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Sun, Oct 12, 2025

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Rush to embark on a 7 city, 23 date Fifty Something tour in 2026 with new drummer Anika Nilles! Details, ticket info, interviews, videos and more here.
Geddy Lee's new baseball book 72 Stories now available to purchase and Ged did a signing at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Oct. 11. Details, photos and more here.
Geddy Lee has releaseed a paperback edition of his 2023 memoir My Effin' Life including a new bonus chapter titled My Effin' Appendix. Details here.
The Rheostatics along with Alex Lifeson and special guests to perform The Great Lakes Suite November 22nd in Toronto. Details, tickets and more here.
Alex Lifeson sits in with Tom Morello's band in Toronto to perform Limelight. Details, video and more here.
Rush: The Albums - 2002-2012 7-LP box set now available for purchase. Details here.
RIAB now has an official YouTube channel, full of videos of Rush references, old interviews and live clips. Check it out and SUBSCRIBE here
Magic Power: All Star Tribute to Triumph featuring Rush's Alex Lifeson and his Envy of None bandmates now available. Details here.
Geddy Lee IN-PERSON APPEARANCE at Dine Alone Store in Toronto for Record Store Day April 12th to promote The Lost Demos. Details, photos and more here.
Alex Lifeson's Envy of None project's new album Stygian Wavz now available for purchase. Details, available formats, videos, and more here.
Rush 50th anniversary compilation box set NOW AVAILABLE. Details, tracklist, photos, reviews and more here.
Neil Peart's Silver Surfers coffee table book now available for purchase. Details, cover and more here.
Sat, Oct 11, 2025@4:14PM | comments

Geddy Lee's latest book 72 Stories from the Collection of Geddy Lee released last Tuesday, and earlier today Geddy Lee visited the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City for a 72 Stories signing event at the Museum. From the announcement:

Thrilled to welcome the legendary Geddy Lee back to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum for a discussion and book signing for his amazing new release, "72 Stories: From the Baseball Collection of Geddy Lee! The big event is planned for 1 pm, Saturday, October 11 at the NLBM.

In 2008, Lee donated an amazing collection of over 200 baseballs autographed by former Negro League players to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM). He subsequently donated an additional lot over 200. The collection is proudly on display at the NLBM!

Best known as the legendary bassist of RUSH and New York Times bestselling author of "My Effin' Life"and "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass, Lee brings the candor, humor, and sincerity that fans loved in his previous works to this captivating new release.

Make plans to join us! Use the link to reserve your book which also includes admission to the NLBM!

The event took place earlier this afternoon and a few photos and reports are starting to appear online. Reader Brian C attended the event and sent along this photo, this one, and also this one. Museum President Bob Kendrick interviewed Geddy about the book in front of an audience of around 500 folks, and then signed copies for fans.

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Thu, Oct 9, 2025@10:39AM | comments
Fifty Something tour - more datesThe 1st round of pre-sales for Rush's "Fifty Something" tour kick off TOMORROW at 12PM local time, and RIAB has compiled all the info we have so far that fans will need to know to participate ...
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Wed, Oct 8, 2025@12:26PM | comments
Fifty Something tour - more datesRush has added an additional 11 dates to their upcoming "Fifty Something" tour, with 4 shows now in each of the stops in LA, Fort Worth, Toronto, Chicago, and New York - along with 2 in Cleveland, making a total of 23 ...
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Mon, Oct 6, 2025@10:07AM | comments
Rush Fifty Something tourGeddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have decided to dust off their instruments and bring back the Rush tour machine with new drummer Anika Nilles for a 7 city, 12 date "Fifty Something" tour in 2026 ...
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Sat, Oct 4, 2025@5:58PM | comments
Geddy Lee at the ALDS Game 1 in TorontoGeddy Lee and Rush's "Tom Sawyer" starred in a video teasing the Sportsnet broadcast of the ALDS matchup between the Blue Jays and Yankees in Toronto, and Ged is also there in his seats behind home plate ...
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Fri, Oct 3, 2025@9:19PM | comments
Geddy Lee book signing event at NLBMGeddy Lee's latest book "72 Stories from the Collection of Geddy Lee" released this past Tuesday, and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City announced earlier this evening that Ged will be hosting a 72 Stories signing event at the Museum on Saturday, October 11th ...
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Fri, Oct 3, 2025@9:23AM | comments
72 Stories from the Collection of Geddy LeeFriday Rush updates! Geddy Lee's "72 Stories" and "My Effin' Life" paperback edition, Geddy and Alex host dinner for "Grapes for Humanity" charity auction winner and friends, Alex Lifeson on "Envy of None"'s "Western Sunset" in new interview, Sabrina Carpenter is a Rush fan, Bubba Bash 2026, and more ...
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Thu, Oct 2, 2025@12:46PM | comments
Geddy and Alex hosts dinner for Grapes for Humanity's charity auction winnerGeddy Lee and Alex Lifeson host a dinner for "Grapes for Humanity" charity auction winner Chris Schmidt and friends at Barberian's Steak House in Toronto ...
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Thu, Oct 2, 2025@9:43AM | comments
My Effin' Life paperback editionGeddy Lee has releaseed a paperback edition of his 2023 memoir "My Effin' Life" including a new bonus chapter titled "My Effin' Appendix" ...
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Tue, Sep 30, 2025@5:19PM | comments
72 Stories from the Collection of Geddy LeeGeddy Lee's baseball book "72 Stories from the Collection of Geddy Lee" officially released today and is now available to purchase ...
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