{"id":31153,"date":"2025-01-06T18:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/rushs-geddy-lee-and-alex-lifeson-reveal-biggest-regret-about-final-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T18:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:00:52","slug":"rushs-geddy-lee-and-alex-lifeson-reveal-biggest-regret-about-final-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/rushs-geddy-lee-and-alex-lifeson-reveal-biggest-regret-about-final-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reveal biggest regret about final tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-06\/Getty_GeddyLeeAlexLifeston_010625.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Comedy Central<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Rush<\/strong> launched their final tour in 2015, which hit only the U.S. and Canada, and surviving band members <strong>Geddy Lee<\/strong> and <strong>Alex Lifeson<\/strong> reveal they regret they couldn\u2019t bring their show to other countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I\u2019d pushed really hard to get more gigs so that we could do those extra shows and I was unsuccessful,&#8221;\u00a0Lee tells <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/news\/geddy-lee-straight-answer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Classic Rock<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> in a new interview.\u00a0&#8220;I really felt like I let our British and European fans down.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He adds, \u201cIt felt to me incorrect that we didn\u2019t do it, but <strong>Neil <\/strong>(<strong>Peart<\/strong>) was adamant that he would only do thirty shows and that was it. That to him was a huge compromise because he didn\u2019t want to do any shows. He didn\u2019t want to do one show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Ged and I were disappointed that Neil demanded playing only a limited number of dates which precluded a U.K. and European run,&#8221; Lifeson adds. &#8220;I think a dozen or so more dates would have made us a bit more accepting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He\u00a0says Neil almost agreed to do more shows but his health got in the way, sharing, \u201c[H]e got a painful infection in one of his feet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI mean, he could barely walk to the stage at one point,\u201d Lifeson says. \u201cThey got him a golf cart to drive him to the stage. And he played a three-hour show, at the intensity he played every single show.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He adds, \u201cThat was amazing, but I think that was the point where he decided that the tour was only going to go on until that final show in LA.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The R40 Live Tour wrapped Aug. 1, 2015, and Peart\u00a0announced his retirement\u00a0that December. He passed away Jan. 7, 2020, following a battle with brain cancer. He was 67.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. 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