Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame inductees, Grammy Award-nominated icons, and RUSH co-founders Geddy Lee (bass, keys, vocals) and Alex Lifeson (guitar, vocals) at the moment announce 17 further cities on their 2026 headline tour, “Fifty One thing”, on account of unimaginable demand. The tour, in celebration of RUSH‘s music, legacy, and the lifetime of late drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, has new dates in cities together with Philadelphia, Boston, Montreal, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Edmonton, Seattle, Vancouver, and extra (full dates under).
Followers will be capable to take part within the RUSH artist presale for the newly added exhibits by signing up at livemu.sc/rush by Thursday, October 23 at 11:59 p.m. ET. No code is required — entry is tied to your account. The artist presale begins on Monday, October 27 at 12 p.m. native time within the U.S. and Canada. Common onsale begins on Friday, October 31 at 12 p.m. native time for the U.S. and Canada. Moreover, these pre-sales might be accessible for the newly added exhibits:
Citi for U.S. exhibits: Citi is the official card of the RUSH 2026 tour. Citi cardmembers could have entry to presale tickets within the US starting Friday, October 24 at 12 p.m. native time till Sunday, October 26 at 11:59 p.m. native time by means of the Citi Leisure program. For full presale particulars go to www.citientertainment.com.
American Specific for Canada: American Specific Card Members should buy tickets for the Canadian exhibits earlier than most people starting Friday, October 24 at 12 p.m. native time by means of Sunday, October 26 at 11:59 p.m. native time.
RUSH invitations followers to get nearer than ever with three elevated choices: an all-new VIP program, the first-ever 2112 Platform Expertise, and curated Journey Packages for followers making a visit to see the present.
RUSH initially introduced dates in seven main North American cities, and all of the dates within the U.S. and Canada have bought out. These new dates have been added as a result of unimaginable demand for tickets on these dates.
The restricted run of summer time dates — Lee and Lifeson‘s first official exhibits beneath the RUSH banner in 11 years — will start on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles, website of the final RUSH live performance on the legendary Canadian band’s “R40” anniversary tour. Becoming a member of the duo on the trek might be German drummer Anika Nilles, who toured with legendary guitarist Jeff Beck in 2022 and has been rehearsing with Lee and Lifeson in preparation for the tour.
The band shares in a brand new video: “We’re blown away from the response to the announcement we made a number of weeks in the past that we’re going again on tour. I can’t let you know how shocking and overwhelmed we’re and the way in which you guys have welcomed Anika Nilles. It has been very heartwarming, and I do know that she’s very appreciative of that. We’re much more excited to get again on stage and play together with her and to undergo the plethora of songs that we’re planning.”
RUSH will carry out a number of exhibits in cities throughout Canada, america and Mexico, starting June 7, 2026 at The Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles. These particular “night with” exhibits will discover the band enjoying two units every evening. Every present will function a definite number of songs and RUSH will construct every evening’s setlist from a list of 35 songs together with their biggest hits and fan favorites.
Tour dates:
Jun. 07 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Discussion board (bought out)
Jun. 09 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Discussion board (bought out)
Jun. 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Discussion board (bought out)
Jun. 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Discussion board (bought out)
Jun. 18 – Mexico Metropolis, MX – Palacio de los Deportes
Jun. 24 – Fort Price, TX – Dickies Enviornment (bought out)
Jun. 26 – Fort Price, TX – Dickies Enviornment (bought out)
Jun. 28 – Fort Price, TX – Dickies Enviornment (bought out)
Jun. 30 – Fort Price, TX – Dickies Enviornment (bought out)
Jul. 16 – Chicago, IL – United Middle (bought out)
Jul. 18 – Chicago, IL – United Middle (bought out)
Jul. 20 – Chicago, IL – United Middle (bought out)
Jul. 22 – Chicago, IL – United Middle (bought out)
Jul. 28 – New York, NY – Madison Sq. Backyard (bought out)
Jul. 30 – New York, NY – Madison Sq. Backyard (bought out)
Aug. 01 – New York, NY – Madison Sq. Backyard (bought out)
Aug. 03 – New York, NY – Madison Sq. Backyard (bought out)
Aug. 07 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Enviornment (bought out)
Aug. 09 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Enviornment (bought out)
Aug. 11 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Enviornment (bought out)
Aug. 13 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Enviornment (bought out)
Aug. 21 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Cellular Enviornment (new date)
Aug. 26 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Enviornment (new date)
Sep. 02 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre (new date)
Sep. 12 – Boston, MA – TD Backyard (new date)
Sep. 17 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Enviornment (bought out)
Sep. 19 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Enviornment (bought out)
Sep. 23 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Financial institution Middle (new date)
Oct. 05 – Denver, CO – Ball Enviornment (new date)
Oct. 10 – Seattle, WA – Local weather Pledge Enviornment (new date)
Oct. 15 – San Jose, CA – SAP Middle (new date)
Oct. 25 -Washington D.C. – Capital One Enviornment (new date)
Oct. 30 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Solar Enviornment (new date)
Nov. 05 – Hollywood, FL – Exhausting Rock Reside (new date)
Nov. 09 – Tampa, FL – Benchmark Worldwide Enviornment (new date)
Nov. 20 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Middle (new date)
Nov. 25 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Enviornment (new date)
Dec. 01 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Enviornment (new date)
Dec. 10 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place (new date)
Dec. 15 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Enviornment (new date)
Throughout an invite-only gathering of 150 followers, media and dignitaries on the Rock & Roll Corridor Of Fame’s Foster Theater in Cleveland, Ohio on Sunday (October 5),Geddy and Alex of RUSH spoke about their determination to reunite for a tour subsequent 12 months. Concerning how they determined to tour as RUSH once more, greater than 5 years after iconic RUSH drummer Neil Peart‘s demise, Alex mentioned: “Once we completed the [‘R40’] tour [in 2015], it was troublesome for Neil, and he’d had sufficient by that time. I feel Ged and I nonetheless had fuel within the tank and we nonetheless wished to proceed working. However it was what it was, and the additional I received away from it, the extra I assumed, ‘It is okay. We had 40 years. I am uninterested in hanging round a resort, being away from household and all of that stuff.’ And I felt that approach for a lot of the final 10 years, actually. I assumed we had an awesome legacy, and it is okay. Then this man” — referring to Geddy — “got here alongside and had some massive concepts. And we talked and we began enjoying. After which I noticed that I adore it a lot — I like enjoying a lot. And I’ve continued, over these final years, doing different tasks and nonetheless enjoying lots. However once we sat down and began enjoying a number of the RUSH stuff and I noticed how arduous it was to play these songs… Whenever you do it every single day for 40 years, it isn’t an enormous deal, actually — you are used to it — however once you’re away from it and you’re a little extra goal concerning the intense complexity of the music and the texture and the nuances and all of the issues that go into making a RUSH tune and efficiency, to be challenged with that once more was actually, actually thrilling. And the extra we began rehearsing and enjoying, the extra I simply fell in love with the concept of enjoying once more.”
Added Geddy: “It was a really troublesome determination on many ranges, initially, as a result of what it entails when it comes to work, but additionally what had transpired. Dropping a member like Neil, it was devastating and it was a really unhappy time, and it took time for us to even ponder it. I imply, this can be a comparatively latest determination. And I’d say it was sort of out of the query for the longest time due to these circumstances. And the way do you change somebody who’s irreplaceable? So, we might joke about it typically, and Al was doing different issues, I used to be writing books and one thing occurred within the final couple of years that introduced us again to jamming within the studio. He would come over, drink my espresso, dangle round, we might jam and we’d snort. After which sooner or later — I do not know why — we began enjoying some RUSH songs for enjoyable. And God, we have been laughing so arduous and we have been having fun with it a lot. And it was nearly like enjoying these songs dispelled the darkish clouds. It was not a simple determination to come back to, and that is actually the primary time we’re speaking about it out loud in entrance of different individuals. So, yeah, it feels proper, and we’re gonna do it.”
Requested how they discovered the suitable drummer to step in for Neil on the “Fifty One thing” tour, Geddy mentioned: “Nicely, our thought was to not attempt to be RUSH 2.0, simply to pay homage to our music, pay homage to our misplaced brother and symbolize the songs and have a good time the songs.
“I have not talked about this earlier than, however… So, my bass tech Skully [John McIntosh] was working with Jeff Beck. He was on tour with him for a number of years. And on the final tour he was enjoying with this drummer named Anika Nilles — an unimaginable drummer. And he would come residence, he would rave about her, what a superb participant she was and nice individual, and blah, blah, blah. So I sort of regarded her up. And she or he’s throughout YouTube. She’s pretty well-known in her personal world of music. After which we began speaking about enjoying once more. I mentioned to Al, I mentioned, ‘Verify her out. Possibly that is an attention-grabbing strategy to go.’ And so one factor led to a different, and once we made the choice we wished to see if it might work, what’s it prefer to play with one other drummer — we might had that have, in fact, on the Taylor Hawkins tributes [in September 2022]. So we all know how troublesome it’s — irrespective of who the drummer is, all of them have their very own notion of what it is prefer to play a RUSH tune, they usually could not line up with the way in which we play RUSH songs. So whoever we have been going to decide on was going to be troublesome and there is going to be like a translation. And so we very secretly introduced Anika to Canada. And it wasn’t an audition, ‘trigger at that time we weren’t actually certain that we have been going to tour. It was all an experiment. Anyway, I am very completely satisfied to say that she is improbable to play with. And we have had now numerous classes together with her and we’re going to go on the street together with her. I feel she’s a exceptional story. And she or he’s a lot youthful than us… And I like that, that she got here to RUSH music with none preconceptions. It additionally made it very troublesome, ‘trigger we needed to clarify nuances and work on subtleties, and she or he needed to actually attempt to get into Neil‘s headspace and his really feel. Lots of drummers can play Neil‘s drum fills, however to mix that with the texture of these songs, in order that it feels the way in which you guys wanna hear these songs, that is work — that requires work. And so she’s profitable.”
As for what RUSH followers can count on from the upcoming live shows, Geddy mentioned: “I do not assume we are able to do a three-hour present the way in which we did once we have been in our youthful years, however we’re definitely gonna play over two hours. And we’ll get loads of songs in, for certain.”
Lee went on to say that “it isn’t an accident” that he and Alex selected Los Angeles’s Kia Discussion board — the place RUSH performed its last-ever present with Peart in 2015 — as the situation of the primary gig of the tour.
“It will be, I feel, fairly an emotional second,” Geddy mentioned. “And I’ve to say additionally a thanks to [Neil‘s widow] Carrie Nuttall and [daughter] Olivia Peart who’ve been very supportive and are supporting us for this tour, and we actually admire that, and that makes issues higher. And we additionally plan to pay tribute to Neil no less than a few occasions throughout the present in our personal approach. And that’ll occur each evening, we’ll pay tribute to him.
“After Neil handed, COVID hit and we by no means actually have been in a position to do any sort of tribute to him — not a tribute live performance,” Lee defined. “And so that is a technique that we pay homage to the music and the lyrics and the unimaginable drumming of our pal and associate, and on the similar time have a good time the music that [the fans] have fortunately proven up for, for all these years. And we’ll simply endeavor to do our greatest to make [the fans] completely satisfied.”
When the “Fifty One thing” tour was introduced on Monday (October 6),Carrie Nuttall-Peart and Olivia Peart mentioned in a press release: “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.
“Neil‘s musicianship was singular. Compositions of intricacy and energy that expanded what rhythm itself might categorical. As each drummer and lyricist, he was irreplaceable. Inimitable in his artistry, and unmatched within the depth and creativeness he dropped at the lyrics that impressed and moved so many, he profoundly formed how followers linked with him and the band, giving voice and which means to their very own lives.
“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 reside as soon as once more.”
On October 6, followers received the information through a RUSH e-newsletter from a house video that introduced the celebration of upcoming dates with Lee and Lifeson at Geddy‘s residence studio.
RUSH will carry out a number of exhibits in seven cities throughout Canada, america and Mexico, starting June 7, 2026 on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles. These particular “night with” exhibits will discover the band enjoying two units every evening. Every present will function a definite number of songs and RUSH will construct every evening’s setlist from a list of 35 songs together with their biggest hits and fan favorites.
Peart died in January 2020 after a three-year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive type of mind most cancers. He was 67 years outdated.
RUSH waited three days to announce Peart‘s passing, setting off shockwaves and an outpouring of grief from followers and musicians all around the world.
Since Peart‘s demise, Lifeson and Lee haven’t recorded any new music or carried out reside beneath the RUSH identify, though each of them confirmed that a number of drummers reached out to them within the days after the legendary drummer’s passing about the potential of stepping in for Neil.
