Tickets will go on sale for select cities for the R40 Live tour today, January 30th. All tickets go on sale at 10AM local time (12PM local time for San Jose).

Fly By Night, the first of the vinyl re-issues celebrating #R40 is now available. It, like all the forthcoming re-issues in 2015 are remastered on 200-gram, heavyweight vinyl at legendary Abbey Road Studios using the Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) audiophile copper plating process, all from original analogue masters.

Alex went to hometown Toronto station Q107 this morning to chat with his pal John Derringer on a myriad of interesting topics in addition to the R40 tour.

Celebrating 40 years, Rush and Live Nation confirmed that the R40 LIVE Tour will visit 34 cities throughout North America this summer beginning May 8 in Tulsa, OK and finishing August 1st in Los Angeles, CA. These not to be missed concerts will highlight four decades of the band’s music. Tickets for the RUSH: R40 LIVE TOUR will go on sale starting January 30, 2015 in select markets.

In honor of forty years of Rush, we thought we’d polish this puppy up a bit. Behold our new website, chock full of features, news, and history. It’s also mobile friendly and built with the latest and greatest technology. It will become the definitive Rush resource.

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced via a press release earlier today that Rush will be the recipient of the 2015 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award.

Fly By Night, Rush’s second album, is being re-released and has been remastered on 200-gram, heavyweight vinyl at legendary Abbey Road Studios using the Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) audiophile copper plating process, all from original analogue masters. It’s available for pre-order now.

NPR’s Morning Edition is doing a week-long feature about drums and drummers. For the second installment in “Beat Week,” Steve Inskeep spoke with Neil Peart about his early fascination with Gene Krupa and the demanding requirements of his playing.

Geddy Lee taped an episode of the new PBS series “Speakeasy” on November 7th in New York City, and Speakeasy posted a sneak preview of the interview

Earlier this year, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) kicked off its own celebration of the band’s 40th anniversary with the reissue of Rush’s self-titled 1974 debut. Now, All titles will be reissued on high-quality vinyl in 2015.