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5/13/08 - JOHN RUTSEY DEAD AT 55 - Rush founding member and original drummer, John Rutsey passed away over the weekend according to Rush's management company Anthem. Rutsey was with Rush from 1968 to 1974 and played on the band's first single and self-titled debut album after which he quit the band due to creative differences and health issues. He was replaced by Neil Peart in the summer of 1974. He died on Saturday, May 11 at the age of 55. As of the moment there has been no official statement on plans for a memorial service.

4/15/08 - NEW DVD! & ROCKLINE! - As stated by Alex Lifeson in a pre-tour interview last week, the DVD S&A Live from Holland will be released towards the end of the tour. The CD is now out and the tour is well under way. Geddy and Alex will be on Rockline April 30th, check your local radio stations.

3/05/08 - FIRST LIVE SINGLE SELECTED - The first single from the new Snakes & Arrows Live cd will be Working Them Angels. Listen for it on radio stations starting this week. The double disk CD has been pushed back a week and is now officially out on April 15th. Still no word on a DVD release of the show.

2/27/08 - ALEX LIFESON SIGNATURE GIBSON GUITAR - Next week, on March 3rd, (Pushed back to April 4th this Summer), the first Alex Lifeson signature guitar will be available. It is the Gibson ES-355 semi-hollowbody guitar in Alpine White based on Alex's 1977 model. It will retail for $3699.00 and there will be a limited quantity of 300 made. This is in addition to Rush members' previously endorsed products including Alex's Hughes & Kettner Amp, Geddy's Fender Jazz Bass, Neil's DW R30 Commemorative Kit, DW Custom Snare, Pro-Mark Sticks & Sabian Paragon Cymbals. The Gibson ES-355 can be ordered only at on-line retailers Guitar Center and Musician's Friend.

2/23/08 - NEW ADDITION TO RUSH TOUR - A second show at the Los Angeles Nokia Theater on May 8th was added to the tour dates. Presales begin on Tuesday, February 26th at www.rush.musictoday.com.

2/06/08 - NEW LIVE CD, S&A LIVE! - The new live recording from Rush will be titled Snakes & Arrows Live. It will be released for $21.98 on April 8th, (15th), just after the start of the next tour. The show was recorded in Holland last tour in October 16th & 17th 2007. The tracklist is the complete show setlist:

Disc 1
1. Limelight
2. Digital Man
3. Entre Nous
4. Mission
5. Freewill
6. Monkey Business
7. The Larger Bowl
8. Secret Touch
9. Circumstances
10. Between the Wheels
11. Dreamline
12. Far Cry
13. Workin' Them Angels
14. Armor and Sword

Disc 2
1. Spindrift
2. The Way the Wind Blows
3. Subdivisions
4. Natural Science
5. Witch Hunt
6. Malignant Narcissism - Drum Solo
7. Hope
8. Distant Early Warning
9. The Spirit of Radio
10. Tom Sawyer
11. One Little Victory
12. A Passage to Bangkok
13. YYZ

2/05/08 - PERMANENT WAVES REMASTERS - Two new remasters are now available for the 1980 classic Permanent Waves. One is a gold Mobile Fidelity CD edition (released January 8th) and the other is a high quality 180 gram vinyl edition. Check out Amazon and Acoustic Sounds for reviews and ordering. Both are in limited quantities and should sell out to collectors very quickly.

2/02/08 - UNRELEASED SONG FINALLY SURFACES! - A song that Rush fans have been wondering about for many years has finally been heard. "Tough Break" was recorded by Rush and a couple of crew members in the 1981-1982 period between mixing the live Exit...Stage Left and recording for Signals in Morin Heights, Montreal's Le Studio. Other than Neil on drums, the track was written by Skip Gildersleeve on guitar and Jack Secret on bass and vocals. Geddy plays all the keyboards. There is mention of the track by Neil in the Signals tourbook... "I had been working down in the little studio, cleaning and renovating an old set of Hayman drums that were kicking around, and had started working on a "Jack Secret" song with Jack and Skip from the crew. Geddy and Alex soon joined in on keyboards and rhythm guitar, and we later recorded the song ("Tough Break") up in the studio."
Before now, the track had been a mystery. It was found added as a bonus track on a recently made bootleg cd of a Philadelphia 1986 show called "Power Run". You can find the mp3 in our files section.

1/19/08 - RUSH 2008 TOUR DATES - Tickets on sale starting January 21st. Check TicketMaster.com for ordering.

APR 2008	
				
11th	"San Juan, PR"	        Coliseo de Puerto Rico		
13th	"Ft Lauderdale, FL"	Bank Atlantic Center	
15th	"Orlando, FL"	        Amway Center		
17th	"Jacksonville, FL"	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena		
19th	"New Orleans, LA"	New Orleans Arena		
20th	"Houston, TX"	        Woodlands Pavilion	
23rd	"Austin, TX"	        Frank Erwin Center		
25th	"Dallas, TX"	        The Music Center at Fair Park	
26th	"Oklahoma City, OK"	Ford Center		
29th	"Albuquerque, NM"	Journal Pavilion	


MAY 2008				
				
1st	"Phoenix, AZ"	        Cricket Pavilion	
3rd	"Reno, NV"	        Reno Events Center	
4th	"Concord, CA"	        Sleep Train Pavilion	
6th	"Los Angeles, CA"	Nokia Theatre		
8th     "Los Angeles, CA"	Nokia Theatre
10th	"Las Vegas, NV"	        Mandalay Bay Events Center	
11th	"Irvine, CA"	        Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre		
20th	"Moline, IL"	        iWireless Center	
22nd	"St Paul, MN"	        MTS Center	
24th	"Winnipeg, MB"	        Brandt Center	
25th	"Regina, SK"	        Rexall Place		
27th	"Edmonton AB"	        Cricket Pavilion	
29th	"Vancouver, BC"	        GM Place		
31st	"Seattle, WA"	        The Gorge Amphitheatre	
			
			
JUNE 2008				
				
1st	"Portland, OR"	        Clark County Amphitheatre	
3rd	"Boise, ID"	        Idaho Center		
5th	"Denver, CO"	        Red Rocks		
7th	"Kansas City, MO"	Starlight Theatre		
9th	"Chicago, IL"	        United Center		
10th	"Detroit, MI"	        Joe Louis Arena		
12th	"Montreal, QC"	        Bell Center	
14th	"Philadelphia, PA"	Wachovia Center		
15th	"Boston, MA"	        Tweeter Center	
25th	"Indianapolis, IN"	Verizon Amphitheatre		
27th	"Milwaukee, WI"	        Summerfest		
28th	"St Louis, MO"	        Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre		
30th	"Cincinnati, OH"	Riverbend Music Center	
			
			
JULY 2008				
				
2nd	"Pittsburgh, PA"	Post Gazette Amphitheatre		
4th	"Atlantic City, NJ"	Marc Etess Arena		
5th	"Saratoga, NY"	        SPAC		
7th	"Uncasville, CT"	Mohegan Sun		
9th	"Toronto, ON"	        The Molson Amphitheatre		
11th	"Manchester, NH"	Verizon Arena		
12th	"Holmdel, NJ"	        PNC Bank Arts Center		
14th	"Wantagh, NY"	        Jones Beach	
17th	"Hershey, PA"	        Hershey Stadium		
19th	"Washington, DC"	Nissan Pavilion		
20th	"Charlotte, NC"	        Amphitheater		
22nd	"Atlanta, GA"	        Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

12/13/07 - RUSH WILL TOUR IN 2008! - After a very successful 2007 tour in support of their latest CD, Snakes & Arrows, Rush have decided to extend the tour into 2008. The first show will kick off in San Juan, Puerto Rico in April with a revamped setlist. More dates to be announced mid January. For more info head over to Rush.com

12/10/07 - RUSH GRAMMY NOMINATION - Rush was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only.)
Grammys will be awarded live on February 10th 2008, 8PM EST on CBS. The nominations competing in this category are as follows:

The Ecstasy Of Gold
Metallica
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
[Sony Classical] 

Malignant Narcissism
Rush
Track from: Snakes & Arrows
[Anthem/Atlantic] 

Always With Me, Always With You
Joe Satriani
Track from: Satriani Live!
[Epic/Red Ink] 

Once Upon A Time In The West
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
[Sony Classical] 

The Attitude Song
Steve Vai
Track from: Sound Theories Vol. I & II
[Epic/Red Ink] 

10/16/07 - NEW LIVE CONCERT DVD!! - RUSH will be filming a LIVE concert DVD in Rotterdam, Holland this tour on October 16th and 17th. This will be their 6th live concert DVD and still none filmed in the U.S.!! For more information on this project, visit Rush.com.

10/04/07 - NEW OFFICIAL RUSH DOCUMENTARY IN THE WORKS - Canadian directors, Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, of Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, which featured Geddy Lee, is now making a full-feature about Rush and their fans. They shot a lot of footage at the latest RushCon in Toronto and interviewed many of their hardcore fans. Look for more info on this project early 2008.

10/04/07 - VIDEO GAMES FOR RUSH FANS! - Guitar Hero III, which releases Oct. 28th will have The Who's (not Rush's version, but cool anyway) The Seeker. Available for the Xbox 360, PS2 & PS3, PC, Mac, Wii & DS.
Tom Sawyer has been in a few movies before, but now it makes it's video game debut. Rock Band, which is basically Guitar Hero with vocals & drums added, will have Rush's most popular tune included. Release dates are November 20th (bumped up from the 23rd!) for the Xbox360 & PS3 and December 10th for the PS2. Package will include one guitar (can be used for guitar or bass), one mic and drum pads. Check your dealers for details & pricing. Previously released, Rush has YYZ (re-recorded by professional musicians) on Guitar Hero II and One Little Victory in Need For Speed 2 - Hot Pursuit.

10/03/07 - EUROPE'S RUSH FAN CONVENTION - EuCon'07 is being held on Sunday, October 14th at Manchester Academy 2, part of Manchester University Student Union building on Oxford Rd. The event starts at 11am and goes until 6pm, when Rush will be playing that evening at the MEN Arena in Manchester. This year's featured guest speaker is ex-Rush producer, Terry Brown. Space is limited to 1200 attendees, tickets are priced at £20.00 and can be purchased at www.rusheucon.com. This is the 12th annual event for the European Rush convention. RushCon annually held in Toronto, just completed its 7th since 2001. The only other large Rush convention is held in Brazil, but no word yet if there is one this year.

08/21/07 - ALEX LIFESON TO APPEAR ON NEW CD! - Detroit progressive rock band, Tiles will have Alex Lifeson appearing on their next release. It is to be called Fly Paper and like their past recordings, it will be produced by Terry Brown. This will be their 5th CD. Alex recorded his guitar tracks for Sacred and Mundane at his own studio with Terry just before heading out on tour with Rush. Other guests on Fly Paper include Alannah Myles sings on Back and Forth, Kim Mitchell lead guitar on Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds, Hugh Syme keyboards on Crowded Emptiness, and Sonya Mastick on percussion & Matthew Parmenter on keyboards, plus a vocal cameo from Nate Mills of Run with the Kittens. Find out more about Tiles by visiting their official site.

08/09/07 - NEW RUSH TRIBUTE ALBUM - Lush is a new Rush tribute album coming out soon. It covers the Rutsey years. Here is the track listing:

1. Finding My Way - 3 Legged Rabbit
2. Need Some Love - Rutsey
3. Take A Friend - Snagglepuss
4. Here Again - Joe Harvard Band
5. What You're Doing - Ed Mundell
6. In The Mood - FourYearBeard
7. Before And After - Frankenstein 3000
8. Working Man - Murder 1
9. Not Fade Away - A Farewell To Bling
10. Can't Fight It - Worro Pilkinson

06/06/07 - ANOTHER SHOW ADDED!! - Rush will play one more show this tour, just before heading home to Toronto. It will be at the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York City on September 17th. Tickets on sale June 16th. Check Rush.com or Ticketmaster.com for info. Full list of tourdates is here.

06/03/07 - MVI DVD S&A PUSHED BACK - The MVI-DVD version of Snakes & Arrows originally scheduled for June 5th is now to be released on June 26th. This version will include a photo gallery, ringtones, lyrics, wallpapers, screensavers, exclusive making-of videos, & Dolby 5.1 surround sound. Check the official MVI Music Site for details.

06/01/07 - THE SECOND & THIRD SINGLES ANNOUNCED! - The Larger Bowl and Spindrift will be the next singles released after Far Cry from Snakes & Arrows, which has been out a month now. This should guarantee that all three of these tunes will be included in the upcoming tour setlist.

05/10/07 - 3 VERSIONS OF S&A TO CHOOSE FROM - There are 3 different flavors of the new Rush release to cover each listener and fan type. The first is the regular CD version. The second is the Music Video Interactive DVD (coming June 26th) for the surround sound fans. The third is a vinyl version limited to 5000 copies released June 19th.

04/24/07 - SECOND TORONTO SHOW ADDED TO TOUR DATES! - A second show has been added in Toronto on SATURDAY, September 22nd. This is the last show in North America before going to the UK and Europe.

04/11/07 - RUSHCON 7 DATES ANNOUNCED!! -
Friday September 21 - Sunday September 23
Days Inn Hotel and Conference Center
30 Carlton St, Toronto, Ontario
Special events are also planned for Wed Sept 19th and Thur Sept 20th for fans in town for the Rush concert on the 19th at the Air Canada Center.
Official RushCon 7 events will be held from Friday evening through Sunday evening. Events will include a Friday night Welcome Party and Mixer, with Saturday and Sunday events including the RushCon Convention, Games, Vendors, Charity Auction and Tribute Band Concert, and much more!
Event ticket prices for RushCon and special events for Wednesday through Sunday will be announced as they are confirmed. Once confirmed, tickets will be offered for sale at: Rushcon.org.

04/10/07 - DVD RE-RELEASES - Mercury is releasing individual DVDs of the Exit…Stage Left (Montreal 1981), Grace Under Pressure (Toronto 1984) and A Show Of Hands (England 1988) concert videos. These DVDs were only previously available as a box set called Replay X3.

04/10/07 - SNAKES & ARROWS TRACK LISTING -

1. Far Cry
2. Armor and Sword
3. Workin’ Them Angels
4. The Larger Bowl
5. Spindrift
6. The Main Monkey Business
7. The Way The Wind Blows
8. Hope
9. Faithless
10. Bravest Face
11. Good News First
12. Malignant Narcissism
13. We Hold On

04/10/07 - Official 2007 Rush Tour Dates -

JUNE
13th	Atlanta, GA			HiFi Buys Amphitheatre						
15th	West Palm Beach, FL		Sound Advice Amphitheatre					
16th	Tampa, FL			Ford Amphitheatre					
18th	Charlotte, NC			Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre		 	
20th	Raleigh, NC			Walnut Creek Amphitheatre 				
22nd	Virginia Beach, VA		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre			
23rd	Bristow, VA			Nissan Pavilion						
25th	Pittsburgh, PA			Post-Gazette Pavilion						
27th	Boston, MA			Tweeter Center						
29th	Scranton, PA			Toyota Pavilion							
30th	Saratoga Springs, NY	        SPAC									

JULY 
2nd 	Wantagh, NY			Nikon at Jones Beach Theater					
4th 	Buffalo, NY			Darien Lake 							
6th	Camden, NJ			Tweeter Center							
8th	Holmdel, NJ			PNC Bank Arts Center				
9th 	Uncasville, CT			Mohegan Sun Arena					
18th	Calgary, AB			Pengrowth Saddledome				
20th 	Seattle, WA			White River Amphitheatre					
21st	Portland, OR			The Amphitheatre at Clark County	 
23rd	Los Angeles, CA			Hollywood Bowl						
25th 	Irvine, CA			Verizon Wireless Amphitheater					
27th	Phoenix, AZ			Cricket Pavilion						
28th	Las Vegas, NV			MGM Grand Garden Arena						
30th	San Diego, CA			Coors Amphitheatre					

AUGUST 
1st	San Francisco, CA		Shoreline Amphitheatre						
3rd 	Concord, CA			Sleep Train Pavilion						
4th    	Sacramento, CA			Sleep Train Amphitheatre					
6th    	Salt Lake City, UT		USANA Amphitheatre						
8th 	Denver, CO			Red Rocks Amphitheatre		
11th 	Dallas, TX			Smirnoff Music Centre			
12th 	San Antonio, TX			Verizon Wireless Amphitheater			
14th 	Houston, TX			Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion		
23rd 	Kansas City, MO			Verizon Wireless Amphitheater		
24th 	St. Louis, MO			Verizon Wireless Amphitheater		
26th 	Indianapolis, IN		Verizon Wireless Music Center		
28th 	Detroit, MI			DTE Energy Music Theatre		
30th 	Cleveland, OH			Blossom Music Centre			

SEPTEMBER 
1st 	Cincinnati, OH			Riverbend Music Center		
2nd 	Columbus, OH			Germain Amphitheater			
6th	Milwaukee, WI			Marcus Amphitheater					
8th	Chicago, IL			First Midwest Bank Amph		
9th	St. Paul, MN			Xcel Energy Center
12th	London, ON			John Labatt Centre
14th 	Quebec City, PQ			Colisee de Quebec
15th 	Montreal, PQ			Bell Centre
17th    New York, NY                    MSG		
19th	Toronto, ON			Air Canada Centre					
21st 	Ottawa, ON			ScotiaBank Place
22nd    Toronto, ON			Air Canada Centre			

OCTOBER - EUROPEAN DATES
3rd	Glasgow, Scotland	        SECC	
5th	Newcastle, England	        Metro Radio Arena	
6th	Sheffield, England	        Hallam FM Arena		
9th	London, England		        Wembley Arena	
10th	London, England		        Wembley Arena				
12th 	Birmingham, England	        NEC Arena	
14th	Manchester, England	        MEN Arena	
16th	Rotterdam, Netherlands	        Ahoy	
17th	Rotterdam, Netherlands	        Ahoy	
19th	Oberhausen, Germany	        Arena		
21st 	Mannheim, Germany	        SAP Arena	
23rd	Milan, Italy		        Forum Arena	
26th	Oslo, Norway		        Spektrum	
27th	Stockholm, Sweden	        Globe Arena	
29th	Helsinki, Finland	        Hartwell Arena	

04/05/07 - MVI DVD VERSION OF SNAKES & ARROWS! - There will be a limited edition (25,000 copies) Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound MVI (Music Video Interactive) version of Snakes & Arrows released. It will also include a 45 minute documentary video of the making of the new CD. MVI DVDs play in all standard DVD players. It it scheduled for release on June 5th.

03/12/07 - FAR CRY ROCKS THE AIRWAVES! - The new Rush single, Far Cry has hit radio stations around the world today. Rush.com has also started playing the full song now.

02/17/07 - RUSH INCLUDED IN JUNO NOMINATIONS - R30 has been nominated for a Juno award for Music DVD of the Year. Canada’s music awards takes place in Saskatoon, SK on Sunday, April 1st.

02/15/07 - NEW RUSH STUDIO ALBUM MAY 1ST! - The new album Snakes & Arrows is due in stores on May 1st! Go to Rush.com to hear a short clip from the single "Far Cry." Summer Tour details will be available soon. Also see Announcement and link to Rush mailing list.

01/30/07 - NEIL IN NEW MOVIE - Neil Peart's voice will appear as one of the characters in the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force animated movie. It is scheduled to release in the U.S. on March 23rd 2007. You can preview the trailer at AdultSwim.com.

01/08/07 - MORE NEW PROJECTS FOR ALEX!! - Alex Lifeson has been working on various projects in between Rush recordings. Most recently it was announced that he would appear on the next release from Pennsylvania-based metal band, The Drama Club. The Drama Club was formed in 2004 by former Lifer frontman Nick Coyle and former Stalemate members Nate Bevan and R.J. MacLean. Alex has worked with Nick Coyle in the past when he produced Lifer's self-titled debut album. Visit their official website for more info on their new CD titled, Company For The Lonely.
Porcupine Tree's next release may also have Alex on it. In the latest issue of the Porcupine Tree fanzine Carbon Nation (issue #6) it is revealed that both Alex Lifeson and King Crimson's Robert Fripp will be making guest appearances on the group's next album which is currently set for release in April on Atlantic Records. See the band's official site for details.
*UPDATE (1-31-2007)*
The title of the new PT release is Fear of a Blank Planet
Following two album playback events in New York and at Abbey Road in London, the track listing of the new Porcupine Tree album "Fear of a Blank Planet" has been revealed:
1. Fear of a Blank Planet (7.28)
2. My Ashes (5.07)
3. Anesthetize (17.42)
4. Sentimental (5.26)
5. Way Out of Here (7.37)
6. Sleep Together (7.28)
The album is set for April release through Roadrunner in Europe, Atlantic in the US, and WHD Entertainment in Japan. It's likely that the CD will feature both stereo and Dolby 5.1 Surround sound.