Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee grace the cover of the latest edition of Guitar World magazine for a new interview where the pair discuss their unexpected reunion and upcoming Fifty Something tour, which gets underway next month. Guitar World has posted an excerpt from the interview where they detail how they came to choose drummer Anika Nilles to fill Neil Peart's impossibly large drumming shoes:

... "We didn't really know where to begin to look," Lee says. "We started with Anika because she had been recommended to me, and I had done some research on her. I loved her vibe and diverse style. "We didn't have a list," he adds. "When Al and I finally said, 'Okay, I guess we're getting serious. Who's going to sit in that impossible seat? It's daunting. We started with the name that was already on my mind. "We called her up, she came, and we hit it off. She brought a lot to the table, but more than her chops, more than her guts, and her willingness to sit in that hot seat, she brought an intelligence and a story." ...

You can read the full excerpt online here, and purchase a copy via guitarworld.com.