{"id":61803,"date":"2026-04-07T11:44:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/heres-how-rush-will-honor-neil-peart-at-their-reunion-shows\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:44:34","slug":"heres-how-rush-will-honor-neil-peart-at-their-reunion-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/heres-how-rush-will-honor-neil-peart-at-their-reunion-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s How Rush Will Honor Neil Peart at Their Reunion Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The surviving members of <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/rush\">Rush<\/a> have given new insight as to how they plan to honor late drummer <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/neil-peart\">Neil Peart<\/a> during their upcoming reunion shows.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rush-concert-dates-2027\/\">Fifty Something tour<\/a> will see <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/geddy-lee\/\">Geddy Lee<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/alex-lifeson\">Alex Lifeson<\/a> teaming up once again under the Rush name. The highly anticipated trek will also feature <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/anika-nilles\/\">Anika Nilles<\/a> on drums, replacing Peart. Considering how important the late drummer was to Rush\u2019s classic sound, it\u2019s no surprise the band plans to honor him at every performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we&#8217;ve been talking about certain songs that we feel really, really give us the vision of Neil and we&#8217;ll pick those songs in each set, of the two sets\u201d Lee divulged during a recent interview with YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TXlNRZdot8k\" target=\"_blank\">Rush Brasil<\/a>. \u201cSo, twice a night we will pick a song to play sort of for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/neil-peart-rush-reunion-2026\/\">How Would Neil Peart Feel About the Rush Reunion?<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He added that the nightly tribute will also feature special visual elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ll present a visual tribute behind us to Neil, whether it be to his lyrics or just to his playing or whatever,\u201d the bassist confirmed. \u201c[Rush will] take a moment, play these songs with him in mind so the whole audience and us can remember him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without giving any additional details away, Lifeson promised the tribute will serve as \u201ca celebration of who [Peart] was \u2013 as a person and a drummer.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>When Does the Rush Reunion Tour Start?<\/h3>\n<p>Rush&#8217;s Fifty Something tour kicks off June 7 at the Forum in Los Angeles. Its the same venue where the Canadian trio played their <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/neil-peart-final-rush-concert\/\">final show with Peart<\/a> more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/geddy-lee-rush-name-reunion-tour\/\">Geddy Lee Defends Using Rush Name: &#8216;What Else Would You F&#8212;ing Call It?&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After four nights in L.A. the band will head to Mexico City, followed by stops in such major cities as Chicago, New York, Toronto and Philadelphia. The full list of reunion tour dates &#8212; which stretch into 2027 &#8212; can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rush.com\/tour\/fifty-something\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Rush Live Albums Ranked <\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>A list of Rush live albums, ranked from worst to best.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Ryan Reed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=164&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rush-neil-peart-reunion-shows\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The surviving members of Rush have given new insight as to how they plan to honor late drummer Neil Peart during their upcoming reunion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rock","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}