{"id":2251693,"date":"2026-01-26T20:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2251693"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:43:12","slug":"if-we-manage-to-survive-the-tour-go-back-to-canada-and-have-a-rest-who-knows-whatll-happen-i-suspect-some-music-will-eventually-come-out-geddy-lee-on-the-chances-of-recording-new-rush-materi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/if-we-manage-to-survive-the-tour-go-back-to-canada-and-have-a-rest-who-knows-whatll-happen-i-suspect-some-music-will-eventually-come-out-geddy-lee-on-the-chances-of-recording-new-rush-materi\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If we manage to survive the tour, go back to Canada and have a rest, who knows what&#8217;ll happen. I suspect some music will eventually come out.&#8221; Geddy Lee on the chances of recording new Rush material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"ff5f5407-63a7-4754-887b-bb6c707cec91\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/rush-albums-ranked\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/rush-albums-ranked\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/rush-albums-ranked\">Rush<\/a> bassist and singer Geddy Lee says he believes the band will record new music once their upcoming epic &#8216;Fifty Something Tour&#8217; is behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/live-performances\/life-is-full-of-surprises-rush-announce-50-something-tour-live-dates-for-2026\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/live-performances\/life-is-full-of-surprises-rush-announce-50-something-tour-live-dates-for-2026\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/live-performances\/life-is-full-of-surprises-rush-announce-50-something-tour-live-dates-for-2026\">recruited Anika Nilles<\/a> to fill the un-fillable shoes of the late, great <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/neil-peart-rush-10-drumming-moments\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/neil-peart-rush-10-drumming-moments\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/neil-peart-rush-10-drumming-moments\">Neil Peart <\/a>for the run of more than 50 shows.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"ff5f5407-63a7-4754-887b-bb6c707cec91-2\">And Lee says he&#8217;s excited by the prospect of writing new material with German drummer, composer, and producer Nilles.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The 72-year-old jokes that first the band will have to &#8220;survive&#8221; the hectic touring schedule and rest before considering their next steps.<\/p>\n<p>He tells Music Radar (transcribed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" 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\" data-url=\"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\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Blabbermouth<\/a>): &#8220;My intent, before we got into this celebration of Rush&#8217;s history, was to put some music together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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. But all of that went on hold now because there&#8217;s too much work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-gUcZB5WEgz5fPhLjCt257d\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-gUcZB5WEgz5fPhLjCt257d slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On how he feels about the prospect of working with Nilles on new material, Lee adds: &#8220;It would be fun to see what she can do in a creative situation. Like, that would be fun. But it&#8217;s all speculation until it isn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As well as Rush&#8217;s driving force behind the kit, Peart was also the band&#8217;s primary lyricist. He died of glioblastoma in 2020 at the age of 67.<\/p>\n<p>The Fifty Something Tour kicks off in Los Angeles in June.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-819c22f5-e2c2-4727-b4b7-92b4bb3542fa\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rush-fifty-something-tour-2026-3\">Rush: Fifty Something Tour 2026<\/h2>\n<p id=\"10fc65b3-d377-4054-a2d4-7684ff50c45e\">Jun 07: Los Angeles Kia Forum, CA<br \/>Jun 09: Los Angeles Kia Forum, CA<br \/>Jun 11: Los Angeles Kia Forum, CA<br \/>Jun 13: Los Angeles Kia Forum, CA<br \/>Jun 18: Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico<br \/>Jun 20: Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico<br \/>Jun 24: Fort Worth Dickies Arena TX<br \/>Jun 26: Fort Worth Dickies Arena, TX<br \/>Jun 28: Fort Worth Dickies Arena, TX<br \/>Jun 30: Fort Worth Dickies Arena, TX<br \/>Jul 16: Chicago United Center, IL<br \/>Jul 18: Chicago United Center, IL<br \/>Jul 20: Chicago United Center, IL<br \/>Jul 22: Chicago United Center, IL<br \/>Jul 28: New York Madison Square Garden, NY<br \/>Aug 01: New York Madison Square Garden, NY<br \/>Aug 03: New York Madison Square Garden, NY<br \/>Jul 30: New York Madison Square Garden, NY<br \/>Aug 07: Toronto Scotiabank Arena, ON<br \/>Aug 09: Toronto Scotiabank Arena, ON<br \/>Aug 11: Toronto Scotiabank Arena, ON<br \/>Aug 13: Toronto Scotiabank Arena, ON<br \/>Aug 21: Philadelphia Xfinity Mobile Arena, PA<br \/>Aug 23: Philadelphia Xfinity Mobile Arena, PA<br \/>Aug 26: Detroit Little Caesars Arena, MI<br \/>Aug 28: Detroit Little Caesars Arena, MI<br \/>Sep 02: Montreal Bell Centre, QC<br \/>Sep 04: Montreal Bell Centre, QC<br \/>Sep 12: Boston TD Garden, MA<br \/>Sep 14: Boston TD Garden, MA<br \/>Sep 17: Cleveland Rocket Arena, OH<br \/>Sep 19: Cleveland Rocket Arena, OH<br \/>Sep 23: San Antonio Frost Bank Center, TX<br \/>Sep 25: San Antonio Frost Bank Center, TX<br \/>Oct 05: Denver Ball Arena, CO<br \/>Oct 07: Denver Ball Arena, CO<br \/>Oct 10: Seattle Climate Ledge Arena, WA<br \/>Oct 12: Seattle Climate Ledge Arena, WA<br \/>Oct 15: San Jose SAP Center, CA<br \/>Oct 17: San Jose SAP Center, CA<br \/>Oct 25: Washington Capital One Areaa, D.C.<br \/>Oct 27: Washington Capital One Areaa, D.C.<br \/>Oct 30: Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena, CT<br \/>Nov 01: Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena, CT<br \/>Nov 05: Hollywood Hard Rock Live, FL<br \/>Nov 07: Hollywood Hard Rock Live, FL<br \/>Nov 09: Tampa Benchmark International Arena, FL<br \/>Nov 11: Tampa Benchmark International Arena, FL<br \/>Nov 20: Charlotte Spectrum Center, NC<br \/>Nov 22: Charlotte Spectrum Center, NC<br \/>Nov 25: Atlanta State Farm Arena, GA<br \/>Nov 27: Atlanta State Farm Arena, GA<br \/>Dec 01: Glendale Desert Diamond Arena, AZ<br \/>Dec 03: Glendale Desert Diamond Arena, AZ<br \/>Dec 10: Edmonton Rogers Place, AB<br \/>Dec 12: Edmonton Rogers Place, AB<br \/>Dec 15: Vancouver Rogers Arena, BC<br \/>Dec 17: Vancouver Rogers Arena, BC<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/221109\/264167\/4272?subId1=loudersound-ca-7490186295988455971&amp;sharedId=loudersound-ca&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Frush-tickets%2Fartist%2F807344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/221109\/264167\/4272?subId1=loudersound-ca-7490186295988455971&amp;sharedId=loudersound-ca&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Frush-tickets%2Fartist%2F807344\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Get Rush tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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 www.loudersound.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush bassist and singer Geddy Lee says he believes the band will record new music once their upcoming epic &#8216;Fifty Something Tour&#8217; is behind them. Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson recruited Anika Nilles to fill the un-fillable shoes of the late, great Neil Peart for the run of more than 50 shows. And Lee says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2251695,"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":[],"class_list":["post-2251693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/If-we-manage-to-survive-the-tour-go-back-to.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251693","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=2251693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2251697,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251693\/revisions\/2251697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}