Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson
Fri, May 21, 2021
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The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced last week that 15-time JUNO Award-winning band and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees
The Tragically Hip will perform with singer-songwriter Feist during The 50th Annual JUNO Awards next month. The Hip will be without their iconic front-man Gord Downie, who passed away back in 2017. The Hip will also be receiving the 2021 Humanitarian Award from Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush. The Humanitarian Award recognizes outstanding Canadian artists or industry leaders whose humanitarian contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada and beyond. The Hip s performance from Toronto will be broadcast on Sunday, June 6th at 8PM EST on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music and streaming globally on CBCmusic.ca/junos. Guitarists Rob Baker and Paul Langlois were recentl
Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson
Sat, Apr 3, 2021
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This past Friday, February 12th, Rush s
Moving Pictures album celebrated its 40th anniversary. Over the past several years, Rush has released 40th anniversary editions of 2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, and Permanent Waves, so it had been expected that they d give
Moving Pictures a similar treatment. However, based on a new banner ad being displayed on the Rush Backstage Club website, along with the lack of news about a potential release in the lead-up to the anniversary, it s now looking a bit less likely that a 40th anniversary box set will be coming any time soon. The banner ad in question has a tagline reading
Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson
Sun, Apr 4, 2021
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The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) will be hosting a Virtual Gala Concert next month in support of the VSO and the VSO School of Music. Rush s Geddy Lee, Itzhak Perlman, K.D. Lang and many others will be taking part in the event.
The Show Must Go On: Stories of Resilience will be streamed via TheConcertHall.ca on February 18 at 6:30 PM. From CreateAStir.ca:
. Hosted by vocalist and past VSO soloist Steve Maddock, it features songs and inside stories (about everything from missed flights to cancelled concerts), with VSO maestro Otto Tausk, violin virtuoso James Ehnes, Canadian opera star Measha Brueggergosman, broadcasting legend Red Robinson, former-Barenaked Ladies-member-turned-solo-artist Steven Page, brass star Jens Lindemann, singer-trumpet sensation Bria Skonberg, and Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear taking part, as well as many others.