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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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Alex Lifeson adn Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the drummers that tried to force a Rush reunion

By Phil Weller Published

The band was still in mourning when they started getting offers to replace Neil Peart

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Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Anika Nilles
Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee perform with new drummer Anika Nilles for the first time

By Janelle Borg Published

The duo previewed what fans can expect from their highly-anticipated Fifty Something reunion tour, which kicks off in June

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Geddy Lee (left) and Alex Lifeson
Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee look back on the moment that sparked the idea for a reunion tour

By Janelle Borg Published

Rush have just announced an extension to their Fifty Something Tour, with new dates in the UK, Europe and South America

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Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee from Canadian group Rush perform live on stage in Springfield, Massachusetts 9th December 1976 during their All The World's a Stage tour.
How Geddy Lee created one of the most outrageous bass tones of all time for a Rush fantasy classic

By Nick Wells Published

The Rush frontman played a Rickenbacker 4001 on nearly every track from 1975’s Fly By Night, but found a new bass sound for the role of By-Tor

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