Rush’s surviving members, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, confirmed the exciting tour news in a lengthy press release on Monday.
They missed living in the limelight.
Rush has announced its first reunion tour since the death of drummer Neil Peart in January 2020.
The Canadian rock band’s surviving members, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, first shared the exciting news during a top-secret event at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday night, per Variety.
Lee, 72, confirmed the news further in a press release on Monday, Oct. 6.
“It’s been over 10 years since Alex and I have performed the music of Rush alongside our fallen bandmate and friend Neil,” the “Tom Sawyer” bassist began in a lengthy statement. “A lifetime’s worth of songs that we had put our cumulative hearts and souls into writing, recording and playing together onstage.”
“And so, after all that has gone down since that last show, Alex and I have done some serious soul searching and come to the decision that we f–king miss it, and that it’s time for a celebration of 50-something years of RUSH music,” he continued.
“So in 2026 my BFF Lerxst (aka Alex Lifeson) and I are going to hit the road once again to pay tribute to our past and to Neil by performing a vast selection of RUSH songs in a handful of cities,” Lee said. “No small task, because as we all know Neil was irreplaceable.”
Besides announcing a new spate of shows dubbed the Fifty Something tour, Lee revealed that he and guitarist Lifeson, 72, have found a new drummer to sit in following the loss of Peart five years ago.
