I’m in LA for the opening night of the Fifty Something tour; here’s the contents of the swag bag that is included with the Closer to the Heart package. 🤗
Check out this long lost nugget from the March 1978 issue of Creem magazine. At that time Creem ran a series of "Star Car" profiles, with a new car featured each issue. Rush's Star Car is a brief profile of their Winnebago Chieftain tour bus! https://t.co/vDCQgVGZLk
Last night, Brazil's Fantástico aired an all new 30-minute interview with Geddy and Alex onstage at Toronto's Massey Hall. Thanks to RIAB for the headsup! Check it out here:
https://t.co/IcnkDtfB9r
April 3, 1995, Neil Peart's "Into Africa: Two Weeks, on the Road Through Sun-Parched Savanna and Medieval Villages" was published in Maclean's, about his Mali bike trip after the RTB tour: https://t.co/I9mKS2BsqE
13 years ago today, Geddy Lee threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Toronto Blue Jays home opener. It was a perfekt pitch. https://t.co/aTr3gjU1Ac
"We talked a lot about Neil – about his view on music and drumming." New Rush drummer Anika Nilles looks back on her first rehearsal with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson https://t.co/qsqzXb6I7f
2112 was released 50 years ago this past week, and on the latest installment of the MusicmilestonesYYZ podcast, fellow Rush fan extraordinaire Ray Wawrzyniak joins in on the discussion. https://t.co/CPV7L1REAT
16 years ago today, @rushtheband declined to "perform" at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. "We had an opportunity to play but there were all kinds of crazy rules going on about lip-syncing...and that's just not our bag, man." - Geddy Lee