Towards of the end of the third show of Rush‘s Fifty Something Tour, the band experienced something nearly unimaginable for one of the most technically proficient and perfectionist acts of the rock era — a full musical train wreck that stopped the overture to “2112” right in its progged-out tracks. But no one actually made … Read more
At their core, Rush were always about glorious musical excess, routinely cramming more riffs and time signatures into single songs than some bands managed on entire albums. And as much as the band absorbed the lessons of punk and New Wave by the late Seventies, they were always about conspicuous effort, too – hard-won chops, … Read more
Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson stunned fans by breaking out their entire 1976 mini-rock-opera on night two of their Fifty Something Tour Attention all planets of the Solar Federation: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson aren’t taking their new lease on life as Rush for granted. They promised to switch up the set list on … Read more
“I can get back home,” Geddy Lee yelped early in Rush‘s first show in 11 years, amidst an apocalyptic flurry of drum fills from new touring member Anika Nilles on 2007’s “Far Cry.” As the rest of Rush’s Fifty Something Tour kickoff Sunday at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum demonstrated, that particular Neil Peart lyric — … Read more
Rush break out “By-Tor and the Snow Dog” and much more in their first full show with new touring drummer Anika Nilles Powerhouse new touring drummer Anika Nilles wasn’t the only woman onstage with Rush in Los Angeles Sunday night. During the band’s Fifty Something Tour opener at Kia Forum, singer-songwriter Aimee Mann emerged from … Read more