The Fifty Something tour is a concert tour by the Canadian rock band Rush. The tour began on June 7, 2026 in Inglewood, California, and is currently set to conclude in Helsinki, Finland on April 10, 2027. It is Rush's first tour in 11 years, and their first live outing without drummer Neil Peart in 52 years, following his death in 2020, with Anika Nilles filling in for him. On February 23, 2026, Rush announced that Loren Gold would be the keyboardist for the tour, making it the first time the band has toured with more than three main musicians.
Background On October 6, 2025, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announced that they were reforming Rush for a tour called Fifty Something which was scheduled from June to December 2026, with Anika Nilles on drums. Lee suggested that the tour would include up to two more musicians, including a backing keyboardist. Lee and Lifeson also stated that 35 songs would be performed on the tour, with the intention of varying their setlist at each show.
Lee said that he and Lifeson began thinking more seriously about a reunion tour after they travelled to a health spa in Austria. Two years prior, Lifeson had undergone a surgery that left him with gastroparesis. Lee said when they returned home, both felt willing and able to consider a small number of tour dates in limited North American cities. What started as 12 dates quickly grew into 58 shows with more cities added. When asked in an interview with The Globe and Mail if the tour would include dates outside of North America, Lee said, "We're wrestling with extending the tour into 2027. I really don't know. We'll see how that all shakes down." On February 23, 2026, Rush announced that the portion of the tour outside of North America would take place from January to April 2027, starting with their first live show in South America in seventeen years, followed by the band's first tour in Europe in fourteen years. Rush added former Chicago keyboardist Loren Gold as a touring musician in late February 2026; his arrival to the band marked the first time since second guitarist Mitch Bossi's departure from Rush in 1972 that they have performed together as a quartet rather than a trio.
Set lists The set lists are developed from a collection of 38 songs, counting the two versions of 2112 as one song. 2026
Tour dates + List of 2026 concertsDateCityCountryVenueJune 7InglewoodUnited StatesKia ForumJune 9June 11June 13June 18Mexico CityMexicoPalacio de los DeportesJune 20June 26Fort WorthUnited StatesDickies ArenaJune 28 July 11July 13 July 16ChicagoUnited CenterJuly 18July 20July 22July 28New York CityMadison Square GardenJuly 30August 1August 3August 7TorontoCanadaScotiabank ArenaAugust 9August 11August 13August 21PhiladelphiaUnited StatesXfinity Mobile ArenaAugust 23August 26DetroitLittle Caesars ArenaAugust 28September 2MontrealCanadaBell CentreSeptember 4September 12BostonUnited StatesTD GardenSeptember 14September 17ClevelandRocket ArenaSeptember 19September 23San AntonioFrost Bank CenterSeptember 25October 1Houston Toyota CenterOctober 5DenverBall ArenaOctober 7October 10SeattleClimate Pledge ArenaOctober 12October 15San JoseSAP CenterOctober 17October 21St. Louis Enterprise CenterOctober 23 Cincinnati Heritage Bank CenterOctober 25Washington, D.C.Capital One ArenaOctober 27October 30UncasvilleMohegan Sun ArenaNovember 1November 5HollywoodHard Rock LiveNovember 7November 9TampaBenchmark International ArenaNovember 11November 15Pittsburgh PPG Paints ArenaNovember 20CharlotteSpectrum CenterNovember 22November 25AtlantaState Farm ArenaNovember 27December 1GlendaleDesert Diamond ArenaDecember 3December 10EdmontonCanadaRogers PlaceDecember 12December 15VancouverRogers ArenaDecember 17
+ List of 2027 concertsDateCityCountryVenueJanuary 15Buenos AiresArgentinaMovistar ArenaJanuary 17SantiagoChileEstadio Bicentenario de La FloridaJanuary 19January 22CuritibaBrazilArena da BaixadaJanuary 24São PauloNubank ParqueJanuary 26January 30Rio de JaneiroEstádio Olímpico Nilton SantosFebruary 1Belo HorizonteMineirãoFebruary 4BrasíliaArena BRB Mané GarrinchaFebruary 19NanterreFrance La Défense ArenaFebruary 21BerlinGermany Uber ArenaFebruary 23AmsterdamNetherlands Ziggo DomeFebruary 25MunichGermany OlympiahalleFebruary 28Cologne Lanxess ArenaMarch 2HamburgBarclays ArenaMarch 4StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-HalleMarch 8GlasgowScotland OVO HydroMarch 10March 12ManchesterEngland Co-op LiveMarch 14March 16London The O2 ArenaMarch 18March 21March 27KrakówPoland Tauron Arena KrakówMarch 30MilanItaly Unipol DomeApril 1BaselSwitzerland St. Jakobshalle BaselApril 4CopenhagenDenmark Royal ArenaApril 6FornebuNorway Unity ArenaApril 8StockholmSweden Avicii ArenaApril 10HelsinkiFinland Veikkaus Arena
Personnel Rush Geddy Lee – lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar Alex Lifeson – guitar, backing vocals
Additional musicians Anika Nilles – drums, percussion Loren Gold – keyboards, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
Guest musicians Aimee Mann – vocals on "Time Stand Still" (June 7–13, August 7)
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External links official website