Rush have announced Elevate From The Norm, a five-date residency at Sphere in Las Vegas.
Next year, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will perform on May 21, 23, 26, 28, and 30. According to a press release, the Canadian rock legends the shows will see them celebrate “RUSH’s music, legacy, and the life of the late drummer and lyricist Neil Peart.”
Each night they will play a set of fan favourites and greatest hits from across their catalogue, including 2112 and Moving Pictures in their entirety.
About the residency, Geddy Lee says, “When I first heard of Sphere, I thought to myself, ‘wow, what a shame that RUSH is no longer touring, because this venue sounds tailor made for the kind of visual attitude with which we have always designed our shows.’ Normally we spend months designing the visual effects for our shows and this scenario seemed like the cherry on top of the ice cream for our design team. But life is nothing if not surprising and now, here we are, living and touring in the present tense and we are able to make that particular dream come true.”
“We are presently working hard to expand our touring concepts and concoct some new madness to suit this incredible venue and musically perform the kind of show we’ve been doing in some of our ‘one off’ cities,” he added. ”Meaning playing all of 2112 and all of Moving Pictures along with an array of other songs. We are so effin’ excited to make use of this incredible opportunity to please our fans both visually and viscerally- from wherever they might fly in from. Gonna be so much fun!!”
RUSH Backstage and RUSH Newsletter subscribers will receive an exclusive two-hour window to purchase VIP and Travel packages beginning Friday, November 6 at 1:00PM EST.
Fans can register through Seated to participate in the Artist Presale beginning Wednesday, November 11 at 1:00PM EST. Registered fans will receive a unique presale code granting them early access to tickets.
The general onsale will happen on Friday, November 13 at 1:00PM EST.
More ticket information can be found here.