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Crown Lands' Kevin Comeau performs live with a white Yamaha SG

How Crown Lands went from Rush’s spiritual successors to playing Led Zeppelin with their heroes

By Ryan Reed Published

Are Crown Lands heirs to the Rush crown as Canada’s foremost prog act? Kevin Comeau is just happy to be living the prog dream, falling down the rabbit-hole of double-necks and 19-minute tracks

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Guitarist Alex Lifeson of Canadian progressive rock band Rush at a guitar endorsement event in London, June 1980.

Alex Lifeson’s 20 greatest guitar moments in Rush

By Ryan Reed Published

From fever-dream epics to blistering solos, weird harmonizer effects and 12-string chime, here are Lerxst’s finest hours with the iconic Canadian prog trio

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Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee pose with their Gibson ES-355 and Fender Jazz Bass

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the inside story behind the Rush reunion

By Joe Bosso Published

How Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee found drummer Anika Nilles and put together the biggest reunion tour in prog rock history

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Alex Lifeson of bnad Rush plays at the KIA Forum on Sunday, June 7, 2026 in Inglewood, CA. Opening night of the band's first tour since the death of former drummer Neal Peart in 2020.

Alex Lifeson’s Rush reunion live rig has been revealed – and there’s not an amp in sight on the Fifty Something tour

By Phil Weller Published

Tube amps remain sidelined for the band's reunion tour as Lifeson leans into modeling gear

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Anika Nilles of Rush performs onstage during the 2026 JUNO Awards at TD Coliseum on March 29, 2026 in Hamilton, Ontario.

Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee on Anika Nilles’ rollercoaster audition for Rush's Fifty Something tour

By Phil Weller Published

Their five-day session with Nilles wasn’t an audition, but it took until the last day for their doubts over a Rush reunion tour to be destroyed

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Epiphone Alex Lifeson 1976 ES-355 Reissue

Epiphone launches hotly anticipated reissue of Alex Lifeson’s iconic ES-355 – just in time for Rush's return to the stage

By Matt Owen Published

The original ES-355 was Lifeson's main guitar for decades, featuring on almost every Rush record before it was sold at auction in 2022

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Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush perform during the opening night of their first American tour in 11 years at The Kia Forum on June 07, 2026 in Inglewood, California.

Rush play first show in 11 years, armed with double-neck guitars and deep cuts

By Phil Weller Published

The prog legends returned to the stage at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, and the setlist and gear on display are a sight to behold

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Alex Lifeson used TONEX and Fractal to recreate classic Rush tones

By Phil Weller Published

Lifeson has become a digital modeling convert in recent years after IK Multimedia cloned his amp collection – and the results blew him away

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Alex Lifeson (left) and Geddy Lee performing with Rush at the Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1976. Neil Peart is on drums (right)

Alex Lifeson on the Rush “protest record” that saved the band – and won them their independence

By Janelle Borg Published

How Rush at the brink led to Lifeson, Lee and Peart crafting one of their most commercially successful records

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Alex Lifeson performs onstage during the Medlock Krieger All Star Concert benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at Saddle Rock Ranch on October 28, 2018 in Malibu, California

Alex Lifeson is taking a Metallica signature guitar on the road with him for Rush’s reunion

By Phil Weller Published

The gift from Kirk Hammett is about to make prog history

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