Rush Expand 50th Anniversary Tour Again, Add 17 Cities Including Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver
Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson will be joined by German drummer Anika Nilles on the outing that is slated to kick off on June 7 in Los Angeles.
After announcing an initial run of 12 shows celebrating their 50th anniversary as a band and then expanding on that first run of gigs, Rush has added another 17 dates to their Fifty Something 2026 arena tour.
On Monday morning (Oct. 20), founding members bassist/singer Geddy Lee and guitarist/singer Alex Lifeson announced that they have added new shows in Philadelphia, Boston, Montreal, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Edmonton, Seattle and Vancouver to the outing on which they will pay tribute to late drummer/lyricist Neil Peart.
Following the previously announced kick off on June 7 with the first of four sold out shows at the Kia Forum, the band will hit Mexico City, Fort Worth, Texas, Chicago, New York and Toronto for multiple nights before hitting Philly on Aug. 21 for the first of the newly revealed shows. The tour will then move on to Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Aug. 26, the Bell Centre in Montreal on Sept. 2 and TD Garden in Boston on Sept. 12.
Fans are encouraged to sign up for a Rush artist pre-sale for the new shows here by 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday (Oct. 23); no code is needed, with access tied to the user’s account. The artist pre-sale begins in Oct. 27 at 12 p.m. local time in the U.S. and Canada. A general on-sale will begin at 12 p.m. local time here on Oct. 31 in the U.S. and Canada. Click here for additional information on Citi and American Express re-sales.
Rush’s first tour in 11 years was announced on Oct. 6, marking the first time Lee and Lifeson will hit the road since their R40 40th anniversary tour wrapped on Aug. 1, 2015 in Los Angeles, marking their final road outing with Peart, who died of the brain cancer glioblastoma on Jan. 7, 2020 at age 67. They will be joined on the upcoming tour by German drummer/composer Anika Nilles, who has performed with Jeff Beck and released four solo albums.
Two days after rolling out the dates for the surprise tour, Rush expanded the outing by adding 11 more stops. Check out the full list of shows (with new dates in bold) below.
- June 7: Los Angeles, Calif. @ Kia Forum
- June 9: Los Angeles, Calif. @ Kia Forum
- June 11: Los Angeles, Calif. @ Kia Forum
- June 13: Los Angeles, Calif. @ Kia Forum
- June 18: Mexico City, MX @ Palacio de los Deportes
- June 24: Fort Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena
- June 26: Fort Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena
- June 28: Fort Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena
- June 30: Fort Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena
- July 16: Chicago, Ill. @ United Center
- July 18: Chicago, Ill. @ United Center
- July 20: Chicago, Ill. @ United Center
- July 22: Chicago, Ill. @ United Center
- July 28: New York, NY. @ Madison Square Garden
- July 30: New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden
- Aug. 1: New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden
- Aug. 3: New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden
- Aug. 7: Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
- Aug. 9: Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
- Aug. 11: Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
- Aug. 13: Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
- Aug. 21: Philadelphia, Pa. @ Xfinity Mobile Arena
- Aug. 26: Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena
- Sept. 2: Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
- Sept. 12: Boston, Mass. @ TD Garden
- Sept. 17: Cleveland, Ohio @ Rocket Arena
- Sept. 19: Cleveland, Ohio @ Rocket Arena
- Sept. 23: San Antonio, Texas @ Frost Bank Center
- Oct. 5: Denver, Colo. @ Ball Arena
- Oct. 10: Seattle, Wash. @ Climate Pledge Arena
- Oct. 15: San Jose, Calif. @ SAP Center
- Oct. 25: Washington D.C. @ Capital One Arena
- Oct. 30: Uncasville, Conn. @ Mohegan Sun Arena
- Nov. 5: Hollywood, Fla. @ Hard Rock Live
- Nov. 9: Tampa, Fla. @ Benchmark International Arena
- Nov. 20: Charlotte, N.C.@ Spectrum Center
- Nov. 25: Atlanta, Ga. @ State Farm Arena
- Dec. 1: Glendale, Ariz. @ Desert Diamond Arena
- Dec. 10: Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
- Dec. 15: Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
