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Rush to Tour in 2026

- Drummer Anika Nilles will replace the late Neil Peart

Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee plan to reunite as Rush for a seven-city, 12-concert North American tour slated for June-September 2026.

The Fifty Something tour is in “celebration of Rush’s music, legacy and the life of late drummer and lyricist Neil Peart,” the band said in a statement.

The announcement comes 18 months after Lifeson said the band wouldn’t reform because he’d “rather be remembered for (our) legacy than returning as the top Rush tribute band.”

The June 7 show in Los Angeles - the site of Rush’s final trio show in 2015 - will be the band’s first performance since Peart’s death. Guitarist Lifeson and bassist Lee will be joined on the tour by drummer Anika Nilles and “another musician or two to expand our sound a wee bit and free up Alex and (me), in order to show off some of our new fancy dance steps,” Lee said.

“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 fucking miss it,“ Lee said of the decision to reform with the Peart family’s blessing.

“We are excited to see how their new vision unfolds, and to hear this legendary music played live once again,” Carrie Nuttall-Peart and Olivia Peart said in a statement.

Full itinerary and ticketing info here.