As a woman who has seen them 4 times, I can attest that this is definitely not true.
I also wonder if Olivia Peart, who is now well into her teens, will play at any of the shows, a la Taylor Hawkins’ son at his tribute concert. She was taking drum lessons from her dad in his final years.
I’m not sure how many times I’ve seen Rush. Somewhere around ten. Always a great show. I’ll be trying to get tickets to one or both MSG shows.
I understand the limited number of shows. It’s getting harder for Geddy to sing. Alex has tendinitis problems. They aren’t playing two nights in a row. Better that than having a short show. The plan seems to be they will have around 35 songs ready to go with each night being different. 2 sets with an intermission. Probably 3 hours total.
Geddy is saying he wants to spend more time as a bass player so they will most likely wind up bringing on a keyboard player. I’m hoping for Jordan Rudess. I wouldn’t be surprised if they bring on other players.
They had other musicians on stage with them in the past. During the Clockwork Angels tour they had a string section for half the show. During their last tour they had Jonathan Dinklage (Peter’s brother) come out and play violin on one song. For most of their career they were obsessed with being able to reproduce everything they did in the studio on stage with only the three of them. They got more relaxed about that over the years.
I saw Rush on every tour from A Farewell To Kings to Grace Under Pressure, quit paying attention for a couple decades, then saw them again on the Time Machine tour. I’d love to see them one more time but with a limited tour in just a handful of cities, that’s probably not going to happen. Hopefully they put out a DVD.
I see they’ve already added more tour dates - two more to almost all of their existing venues (so four in LA, four in NY, etc.). The only exceptions are Cleveland (still two so far) and Mexico City (still one).
It kind of makes sense - less wear and tear on the guys if they can stay in the same place longer. I wonder if they’ll add any more. I’d love it if they’d come to the Bay Area, but two California dates seems greedy when so many people all over want to see them.
I’ll definitely be on the presale Oct. 13 trying to get tickets to one of the shows!
She’s only sixteen, so I doubt it. Would be interesting, though.
Yeah, that was “Losing It,” which is a beautiful, haunting song and one of my favorites. He did it again at Bubba Bash this year (the Neil Peart tribute concert where a bunch of musicians get together and play Rush covers to raise money for glioblastoma charities) and it never fails to bring tears to my eyes.
Tickets at the United Center in Chicago, the closest venue to me, are starting at $412.
That is not a typo.
Think I’ll pass. Sorry.
Woof - that’s for a concert venue of 23,500. I wonder if that’s the effect of dynamic pricing. I wouldn’t really doubt it considering Rush’s cult status binging out the devoted in droves. If so, I hope Anika Nilles negotiated a percentage rather than a set touring fee. Either way should be a tidy semi-retirement payday for Lee and Lifeson.