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Rush To Perform on the Colbert Report; First TV Appearance In Over 30 Years

Posted almost 4 years ago

Tomorrow Night (Wednesday, July 16) Canadian trio RUSH will play its classic "Tom Sawyer" on the Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report." The scheduled broadcast will be the group's first performance on television since 1975, reports the CBC.

As previously reported, the group is on tour in support of their latest Snakes & Arrows released via Atlantic. Released May 1st, 2007. Their 18th studio album, it debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard album chart with sales of 93,000 copies.

The 2008 leg of the Snakes & Arrows tour kicked off on April 11 in San Juan, Puerto Rico and will conclude July 22 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Check them out on the Colbert Report at 8:30 p.m. PST

Official site:

http://www.rush.com/

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Comments (6)

  1. UffinGreg
    UffinGreg says

    wow, 30 years

    Permalink posted 07/15/2008
  2. nordico
    nordico says

    Fantastic! Will Geddy be playing through the roasters or the washers? I'm a rotisserie fan... 

    Permalink posted 07/15/2008
  3. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says

    any idea why they chose to perform now?

    Permalink posted 07/15/2008
  4. GarageRock
    GarageRock says
    Has anyone, other than fellow musicians, ever really cared about Rush?! I mean, they've never had a hit single and have always been an album oriented band, so how many people have actually hung on over the years? I play bass myself, so I was naturally a fan in the earlier days (up to Moving Pictures), but do you think anyone younger than, say, 35 really cares or even knows them? I guess that's Colbert's demographic anyway, though, so I'll shut up now... 
    Permalink posted 07/16/2008
  5. sonical
    sonical says

    And why did they pick Colbert?

    Garage: there's an article in rolling stone that talks about their current tour and fans. You may be surprised to hear that Rush fans are alive and well.

    http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rush/articles/story/21490991/rush_never_sleeps

    the D&D fans of their older audience are the gamers of today. interesting read.

    Permalink posted 07/16/2008
  6. partylikesteve
    partylikesteve says

    Rush never disappoints. Kudos. GarageRock - I'm 22 and I like Rush. They were the first band I ever saw live about 10 or 11 years ago. I was actually listening to Counterparts when I decided I wanted to play bass. I do agree though; I think it's strange they were on Colbert.

    Permalink posted 07/17/2008

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