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Alex Lifeson to perform at the 7th annual Andy Kim Christmas Concert this evening

Wed, Dec 14, 2011@2:25PM | comments removed/disabled

UPDATE - 12/15@6:31AM: Reader Andrew W attended the show last night and reports that Alex Lifeson was a no-show for reasons unknown.

Alex Lifeson will be among the performers at the 7th annual Andy Kim Christmas Concert this evening at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. All proceeds from the concert will go to Toronto's Julliette's Place (Homeward Family Shelter). In addition to Alex, performers will include Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning from Broken Social Scene, members of Finger Eleven and Ron Sexsmith. Alex Lifeson also performed at last year's concert and you can check out videos and photos from that event in this post. Andy Kim was recently interviewed ahead of the event for an article in today's Toronto Star and had the following to say about Alex's performance last year:

"Alex Lifeson was there last year and he played on 'Shoot 'em Up, Baby,' 'Rock Me Gently' and 'Sugar Sugar,'" he enthuses. "I knew that the gods of Rush probably found it a sacrilege, but I felt like a kid having someone like Alex playing on my songs. It was just brilliant."

Tickets for the show are $26 CND and are available at all Ticketmaster, Rotate This, Soundscapes, online at ticketweb.ca or by calling 416-870-8000. Here's some video of Alex playing on Rock Me Gently from last year's performance:

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