[RUSH: 'Exit...Stage Left' DVD Release Date Reports Wrong]

UPDATE - 4/6@9:50AM: The June 13th release has been confirmed. It is also confirmed that it will indeed be a box set containing all 3 concerts. The title is Rush Replay X 3.

UPDATE - 4/6@9:50AM: A June 13th release has been confirmed. It is also confirmed that it will indeed be a box set containing all 3 concerts. The title is Rush Replay X 3.

UPDATE - 2/22@8:02PM: More up-to-date news regarding the Exit ... Stage Left DVD reissue and other Rush DVD reissues at this post.

*sigh*... Here's the latest update from Blabbermouth.net.

Contrary to published reports, Zoe Vision/Rounder Records "has no plans whatsoever" to release the DVD version of RUSH's classic "Exit...Stage Left", a representative for the company told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. It is, however, still believed that the "Exit...Stage Left" DVD will surface later in the year via another label. ...

So the long and short of it is that Zoe Vision/Rounder Records will not be releasing the DVD version of Exit... Stage Left on March 7 as previously reported via the Power Windows site. But it (and the other live recordings) will likely be released via another label sometime later in the year. This jibes with what Alex Lifeson previously stated in recent interviews:

... "Everything's been remixed to 5.1, and that was the intention -- to keep it all intact, except for the remix," guitarist Alex Lifeson tells Billboard.com. "So it's available in surround." It remains to be decided if the releases will be made available individually or packaged together. "I'm guessing a box set -- that would make more sense," Lifeson says.

Lifeson says he enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane while refurbishing the material. "It was interesting to see the development in the arrangements, and how our sound changed over the course of a decade," he says. "I definitely found it fascinating, looking at that. And how the stage show changed over the years -- of course, [in] 10 years a lot of stuff changes. But it was a little fascinating to watch that, actually." ...

Sorry about the confusion. I'll keep you updated as I find out more.

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