They just added a second show here in Denver!!
Yea, they added a couple more shows including one in Ottawa.
Just pre-ordered my tickets...
July 13 - Molson Amphitheatre (a great place to see a concert)
Row 16 - Dead Center!
Can't wait!
Sweet! Perfect seats imo. :thmbsp:
OK - now I'm 100% sure - just got my tix.
Rock.
Awesome! Me too! :thmbsp:
When do you think Rush is going to hang it up? They are not in the Hall of Fame but Tom Petty, REM, The Pretenders, Cheap Trick are? What a joke. Hall of Fames are strictly for athletes who get the most hits, runs, passes, goals, tackles, etc. They're not for musicians and/or artists.
I covered Rush's views on the RnRHoF a bit in the first part of this post here:
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3570964&postcount=198
Basically they don't care and don't even want to be inducted because they rightfully view it as a joke and don't want to be included among (some) of its company.
Alex mentions the issue a bit yet again here in an interview about the new Rush documentary (which will premiere on June 26th on VH1 btw):
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/film/84998/alex-lifeson-interview
"Like this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thing, this constant talk about us not being inducted. We couldn't care less, really. That's never been important to us."
Rush is either good at creating a "we're just normal dudes" public persona (because that's what sells) or are truly humble and down to earth guys, as this other quote from Alex about them being a subject of a documentary reveals:
"To Geddy and Neil and me, the thought of doing a documentary about Rush just didn't seem so great of an idea. We're just a band. We're middle-class Canadian kids who grew up. ... We made ourselves available to Sam and Scot, the filmmakers, who were really dedicated, but I wouldn't say we felt comfortable being involved with it. And we're not, honestly."
IOW: Rush has never felt comfortable in the spotlight (especially when the focus was on them and their personal lives and not their music), part of the reason they've stayed out of it in more mainstream media in the past (like not playing on Saturday Night Live when asked back in the 80's), though now they seem to be more comfortable with it (as evidenced by several recent main stream appearances by the band or members of it, from Neil on Aqua Teen Hunger Force to Alex in the Trailer Park Boys movie or the "Suck" movie to Rush on the Colbert show and in the movie "I Love You Man").
Btw, this same interview reveals that Rush will be playing "Jacob's Ladder"!!!
Awesome, have fun! :thmbsp:
The way I see it, this final scenario might be the end. a mini tour this year, studio and new CD out in the spring and a full blown tour to wrap it all up
I hate to even consider this but its a perfect setup
You could be right. :scratch2:
However, ever since I got into Rush (as a 13/14 year old kid in '91), I've been hearing that this or that is their last album/tour (and Neil has said, since '89, after each tour that it was his last...supposedly...I've read that a few times over the years). So for close to 20 years after Rush was supposed to quit (at least touring) but they haven't.
However, they really are older now (approaching 60) and I don't see them touring for too much longer.
BUT: They always seem to love to make new music (and they have stated several times that one reason they do so is because they never have felt they made the "perfect" album/song and can always do better), and I could very well see them continue to do so into their 60's, which is fine with me because I'll take new Rush music over tours any day (because a show is transient, ephemeral, fleeting; new Rush music, however, is forever!).
We'll see, and I won't be convinced that Rush is truly quitting until it is officially announced by them.
Also, keep in mind that right after the Snakes and Arrows tour would have been a great time for them to quit: Rush views that album as one of their best (rightfully so imo) and after the successful SnA tour it would have been a good time to end it all on a high note, as there is a risk in making new material and even going on another tour--namely that their new material won't be as good (whether in their view or their fans view) and the tour won't be as well received either (perhaps Geddy's voice will finally start to go, as I must say it does seem to at times on the last few concerts I have seen and when listening to R30 and SnA Live...however it generally sounds better overall than it did on the Different Stages tour or even the A Show of Hands live album imo).
But Rush have always been risk takers and hence we have new material and another tour coming our way! :thmbsp:
Btw, here's an interview with Geddy for Rolling Stone (I know! I love how the magazine that snubbed them for decades has, since Vapor Trails, actually given them some press--though not without some snide remarks of course) :
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/;kw=[24942,129715]
In it Geddy reveals that one of the new songs is called "Caravan". Caravan? What in the hell could that be about? :scratch2: It's an ok name, but that doesn't matter, I thought "The Larger Bowl" was a stupid name but that song is very good. Can't wait to hear it!
And so far I'm going to the St. Louis and KC shows!
Especially at outdoor venues.
