While Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are still close, and still play music together, fans shouldn’t hold out hope that they’ll resurrect the band.
In a new interview with Classic Rock magazine, Lifeson reveals he and Lee enjoy jamming together, but that doesn’t mean we’ll see Rush again.
“It’s good to jam with friends as you get older,” Lifeson shares. “I need to play. Once a week I go to Ged’s – it’s in the calendar – keep my fingers moving, play Rush stuff, new jams. We do record it, but I couldn’t even begin to tell you where it’ll go.”
Lifeson says there are days “I wake up wanting to go out there and tour again,” but then there are others where he doesn’t, especially because there’s no replacing their drummer, Neil Peart, who passed away in 2020.
“For forty years Rush included Neil,” he says. “And I don’t think putting some new version together would have the same magic.”
Rush’s final tour, R40, ended in 2015, with Lifeson noting they “went out on a high note playing as well as ever with one of our best stage shows.”
“I guess I’d rather be remembered for that legacy than returning as the top Rush tribute band,” he adds.
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