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Rush’s Alex Lifeson Says There’s Life After R40 Tour: ‘I Don’t Think It Is the End’

Rumors of Rush’s demise have been greatly exaggerated — at least according to guitarist Alex Lifeson.

The Canadian trio’s R40 tour earlier this year — documented on the new R40 Live CD and home video set due Friday — was accompanied by reports that it would mark the end of Rush, mostly owing to physical ailments suffered by Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart. It may well prove to be the last tour of its kind for Rush, but the band is still very much alive and ongoing, as far as Lifeson is concerned.

Read more here plus check out Lifeson’s comments on a new album at the end of the article!