Rush Lost Its Beloved Drummer. The Band Is Ready to Get Back on the Road. (opens in new tab)

Rush went silent after losing their drummer Neil Peart to brain cancer in 2020. The band is now returning to touring with Anika Nilles, who’s forged her own relationship with the group. The shows will be the first in five decades without Peart, whose hyper-meticulous playing style and probing, philosophical lyrics made him an icon to generations of brainy rock introverts. The tour will explicitly honor him. “In the back of my mind and in the back of my heart, it’s felt like unfinished busines...