Rush Celebrates a Career Spanning Four Decades with North American Tour
A whole slew of Rush albums are being reissued vinyl in commemoration of the band’s more than four decades of music making, and now the Canadian trio featuring bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee will continue the celebrations with the R40 Live Tour.
The tour, which begins May 8, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will visit 34 North American cities. The tour came together despite reports of some ambivalence toward touring, as late as January. (Just check out this interview with drummer Neil Peart in Rolling Stone.)
It’s more than likely that the band doesn’t have much touring left in it — Lee has noted how rough touring is on Peart, who has an aggressive playing style. However, Lee did say in a separate Rolling Stone interview from November 2014 that “I’m itching to just play and record. I would like to make another album, but I don’t know where the other guys’ heads are at about that. I know Alex is ready to write.”
Hopefully that means fans will get an album of new music at some point in the relatively near future. And in the meantime, there’s the tour.
Rush “R40 Live” Tour Dates:
| Date | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| May 8 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Bok Center |
| May 10 | Lincoln, Nebraska | Pinnacle Bank Arena |
| May 12 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Xcel Energy Center |
| May 14 | St. Louis, Missouri | Scottrade Center |
| May 16 | Austin, Texas | Austin360 Amphitheater |
| May 18 | Dallas, Texas | American Airlines Arena |
| May 20 | Houston, Texas | The Toyota Center |
| May 22 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Smoothie King Center |
| May 24 | Tampa, Florida | Amalie Arena |
| May 26 | Atlanta, Georgia | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| May 28 | Greensboro, North Carolina | The Greensboro Coliseum |
| May 30 | Bristow, Virginia | Jiffy Lube Live |
| June 8 | Columbus, Ohio | Nationwide Arena |
| June 10 | Buffalo, New York | First Niagara Center |
| June 12 | Chicago, Illinois | United Center |
| June 14 | Detroit, Michigan | Palace of Auburn Hills |
| June 17 & 19 | Toronto, Canada | Air Canada Centre |
| June 21 | Montreal, Canada | Bell Centre |
| June 23 | Boston, Massachusetts | TD Garden |
| June 25 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wells Fargo Center |
| June 27 | Newark, New Jersey | Prudential Center |
| June 29 | New York City, New York | Madison Square Garden |
| July 9 | Kansas City, Missouri | Sprint Center |
| July 11 | Denver, Colorado | Pepsi Center |
| July 13 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Maverik Center |
| July 15 | Calgary, Canada | Scotiabank Saddledome |
| July 17 | Vancouver, Canada | Rogers Arena |
| July 19 | Seattle, Washington | Key Arena |
| July 21 | Portland, Oregon | Moda Center |
| July 23 | San Jose, California | SAP Center at San Jose |
| July 25 | Las Vegas, Nevada | MGM Grand Garden Arena |
| July 27 | Phoenix, Arizona | US Airways Center |
| July 30 | Irvine Meadows, California | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| August 1 | Los Angeles, California | The Forum |
Aggressive playstyle is an understatement. Just listen to Peart’s drumming on Headlong Flight in their more recent album, Clockwork Angels. Just hard to believe a human being can do that kind of drumming. Lee’s basslines are as technically proficient as ever too. Hopefully they still have that left in the tank for this tour.
Got my tickets for May 12. Haven’t seen them in a while and it seems this could be the last time out.