RUSH fans have spent years living off memories, bootlegs, and the kind of deep emotional attachment that never really loosens its grip.
Geddy Lee has cracked the door open once again though, suggesting new RUSH music could happen once the band wraps their massive 2026 return run.
In a new interview with Music Radar, the RUSH bassist and vocalist spoke about the possibility of recording again after the upcoming ‘Fifty Something’ headline tour, featuring Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson, alongside German drummer Anika Nilles.
Before the tour planning took over everything, Lee says he was already gearing up to write again:
“My intent, before we got into this celebration of RUSH’s history, was to put some music together,” Geddy said.
“Now, I assumed I would be doing that on my own, not with Alex, but when we started jamming, I started seeing the possibility of doing something with Alex — but all of that went on hold now because there’s too much work. There’s too much work to do for this tour to even think about that. But if we manage to survive the tour, and go back to Canada and have a rest, who knows what’ll happen, but I suspect some music will eventually come out.”
Anika Nilles could shape what comes next
Nilles has been rehearsing with Lee and Lifeson ahead of the tour, and Geddy seems genuinely curious about what she could bring beyond the live setting.
“It would be fun to see what [Anika] can do in a creative situation. Like, that would be fun. But it’s all speculation until it isn’t, so…”
If you’re a RUSH purist, it’s worth saying it out loud, nobody “replaces” Neil Peart, that’s not how this works, but bringing in someone like Nilles, who’s proven herself in technical circles and toured with Jeff Beck in 2022, feels more like RUSH doing what they’ve always done, swinging for something ambitious, even when it’s uncomfortable.
The ‘Fifty Something’ tour details
The tour kicks off June 7th, 2026 at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles, and it’s being pitched as an “evening with” format featuring two sets per night. Each show will pull from a catalogue of 35 songs, with rotating setlists built around greatest hits and fan favourites, the initial dates reportedly sold out fast, and the run has since expanded due to demand.
Whether new music actually follows is still up in the air, but the fact Geddy’s even talking about it feels like a jolt of electricity through the old circuits.
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