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Surprise: Rush Is Back, With a 2026 Tour

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson honor Neil Peart with new lineup

(Newser) - After a decade away from the stage, Rush surprised fans Sunday night with news of a 2026 reunion tour, honoring late drummer Neil Peart and introducing acclaimed drummer Anika Nilles to the lineup, Variety reports. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson say the "Fifty Something" tour, billed as a...

Rush Drummer Neil Peart Dead at 67
A Drumming Legend
Dead at 67
OBITUARY
Jan 11, 2020 5:30 AM CST

A Drumming Legend Dead at 67

Rush's Neil Peart was diagnosed with brain cancer more than 3 years ago

(Newser) - A drumming rock legend has died. Rush's Neil Peart, who the CBC notes was "revered by fans and fellow musicians as one of the greatest drummers of all time," passed away Tuesday at age 67 in Santa Monica, Calif., per a statement issued by a family spokesperson,...

'Based on a True Story'? 10 Hugely Embellished Films

Some pretty big changes were made in these movies

(Newser) - So how close to "true" are movies that claim to be "based on a true story"? Radar reveals the pretty major embellishments made to 20 such films. A sampling:
  • American Hustle: While the film tracks pretty closely to the Abscam scandal, Amy Adams' character never got involved
...

Meatballs Reigns With $35M Weekend
 Meatballs 
 Reigns With 
 $35M Weekend 
BOX OFFICE
Sep 29, 2013 12:23 PM CDT

Meatballs Reigns With $35M Weekend

(Newser) - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 left the competition standing out in a downpour at this weekend's box office, reeling in $35 million—more than three times the $11.2 million total for No. 2 thriller Prisoners, reports the LA Times . Ron Howard's Rush opened in third...

2013 Rock Hall Nominees a Crazy Diverse Bunch

From Rush to Donna Summer to Public Enemy

(Newser) - Rush, Deep Purple, Public Enemy, and NWA are among the group of first-time nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They join returnees Heart, Joan Jett, and the Blackhearts, Randy Newman, Donna Summer, and Kraftwerk among the 15 artists vying for entry. Even in the iPod age, the...

Rush Limbaugh Advertisers' Exodus Hits 45

Rock band Rush joins advertisers departing radio show

(Newser) - The stampede for the exits from Rush Limbaugh's radio show is showing no signs of slowing down: Some 45 advertisers have now pulled their ads, according to Media Matters , which is keeping a running tally . Many of them, including the Girl Scouts and Netflix , say they had bought advertising...

Rock N' Roll's Worst Lyricists
Rock N' Roll's Worst Lyricists
Oct 25, 2007 11:57 AM CDT

Rock N' Roll's Worst Lyricists

Heavy-handed metaphors, Hallmark sentimentality and pompous mysticism about in these 40 icons of rotten rhymes

(Newser) - Just because you can play a guitar doesn't mean you know how to string a sentence together. Blender looks back at rock's cringe-worthy lyricists:
  1. Sting
  2. Neal Peart, Rush
  3. Scott Stapp, Creed

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