I have been a big fan of the band Rush for many years now. I am especially fond of their early music (like 2112), but I have a soft spot for what they did in the first half of the 1990s as well. The first concert I ever went to was a Who concert in 1989 when I was 12 years old. The second was a Rush concert the next year. I've now been to four Rush tours, the most recent a couple of years ago just before we went to Spain.
Well, they are putting out a new album in May, called Snakes & Arrows. They have a very brief clip from the single they're going to release in March on their website, and I think it bodes very well. The best news is that they're going to tour again this summer, and Plainbellied has said she'll go with me. To give an idea of what this means: she never liked Rush until I played her some more stuff last year. They are still not her favorite, but she will tolerate them, and it will be the first time she's ever been to a big rock show. She saw James Taylor once, but that's not the same. I used to go to concerts all the time (the Who, Rush, Lollapalooza, Deep Purple, Bob Dylan), but I haven't done much the past few years. Well, this summer we'll go see a good show (Rush is great live), and we'll have a good time. How cool is that?
2 comments:
That's a good wife. :)
My Hubby used to really like Rush as well. I was more of a Cheap Trick fan.
You know, I just put Cheap Trick at Budokan on my must-buy CD list. We used to listen to it all the time. Our favorite line was just before they sang "Surrender." He says, "This next song is from our new AL-bum." It was AWESOME!
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