{"id":283197,"date":"2025-10-07T04:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/283197\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T04:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:27:11","slug":"phoenix-isnt-getting-a-stop-on-rushs-2026-north-american-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/283197\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix isn&#8217;t getting a stop on Rush&#8217;s 2026 North American tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759811230_495_Geddy-Lee.jpg\" class=\"article-thumbnail-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2013 Inductee Geddy Lee of RUSH performs with Yes onstage at the 32nd Annual Rock &amp; Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on April 7, 2017, in New York City. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mike Coppola\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Legendary prog-rockers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/music\/rush-6404336\/\">Rush<\/a> are hitting the road in 2026 for their first live shows since 2015, when they were on the R40 Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These shows also mark their first concerts since drumming icon <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/music\/rush-at-us-airways-center-6-16-11-6602735\/\">Neil Peart<\/a> died in January 2020. So far, there\u2019s no Phoenix date announced, but if you like to travel, two Los Angeles shows are pretty dang close. Or, you know, catch a train, hop on a plane, and have some fun in Mexico City or one of the other farther away locations, like New York, Canada or Cleveland. <\/p>\n<p>Founding members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will be joined by Anika Nilles, a German drummer who gained attention on YouTube in the early 2010s and went on to tour with Jeff Beck. She has also released solo albums with her backing band, Nevell.<\/p>\n<p>Niles has won a number of awards for her playing and as a clinician, sharing her expertise in different forums. She\u2019s been on the cover of Modern Drummer and served as the head of the drums department at Popakademie Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg since 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Fans can register for an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/signup.ticketmaster.com\/rush?irgwc=1&amp;clickid=1KO3whRH6xycW55S6dWi51FtUkp3Mrx5w3fRVQ0&amp;camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_1882189&amp;impradid=1882189&amp;REFERRAL_ID=tmfeedbuyat1882189&amp;wt.mc_id=aff_BUYAT_1882189&amp;utm_source=1882189-Consequence%20Media%20LLC&amp;impradname=Consequence%20Media%20LLC&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;ircid=4272\">artist pre-sale<\/a> by signing up here by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/rush-tickets\/artist\/807344\">artist pre-sale officially happens<\/a> at noon local time on Monday, Oct. 13. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/rush-tickets\/artist\/807344\">general on-sale <\/a>is at noon local time on Friday, Oct. 17.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lifeson-and-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40610159\"  \/>Presenters Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of Rush speak onstage at the 32nd Annual Rock &amp; Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on April 7, 2017, in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the dates for what is currently dubbed Rush\u2019s \u2018Fifty Something\u2019 tour:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 7, Los Angeles, California, Kia Forum<\/li>\n<li>June 9, Los Angeles, California, Kia Forum<\/li>\n<li>June 18, Mexico City, Mexico, Palacio de los Deportes<\/li>\n<li>June 24, Fort Worth, Texas, Dickies Arena<\/li>\n<li>June 26, Fort Worth, Texas, Dickies Arena<\/li>\n<li>July 16, Chicago, Illinois, United Center<\/li>\n<li>July 18, Chicago, Illinois, United Center<\/li>\n<li>July 28, New York, New York, Madison Square Garden<\/li>\n<li>July 30, New York, New York, Madison Square Garden<\/li>\n<li>August 7, Toronto, Ontario, Scotiabank Arena<\/li>\n<li>August 9, Toronto, Ontario, Scotiabank Arena<\/li>\n<li>September 17, Cleveland, Ohio, Rocket Arena<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2013 Inductee Geddy Lee of RUSH performs with Yes onstage at the 32nd Annual Rock &amp; Roll Hall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":283198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,132130,135086,1589,4185,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-283197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-concert-previews","12":"tag-just-announced","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-rock-music","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115330996361420386","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}