Geddy Lee opens up about touring under the Rush banner once again

Rush bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee described why he and guitarist Alex Lifeson chose to tour under the Rush name in 2026 without their late drummer Neil Peart in the most recent edition of Classic Rock magazine in the United Kingdom, as per Blabbermouth. Lee said that the matter was a contentious topic in the Rush camp.

What else do you fucking call it? When the band ended, we said it’s only Rush with Neil in it. Which, of course, is true. Rush as most people know it. But, you know, over five gigs we will be playing forty Rush songs. So what the fuck should we call it, Iron Maiden?

Geddy stated that it was only fitting that Lee and Lifeson play under the Rush name once more after receiving approval from Peart’s family. The band has been using this name for more than 50 years.

We were twisting ourselves into a pretzel to try to avoid using the name that we have had for fifty years, and even before Neil came. It just seems silly to go on as ‘Lee And Lifeson Present The Music Of…’ Let’s cut to the chase, shall we? Let’s just be who we are and have been for over fifty years.

Upcoming shows:

• Sun Jun 07  Los Angeles, CA       Kia Forum SOLD OUT
• Tue Jun 09  Los Angeles, CA       Kia Forum SOLD OUT
• Thu Jun 11  Los Angeles, CA       Kia Forum SOLD OUT
• Sat Jun 13  Los Angeles, CA       Kia Forum SOLD OUT
• Thu Jun 18  Mexico City, MX       Palacio de los Deportes
• Wed Jun 24  Fort Worth, TX        Dickies Arena SOLD OUT
• Fri Jun 26  Fort Worth, TX        Dickies Arena SOLD OUT
• Sun Jun 28  Fort Worth, TX        Dickies Arena SOLD OUT
• Tue Jun 30  Fort Worth, TX        Dickies Arena SOLD OUT
• Thu Jul 16  Chicago, IL           United Center SOLD OUT
• Sat Jul 18  Chicago, IL           United Center SOLD OUT
• Mon Jul 20  Chicago, IL           United Center SOLD OUT
• Wed Jul 22  Chicago, IL           United Center SOLD OUT
• Tue Jul 28  New York, NY          Madison Square Garden SOLD OUT
• Thu Jul 30  New York, NY          Madison Square Garden SOLD OUT
• Sat Aug 01  New York, NY          Madison Square Garden SOLD OUT
• Mon Aug 03  New York, NY          Madison Square Garden SOLD OUT
• Fri Aug 07  Toronto, ON           Scotiabank Arena SOLD OUT
• Sun Aug 09  Toronto, ON           Scotiabank Arena SOLD OUT
• Tue Aug 11  Toronto, ON           Scotiabank Arena SOLD OUT
• Thu Aug 13  Toronto, ON           Scotiabank Arena SOLD OUT
• Fri Aug 21  Philadelphia, PA      Xfinity Mobile Arena
• Wed Aug 26  Detroit, MI           Little Caesars Arena
• Wed Sept 2  Montreal, QC          Bell Centre
• Sat Sept 12 Boston, MA            TD Garden
• Thu Sep 17  Cleveland, OH         Rocket Arena SOLD OUT
• Sat Sep 19  Cleveland, OH         Rocket Arena SOLD OUT
• Wed Sept 23 San Antonio, TX       Frost Bank Center
• Mon Oct 5  Denver, CO             Ball Arena
• Sat Oct 10 Seattle, WA            Climate Pledge Arena
• Thu Oct 15 San Jose, CA           SAP Center
• Sun Oct 25 Washington D.C.        Capital One Arena
• Fri Oct 30 Uncasville, CT         Mohegan Sun Arena
• Thu Nov 5  Hollywood, FL          Hard Rock Live
• Mon Nov 9  Tampa, FL              Benchmark International Arena
• Fri Nov 20 Charlotte, NC          Spectrum Center
• Wed Nov 25 Atlanta, GA            State Farm Arena
• Tue Dec 1  Glendale, AZ           Desert Diamond Arena
• Thu Dec 10 Edmonton, AB           Rogers Place
• Tue Dec 15 Vancouver, BC          Rogers Arena

RUSH 2027 Fifty Something Tour Dates:

• 15 Jan – Buenos Aires, AR – Movistar Arena
• 22 Jan – Curitiba, BR – Arena da Baixada
• 24 Jan – São Paulo, BR – Allianz Parque
• 30 Jan – Rio de Janeiro, BR – Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (Engenhão)
• 01 Feb – Belo Horizonte, BR – Estádio Mineirão
• 04 Feb – Brasília, BR – Arena BRB Mané Garrincha
• 19 Feb – Paris, FR – La Défense Arena
• 21 Feb – Berlin, DE – Uber Arena
• 23 Feb – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome
• 25 Feb – Munich, DE – Olympiahalle
• 28 Feb – Cologne, DE – LANXESS Arena
• 02 Mar – Hamburg, DE – Barclays Arena
• 04 Mar – Stuttgart, DE – Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
• 08 Mar – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
• 12 Mar – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live
• 16 Mar – London, UK – O2 Arena
• 18 Mar – London, UK – O2 Arena
• 27 Mar – Kraków, PL – TAURON Arena Kraków
• 30 Mar – Milan, IT – Unipol Dome
• 01 Apr – Basel, CH – St. Jakobshalle
• 04 Apr – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena
• 06 Apr – Oslo, NO – Unity Arena
• 08 Apr – Stockholm, SE – Avicii Arena
• 10 Apr – Helsinki, FI – Veikkaus Arena