Overview
- Rush will launch the Fifty Something tour on June 7 in Los Angeles with a four-night run, their first road dates since drummer Neil Peart died in 2020.
- German drummer Anika Nilles will handle the drum kit for the run.
- The North American leg ends December 17 in Vancouver, with South America, the United Kingdom, and Europe to follow, and the full schedule posted on Rush.com.
- In a new Guitar World interview, frontman Geddy Lee said some drummers pushed to join after Peart’s death and called their outreach most distasteful and poorly timed.
- Lee said close friends who are drummers would not suggest replacing Peart out of respect for him and the situation, underscoring the care the band is taking with this return.