NEW YORK (AP) — 5 years after their influential drummer and lyricist Neil Peart died of glioblastoma, the Canadian band Rush have introduced a reunion tour.
On Monday, Rush co-founders Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson revealed a 12-date, seven metropolis tour is scheduled for summer season 2026, kicking off in June on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles — the place the band performed their last present in 2015.
The reunion tour will finish in Cleveland in September 2026. They will additionally hit Mexico Metropolis, Fort Value, Texas, Chicago, New York and Toronto.
Taking Peart’s place is well known German composer and producer Anika Nilles. She has beforehand toured with Jeff Beck.
“It’s been over 10 years since Alex and I’ve carried out the music of Rush alongside our fallen bandmate and pal Neil. A lifetime’s price of songs that we had put our cumulative hearts and souls into writing, recording and taking part in collectively onstage,” Lee wrote in a press release.
He added that he and Lifeson “could not be more excited” to introduce Nilles to their fanbase “whom, we all know, will give her each likelihood to dwell as much as that close to unimaginable function.”
They’re additionally hoping so as to add further musicians into the fold for the performances.
Earlier this 12 months, the band launched a best hits assortment titled “Rush 50.” Fittingly, it ended with the final songs the band performed at their last live performance a decade in the past.
Their 2026 tour is titled “Fifty Something.”
“We’re thrilled to assist the Fifty One thing tour, celebrating a band whose music has resonated and impressed followers for generations, and to honor Neil’s extraordinary legacy as each a drummer and lyricist,” Peart’s widow and daughter, Carrie Nuttall-Peart and Olivia Peart, shared in a joint assertion.
“Neil’s musicianship was singular… Because the band enters this new chapter, it guarantees to be really unforgettable. We’re excited to see how their new imaginative and prescient unfolds, and to listen to this legendary music performed dwell as soon as once more.”
