TORONTO · SINCE 1968 · FAN HQ
Three musicians, 19 studio albums, and some of the longest, wildest songs ever to hit rock radio. Now back on the road for the first time in eleven years.
NEWS & HISTORY
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson return to the stage together for the first time since 2015, joined by German drummer Anika Nilles, who previously toured with Jeff Beck. The run opened June 7, 2026 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, with dates across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT ↗His memoir covers growing up in Toronto, his family’s history, and five decades in the band.
His new band releases its first album. A second, Stygian Wavz, follows in 2025.
Rush’s drummer and lyricist dies at 67. Fans around the world pay tribute to “The Professor.”
The 40th anniversary tour closes at the Forum. It would be the classic lineup’s final concert.
After years of fan campaigns, Rush are inducted at a ceremony in Los Angeles.
Tom Sawyer, Limelight and YYZ on one record. It becomes their best-selling studio album.
THE BAND
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Their most-played songs, straight from Spotify. Spotify members hear full songs; everyone else hears previews.
THE DISCOGRAPHY / STUDIO ALBUMS
The debut, heavy and bluesy, with original drummer John Rutsey. Working Man got the band noticed on Cleveland radio.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Neil Peart joins on drums and takes over as lyricist. The sound starts reaching for fantasy and big ideas.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Their most experimental early record, with two long multi-part pieces. It sold poorly at the time but fans love it now.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗The breakthrough. Side one is a 20-minute sci-fi suite about a future where music is forbidden. The record that saved their career.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Recorded in Wales, adding synthesizers and classical guitar. Home of a radio favorite and an epic about a mythical paradise.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Peak progressive Rush, finishing the Cygnus X-1 story and ending with a wild instrumental showpiece.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Their best-selling studio album and the one most people start with. Tom Sawyer, Limelight, and the instrumental YYZ all live here.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Synths move to the front. A song about growing up in the suburbs becomes one of their most loved.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Big, glossy, synth-heavy production about money, power, and influence.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗A record about chance and luck, with one of their most surprising experiments.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗The comeback after a five-year silence. Raw, loud, and full of guitar, with no keyboards at all.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗A strong late-career album about faith, doubt, and the world after 9/11.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Their final studio album, a full concept story about a young man’s journey through a steampunk world.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗ON STAGE
Their first live album, recorded in Toronto on the 2112 tour. It closes out the band’s early era.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Recorded on the Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures tours, capturing the band at a peak.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗A triple live album that also includes a 1978 London concert from the Hemispheres era.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Filmed in front of a massive crowd in Brazil on the Vapor Trails tour. Famous for the crowd singing along to everything, even YYZ.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Includes Moving Pictures played front to back, in the city whose radio station first played Rush in the U.S.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗The final studio album performed live, with a string section on stage.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗The final tour. The setlist ran backward through their history, ending where the band began.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗WHERE IT STARTED
An eight-song EP of covers of the 1960s songs that inspired them, from bands like The Who, Cream, and The Yardbirds. Released for their 30th anniversary.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗THE COLLECTIONS
Two collections splitting the band’s hits into 1974–1980 and 1981–1987.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗A single-disc hits collection of their classic era.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗Three box sets that remaster the band’s Mercury-era albums. Yes, they’re called Sectors. Fitting for this site.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗A box set of the seven albums from Presto through Snakes & Arrows.
▶ FULL ALBUM ↗ON THE ROAD
Starter path: Moving Pictures → 2112 → Permanent Waves → Hemispheres. After that, you’re on your own, agent.