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Rush announces 2010 tour and concert dates :
Rush has announced the dates for the upcoming 'Time Machine' tour! The tour is billed as 'An Evening With' - that means no opening act, just lots of Rush. The band plans to play their classics, give us a taste of the future (i.e. new, unreleased material), and perform the phenomenal 'Moving Pictures' album in its entirety. Rush heads rejoice!
The band has been very busy of late. They are currently working on a new album (their 20th studio effort) with red hot producer Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Alice In Chains, Trivium, Stone Sour, Marilyn Manson, etc., etc.). Rush might release a track or two before the tour, but they will definitely play some of the new material on the tour.
The band is also about to release a documentary film. 'Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage' will debut at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2010. The film was produced by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn who also brought us 'Iron Maiden: Flight 666'.
 Rush is perhaps the best band in the history of music. They have been playing since the late '60s and they are still at the top of their game. Their concerts are always a sight to behold - featuring multi-media visual experiences, varied, crowd-pleasing song selections, musicianship of the highest caliber, and always a touch of humor and fun. And with the news that they will play 'Moving Pictures' in its entirety . . Wow!
Tickets go on sale either April 16, 2010 or April 17, 2010 depending on your location. Check rush.com or livenation.com for details. Please people, for the love of great music - DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!
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Rush rolls out 2010 summer tour dates :
There hasn’t been much that Rush hasn’t done during its now 40+ year existence. Well, that is aside from performing its 1981 classic Moving Pictures, in its entirety, live in concert, something which the legendary Canadian outfit will look to change this summer.
Starting June 29th in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Rush will embark on the “Time Machine Tour,” a lengthy summer endeavor which will see the band “perform its classics, give a taste of the future – and for the first time ever – feature the Moving Pictures album live in its entirety.”
 Released in 1981, Moving Pictures was Rush’s most successful album to date, certified 4x Platinum and features some of the band’s most well known songs and perennial radio favorites “Tom Sawyer”, “Limelight”, and the Grammy-nominated instrumental “YYZ”.
As for “a taste of the future,’ as previously reported, Rush is currently working on its 20th studio album with producer Nick Raskulinecz. Several new tracks from these sessions will be debuted during the tour.
The current schedule has the band on the road through early October. Included will be appearances at the Milwaukee based Summerfest, the Sarina, Ontario based Bayfest, and the Festival d’ete de Quebec. There will also be stops at the New York State Fair, Allentown Fair, and Minnesota State Fair!
Tickets for Rush Time Machine Tour will go on sale beginning April 16th in San Francisco, Uncasville, Saratoga Springs, Denver, Chicago, Wantagh, Seattle, and Holmdel at Livenation.com. Tickets for performances in Milwaukee, Sarnia, and Syracuse go on sale April 17th. Additional ticket on-sale dates will be released in the days ahead.
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Rush Time Machine North American Tour 2010 Featuring for the First Time Ever Moving Pictures in its Entirety :
Rush – Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart – is without question one of the most inventive and compelling groups in rock history, equally famed for both its virtuoso musicianship and provocative songwriting.
Announced today, The Time Machine Tour is an evening with Rush, where they will perform their classics, give a taste of the future – and for the first time ever – feature the Moving Pictures album live in its entirety.
The band is currently working on their 20th studio album with producer Nick Raskulinecz (co-producer from 2007's Snakes & Arrows) and in addition to their classics plan to showcase a few new tunes live this summer.
"We were off for a year and a half, and now it's just pouring. Everything is totally crazy and there's not a minute left in the day. We've got these half-dozen songs, and we'll probably go in the studio and work on a couple of them and see how it goes, perhaps release something – and I say perhaps – and then we plan on being on the road," says guitarist, Alex Lifeson.
 This summer's Live Nation promoted tour will visit approximately 40 cities throughout North America beginning June 29th in Albuquerque, NM and finishing October 2nd in West Palm Beach, FL with stops along the way in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Holmdel, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington, and more (complete tour itinerary follows).
Rush has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and garnered untold legions of devoted and admiring fans. According to the RIAA, Rush's sales statistics place RUSH third after The Beatles and The Rolling Stones for the most consecutive gold or platinum studio albums by a rock band.
Released in 1981, Moving Pictures was their most successful album, certified 4x Platinum and features some of Rush's most well known songs and perennial radio favorites Tom Sawyer, Limelight and the Grammy-nominated instrumental YYZ.
"Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage" a documentary created by filmmakers Scot McFadyen & Sam Dunn (whose filmography also includes: "Iron Maiden; Flight 666," "Metal, A Headbangers Journey" and "Global Metal") will premiere at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on April 24th followed by the Canadian premiere at Toronto's Hot Docs festival on April 29th. The band was also recently showcased in the comedy "I Love You Man" where they play themselves in a concert scene featuring actors Paul Rudd and Jason Segal as uber-fans, a performance which has exposed the band to a whole new generation.
Inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame this past March alongside Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot, Rush has also been nominated for multiple Grammy awards and won a number of Juno Awards. They were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1994 and bestowed the Order of Canada in 1997. Consistently celebrated and respected worldwide, Rush is the most successful Canadian rock band of all time and they remain one of the biggest grossing arena rock bands ever.
Tickets for Rush Time Machine Tour will go on sale beginning April 16th in San Francisco, Uncasville, Saratoga Springs, Denver, Chicago, Wantagh, Seattle and Holmdel at Livenation.com. Tickets for performances in Milwaukee, Sarnia and Syracuse go on sale April 17th, check local listings for ticket information.
Rush Time Machine tour dates: ( Click Here for Official Rush 2010 Tour Dates )
June 29 Albuquerque, NM @ Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion
July 01 Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
July 02 Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
July 05 Chicago, IL @ Charter One Pavilion
July 09 Sarnia, ON @ Bayfest
July 13 Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
July 15 Quebec City, QC @ Festival d'ete de Quebec
July 17 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
July 19 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
July 21 Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center
July 23 Saratoga Springs, NY @ SPAC
July 24 Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach
August 05 Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre
August 07 Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
August 09 San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 11 Los Angeles, CA @ LA Forum
August 13 Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 14 Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
August 16 Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 20 Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena
August 22 St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 25 Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center
August 27 St. Paul, MN @ Minnesota State Fair
August 29 Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
August 31 Allentown, PA @ Allentown Fair
September 02 Syracuse, NY @ New York State Fair
September 03 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
September 14 Boston, MA @ TD Garden
September 16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Consol Energy Center
September 18 Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater
September 21 Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
September 23 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
September 25 Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 26 Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center
September 29 Atlanta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park
October 01 Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
October 02 West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
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Rush tour to showcase 'Moving Pictures' across North America :
Canada's own prog-rock royalty Rush has unveiled the calendar for a summer-long run through North American amphitheatres. The 37-date Time Machine Tour kicks off June 29 at the Hard Rock Casino in Albuquerque, NM, and wraps up October 2 at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL.
 Original Rush members Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart will play a variety of songs from their musical catalogue past, present and future. The three musicians are currently in the studio recording their 20th studio album.
However, the main attraction on the tour's set list will be the live performance of Rush's acclaimed 1981 album "Moving Pictures" in its entirety. The record's track list includes well known singles "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight," as well as the instrumental "YYZ."
The U.S. portion of the itinerary includes performances on July 5 at the Charter One Pavilion in Chicago, IL; July 21 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ; August 11 at the LA Forum in Los Angeles, CA; and September 14 at TD Garden in Boston, MA.
The rock trio has slated only four performances for audiences in the band's native Canada. Those concerts are lined up for July 9 at Rogers Sarnia Bayfest in Sarnia, ON; July 13 at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto, ON; July 15 at Festival d'ete de Quebec in Quebec City, QC; and July 17 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON.
Initial ticket onsales start over the April 16-17 weekend, but more than 20 concert dates are still awaiting onsale announcements. More details are available on Rush's official Web site. ... Source ...
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Rush Biography (Short bio on Rush) :
Over the course of their decades-spanning career, the Canadian power trio Rush emerged as one of hard rock's most highly regarded bands; although typically brushed aside by critics and although rare recipients of mainstream pop radio airplay, the group nonetheless won an impressive and devoted fan following while their virtuoso performance skills solidified their standing as musicians' musicians.
Rush formed in Toronto, Ontario, in the autumn of 1968, and initially comprised guitarist Alex Lifeson (born Alexander Zivojinovich), vocalist/bassist Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib), and drummer John Rutsey. In their primary incarnation, the trio drew a heavy influence from Cream, and honed their skills on the Toronto club circuit before issuing their debut single, a rendition of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away," in 1973. A self-titled LP followed in 1974, at which time Rutsey exited; he was replaced by drummer Neil Peart, who also assumed the role of the band's primary songwriter, composing the cerebral lyrics (influenced by works of science fiction and fantasy) that gradually became a hallmark of the group's aesthetic.
 With Peart firmly ensconced, Rush returned in 1975 with a pair of LPs, Fly by Night and Caress of Steel. Their next effort, 1976's 2112, proved their breakthrough release: a futuristic concept album based on the writings of Ayn Rand, it fused the elements of the trio's sound -- Lee's high-pitched vocals, Peart's epic-length compositions, and Lifeson's complex guitar work -- into a unified whole. Fans loved it -- 2112 was the first in a long line of gold and platinum releases -- while critics dismissed it as overblown and pretentious: either way, it established a formula from which the band rarely deviated throughout the duration of their career.
A Farewell to Kings followed in 1977 and reached the Top 40 in both the U.S. and Britain. After 1978's Hemispheres, Rush achieved even greater popularity with 1980's Permanent Waves, a record marked by Peart's dramatic shift into shorter, less sprawling compositions; the single "The Spirit of Radio" even became a major hit. With 1981's Moving Pictures, the trio scored another hit of sorts with "Tom Sawyer," which garnered heavy exposure on album-oriented radio and became perhaps their best-known song. As the 1980s continued, Rush grew into a phenomenally popular live draw as albums like 1982's Signals (which generated the smash "New World Man"), 1984's Grace Under Pressure, and 1985's Power Windows continued to sell millions of copies.
As the decade drew to a close, the trio cut back on its touring schedule while hardcore followers complained of a sameness afflicting slicker, synth-driven efforts like 1987's Hold Your Fire and 1989's Presto. At the dawn of the '90s, however, Rush returned to the heavier sound of their early records and placed a renewed emphasis on Lifeson's guitar heroics; consequently, both 1991's Roll the Bones and 1993's Counterparts reached the Top Three on the U.S. album charts. In 1996, the band issued Test for Echo and headed out on the road the following summer. Shortly thereafter, Peart lost his daughter in an automobile accident. Tragedy struck again in 1998 when Peart's wife succumbed to cancer. Dire times in the Rush camp did not cause the band to quit. Lee took time out for a solo stint with 2000's My Favorite Headache; however, rumors of the band playing in the studio began to circulate. It would be five years until anything surfaced from the band. Fans were reassured in early 2002 by news that Rush were recording new songs in Toronto. The fruit of those sessions led to the release of Rush's 17th studio album, Vapor Trails, later that spring. By the end of the year a concert from the supporting tour was released on DVD as Rush in Rio. In 2004 the band embarked on their 30th anniversary tour, documented on the DVD R30, and in 2006 they returned to the studio to begin work on a new album. The resulting Snakes & Arrows was released in May 2007, followed by the CD/DVD set Snakes & Arrows Live in early 2008. Material from the latter was combined with footage from Rush in Rio and R30 for the CD/DVD compilation Working Men, All Music Guide
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