Rush is making good on a promise to increase their lineup. Loren Gold has been confirmed as touring keyboardist for the band, led by legacy members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.
They only prolonged a reunion that started with a shock announcement final yr. The Fifty One thing tour now extends into 2027 with new dates in South America, U.Ok. and Europe.
“We even have employed a keyboard participant who’s going to be approaching the street with us,” Geddy advised Planet Rock. “He is performed with the Who for the final 12 years or extra and likewise Chicago, and he’s an actual veteran. So we’re excited to carry him on board and our first rehearsal with him begins very quickly.”
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Anika Nilles is filling in for Rush’s late drummer Neil Peart. Their beforehand introduced run of greater than 50 scheduled exhibits begins in June. These exhibits are Rush’s first in 11 years. Lee and Lifeson beforehand stated they have been disbanding the group after Peart’s demise in 2020.
Gold’s affiliation with the Who started with dates backing up their co-founding frontman. “I began touring with Roger Daltrey in 2009 and with the Who in 2012,” the keyboardist advised Primarily Piano. “It has been a tremendous trip, enjoying a number of the biggest music ever composed in stadiums and arenas all around the world.”
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He is appeared on a string of reside Who tasks, together with 2014’s Quadrophenia Stay in London, 2015’s Stay in Hyde Park, 2017’s Tommy Stay on the Royal Albert Corridor and 2023’s The Who With Orchestra Stay at Wembley, in addition to Daltrey’s The Who’s Tommy Orchestral live performance recording from 2019.
In the meantime, Gold first stuffed in for Lou Pardini throughout Chicago’s 2021 tour, then was introduced as his alternative in 2022. He appeared on one monitor from 2022’s Chicago XXXVIII: Born for This Second. Gold stated he is additionally labored with Kenny Loggins, Don Felder, Taylor Hicks and Hilary Duff, amongst others. His first solo album dates again to 1998’s Reflections of Gold.
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Rush moved keyboards to the fore on the daybreak of the ’80s, memorably main the only “Subdivisions” from 1982’s Indicators with minor-key synths. However they poked a little bit enjoyable on the thought of this new super-sized lineup. “It should free us as much as work on these dance strikes as nicely,” Lifeson stated. Geddy responded: “You are creating an unrealistic expectation! … Properly, we’re fairly good dancers. I will be your J-Lo to your Beyonce.”
The 2026 exhibits finish on Dec. 17 in Vancouver earlier than the 2027 live shows decide up once more on Jan. 15 in Buenos Aires. The reunited Rush then seems in Paris, Berlin, Glasgow, London and Copenhagen, earlier than wrapping up on April 10 in Helsinki.
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