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”

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.”  

The Toronto Star posted a review of the Rush R40 Live show in Toronto last night, and the fact that it led with “★★★★” was a pretty nice indicator of what writer Nick Krewen was to say next

The Toronto Sun’s Jane Stevenson posted a review of Rush’s first of two shows on their R40 Live tour at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre

The Globe and Mail’s Brad Weaver took a look back through their archives in search of early-career Rush concert reviews.

“Watching virtuosos in throes of impassioned performance is always electrifying; beholding power-rock trio Rush perform before a sold-out First Niagara Center crowd in Buffalo on Wednesday night was just that.”

Beth Volpert Johansen from the Gwinnett Citizen published a review of the Rush show in Atlanta on May 26, calling the show “a comprehensive and masterful tour through their eclectic discography.”

The Tampa Bay Times’ Jay Cridlin published a review of Rush’s show on May 24th: It’s a guesstimate, but scanning Tampa’s Amalie Arena on Sunday night, I’d say a solid third of the sold-out crowd of 14,827 was wearing Rush T-shirts. “It’s not retro, it’s original!” I overheard one T-shirted fan emphatically attest to another. Who would doubt it? Rush’s legendarily obsessive fans live and die with the band, and you just know many have a drawer full of faded tees back at home. Rush may not be cool, you see, but for 40-plus years, they’ve never gone out of style. So it’s no wonder they all lifted their lighters and roared with approval as the …