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Tiles' new album Fly Paper is now available. The album includes Alex Lifeson on guitar on the track "Sacred and Mundane", and is produced by longtime Rush producer, Terry Brown. Other guest performers include Alannah Myles, Max Webster's Kim Mitchell, and Hugh Syme, who like previous Tile's releases, also created the album artwork.

"Terry had approached Alex about making a guest appearance – and played him some of our new songs. Alex liked what he heard and said he would have a chance to do 'something' before Rush began rehearsals for their 'Snakes and Arrows' tour. The window of opportunity arrived this past March – and Terry went to Alex’ studio where the two proceeded to work their magic on "Sacred and Mundane." Listening to Alex' parts for the first time was amazing – and the amount of work he put into the song was beyond what we could have hoped for. He came up with a counter-riff that literally 'became' the song; he added acoustic guitars to the refrains; played an acoustic Celtic counter-melody in the bridge; came up with a cool backwards solo in the breakdown section; and added an assortment of guitar textures and effects from start to finish. Terry and Alex spent almost 12-hours recording." - Chris Herin, guitarist, Tiles-music.com

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A cover of "Tom Sawyer" is one of the original 26 songs included on the music video game Rock Band, and in early January a cover of "Limelight" was made available as an in-game download purchase. In late January, a Progressive Pack was made available which includes "Working Man" 'as made famous by Rush'.

In addition to allowing the player to master lead guitar, Rock Band challenges rockers to master bass guitar, drums and vocals. This is the second game to include Rush cover songs in Harmonix/Electronic Arts' games; "YYZ" was included in Guitar Hero 2.

"With a lot of the rock guitar games that are available now...a whole new audience is coming around to knowing who we are. We're seeing a lot of young kids that have learned about Rush that way. So its very interesting to us to see all of these 11 - 14 year old budding guitar players coming to our shows." - Alex Lifeson, KZRR Albuquerque phone interview, April 8th, 2008

- CD Version - MVI DVD Edition - Vinyl Edition News - Tour Archive

Snakes & Arrows was released on CD May 1st 2007, as a double album on June 19th, as well as the new MVI (Music Video Interactive) format on June 26th. In the UK, a "Special UK Tour Edition" was released September 3rd, essentially as a 2 disk counterpart to the MVI; both include 96kHz/24 bit hi-resolution stereo as well as 5.1 surround sound; "Rush: The Game of Snakes and Arrows" 45-minute documentary on the making of the album; digital extras including wallpapers, buddy icons, screensavers, and more. The 2007 leg of the Snakes & Arrows tour kicked off June 3rd in Atlanta, Georgia, and came to a close October 29th, in Helsinki Finland. The 6th highest U.S. tour gross of the summer earning over $27 million, 3rd among rock acts, after 46 shows Rush had an attendance of 489,130 with 71% of seats filled. To commemorate the tour, the band filmed a live concert DVD in Rotterdam October 16th and 17th, to be released later in 2008. Click here for complete Snakes & Arrows tour archive.

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The Permanent Waves Ultradisc II™ 24 KT Gold CD by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs is now available. This CD comes in heavy stock cardboard gatefold which replicates the original vinyl album packaging, and is gold stamped with a number making it a true limited edition. The CD itself is in a soft cloth sleeve which slips into the gatefold along with the CD booklet and a MOFI technical data informational card. The artwork is faithful to the original album, and even includes the incorrect lyrics of "Freewill" which were eventually corrected in the original Mercury remaster.

Mobile Fidelity's Limited Edition 24k Gold Audiophile CDs are some of the most valuable collector's items within the Audiophile market, pressed directly from the original studio master session tapes and engineered to produce the finest CD sound quality available. This is the fourth Rush album to be released in the Ultradisc II™ line; previous releases include 2112 (1993), Moving Pictures (1992), and Signals (1994), all of which are now out of print; the Permanent Waves Ultradisc II™ is sure to be highly coveted by Rush Audiophiles. Click here to preorder.

Mobile Fidelity's 180 gram vinyl release of Permanent Waves is also now available, with preordered copies also now delivering. This will be a numbered limited edition (how limited is unknown), click here to preorder.