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Artist News: Rush Announce North American Tour Dates

Posted on Monday, January 21 @ 05:56:26 UTC by nightowl

All the world's a stage, though for the months of April, May, June and July it will just be North America. Yes, our favourite Canadian trio, Rush, will return to the limelight in 2008, as they swirl about like a force ten tornado on a 45-date tour (though we also hear that our other favourite Canadian trio, Triumph, have reunited for Sweden Rock, but that's another story). Signals from the Rush camp indicate that some stops on this tour includes places they've not played in for well over a decade, including Orlando, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Austin, Jacksonville and Winnipeg, to name a few. Along the way, Rush will play new venues in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Seattle and will revisit some familiar ones in Boston, Washington and Charlotte amongst others.

Due to the overwhelming response of their fans in North America, the Snakes & Arrows tour has been Rush's highest grossing tour ever and the best attended in many years. (and always with grace under pressure).



Snakes & Arrows (Anthem/Atlantic Records) was recorded in the fall of 2006 with Grammy Award winner Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver) with Rush co-producing. Their first album of original material in nearly five years, Snakes & Arrows debuted at #3 on The Billboard 200. In addition, the track "Malignant Narcissism" has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Since releasing its self-titled debut album in 1974, Rush has been universally regarded as one of the most inventive and exciting groups in rock, famed for virtuoso musicianship, epic soundscapes, and dramatic lyricism. The band's extraordinary body of work - which includes such acclaimed works as 1976's 2112, 1981's Moving Pictures, 1996's Test For Echo, and 2002's Vapor Trails - has achieved worldwide sales exceeding 35 million units.

Fans will experience the technical virtuosity and hard-rocking compositions they have come to expect from Rush members Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart.

In other news - not part of the press release - the December issue of Guitar Legends (a Guitar World publication) is nuthin' but Rush. I believe it's a compendium of past GW articles, but even still, if you missed one of them or are playing catch up on Rush, snag an issue if you can. I did.

See the Rush website or our own concert calendar for the itinerary.

[Source: Rush press release - except the song references and the Guitar Legends part]

Posted in Band News (tours, comings/goings, etc)