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Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson

Fri, May 9, 2025

Attention All Planets of the Solar Federation ...

Geddy Lee IN-PERSON APPEARANCE at Dine Alone Store in Toronto for Record Store Day April 12th to promote The Lost Demos. Details, photos and more here.
Alex Lifeson's Envy of None project's new album Stygian Wavz now available for purchase. Details, available formats, videos, and more here.
Rush 50th anniversary compilation box set NOW AVAILABLE. Details, tracklist, photos, reviews and more here.
Geddy Lee speaking appearance at the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center January 27th. Details, reviews, photos, videos and more here.
Neil Peart's Silver Surfers coffee table book now available for purchase. Details, cover and more here.
Rush reissues their first 4 Atantic-era albums on vinyl with The Albums: 1989-1996 box set. Details here.
New book Rush at 50 celebrating 50 years of Rush now available for purchase. Details here.
Alex Lifeson's Victor (order) and Geddy Lee's My Favorite Headache (order) vinyl reissues now available. Details here.
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20-year-old student Thalia Homes took home the winner's trophy in the final episode of BBC Two's Chess Masters: The Endgame, which aired last week. The show followed 12 rising chess stars as they compete in a tournament to be crowned Britain's Chess Master. Homes is interviewed in an article covering the event, and she cites Rush as inspiration when describing the tense final match:

... Thalia said one particular song by hit band Rush inspired her to take some chances. "When you're playing chess, you can get quite a lot of songs stuck in your head," Thalia explained. "I had a specific song called Roll The Bones by Rush. In the song, it says, 'We go out in the world and take our chances, fate is just the weight of circumstances, that's the way that Lady Luck dances, roll the bones.' "They're saying take the chances and create the chances for yourself. And I was like, 'Let's roll the bones here, let's try and create a chance, try and create something to get going." ...

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SOAD Chile April 30, 2025"System of a Down" plays part of Rush's "Red Sector A" during a show this past Wednesday in Chile ...
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Toronto Music ExperienceRush's Alex Lifeson and others gathered over the weekend at Live Nation's "The Lounge" in Toronto to celebrate the launch of the "Toronto Music Experience" - a first-of-its-kind destination that will celebrate the city's unparalleled contributions to music in Canada and around the world ...
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Rush Oct 1974A new audience recording of Rush's 1st show at Toronto's Massey Hall on October 24, 1974 surfaced online earlier this week ...
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The Andy Fox Rock ShowAlex Lifeson was a recent guest on "The Andy Fox Rock Show" to talk about "Envy of None"'s "Stygian Wavz" album, Rush and more ...
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Alex Lifeson on the Sea of Tranquility podcastAlex Lifeson was recently interviewed for the "Sea of Tranquility" podcast to talk about "Envy of None"'s "Stygian Wavz" album, Rush and more ...
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Metallica Kirk and Rob doodle sessionFriday Rush updates! Metallica covers Rush's "La Villa Strangiato" and "Zappa Plays Zappa" covers "Tom Sawyer" this past Saturday in Toronto, new Alex interview, enter a raffle to win a "Geddy Lee Minimoog® Model D", and more ...
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Zappa plays Zappa 4-26-25 Danforth Music HallDweezil Zapppa's "Zappa Plays Zappa" covers Rush's "Tom Sawyer" at this past Saturday's show at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto ...
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Stygian Wavz in AtmosAlex Lifeson was recently interviewed for "Sound & Vision" to talk about mixing "Envy of None"'s new "Stygian Wavz" album, Rush and more ...
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Metallica Kirk and Rob doodle sessionMetallica brought their M72 tour to the Rogers Centre in Toronto last night and guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo paid tribute to Rush with a snippet of "La Villa Strangiato" during their nightly doodle session ...
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