Rush News Visit Hughes-and-Kettner.com to see a short video of how Zach Tabore became Hughes & Kettner's newest youngest endorsee.....thanks to Alex Lifeson! Thanks to Darin Loccarin for the heads up!
The promo copy submitted to radio stations includes three versions of the song; the radio-edit (4:19), the live version (5:03) and the full album version (4:55). If you haven't heard it in your area, contact your local rock stations and request it! In addition, the track is available as an mp3 download from Amazon.  RushCon 8 will take place July 8-10, 2008 in Toronto. This is the first midweek Rushcon ever, scheduled to coincide with the Toronto RUSH concert on Wednesday, July 9th. The convention will be held at the Days Hotel & Conference Center - Toronto Downtown. Planned events include Tuesday night's "In the Mood" Mixer, Wednesday day's "RUSH-based Games and Charity Auction" (a chance to win cool RUSH prizes plus a RUSH memorabilia auction including autographed items!) benefiting the Daily Bread Food Bank of Toronto (to date, Rushcon has raised $40,000 CND for charity!); Wednesday night will include a Toronto Harbor boat cruise to the RUSH show, concluding with tours of Toronto on Thursday. Visit RushCon.org for details.
Neil Peart has updated his website with his latest installment of "News, Weather & Sports": "The Best February Ever". In it he fills us in on how he's been spending his winter in Quebec, and discusses his cross-country skiing passion in detail. In addition, he talks about the second leg of the Snakes & Arrows tour, both the reasons behind it as well as his well known dislike of touring:
"Early in March I will have to start preparing for another series of concerts, a 'continuation' of the Snakes and Arrows tour. (The Snakes and Arrows 'surge,' I call it.) We had planned to end the tour in Europe last fall, but apparently more people want to see us, or see us again, so we were asked to do more shows. Some of them will be in places we haven’t got to for a while, like New Orleans, Oklahoma City, and Winnipeg, and that is nice, plus we plan to make a few changes to the setlist and presentation to freshen it up a little. Although the world knows by now that I’m not crazy about touring, I sure don’t discount the good fortune that we can still do it, personally and professionally — that we can play better than ever, and that people will come and see us. That’s not something I have ever taken for granted. As I have said to friends who might be having their own work difficulties, 'At least if I have to work, I’m glad I can.' And not just any old job, of course — pretty much the best job there is — but none-the-less a hard one." - NeilPeart.net, March 2008
The Gibson Alex Lifeson Signature ES-355 is now available from at Guitar Center and Musician's Friend for a cool $3,699 (that's discounted from the suggested retail price of $5,645.00). If bass is your instrument of choice, you can pick up the Fender Geddy Lee Signature Jazz Bass for a mere $849!
 "The Alex Lifeson ES-355 features a maple body, 3-piece maple neck, '57 Classic pickups with individual volume and tone controls, and a Maestro Long vibrola tailpiece. It would be the consummate prog rock machine even if it weren't the chosen axe of the Rush guitarist, but because it is, you know it's got the goods. The Vibrola is one of the least wood-invasive tremolo options, keeping the belly of this archtop guitar remarkably pristine and preserving it's natural resonance. The Alex Lifeson Signature ES-355's individual volume and tone controls for each of the '57 Classic pickups give you full reign over the wide spectrum of tones of which these faithful Alnico II replicas of the 1950s PAF humbuckers are capable.'For 33 years, Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has personified the consummate rock innovator a sonic adventurer capable of producing mind-blowing power chords and dizzying arpeggios alike, ultimately sculpted into huge, rich melodies and ingenious arrangements. Throughout most of Lifeson s ride to superstardom, a 1976 Gibson ES-355 has been by his side, both in the studio and on stage. With it, he has created many of Rush s breathtaking layered soundscapes, and the very same ES-355 continues to be an indispensable part of his live arsenal. This Gibson electric guitar is a painstaking recreation of the iconic instrument. It's Gibson s heartfelt tribute to a true modern master, and to the guitar he used to expand the definition of popular music." - GuitarCenter.com Archives
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