Rush News

Alex Lifeson's Painting Auctioned For Charity

Alex Lifeson created a painting for "A Brush of Hope", along with paintings by nearly 90 other Canadian celebrities, which were auctioned off to benefit the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Lifeson's auction ended last night (Nov. 12), and his painting sold for $2,705.

Rush In Rio Single DVD Edition

For those that passed on it the first time around, Rush In Rio is now available as a single disk edition DVD. This edition is apparently identical to disk one of the 2 DVD edition, containing the concert only.

YYZ Covered In "Guitar Hero 2"

The videogame Guitar Hero 2 is now available, and includes a cover of "YYZ". The Playstation 2 Edition was released Nov. 7th, although Xbox 360 users will have to wait until 2007. Besides 'YYZ', the game also includes covers of Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs', Butthole Surfers' 'Who Was in My Room Last Night?', KISS' 'Strutter', Reverend Horton Heat's 'Psychobilly Freakout', and Van Halen's 'You Really Got Me.'"

Neil Peart on Rick Mercer Report

On Tuesday's Rick Mercer report, Rick "takes drumming lessons from Rush's Neil Peart" and they also discuss Neil's motorcycling. The episode aired Tuesday Nov. 7th, at 8:00pm and will repeat Friday the 10th at 8:30pm on Canada's CBC. Click here to view the video segment. Geddy Lee previously appeared on the Rick Mercer report in January 2004, in a report titled "Celebrity Winter Advice With Geddy Lee".