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"It wasn't quite working with the three of us. We were thinking that maybe we should continue with someone else." Alex Lifeson says he initially had doubts about new Rush drummer Anika Nilles

Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Anika Nilles are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock

Louder

Ticketek charged a $9 processing fee for my $35 ticket. Is this reasonable?

Ticket-selling websites are free to set prices as they want, Australian policy expert Kat George writes. Buying direct from the box office is the best way around this

The Guardian - AU

“The further I got away from it, the more I thought, ‘It’s OK. We had 40 years. I’m tired of hanging around a hotel, being away from family’”: Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee explain why now is the time to reunite Rush

The pair say that the decision to get the prog rock luminaries back together was “relatively recent”

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“Alex and I have done some serious soul searching and come to the decision that we miss it”: Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee announce Rush reunion tour – and name who will be playing drums

The seven-city Rush reunion tour – dubbed Fifty Something – is slated for 2026, and kicks off in LA

Guitar World

The 10 Best Fantasy Graphic Novels You Must Read

Because pictures make everything better.

The Mary Sue

10 Fantasy Books With Magical Schools (That Aren’t Harry Potter)

So you can the Gryffin-door on Hogwarts for good.

The Mary Sue

The 10 Best Fantasy Books With Ghosts and Spirits

Shuffle out of that mortal coil and skinny dip in the afterlife!

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The 10 Most Traumatizing Children’s Fantasy Books Of All Time

Bad for children, great for therapists.

The Mary Sue

Patients dying of sepsis because medics too slow to spot it, warns NHS watchdog

Recognition remains an ‘urgent safety risk’ and relatives’ concerns are too often ignored, says Health Services Safety Investigations Body

The Guardian - UK

‘Urgent safety risk’ due to deadly infection being ignored by NHS, charity warns

245,000 people in the UK are affected by sepsis every year

The Independent UK

The 10 Best Non-Violent Fantasy Books

Fantasy without violence? Whoever heard of such a thing? How else the realm supposed to defeat the Dark Lord no one’s gonna introduce him to the business end of a magic sword? While many fantasy stories feature characters who let their fists do the talking, this list made for readers…

The Mary Sue

The 10 Best Fantasy Series That Are Actually Finished

Unlike "There and Back Again" by a certain hobbit, these fantasy books are actually complete.

The Mary Sue

“Honestly, he's my best friend. Why wouldn't I wanna hang around with him?”: Rush’s Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee still meet up and jam “once a week”

But guitarist was “disappointed” with the way Rush ended

MusicRadar

“It didn't take more than a few minutes before we started getting emails from all kinds of drummers”: Rush’s Alex Lifeson reveals the rush to replace Neil Peart

There’s been no shortage of offers and he and Geddy Lee are still playing together, so is a Rush reunion on the cards?

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Louder

"I felt sad to see such joy in Neil’s face when we were down to the last few bars of our last song we played together": A Farewell to Kings - Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson look back on 50 years of Rush

We sat down with Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson at the end of 2024 to speak about their 50-year journey from there to here - and what might happen next

Louder

“The first time I ever got high was with Alex. He was just a terrific pothead, and a terrible influence on me”: The chaotic story of Rush’s early years and their journey from high school stoners to prog icons

Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson look back their journey from high school stoners to prog icons-in-waiting

Louder

"I really felt like I let our British and European fans down": Geddy Lee gives fans "a straight answer" about the end of Rush

Exclusive: Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock, out now

MusicRadar

"I looked at my bandmates and missed them already and I felt sad to see such joy in Neil’s face when we were down to the last few bars of our last song played together": Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee recall Rush's final live moments

Prog trio's surviving members look back at the band's 50-year career

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Louder

"I've mastered what I was aiming for thirty years ago": Neil Peart - The Clockwork Angels interview

In 2012 Rush's drummer Neil Peart told us about modern alchemy, thinking big, how Nirvana influenced Rush, and why he'd never watch Beyond The Lighted Stage

MusicRadar

Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee are still jamming together: "We’re actually playing a lot of Rush songs" – but there are caveats

"It’s funny because we sound like a really bad tribute band for the first three or four run-throughs on these things"

Guitar World

“Nobody cares about new material anymore. They just want to hear the old stuff from guys like us”: Alex Lifeson says he’s jamming with Geddy Lee again – but they sound like a “really bad tribute band” at times

Alex Lifeson sets the record straight on whether Rush will ever tour again

Louder

"Without a doubt, the best experience I've had making an album, ever": How Rush made Snakes & Arrows and learned to love recording again

Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the making of 2007's Snakes & Ladders album

The Guardian - UK

Never in Frank Lampard’s wildest nightmares could he have envisaged this

In today’s Football Daily: Chelsea, Frank Lampard and Sam Allardyce

The Guardian - UK

Western Lane by Chetna Maroo review – a tender debut

The tensions of family life are vividly conveyed in this novel of growing pains, grief and squash

Manchester Evening News

Heartbroken parents pay tribute to 'gorgeous' son killed in car crash

'He is going to be in our hearts forever and sorely missed by everyone'

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