Wednesday night Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson were interviewed by Eddie Trunk for VH1 Classic's upcoming new program That Metal Show. There will be 8 shows for the first season which premiers on November 15th. I'm not sure exactly when the Rush interview will air, but it will be the last show of the season and also feature Ace Frehley. Eddie Trunk posted an update to his blog last night. Here's an excerpt:
... Yesterday's final two shows featured Ace Frehley and Alex and Geddy from Rush as in studio guests. What a way to wrap up Season 1! I can not thank Alex and Geddy enough. The guys flew to NYC in and out on the same day just to do my show only. It's an honor to be able to call the Rush guys friends over the last few years and I am so grateful. To have artists of this caliber willing to step up for me like this is unreal. We had some fun with the guys and talked about their new DVD. They both were entertaining and very funny and seemed to have a good time. Was also cool to see Ace and Rush interact backstage. Rush opened more shows for Kiss then any band in the 70's and the stories and old memories were flowing in the halls and around the makeup room. Was just great to watch these legends interact and catch up. ...
There had been some speculation that Alex and Geddy would maybe stick around New York City for the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert but from what Eddie states, this doesn't look like the case. From one secondhand report (thanks LanceTheShred) of the taping, they were asked if they would be taking a break for a while and Geddy stated I think we will be doing one more tour. In the context of the whole interview, the secondhand report also stated that it did not sound like Geddy was saying they'd be doing ONE more tour as in - Rush's last tour ever. Instead it appeared they were saying they'd be doing another tour before taking any extended breaks, and made it pretty clear they wouldn't be calling it quits anytime soon. So this seems to add credence to the rumor that the band will be touring next summer. Indeed, from what I've heard there is an offer from Live Nation on the table and the band should be making a decision within the next few weeks (assuming they haven't already decided).
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