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Fri, Jan 4, 2008@11:40AM | comments removed/disabled

UPDATE - 1/10@9:18PM: Reader DawgTrappedInIndy pointed out that the Gibson list is in alphabetical order, not ranked in any way.

UPDATE - 1/4@7:36PM: CORRECTION: That Gibson list is now the top 30 albums of 2007 (I swear it was just 20 yesterday... either that or my cold meds are starting to get the best of me). And Snakes & Arrows is on there at #21. They have a nice writeup too. Thanks to tcshan2112 for spotting that.

UPDATE - 1/4@1:13PM: I thought I'd emphasize something concerning the potential Idaho Center show I mentioned. Just because the band puts a hold on venue does not guarantee they will play there. For this tour it's likely the band will put up to 60 or 70 venues on hold, but will only actually end up playing 40-45 of those. I just want to make sure everyone is aware of this. Pretty much all of these venues should be considered pending until the official tour announcement by the band.

Happy New Year everyone! It stands to be another great year for Rush and its fans. Within the next 2 weeks we should be getting the official announcement of the 2008 tour dates, venues and ticket information. In the meantime I expect to get a bit more advance info regarding venues and dates. And I actually already have a few venue updates to report; Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids is out, Joe Louis Arena in Detroit is in, and the Idaho Center in Boise, Idaho is another Pending date (thanks Brian B). I've updated the current venue list and should have a post up in the next few days with a few more updates. And for all my South American readers - I have it on good authority that the South American dates will happen, so there's nothing to worry about on that front. I'm unsure what all the hubbub in the Chilean papers was about.

I let you know earlier this week that you can now listen online to the new Tiles track which features Alex Lifeson - Sacred & Mundane. It's available on the band's website at this location. The band's new album Fly Paper will be released in North America on January 29th. According to Blabbermouth, the band have scheduled an in-store appearance on Saturday, February 2nd at Record Time in Roseville, Michigan where they will play a casual 45-minute set at approximately 6PM and sign copies of the new album. Tiles's official CD-release party for Fly Paper will be held on Sunday, March 9 at the Magic Bag in Detroit.

Yesterday saw the release of Limelight for the Rock Band video game. The song is now available for download on the PlayStation Network.

Alex Lifeson's backstage video interview included with the December 2007 issue of Guitarist magazine is now up on YouTube.

In the last poll I asked which of the Snakes & Arrows songs played on the 1st leg would you most like to see dropped on the 2nd leg. Spindrift came way out on top with 36% and The Larger Bowl had 18%. None of the above took the 3rd spot with 15% of the vote and The Way the Wind Blows had 12%. The rest all came in at under 5%. For this next poll I thought I'd just ask what everyone's favorite live album is. Take the poll and let us know.

Power Windows recently reported this bit of news regarding a new compilation album from Godsmack that was released last month. It's titled Good Times, Bad Times: 10 Years of Godsmack and among the sixteen included tracks is the Neil Peart-inspired song Serenity. The package also includes a 75-minute DVD titled An Evening With Godsmack which features a recent acoustic performance filmed at the House of Blues in Las Vegas. During a Q&A with the crowd, Sully Erna explains that Serenity was written after reading Neil Peart's book Ghost Rider: Travels On The Healing Road. Sully gives the audience a short synopsis of Neil's tragic story and then goes on to credit Neil as being an important influence on himself and fellow Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin.

Reader Lamb Saag made a very cool photo to go along with the Lost Power Windows Demo Tape. It's ideal for use as the album art for the demo in iTunes or similar programs. Here's the link to the full-res jpeg.

Grizz over at Counterparts wanted me to let you know about his new radio show on Ashland, Oregon's community radio station KSKQ. It's called New Radio Order and airs Saturdays from Noon to 3PM PST (9-12 EST). Each week he features a couple or three artists, usually at least one whole album, and some short talk segments. This week is all Rush and he'll be playing the solo albums; Victor and My Favorite Headache. And yes, they stream.

There are a few more end-of-year lists to report on.

Reader 1-2-bucklemyshoe let me know that Rock 107 out of Scranton, PA counted down the 1007 top classic rock songs of all time over the holidays. Rush made the list 11 times including The Spirit of Radio at #87 and Tom Sawyer at #196. You can check out the entire list at this link.

Lance The Shred pointed me to a Classic Rock Revisited survey of the Top 50 Live Albums of all time. They listed their own picks along with their readers' picks. Their list included Exit... Stage Left at #8 and All The World's A Stage was 12th. On the reader list, All The World's A Stage was 15th and Exit... Stage Left made the cut at #21. You can check out the entire list at this link.

And here's a list from Gibson Guitars of the top 20 albums of 2007 that dared to not include Rush! Luckily there's an email address listed so you can let them know how that makes you feel. :) Thanks to briano for the heads up.

Have a great weekend!

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