BY MELISSA RUGGIERI
Rush, as long speculated, is indeed hitting the road for their 40th anniversary tour.
The band will play 34 cities across North America, commencing May 8 in Tulsa, Okla., and swinging through town May 26 at Alpharetta’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park.
Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 30 for $40.50-$149.50. Tickets can be purchased at all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Fan club pre-sales are available now.
Rush stated that the concerts will highlight their four decades of music and noted that this will likely be their last tour of this magnitude.
While the tour ostensibly celebrates the 40th anniversary of drummer Neil Peart joining the band, that actually happened in 1974. But since Rush had recently wrapped its lengthy "Clockwork Angels" tour last year, the band opted to commemorate the anniversary in 2015.
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Here is the band's itinerary:
5/8 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
5/10 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
5/12 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
5/14 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
5/16 – Austin, TX @ 360 Amphitheater
5/18 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
5/20 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
5/22 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Arena
5/24 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
5/26 – Atlanta, GA @ Verizon Amphitheater
5/28 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
5/30 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
6/8 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
6/10 – Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center
6/12 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
6/14 – Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
6/17 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
6/21 – Montreal, QC @ Bel Centre
6/23 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
6/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
6/27 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
6/29 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
7/9 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
7/11 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
7/13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center
7/15 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
7/17 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
7/19 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
7/21 – Portland, OR @ MODA Center
7/23 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose
7/25 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
7/27 – Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
7/30 – Irvine Meadows, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/1 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
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