The surviving members of progressive rock titans Rush will reunite for a 50th anniversary tour in 2026.
Rush co-founders Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will play 12 dates in honor of the bands late drummer Neil Peart, whose monumental percussion talents made Rush a defining act in prog rock. The tour will begin June 7 at the Kia Forum the site of the bands last show with Peart in 2015.
After all that has gone down since that last show, Alex and I have done some serious soul searching and come to the decision that we f miss it, Lee said in a statement announcing the tour. And that its time for a celebration of 50-something years of Rush music.
The question of a Rush reunion without Peart, who died of brain cancer in 2020, was a fraught one. Even up to last year, Lifeson had told Rolling Stone that theres no chance that were going to get a drummer and go back on the road as the rebirth of Rush or something like that.
For this tour, the band will be joined by Anika Nilles, a German drummer acclaimed for her work with Jeff Beck.
As we all know, Neil was irreplaceable, Lee said in the bands statement. Yet life is full of surprises, and weve been introduced to another remarkable person; an incredible drummer and musician who is adding another chapter to our story while continuing her own fascinating musical journey. Her name is Anika Nilles, and we could not be more excited to introduce her to our loyal and dedicated Rush fan base, whom, we know, will give her every chance to live up to that near-impossible role.
In their own statement, Pearts wife Carrie Nuttall-Peart and daughter Olivia gave their blessing for the tour: We are thrilled to support the Fifty Something Tour, celebrating a band whose music has resonated and inspired fans for generations, and to honor Neils extraordinary legacy as both a drummer and lyricist.
前卫摇滚巨擘**Rush乐队**的现存成员将于2026年重聚，展开成立50周年纪念巡演。
为纪念乐队已故鼓手尼尔·佩尔特（Neil Peart），Rush乐队联合创始人盖迪·李（Geddy Lee）与亚历克斯·利夫森（Alex Lifeson）将举办12场致敬演出。佩尔特非凡的打击乐才华奠定了Rush在前卫摇滚领域的标杆地位。本次巡演将于6月7日起在起亚论坛体育馆启程——这里正是2015年乐队与佩尔特共同完成最后演出的场地。
在上次演出结束后发生的种种事情之后，亚历克斯和我进行了深刻的反思，最终决定我们确实怀念它，李在宣布巡演的声明中说道，现在是庆祝Rush乐队50多年音乐生涯的时候了。
关于Rush乐队在2020年因脑癌去世的鼓手尼尔·皮尔特（Peart）缺席情况下重组的问题，一直充满争议。直至去年，乐队成员亚历克斯·利夫森（Lifeson）仍向《滚石》杂志明确表示：“我们绝不可能另寻鼓手并打着‘Rush重生’之类的旗号重返乐坛。”
本次巡演中，乐队将与德国鼓手安妮卡·尼勒斯（Anika Nilles）合作，她因与杰夫·贝克（Jeff Beck）的合作而广受赞誉。
乐队在声明中引述李的话称：“众所周知，尼尔是不可替代的。但生活充满惊喜，我们遇到了另一位杰出人物——一位才华横溢的鼓手兼音乐家，她正在为我们的故事书写新篇章，同时继续着自己迷人的音乐之旅。她的名字是安妮卡·尼尔斯（Anika Nilles），我们无比激动地将她介绍给忠诚的Rush乐迷群体。我们相信，乐迷们定会给予她充分机会，让她胜任这个近乎不可能的角色。”
尼尔·佩尔特（Neil Peart）的妻子卡丽·纳托尔-佩尔特（Carrie Nuttall-Peart）与女儿奥利维亚（Olivia）在联合声明中表达了对此次巡演的支持："我们非常高兴能支持‘五十余载’巡演，这场活动旨在致敬一支用音乐打动并激励了几代乐队的乐队，同时颂扬尼尔作为鼓手和词作者留下的非凡遗产。"
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