - Matt Stone)
Sun Dec 3 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, IL] (interviewer - Kim Thayil)
Mon Dec 4 - [Geddy Lee In Conversation spoken word book tour: The Fillmore in Detroit, MI] (interviewer - Chad Smith)

Tickets for upcoming shows:
[Tue Dec 05 - A Virtual Evening with Geddy Lee]
[Thu Dec 07 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall]
[Sun Dec10 - Wolverhampton, UK - The Civic at The Halls]
[Wed Dec 13 - Sheffield, UK - City Hall]
[Thu Dec 14 - Glasgow, UK - Royal Concert Hall]
[Sun Dec 17 - Portsmouth, UK - Guildhall]
[Mon Dec 18 - London, UK - Barbican]

Share