Reunited Canadian prog rock icons Rush have had a successful run of shows on the road this year and are looking to expand upon that tour next year with a residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas, NV. The Rock & Roll Hall Of Famers have announced a string of shows for May at that visually immersive venue, including May 21st, 23rd, 26th, 28th and 30th.
Despite the giant shoes to fill behind the kit in place of the late, great Neil Peart, Rush‘s return with drummer Anika Nilles has been met with fan and critical acclaim, leaving the band eager to undertake this new live foray. The band’s vocalist/bassist/keyboardist Geddy Lee commented of that:
“When I first heard of Sphere, I thought to myself, ‘wow, what a shame that Rush is no longer touring, because this venue sounds tailor made for the kind of visual attitude with which we have always designed our shows.’ Normally we spend months designing the visual effects for our shows and this scenario seemed like the cherry on top of the ice cream for our design team. But life is nothing if not surprising and now, here we are, living and touring in the present tense and we are able to make that particular dream come true.
We are presently working hard to expand our touring concepts and concoct some new madness to suit this incredible venue and musically perform the kind of show we’ve been doing in some of our “one off” cities. Meaning playing all of ‘2112‘ and all of ‘Moving Pictures‘ along with an array of other songs. We are so effin’ excited to make use of this incredible opportunity to please our fans both visually and viscerally- from wherever they might fly in from. Gonna be so much fun!!”
With tickets expected to be in high demand, subscribers to the band’s Rush Backstage Club and newsletter will be the first to get access to tickets for the event beginning tomorrow, November 06th at 10:00am PST. An artist presale will follow this coming Wednesday, November 11th at 10:00am PST.
