Billboard has posted a comprehensive interview with Rush’s longtime Art Director Hugh Syme detailing some of the stories behind the band’s iconic album covers.

Jared Max from CBS New York leads off his article by declaring: “Rush is the greatest rock band in the world. Period. The end.” Well, okay, there’s more. Jared offers a personal account and review of both R40Live shows in Newark and New York. “Every night, Rush brings it like it is Game 7.”

Brooklyn Vegan posted a bunch of shots from Rush’s June 29th show at Madison Square Garden in New York.

A followup piece to the cover story written by Rolling Stone Senior writer Brian Hiatt, here’s a fun list of “22 Things You Learn Hanging Out With Rush.”

Radio.com’s Brian Ives posted an extensive recounting of Rush’s R40 Live show on June 27th in Newark, NJ.

Christa Titus wrote a review for Billboard about the June 27th R40 Live show in Newark: “Although the current R40 Live 40th Anniversary Tour is likely to be the band’s last major outing, guitarist Alex Lifeson, singer-bassist-keyboardist Geddy Lee and drummer Neil Peart aren’t curtailing their road work because they’ve lost the love of performing. All three of them, despite being in their 60s, played with the fervor of newbies who are still wet behind the ears.” “The satisfaction Lee and Lifeson derived from it was evident in their frequent smiles and animated posturing, while Peart could have been mistaken for being perpetually grumpy if fans didn’t already know that …

“For three gentlemen over 60, Messrs. Lee, Lifeson and Peart played with the energy of teenagers first thrust upon the world’s stage”

We are saddened to learn of the passing of legendary rock bassist Chris Squire, co-founder of the band Yes.

Rush and Qello Concerts introduce “Rush On Demand,” providing full-length Rush concerts and documentaries streamed on demand to any device. Rush on Demand with Qello will launch this Friday with the first backstage R40 webisode.

Jordan Zivitz from the Montreal Gazette posted a review of Rush’s performance at the Bell Centre on June 21: “…Sunday’s 2 1/2-hour Bell Centre show wasn’t the occasion to ponder Rush’s uncertain future. This was the time to celebrate a catalogue that has remained amazingly consistent in quality (if not in tone), and a live band that is still capable of being surgically precise and visceral at the same time.”