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May 10th, 2002 - RUSH ANNOUNCE NATIONAL ROCKLINE RADIO APPEARANCES.
Go Here for the complete story.
January 30th, 2001 - Rush back in the studio
For the first time since the summer of 1997, the members of Rush are back together making music. Singer-bassist Geddy Lee confirmed to JAM! Music Friday that he, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart have ended a lengthy hiatus and gathered in a Toronto-area studio to begin work on a new record.
"We are all back together now, and we are just starting that process of writing," Lee told JAM! Music on Friday in an exclusive interview.
"It is too early to say anything concrete has gone down. We are just getting to know each other again and getting comfortable with the prospect of hanging out together for the next couple of months."
On Wednesday, the threesome met up at the studio, but most of the time since then has been spent setting up their gear and working out technical bugs. A cold hit guitarist Alex Lifeson, which further put a crimp in the momentum, as well as the fact that the studio has been a beehive of activity.
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicRush/jan12_rush-can.html
October
4th, 2000 - Neil Peart Update
Neil Peart was married in a small private ceremony in early September. The wedding took place in Southern California. Counterparts wishes Neil and his new bride all the best!
September 19th, 2000 - Geddy Lee unleashes his Favorite Headache.
Taken
directly from the Geddy Lee Newsletter (geddy_lee@lists.atlantic-records.com)
FIRST-EVER SOLO ALBUM FROM RUSH’S VOCALIST/BASSIST
Anthem/Atlantic
Records has announced the upcoming release of the debut solo album from
Geddy Lee, the voice and bassist of the legendary power trio, Rush. The
highly-anticipated collection - dubbed “MY FAVORITE HEADACHE” - is due
in stores on November 14th. Following more than a quarter-century of success
with Rush - including 22 albums, all certified RIAA gold-or-better, with
cumulative worldwide sales of over 35 million - “MY FAVORITE HEADACHE”
finds Lee joined in the studio by guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Ben
Mink and drummer Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden). The album’s 11
diverse new Lee compositions were co-written with Mink (best known for
his collaborations with k.d. lang). This landmark recording sees Lee taking
on a number of instruments - along with his bass and vocal duties - including
piano, guitar, percussion, and various programming elements. Recorded
in Seattle, Vancouver, and Toronto, the album was produced by Lee, Mink,
and renowned studio whiz David Leonard (Santana, Barenaked Ladies, Prince),
and also features drummer Jeremy Taggart (Our Lady Peace) on one track.
Rush to enter studio in October 2000 (4/2/00)
What's the band been up to lately? After a three year hiatus, RUSH is anticipating going back into the studio to record their 17th studio album in October 2000. (That's right, you heard it here first). But most recently, on the 'big budget Hollywood film front', Alex and Geddy contributed their guitar-layered version of their country's national anthem for the "South Park, The Movie. Bigger, Longer and Uncut" soundtrack. Alex states matter-of-factly, "Geddy and I recorded 'O Canada' for the South Park soundtrack here in my home studio, standing at attention during the entire recording process...".
FINALLY NEW NEWS! Rush rumblings (12/8/99)
Rush drummer Neil Peart has once again picked up his drumsticks following a pair of personal tragedies over the last two years. Though he has yet to join forces with bandmates Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, the trio does have plans to record a new studio album in the year 2000. However, word has it that they plan to no longer tour. The band has also delayed the release of the companion DVD to their most recent live album, Different Stages, until sometime in the new year.
Rush inducted to the Canadian Walk of Fame (6/2/99)
Rush was announced as one of the 1999 inductees for the Canadian Walk of Fame, an award honoring Canadian talent. All three members of Rush will be on hand at the official unveiling, which is being held on May 27.
New DVD Video Release (5/1/99)
The Exit...Stage Left video (1981) is scheduled to be released on DVD on June 15. You can preorder it at Amazon.com
Nothing New for a while...(3/16/99)
I guess the band is just waiting on Neil...Assuming Neil wishes to still beat those skins, I am guessing they will put out another album eventually. We can only hope.
DIFFERENT STAGES RELEASED!(11/10/98)
The new live album,"Different Stages", was released today. It contains 3 CDs. Two of the CDs are from live sets from T4E and Counterpart shows, while the 3rd CD is from a concert in 1978. Great sound. Great music. Get it!
Rush is not in danger of breaking up(11/1/98)
The Calgary Sun
October 29, 1998
Band gives Peart time to grieve
by David Veitch
Rush is not in danger of breaking up.
The band is just in a holding pattern.
At least, that's the viewpoint of Alex Lifeson, guitarist for the venerable
Canadian rock trio, which has no long- or short-term plans beyond the
Nov. 10 release of the triple-CD live set Different Stages. Lifeson and
bassist-singer Geddy Lee are giving drummer-lyricist Neil Peart time to
grieve the loss of his wife Jackie to cancer this year, following the
death of their 19-year-old daughter in a car accident in 1997.
"As far as the band is concerned, we're just waiting for Neil to really
get better," Lifeson said in a telephone interview yesterday. I don't
think he'll be the person he was, but I think he will cope with life again.
Hopefully, eventually, he'll be able to find joy in all the things he
did in life before."
Such as, presumably, playing drums and writing lyrics for Rush.
"I got to think in my heart there are things about what we do that Neil
really loves a lot and is not prepared to give up," Lifeson said.
But the musician admitted he and Lee, both 45, have "spent hours and hours"
talking about the tragic turn of events. They've decided there will be
no Rush without Peart.
"I wouldn't do it," Lifeson said. "I love working with Ged and Ged is
my best friend.... We would probably continue working together in some
form, but I don't think it would be Rush. It would never be the same."
Lifeson, a friendly and forthcoming interview, spoke with great gravity
when discussing the potential end of Rush. After all, he has spent his
entire adult life in the 29-year-old band. Conversely, he spoke with great
excitement about the prospect of future Rush studio records and, of course,
the imminent release of the band's fourth live album (following 1976's
All The World's A Stage, 1981's Exit ... Stage Left and 1989's A Show
of Hands). Fans will probably be most excited by Disc 3, a previously
unreleased concert recorded in 1978 at Hammersmith in London, England,
during the Farewell To Kings tour. Meanwhile, Discs 1 and 2 are live recordings
culled largely from the band's last North American tour behind the Test
For Echo album. Disc 1 ends with the title suite for Rush's 1976 breakthrough
album, 2112. Local Rush fans may be particularly interested in Different
Stages, as the group bypassed Calgary on both its Counterparts and Test
for Echo tours. The band last played in the city in 1990.
"We don't play 180 shows any more," Lifeson explained. "The last tour
was about 84, 85 shows.... I know Neil, over the years, is less interested
in touring than perhaps he was in the past. I mean, we all go through
that. So, we only had so many days we could work and it was a case of
going to what's on the A-list."
Although Rush has no future plans, Lifeson ruled out any possibility of
a compilation of unreleased material.
"We've always had a policy that we only wrote and worked on songs that
were going to be on the records," he said.
"So we never wrote any more music or recorded any unreleased material
ever."
Ever? "We've done a few things in the recording sessions, but they would
definitely get an X-rating," he offered tantalizingly.
For lyrical content or musical abomination? Lifeson laughed.
"Mostly lyric," he said, "but actually both when I think about it."
More Live Album Info
(9/22/98)
Different Stages Live:
Release date: November 10
Number of discs: 3
Album premiere: November 4 from 10:00 pm to midnight
First single: "The Spirit of Radio" b/w "Animate" (October 13)
Limited Edition U.K.-only vinyl
Japanese bonus track ("Force Ten")
Video to follow in December (VHS and DVD)
VH-1 ads begin early November
RockLine with Geddy and Alex: November 16 (tentative)
Live Album Update
(8/11/98)
The new Rush live album will be a 3-CD set called, Different
Stages. It will contain material from the Counterparts and Test for Echo
tours on the first two discs along with material from an A Farewell to
Kings show at the Ogden Hammersmith. A home video release is also possible.
Additionally, word has is that "Animate" will be the first single from
the album and it should be in the hands of radio stations on August 31st.
The album release date is October 6, 1998. The artwork duties were again
handled by Hugh Syme. See the Discography entry for the full tracklisting.
"Peart family wishes to grieve
alone" (Please, however moronic and ignorant
you might be, take this article as a clue and stop asking me for Neil's/Rush's
E-mail Addresses!)
By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun (July 8, 1998)
This past weekend's tragic news that Rush drummer Neil Peart lost his
wife, Jackie, to cancer has prompted an outpouring of grief from the band's
fans wondering where they can send flowers and/or condolences.
But Rush's Toronto-based management company, SRO, said yesterday:
"As per the family's wishes, it's kept very private. There's no service,
or any charity, or anywhere to send flowers etc. They just want to be
left alone at this very sad time."
Peart also lost his and Jackie's 19-year-old daughter, Selena, in a
car accident last August.
Why?
(7/05/98)
RUSH DRUMMER'S WIFE DIES OF CANCER
By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun
Tragedy has struck Rush drummer Neil Peart again. Peart's wife, Jacqueline
Taylor, is dead from cancer almost one year after the couple lost their
19-year-old daughter last August in a single-car crash. A spokesperson
for Rush's Toronto-based management company confirmed that Peart's wife
had died but declined to give details. Peart's daughter, Selena Taylor,
died when the Jeep she was driving left the westbound lane of Hwy. 401,
and crashed near Brighton, Ont.
Another LIVE ALBUM
UPDATE! (7/01/98)
Collaboration has begun with Hugh Syme for work on the
packaging for the new live album. The 3CD set will contain material from
the Counterparts and Test for Echo tours. There is also the possibility
of bonus material from the A Farewell to Kings tour. The rumored title
is Dimlight Stages for All Ages. A video release is also possible. The
latest word on the upcoming live album is that "Animate" will be the first
single and it should be in the hands of radio stations on August 31st.
The album release date is September 22, 1998.
New Rush Book!
(7/01/98)
The new book, Mystic
Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush by Carol and Robert Price,
is now available. Check your local bookstore to order your copy.
Studio Album Update!
(6/22/98)
Rush also plans to begin writing a brand new studio album
later in 1998 or early in 1999 for a January 2000 release. Rumor has it
that the band plans to be the first to release an album in the year 2000.
Odd News
(6/22/98)
A "'90s Beatmaster" version of "Tom Sawyer" will appear
in the new DreamWorks film, Small Soldiers. This new remix is performed
by DJ Z-Trip. The soundtrack is due for release on July 14. Other songs
to get the hiphop treatment are Billy Squier's "The Stroke," The Cult's
"Love Removal Machine," Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield," Queen's
"Another One Bites the Dust," The Pretenders' "My City was Gone," Cheap
Trick's "Surrender," Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll (Part 2)," and Edwin
Starr's "War."
Another LIVE ALBUM
UPDATE! (6/22/98)
The latest word on the upcoming live album is that "Animate"
will be the first single and it should be in the hands of radio stations
on August 31st. The album release date is September 22, 1998
LIVE ALBUM UPDATE!
(5/31/98)
Collaboration has begun with Hugh Syme for work on the
packaging for the new live album. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are currently
finishing up the mixing and the two-, possibly three-, CD set is tentatively
scheduled for a Fall '98 release. It will contain material from the Counterparts
and Test for Echo tours. There is also the possibility of bonus material
from the Permanent Waves tour.
Rush also plans to begin writing a brand new studio album later in 1998
or early in 1999 for a January 2000 release. Rumor has it that the band
would like to be the first to release an album in the year 2000.
POTTERSFIELD PRESS PLANS FOR SECOND
NEIL PEART BOOK (9/30/97)
Pottersfield Press, publishers of "Masked Rider," Neil's
first official published book, is moving. The new address for ALL inquiries
and orders should be sent to: Pottersfield Press, 83 Leslie Road, East
Lawrence Town, Nova Scotia, B2Z 1P8, CANADA. The fine folks at Pottersfield
assure us that orders are being shipped promptly, so if you still are
in need of Masked Rider, order a copy TODAY. Copies are $25.00 each US
or Canadian funds. This is still the "first printing." Pick up a couple
copies for gifts, eh? Don't forget to mention ASOF when ordering.
That's it for now, stay tuned for more news!
By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun
Tragedy has struck Rush drummer Neil Peart again. Peart's wife, Jacqueline Taylor, is dead from cancer almost one year after the couple lost their 19-year-old daughter last August in a single-car crash. A spokesperson for Rush's Toronto-based management company confirmed that Peart's wife had died but declined to give details. Peart's daughter, Selena Taylor, died when the Jeep she was driving left the westbound lane of Hwy. 401, and crashed near Brighton, Ont.