Neil Peart news update June 20, 2008
NEWS, WEATHER, and SPORTS - June, 2008: WHEN THE ROAD ENDS
As expected, Neil Peart has taken advantage of the band’s last extended break on the 2008 tour to compose another News Update to his website. Neil spends a lot of time describing his motorcycle travels across the Northwest, through snow and wind and winding, rock-strewn roads. He adds this little tidbit regarding the upcoming live DVD of the Rotterdam shows, due out this fall:
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Rush to receive star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame June 19, 2008
25 getting Hollywood Walk of Fame stars next year
About a month ago I alerted you to a campaign that was underway to get Rush a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The campaign is spearheaded by long-time Rush friend Donna Halper - the woman who is credited with discovering Rush while working at WMMS-FM in Cleveland back in 1974 - and Rush fans extraordinaire Keith and Kevin Purdy. Well, it looks like their efforts have paid off. According to an Associated Press news release from this morning, Rush will be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year! More details as they become available. Thanks to unique43 for the heads up.
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Tour attendance and sales figures update
The official Billboard Boxscore attendance and sales figures for 5 more dates were released yesterday. The Moline, St. Paul, George, Ridgefield and Boise shows have reported numbers. Keep in mind that the capacity figures reported do not correspond to the actual physical capacity of the venue; it reflects the number of tickets that were made available to be sold. The new least-attended show for the tour is now the Boise date with only 5,568 tickets sold; and the new least-grossing date is the Moline show with $298,153 in sales. With the new numbers, the average attendance for reported dates has been 7,681 tickets sold out of 9,680 available and the average gross sales has been $515,733. Many thanks to Mark S for providing the numbers. I’ve added the figures to the tour section, each individual show’s open thread and also repeated them here.
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Rock Band: Moving Pictures to be made available for download June 18, 2008
As most Rush fans know already, the popular video game Rock Band included Tom Sawyer as one of its featured tracks, with Limelight and Working Man later released for download. Harmonix Music Systems released a software update in March for the game which included an in-game music store. Since then they”ve made 3 full albums available for download in the store, the latest being the Pixies” Doolittle. The latest issue of Game Informer magazine (July 2008) reports in their Loose Talk section that the next album slated for release will be Rush”s Moving Pictures! The big question then is whether these will be the master tracks or cover versions; all the Rush tracks released thus far have been covers. Thanks to Doug B for the heads up.
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Donna Halper talks Rush, friendship and politics
With a Little Help From My Friends
Donna Halper is a highly respected radio consultant, media historian, author and - most importantly to readers of this site - the woman who is credited with discovering Rush while working as a program director at WMMS in Cleveland back in 1974. Donna recently attended the show in Boston and was inspired to write an article at OpEdNews.com titled With a Little Help From My Friends. The article focuses on the topic of friendship and how it relates to politics. She uses her long-running friendship with Rush to illustrate her point. Here’s an excerpt:
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Chris Stankee of Sabian: The Accidental Drum Tech June 17, 2008
SABIAN’s Chris Stankee travels with Neil Peart on the RUSH Tour
In one of my updates posts from last month I mentioned how Chris Stankee of Sabian Cymbals had to fill in as Neil Peart’s drum tech for a few shows because of regular drum tech Lorne Wheaton (aka Gump) having an emergency appendectomy. He also got to be Neil’s riding partner for a few days on top of that.
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Boston open thread June 15, 2008
Rush plays Boston tonight before taking a 10-day break. For all going, have a great time, and to all the dads out there - have a happy Father’s Day!
Date/Time: Sunday, June 15th @ 7:30PM
Show Number: 32
Venue: Comcast Center
Place: Mansfield, MA
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Philadelphia open thread June 14, 2008
Reader Kalman wanted me to let everyone know about some planned pre-show activities. Folks will start to gather at Moriarty’s Pub at around 2PM and then onto the AT&T Pavilion at the Wachovia Center at 5-5:30PM. Have a blast everybody!
Date/Time: Saturday, June 14th @ 7:30PM
Show Number: 31
Venue: Wachovia Center
Place: Philadelphia, PA
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New Rush.com video: The Great Spider Cook-off June 13, 2008
There’s another new video up at Rush.com Multimedia: Rush Video section. This one is pretty interesting and illustrates some of the bizarre issues that road crews sometimes have to contend with on the road. This video was shot before the show at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion (aka The Spiderdome) back on April 19th. I won’t spoil the surprise - just check it out… you won’t be disappointed. 
Thanks to coolphantom190 for the heads up.
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Updates and other random Rush stuff
The band will hit Philadelphia and Boston over the weekend before taking a 10-day break. They’ll kickoff the last third of the tour on June 25th for the rescheduled show at Red Rocks. Other than the tour there’s not much going on in Rush-land this week so this will be a short update; just a few bits of Rush randomness to report.
Here’s a little preview article for the Boston show from the Boston Phoenix which includes a mini-interview with Geddy Lee.
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