On Sunday, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees and RUSH co-founders Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson kicked off the highly anticipated ‘Fifty Something’ Tour with the first of 4 sold-out shows at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, marking the band’s first tour performance in 11 years.
The show launched a landmark run celebrating more than five decades of RUSH music and legacy, bringing the band full circle as Kia Forum was also the site of RUSH’s final R40 Tour performance on August 1, 2015 with longtime band member Neil Peart who passed away in 2020.
Joined by acclaimed drummer Anika Nilles and keyboardist Loren Gold, RUSH opened the show with a signature opening film that pays tribute to and celebrates the band’s more than fifty year career and then broke into 11 minute “Xanadu” with both Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson revealed behind the fog with their signature double neck guitars.
RUSH performed 2 career-spanning sets, with Night 1 featuring fan favorites including “Limelight,” “The Spirit of Radio,” “Tom Sawyer” and “YYZ,” alongside beloved deep cuts from across the band’s legendary catalog such as “By-Tor and the Snowdog.”
On Night 2, RUSH changed it up with over 9 different songs including “Free Will,” “The Trees” and “Closer to the Heart” while kicking off the second set with the entire first side of legendary album 2112 to a spellbound crowd.
Both evenings featured a special guest appearance from Aimee Mann, who joined the band for an emotional performance of “Time Stand Still,” the second of two tributes to Neil Peart in the show.
RUSH closed both nights with “Working Man” from their self-titled debut album, bringing the opening nights of the Fifty Something Tour to a memorable end and heightened anticipation of what’s in store for nights 3 and 4 of their sold out run.
Photo Credit: Steve Rose |
The Fifty Something Tour continues this week with additional sold-out performances at Kia Forum on June 11 and June 13 before heading to Mexico City, Fort Worth, Chicago, New York, Toronto, and more. The special “evening with” performances feature two sets each night, with RUSH building every setlist from a catalogue of 40 songs for this tour spanning the band’s celebrated five-decade career across. For tour dates and additional information, visit www.rush.com/tour/fifty-something.
Photo Credit: Richard Sibbald |
RUSH 2026 TOUR DATES:
Thu Jun 11 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum SOLD OUT
Sat Jun 13 Los Angeles, CA Kia Forum SOLD OUT
Thu Jun 18 Mexico City, MX Palacio de los Deportes SOLD OUT
Sat Jun 20 Mexico City, MX Palacio de los Deportes
Wed Jun 24 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena SOLD OUT
Fri Jun 26 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena SOLD OUT
Sun Jun 28 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena SOLD OUT
Tue Jun 30 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena SOLD OUT
Thu Jul 16 Chicago, IL United Center SOLD OUT
Sat Jul 18 Chicago, IL United Center SOLD OUT
Mon Jul 20 Chicago, IL United Center SOLD OUT
Wed Jul 22 Chicago, IL United Center SOLD OUT
Tue Jul 28 New York, NY Madison Square Garden SOLD OUT
Thu Jul 30 New York, NY Madison Square Garden SOLD OUT
Sat Aug 01 New York, NY Madison Square Garden SOLD OUT
Mon Aug 03 New York, NY Madison Square Garden SOLD OUT
Fri Aug 07 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena SOLD OUT
Sun Aug 09 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena SOLD OUT
Tue Aug 11 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena SOLD OUT
Thu Aug 13 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena SOLD OUT
Fri Aug 21 Philadelphia, PA Xfinity Mobile Arena
Sun Aug 23 Philadelphia, PA Xfinity Mobile Arena
Wed Aug 26 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
Fri Aug 28 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
Wed Sept 2 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Fri Sept 4 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Sat Sept 12 Boston, MA TD Garden
Mon Sept 14 Boston, MA TD Garden
Thu Sep 17 Cleveland, OH Rocket Arena SOLD OUT
Sat Sep 19 Cleveland, OH Rocket Arena SOLD OUT
Wed Sept 23 San Antonio, TX Frost Bank Center
Fri Sept 25 San Antonio, TX Frost Bank Center
Mon Oct 5 Denver, CO Ball Arena
Wed Oct 7 Denver, CO Ball Arena
Sat Oct 10 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
Mon Oct 12 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
Thu Oct 15 San Jose, CA SAP Center
Sat Oct 17 San Jose, CA SAP Center
Sun Oct 25 Washington D.C. Capital One Arena
Tues Oct 27 Washington D.C. Capital One Arena
Fri Oct 30 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Sun Nov 1 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Thu Nov 5 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live
Sat Nov 7 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live
Mon Nov 9 Tampa, FL Benchmark International Arena
Wed Nov 11 Tampa, FL Benchmark International Arena
Fri Nov 20 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center
Sun Nov 22 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center
Wed Nov 25 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
Fri Nov 27 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
Tue Dec 1 Glendale, AZ Desert Diamond Arena
Thu Dec 3 Glendale, AZ Desert Diamond Arena
Thu Dec 10 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
Sat Dec 12 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
Tue Dec 15 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
Thu Dec 17 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
RUSH 2027 TOUR DATES:
Fri Jan 15 Buenos Aires, AR Movistar Arena
Sun Jan 17 Santiago, CL Estadio Bicentenario La Florida
Tue Jan 19 Santiago, CL Estadio Bicentenario La Florida
Fri Jan 22 Curitiba, BR Arena Da Baixada
Sun Jan 24 São Paulo, BR Allianz Parque SOLD OUT
Tue Jan 26 São Paulo, BR Allianz Parque
Sat Jan 30 Rio de Janeiro, BR Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos (Engenhão)
Mon Feb 1 Belo Horizonte, BR Estádio Mineirão
Thu Feb 4 Brasília, BR Arena BRB Mané Garrincha
Fri Feb 19 Paris, FR La Défense Arena
Sun Feb 21 Berlin, DE Uber Arena
Tue Feb 23 Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome
Thu Feb 25 Munich, DE Olympiahalle
Sun Feb 28 Cologne, DE Lanxess Arena
Tue Mar 2 Hamburg, DE Barclays Arena
Thu Mar 4 Stuttgart, DE Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Mon Mar 8 Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro SOLD OUT
Wed Mar 10 Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro
Fri Mar 12 Manchester, UK Co-op Live SOLD OUT
Sun Mar 14 Manchester, UK Co-op Live
Tue Mar 16 London, UK O2 Arena SOLD OUT
Thu Mar 18 London, UK O2 Arena SOLD OUT
Sun Mar 21 London, UK O2 Arena
Sat Mar 27 Kraków, PL Tauron Arena Kraków
Tue Mar 30 Milan, IT Unipol Dome
Thu Apr 1 Basel, CH St. Jakobshalle Basel
Sun Apr 4 Copenhagen, DK Royal Arena
Tue Apr 6 Oslo, NO Unity Arena
Thu Apr 8 Stockholm, SE Avicii Arena
Sat Apr 10 Helsinki, FI Veikkaus Arena SOLD OUT
ABOUT RUSH
RUSH took rock music into uncharted territory and to unmatched heights fueled by the once-in-a-lifetime interplay of Geddy Lee [bass, keys, vocals], Alex Lifeson [guitar, vocals], and the late Neil Peart [drums, lyrics]. Selling over 45 million albums worldwide, garnering seven GRAMMY® Award nominations, tallying billions of streams, and earning induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame®, and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, the pioneering trio’s incalculable influence has spanned generations, attracting one of the most ardent audiences in history. These musicians effectively reimagined and redefined rock without boundaries, striking a balance between elite instrumentation, anthemic vocals, provocative lyricism, and timeless storytelling both sonically and thematically. RUSH notably achieved “the third most consecutive gold/platinum studio albums by a rock band behind only the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.” Furthermore, their accolades have included becoming Officers of the Order of Canada in 1996, achieving the Canadian Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in 2012, and receiving recognition with both a star on the Canada Walk of Fame and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The world tragically said goodbye to Peart on January 7, 2020 following his battle with brain cancer. Honouring Peart and the legacy the band had forged together, Lee and Lifeson celebrated RUSH on tour in 2026. It’s a moment for new listeners to finally experience this music live in all of its glory and another chance for the group’s faithful fanbase to rally again.
