RUSH - R40 LIVE North American Tour Dates Announced

January 22, 2015, 9 years ago

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RUSH - R40 LIVE North American Tour Dates Announced

Celebrating 40 years, Rush and Live Nation have confirmed that the R40 LIVE Tour will visit 34 cities throughout North America this summer beginning May 8 in Tulsa, Okla. and finishing Aug. 1 in Los Angeles, Cali.  These not to be missed concerts will highlight four decades of the band’s music. Tickets for the RUSH: R40 LIVE TOUR will go on sale starting January 30th in select markets.


Over the course of their amazing career, Rush has lived a lifetime together, providing an influential soundtrack to many of their fans’ lives. Some have been with them since the start, while others have discovered them along the way and delved into their incredible body of work. To quote Dave Grohl from their momentous induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, “Rush built their following the right way. No hype, no bullshit, they did it from the ground up. Their legacy is incredible and their influence undeniable.”

 



After 40 years together and 20 gold and platinum studio albums – Rush is ready to celebrate with the most loyal fans in the world by embarking on their 21st tour, one which will most likely be their last major tour of this magnitude. Celebrate four decades of music with three incredible musicians – all in 1 night.


Rush’s vast catalogue includes such classics as 1974’s self-titled debut, 1976’s 2112, 1981’s Moving Pictures, 1996’s Test For Echo, and 2002’s Vapor Trails. Rush released their 20th studio album, Clockwork Angels in 2012 via Anthem/Roadrunner Records. The critically acclaimed collection marked their first studio recording since 2007’s Snakes & Arrows, and debuted at #1 in Canada and #2 on the Billboard 200 matching the highest chart debut of the band’s career. Known for their energetic live shows, the most recent Rush release was the R40 collector’s boxset including live footage spanning all four decades of the trio’s career, including over two hours of unreleased material and a rare performance of the seven-part version of “2112” packaged in an impressive 52-page hardcover book.

 

 

 

Their longevity has served a pop culture renaissance, with the band’s rare television appearance - their first in over 30 years - on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, tributes on South Park and a memorable cameo in the film “I Love You, Man.”  A live review from their most recent Clockwork Angels tour boasted “the power-trio interplay could put guys half their age in the burn ward,” while The Globe & Mail declared Rush as “one of the few bands anywhere that just keeps getting better.” A career-chronicling Rolling Stone feature summed up the renowned rock trio’s continuing artistic vitality by observing, “It’s true that Rush doesn’t mean today what it did in ’76 or even ’96. It may mean more.”


Rush has been recognized with eight Juno Awards, seven Grammy nominations, including one for the acclaimed documentary Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage that also won the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. The band members were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1994, made Officers of the Order of Canada in 1996 and inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010. They have received a star on both Canada’s Walk of Fame (1999) and Hollywood Walk of Fame (2010). In 2012, Rush were bestowed with the highest artistic honour in Canada when receiving the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award. To the elation of their fans, Rush were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.


For complete tour and ticket information visit Rush.com.

 



Rush live:


May

8 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center                                          
10 - Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena                             
12 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center                               
14 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center                                   
16 - Austin, TX - 360 Amphitheater                                  
18 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center                       
20 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center                                       
22 - New Orleans, LA - Smoothie King Arena                            
24 - Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena                                        
26 - Atlanta, GA - Verizon Amphitheater                            
28 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum                           
30 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live                                      


June

8 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena                                  
10 - Buffalo, NY - First Niagara Center                             
12 - Chicago, IL - United Center                                       
14 - Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills                    
17 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre                                
19 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre                                
21 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre                                           
23 - Boston, MA - TD Garden                                           
25 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center                               
27 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center                                  
29 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden                        


July

9 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center                                        
11 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center                                         
13 - Salt Lake City, UT - Maverik Center                                     
15 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome                       
17 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena                                      
19 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena                                             
21 - Portland, OR - MODA Center                                       
23 - San Jose, CA - SAP Center at San Jose                        
25 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena                    
27 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center                               
30 - Irvine Meadows, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre              


August

1 - Los Angeles, CA - Forum  

 


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