Watch Alex Lifeson ‘Fire’ His Rush Bandmates Mid-Show

New Rush drummer Anika Nilles has been grabbing headlines for her light-hearted asides on the finish of the band’s concert events.

However this time guitarist Alex Lifeson was the star of the present in a clip from their efficiency in Montreal on Sept. 4.

Because the video under exhibits, he made essentially the most of a pause in proceedings forward of enjoying basic monitor “Limelight,” presumably whereas ready for a technical element to be addressed.

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After breifly telling the viewers about his love for his or her metropolis – and admitting it gave the impression of “simply one thing you’d say,” he seemed over to Geddy Lee and mentioned, “I believe I’d wish to… can I begin the music now?”

Lee replies, “You’re the boss!” to which Lifeson pulls an expression of shock. “I’m the boss? That is new!” he says earlier than warming to the theme.

“I’m the boss! Ah, you’re fired, everyone! I’m simply going to do a present on my own. I’m going to make tons of of {dollars}!

“I’m going to go to the center of the stage and take a rock star pose and begin this, as a result of that is my band now.” He seems to look instantly into the digital camera with a smug expression as he daintily steps to the entrance to play the opening riff of “Limelight.”

Alex Lifeson Fires Rush

The re-energized band appear extra relaxed than ever regardless of having been on hiatus for 11 years following the late Neil Peart’s retirement in 2015. However as Lee defined in a current interview, it’s not the primary time they got here again from a break with a brand new sense of lightness.

“Once we first began we all the time had a great humorousness,” he mentioned, “however for some cause – I assume it was youth and simply insecurity – we stored that humor to ourselves.”

How Rush Determined to Be Themselves

He referred to Rush’s hiatus of 1997 after Peart misplaced his daughter and spouse in separate tragedies. “As time went on,” Lee continued, “and we went by means of many various phases, and a few of these phases weren’t comfortable occasions, by 2002 we had determined that it was okay to be ourselves.”

That’s how the band got here to be seen in episodes of South Park, started filming their very own comedy sketches to be performed as a part of their exhibits, and made a cameo look in 2009 film I Love You Man.

“Earlier than 2002 we mentioned ‘no’ to something that was exterior our consolation zone,” Lee remembered. “After 2002 we simply began saying ‘sure’ to issues – and I Love You Man was precisely that.”