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UNBELIEVABLE: Neil peart | History Defined

“The drum parts are so iconic and… straight-faced. He was a stone-cold assassin!”: The first Neil Peart documentary trailer is out

Chad Smith, Copeland, Danny Carey and more pay tribute in No One’s Disciple

MusicRadar · Sep 3

"She's all that and a bag of chips." Onstage pranks prove Anika Nilles is unfazed by life as Rush drummer

Rush drummer Anika Nilles regularly pranks Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson during shows

Louder · Aug 30

Mike Portnoy has filed his review of Rush's Fifty Something tour. "Was able to spend some time with the Queen before the show!"

Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy reports on Rush and Anika Nilles

Louder · Aug 25

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"I believed we would not get back together. I thought Rush was a place Neil was not going to be able to go back to emotionally": How Rush survived the 1990s and early 2000s

Rush refound their rock spirit in the 1990s – only to be blindsided by personal tragedy

Louder · Aug 13

Neil Peart documentary No One's Disciple will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival next month

Fans can expect "an exhilarating and poignant tribute to late Rush legend Neil Peart"

Louder · Aug 11

“I haven't really listened to Rush music… I never stumbled into the catalogue”: Anika Nilles on her preparation for Rush’s 50 Something tour

Plus Geddy Lee describes a spooky experience meeting Neil Peart… as a bird

MusicRadar · Aug 11

Geddy Lee’s eerie bird encounter makes him wonder if it was late Rush bandmate Neil Peart

Geddy Lee says a strange moment involving a lone bird on the opening night of Rush’s Fifty Something tour left him wondering whether Neil Peart’s presence was with them.

BANG Premier · Aug 10

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Geddy Lee tells of spooky Neil Peart-related bird encounter. "I'm not a guy who believes in all that mumbo jumbo. But it was a remarkable moment"

On the opening night of Rush's Fifty Something tour, Geddy Lee felt the presence of Neil Peart in the shape of a tiny visitor

Louder · Aug 9

“He never rated himself as highly as everyone else did": New documentary in the pipeline about Rush’s Neil Peart

No One’s Disciple will be screened on Canadian TV in September

MusicRadar · Aug 6

“I was struggling at home and struggling on tour. I’ve had a real problem with alcohol again”: Inspired by a Neil Peart quote, Napalm Death’s Shane Embury embraced his prog tendencies to search his soul

The bassist’s desire to “jump into the unknown” inspired Bridge To Revolution, his most progressive album yet, as the Rush fanatic continues work on his Cardiacs-inspired project

Metal Hammer · Aug 4

"Neil was the surprise. He’s the GOAT. People think he’s super-serious, but he could be the goofiest one out of all of them." I Love You, Man writer and director John Hamburg on working with "delightful human beings" Rush

"A Rush fan is a certain type of person, you feel like you’re part of a secret club"

Louder · Jul 31

“Alex Lifeson went off on loose-limbed benders, taking madcap detours and stretching out phrases just to see where they’d land”: Rush deliver the thrill of mastery at Madison Square Garden – live review

At the first show of their four-night stand in NYC, the new trinity of Lifeson, Lee, and Nilles delivered a tour de force of classics, deep cuts, and fearless musicianship

Guitar World · Jul 29

"We were the early version of Spinal Tap, turning it to 11."Rush before Geddy Lee: meet the bass player who stepped aside

"As far as I remember, I was always there" - original Rush bassist Jeff Jones puts the story straight

Louder · Jul 7

“A progressive rock band in 2026 is a living anachronism. Our career has blossomed when we’ve gotten weirder and weirder”: Crown Lands aim to harness Rush, Yes and geek power to fight radicalisation

Star Wars, Star Trek and Lord Of The Rings are among the epic inspirations behind latest album Apocalypse, which offers hope to those feeling end-of-days dread

Louder · Jul 5

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Guitar World · Jun 23

“I’ve never been very confident as a player. I’ve always felt like I had to work hard, and maybe I didn’t appreciate that I have a natural talent for playing guitar”: Alex Lifeson’s 20 greatest guitar moments in Rush

From fever-dream epics to blistering solos, weird harmonizer effects and 12-string chime, here are Lerxst’s finest hours with the iconic Canadian prog trio

Metal Hammer · Jun 22

“We weren’t arrogant enough to think we were suddenly the most important band in the world. We just knew we were”: A metal fan’s guide to Rush

Side long epics, mad concepts and unlikely hit singles – how Canadian visionaries Rush laid down the blueprint for prog metal

Guitar World · Jun 16

“Alex and I looked at each other and went, ‘Wow, I think we have a drummer… Now what do we do?’” Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the inside story behind the Rush reunion

How Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee found drummer Anika Nilles and put together the biggest reunion tour in prog rock history

MusicRadar · Jun 15

“Thank you for making this week so effin’ amazing!”: Rush thank fans for their support after triumphant comeback shows

Band are on tour until next April

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Louder · Jun 15

“He was like an alien. He could talk about anything. That’s when we said, ‘Let’s make him do lyrics!’”: Rush’s Neil Peart, an exploding golf ball and two career-changing conversations

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson recall their late friend and bandmate, recalling what he brought to the band and how they began to move on without him

Louder · Jun 14

All the songs Rush have never played live… yet

Rush have recorded 167 original songs. They’ve never played 42 of them. Could that change on the Fifty Something tour?

MusicRadar · Jun 12

“I think he’s the most underrated guitarist in rock history. People don’t realise how inventive he was”: Geddy Lee, Paul Gilbert and John Petrucci on the guitar genius of Rush legend Alex Lifeson

Lee explains how Lifeson made the Canadian prog trio greater than the sum of their parts

Guitar World · Jun 11

“She was a complete stranger. She was a bit intimidated at first because she’d heard of the band, but she wasn’t a Rush fan”: Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee on Anika Nilles’ rollercoaster audition for Rush's Fifty Something tour

Their five-day session with Nilles wasn’t an audition, but it took until the last day for their doubts over a Rush reunion tour to be destroyed

MusicRadar · Jun 9

“I was so happy for her… nailing all of the big Neil moments with a giant smile on her face the whole time! She really is the perfect choice for this!”: Mike Portnoy is effusive in his praise of Anika Nilles’ performance at Rush comeback gig

She “absolutely KILLED IT” says Dream Theater man

Louder · Jun 9

The fumble and the fill: Two moments of genius from Anika Nilles' emotional first show with Rush

Rush have returned to the stage, and we're feeling it

Louder · Jun 8

We have liftoff! Watch Rush return to the stage in Los Angeles - includes full setlist

After 3964 days, Rush are back

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