{"id":2247161,"date":"2026-01-23T15:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247161"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:26:27","slug":"geddy-lee-is-open-to-making-new-rush-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/geddy-lee-is-open-to-making-new-rush-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Geddy Lee Is Open to Making New Rush Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/geddy-lee\" target=\"_blank\">Geddy Lee<\/a> hasn&#8217;t ruled out the possibility of making new <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/rush\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rush<\/a> music, provided\u00a0he, guitarist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/alex-lifeson\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Lifeson<\/a> and new drummer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/anika-nilles\" target=\"_blank\">Anika Nilles<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;manage to survive&#8221; their massive <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rush-2026-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fifty Something reunion tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My intent, before we got into this celebration of Rush&#8217;s history, was to put some music together,&#8221; Lee told MusicRadar (via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/geddy-lee-doesnt-rule-out-new-rush-music-it-would-be-fun-to-see-what-anika-nilles-can-do-in-a-creative-situation#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\">Blabbermouth<\/a>). &#8220;Now, I assumed I would be doing that on my own, not with Alex, but when we started jamming, I started seeing the possibility of doing something with Alex \u2014 but all of that went on hold now because there&#8217;s too much work. There&#8217;s too much work to do for this tour to even think about that. But if we manage to survive the tour, and go back to Canada and have a rest, who knows what&#8217;ll happen, but I suspect some music will eventually come out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;It would be fun to see what [Nilles] can do in a creative situation. Like, that would be fun. But it&#8217;s all speculation until it isn&#8217;t, so &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rush-albums-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rush Albums Ranked Worst to Best<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What to Expect From Rush&#8217;s Fifty Something Reunion Tour<\/h3>\n<p>Rush shocked and delighted the\u00a0rock world when they announced their Fifty Something reunion tour\u00a0back in October. What began as an 11-show run quickly\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rush-expands-reunion-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">swelled<\/a> to 50-plus dates that will keep the band on the road from June through December.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime members Lee and Lifeson will be joined by former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/jeff-beck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Beck<\/a> drummer Anika Nilles, who will take the place of late drummer and lyricist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/neil-peart\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Peart<\/a>. Each show will feature two unique sets, with the band drawing from a pool of 35 songs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rush-2026-tour-set-list-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 35 Songs Rush Could Play on Their 2026 Reunion Tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been over 10 years since Alex and I have performed the music of Rush alongside our\u00a0fallen bandmate and friend\u00a0Neil,&#8221; Lee said in an official statement. &#8220;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&#8212;ing miss it, and that it\u2019s time for a celebration of 50-something years of Rush music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lee added that they\u00a0&#8220;could not be more excited to introduce\u00a0[Nilles] to our loyal and dedicated Rush fanbase, whom, we know, will give her every chance to live up to that near impossible role.&#8221; Additional musicians will likely\u00a0join them on stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">2026&#8217;s Biggest Rock Tours<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Rock reunions are creating some of the biggest headlines for 2026 \u2013 but there are lots of other huge shows on the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/author\/nickderiso\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nick DeRiso<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=162&#038;gver=9&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ultimateclassicrock.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geddy Lee hasn&#8217;t ruled out the possibility of making new Rush music, provided\u00a0he, guitarist Alex Lifeson and new drummer Anika Nilles\u00a0&#8220;manage to survive&#8221; their massive Fifty Something reunion tour. &#8220;My intent, before we got into this celebration of Rush&#8217;s history, was to put some music together,&#8221; Lee told MusicRadar (via Blabbermouth). &#8220;Now, I assumed I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2247162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[21738],"class_list":["post-2247161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Geddy-Lee-Is-Open-to-Making-New-Rush-Music.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247163,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247161\/revisions\/2247163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}