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CelebrityAccess.com: In the Hot Seat with Larry LeBlanc - Ray Danniels, SRO/Anthem

Last week CelebrityAccess.com posted a new and extensive interview with Ray Danniels, CEO and president of SRO Entertainment and the Anthem Entertainment Group.  On "In the Hot Seat with Larry LeBlanc", Ray talks about managing RUSH for four decades, maneuvering record deals over the decades, looking out for what's best for his clients, and what is to come in the future.  Of the R40 tour, and whether Rush will tour again in the future, Ray responds:
"Somewhere between possible and probable. There are some of us who would keep going forever, and there are some of us who wouldn’t. So it’s a process of working that out. And what somebody thinks today may not be what they think in a month...I am focused on making this as good as it can be, and then seeing where we are. I did not want to do a farewell tour. There was no one in the band who wanted to do that because there is nobody who thinks it is that final or thinks that they won’t make music or do something. But I will tell you this. I am probably not going to be able to get a band full of 65 year olds out again on the road--which is what would happen next time with any potential tour--they all would be 65-ish. Neil is as much an athlete as he is a musician, but with these 2 1/2 and 3 hour length sets, I don’t know if it possible to keep up with that (physical) demand. And they each want to go out on top in every single way. From their status....well, that is more me—the status—than it is them; and still having the ability to be at their best. To play at the level that they have been able to play."
You can check out the complete interview at CelebrityAccess.com. - Thanks to RushFanForever for the headsup!

1 comment:

  1. If the upcoming tour is their last hurrah, I have to say that nearly three years after it's release, "Clockwork Angels" displays Rush firing on all eight cylinders.There aren't any flaws on the album, and they would be going out in style.Although, one always hates to see a band that one has admired for so many decades calling it quits, it is also understandable.I was 13 when I picked up on Rush's music, and I am now 47 years old....I cannot recall a time that I would not anticipate the arrival of a new Rush album.They are the one band that I never outgrew.To quote a lyric, "Freeze this moment a little bit longer".

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