Rush is a Band
@rushisaband
A blog devoted to the band RUSH and its members, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Back in July, 2022, a 2-minute, edited version of #Rush's "Tom Sawyer" was played during the Season 3 finale of Hulu's "The Hardy Boys" (Season 3, Episode 8 - A Wild Ride) during one of the episode's most climactic scenes before wrapping up the season youtu.be/5QFfJmZhNh4
July 28, 2006 - #Rush 2112 reference in the Woody Allen film "Scoop". The combination to one of the character's wine cellar is "16 2112"
45 years ago today, on July 28, 1980 - Max Webster recorded "Battle Scar" with all three members of #Rush, including Geddy Lee on vocals, at Phase One studios. The track was included on Max Webster's "Universal Juveniles" album youtube.com/watch?v=PMM6Bh… "We set up both bands live…
The Rheostatics along with #RUSH's Alex Lifeson and special guests will be performing their "The Great Lakes Suite" November 22nd in Toronto at @tdmusichall with tickets going on sale Thursday ... rushisaband.com/blog/2025/07/2…
July 28, 2013 - #Rush plays the Sleep Country Amphitheater in Ridgefield, WA on the "Clockwork Angels" tour. Ged's b-day was the following day, so there were several "Happy Birthday Geddy" signs, and during YYZ some crew came out in funny clown outfits and hats holding a happy…
July 28, 1992 - "Grade 9" by the @BarenakedLadies was released on "Gordon", including musical tributes to #Rush's "Tom Sawyer" and "The Spirit Of Radio" youtube.com/watch?v=gQPYvo…
July 28, 2006 - #Rush was referenced on the Canadian television series "Alice, I Think" (Season 1, Episode 10 - "Pit Stop"). Diane, Alice's mother, invites her friend Geraldine and her daughter to stay with them after a house fire. Geraldine upsets John, Alice's father, when she…
July 28, 2004 - #Rush t-shirt in "MTV Cribs". The guitarist James Valentine of @Maroon5 is wearing a "Power Windows" t-shirt. He wears the same shirt in a Sessions@AOL in-studio performance which aired on June 24, 2004. youtube.com/watch?v=usqDn2…
July 28, 2007 - #Rush plays the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV on the "Snakes & Arrows" tour
July 27, 2010 - #Rush reference in the video game "Starcraft II: Wings Of Liberty". One of Raven's random sayings is, "This vessel has assumed control, it has assumed control."
Check out this bizarre Geddy Lee tribute bumper commercial that Cartoon Network aired during Adult Swim a few years back. It was on some random day in August, 2019 - still curious whose idea this was ... 😂 youtube.com/watch?v=McXiRD…
10 years ago today, on July 27, 2015 - #Rush plays their third-to-last show of the "R40 Live" tour (and of their career) at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ cygnus-x1.net/links/rush/con…
July 27, 2020 - Members of @Tool, @Primus, @Coheed and Cambria, @mastodonmusic and @MutoidMan post a cover of #Rush's Anthem that they performed virtually in separate locations during COVID lockdown youtube.com/watch?v=fULwDb…
July 27, 2007 - #Rush plays the Cricket Pavilion in Phoenix, AZ on the "Snakes & Arrows" tour
July 26, 2019 - The book "#Rush: Song by Song" by Alex Body is released amzn.to/46owXz7
Happy 81st birthday to the immortal @MickJagger of the @RollingStones!! Here's #Rush performing an instrumental version of "Paint it Black" at the SARS benefit show back in '03 youtube.com/watch?v=fgnXzU…
July 26, 2013 - #Rush plays the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC on the "Clockwork Angels" tour
July 25, 2003 - #Rush 2112 reference in the film "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life". When Lara (played by Angelina Jolie) travels to Hong Kong, during a shot of city traffic a large "2112-8888" is seen on the back of a bus at about the 37-minute mark of the film
