According to Rushisaband.com, Niagara On The Lake luthier Freddy Gebrsek has received permission from RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson to create and sell replicas of his Hentor Sportscaster, which Alex used extensively during the early 1980s. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Grapes Under Pressure charity.

From Gebresek's website:

"Hello my fellow Rush fans! Alex Lifeson has given me permission to backwards engineer and meticulously blueprint his iconic Hentor Sportscaster so that I may make and sell accurate replicas. I have had the Hentor in my possession for about 6 months and have documented every property and detail of this amazing and unique sounding guitar. Alex's only stipulation was that for every guitar sold, a portion of the profit goes to his charity Grapes Under Pressure.

While in my possession over the last few months I made suggestions to Alex on upgrading the guitar. The Hentor now sports Dimarzio FS-1 single coils and I also fabricated a huge brass sustain block for the Floyd Rose, the biggest one I've seen and yet there is still a good amount of movement available. These two upgrades as well as others are listed in my 'Options' category."

Rush recently confirmed that they plan to extend their Clockwork Angels tour into 2013 and Rushisaband.com report that the following dates have been leaked:

April

3 - SPAC - Saratoga Springs, New York
5 - Nikon at Jones Beach - Wantagh, New York
7 - Mohegan Sun - Uncasville, Connecticut
9 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, New Jersey
11 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, New Jersey
14 - Giant Center - Hershey, Pennsylvania
16 - Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater - Washington DC
18 - Nikon at Jones Beach - Wantagh, New York
21 - Charter One Pavilion - Chicago, Illinois

May

2 - BI-LO Center - Greenville, South Carolina
4 - Intrust Bank Arena - Wichita, Kansas
6 - New Orleans Arena - New Orleans, Louisiana
8 - In Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida
11 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, Florida

August

9 - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre - Toronto, Ontario
11 - Pengrowth Saddledome - Calgary, Alberta
13 - Colisee De Quebec - Quebec City, Quebec
15 - Post Gazette Pavillion - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
17 - Nissan Pavillion - Bristow, Virginia
20 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, Nevada
22 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, Colorado
24 - Amphitheater at Clark County - Portland, Oregon
27 - Shoreline Amphitheater - Mt. View, California
29 - Sleep Train Pavillion - Concord, California

September

l - White River Amphitheater - Seattle, Washington

14 - Madison Square Garden - New York, New York
16 - Nikon at Jones Beach - Wantagh, New York
18 - United Center - Chicago, Illinois
21 - Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, Ohio

Rush's Clockwork Angels hit #10 on the BravePicks 2012: The 12 Days Of Metal here.