{"id":159930,"date":"2026-08-07T20:38:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/159930\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:38:27","slug":"rush-to-turn-toronto-homecoming-into-new-concert-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/159930\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush to turn Toronto homecoming into new concert film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rush-2026-Far-Out-Magazine-1140x855.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rush - 2026\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: YouTube Still<\/p>\n<p> Fri 7 August 2026 9:56, UK <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/rush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Rush<\/a> have confirmed they are capturing all four of their homecoming shows in Toronto for a new concert film.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Rush kicked off their 50 Something Tour with<a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/rush-first-tour-11-years-everything-they-played\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> four shows at the Kia Forum<\/a> in Inglewood, California, and have since visited Mexico City, Fort Worth, New York and Chicago, performing for multiple nights in each city.<\/p>\n<p>The tour, which is their first in 11 years and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/genre-neil-peart-actively-avoided\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">first without their late drummer Neil Peart<\/a>, is set to stay on the road in North America until December.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight (August 7th), they are finally back on home territory, beginning their residency at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Rush will perform a total of four shows over the next week, with the final concert set to take place on August 13th. However, if you haven\u2019t got a ticket, then don\u2019t fear because it is all going to be filmed for a future concert film.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Instagram, Geddy Lee explained why they chose Toronto, \u201cIt\u2019s always a hard decision as to where to film a live concert. Given the limited cities we are able to play, the demand for such a film has been off the charts, not only as a keepsake of their experience, but for those many fans that have not been able to see it live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cToronto being hometown made it a natural choice, and being the last mini-residency of 4 shows, playing over 40 songs which gives us the best chance to capture it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bassist acknowledged that \u201cfans traveling here from all across the globe and that will make it a special week\u201d in Toronto, before noting, \u201cThis tour, being a celebration of our history and a tribute to Neil has been an emotional outpouring from the fans and from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee then had a message for fans, urging, \u201cThey have been louder and prouder than ever before, and we hope to capture them letting their ya-yas out while rockin\u2019 their best \u2018Tom Sawyer\u2019 air drum fills!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After their North American tour concludes, Rush will then keep the good times rolling throughout 2027 as they take the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/rush-announce-first-uk-shows-new-2027-world-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">tour international,<\/a>\u00a0with visits lined up to Argentina, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, earlier this week, Canadian broadcaster CBC announced the documentary, <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/rush-icon-neil-peart-celebrated-new-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Neil Peart: No One\u2019s Disciple<\/a>, which promises to see his Rush bandmates, Lee and Alex Lifeson, deliver \u201cintimate heart-to-hearts\u201d while remembering their late friend.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary is scheduled to arrive on September 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>  <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"\"> ADD AS A PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/far-out-magazine\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/a>  The Far Out Music Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>All the latest music news from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: YouTube Still Fri 7 August 2026 9:56, UK Rush have confirmed they are capturing all four of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2678,48,51445],"class_list":["post-159930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-rush","tag-toronto","tag-tour-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}