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After weeks of speculation and rumor, here are the newly confirmed tour dates for Rush’s 2008 North American tour:
Apr. 11 - San Juan, PR - Coliseo de Puerto Rico
Apr. 13 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
Apr. 15 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center
Apr. 17 - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Apr. 19 [...]

Due to popular demand, the Rush Backstage Club is once again offering the Rush Bobblehead Dolls, made famous back on the R30 tour intermission videos. The price is $59.99. Get yours here.

RushIsABand.com has posted the first batch of dates for Rush’s 2008 ‘Snakes & Arrows’ tour.

Rock Band, that video game everyone’s talking about, has added the Rush classic Limelight to the list of downloadable tracks. The game already ships with Tom Sawyer, and it’s predecessor, Guitar Hero, featured YYZ. Harmonix, the developer for Rock Band, has promised to release new songs for the game on a weekly basis.
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Rush has issued the following Press Release:
RUSH EXTEND WORLD TOUR INTO 2008
TORONTO, ON – December 12, 2007:
After a hugely successful 2007 run, Rush are pleased to announce they will extend their Snakes & Arrows World Tour into 2008. The band will begin rehearsals in March to revamp the set list before kicking off the tour [...]

Our next holiday contest comes to us from Rush appreciation website Cygnus-X1.net. One lucky winner will receive the following:

Snakes & Arrows CD
Snakes & Arrows Special-Edition MVI
The Snakes & Arrows Tour Book
A deck of Rush Playing Cards
A Snakes & Arrows Key Chain
The Tribute CD Lush
A custom-made, one-of-a-kind Cygnus-X1.Net t-shirt

The winner will be chosen by December 17th. [...]

Neil Peart has posted more tales (and photos) from his recent travels on Rush’s European tour. Read it all here.
Of course it’s just my opinion, but to me, my life is not dedicated to the place, but to the journey, and to the hour of arriving. All the while knowing that, all too soon, there [...]