Tears

[Alexmai]

Many times, listening to Rush, I can't stop crying (emotion, happiness, missing).

I think when I'll be at the 50S concert (Milan, March 30th 2027 for me), my eyes will be wet often.

 

Are you going to cry or not?

How many people (if you already attended) cried?

 

Edited August 17 by Alexmai

[HemiBeers]

I went, didn't cry. It's a celebration not a funeral.

[xredsectorx]

I definitely shed some happy tears when they started playing after the intro video!

[78jazz]

My current plan is the second night in Atlanta. I think Bravado will at least mess with me deep down.

[WonderDude]

44 minutes ago, 78jazz said:

My current plan is the second night in Atlanta. I think Bravado will at least mess with me deep down.

I'll be there too.

 

I think The Garden is most likely to bring a tear to my eye if it happens.

[JARG]

My 20-year old daughter might. She'd thought the "I could some day see Rush" door was closed when Neil died. The closest she thought she'd ever come was at the Seattle stop of the Geddy book tour. A few tears leaked from her eyes that night.

[Lurkst]

Friday night in Toronto I thought would be more emotional, first hometown show for them in over a decade.But I kept it together (well I rocked out like crazy).We had great seats facing the stage from the other end of the arena, but the band felt a little distant despite us being in awe of the show.

 

Sunday however we were closer to side stage, such a great vantage point and watching the guys at work again was mesmerising. By the time the opening song was finishing tears were streaming down my face.

 

Later on I noticed a big guy near me dabbing his eyes when he realised the first song in set two was getting a full airing. Before long I was doing similar, remembering being a teenager totally obsessed with that record. The song ended with a tearful group hug as my pals and I thought of our lost stooge, in whose memory we made the trip to Canada.

 

 

Edited August 18 by Lurkst

[WY Man]

On 8/17/2026 at 10:06 AM, xredsectorx said:

I definitely shed some happy tears when they started playing after the intro video!

My happy tear glands had a two-hour orgasm!!!

[Timbale]

I didn't expect to be so emotional at the show...but it really struck me that there was a collective sense of mourning and celebrating that we as fans had not been able to experience previously.  It also was a real marker of time for me - when Neil died in 2020, I was in good health.  Standing in the LA Forum on opening night, I was there as a person living with/surviving cancer.  I hadn't really thought about Neil's cancer and mine until that night, and it hit me hard.

[WY Man]

10 hours ago, Timbale said:

I didn't expect to be so emotional at the show...but it really struck me that there was a collective sense of mourning and celebrating that we as fans had not been able to experience previously.  It also was a real marker of time for me - when Neil died in 2020, I was in good health.  Standing in the LA Forum on opening night, I was there as a person living with/surviving cancer.  I hadn't really thought about Neil's cancer and mine until that night, and it hit me hard.

I agree with your analogy of the collective perspective between mourning Neil's passing and the return of Alex and Geddy, with new band members Anika and Loren, and the Rush fans there to celebrate the return of Rush. And let's not forget the incredible team of technicians who helped to put the amazing show together. We all come together in the remembrance of Neil AND to see the band move forward. Such is the spirit of the Rush community. 

 

Timbale - I was there on opening night also. The tears wouldn't stop. I really wish you the best with your recovery from cancer.

[Timbale]

10 hours ago, WY Man said:

I agree with your analogy of the collective perspective between mourning Neil's passing and the return of Alex and Geddy, with new band members Anika and Loren, and the Rush fans there to celebrate the return of Rush. And let's not forget the incredible team of technicians who helped to put the amazing show together. We all come together in the remembrance of Neil AND to see the band move forward. Such is the spirit of the Rush community. 

 

Timbale - I was there on opening night also. The tears wouldn't stop. I really wish you the best with your recovery from cancer.

Many thanks - very much appreciated. 

[WY Man]

I don't know what kind of cancer you've got, but I just saw on the news this evening that Merck mRNA has just recently been tested in clinical trials on patients with melanoma cancer, with remarkable success. Doctors now believe it may be a breakthrough for treatments of other types of cancer also.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/health/moderna-merck-mrna-melanoma-vaccine

[Timbale]

48 minutes ago, WY Man said:

I don't know what kind of cancer you've got, but I just saw on the news this evening that Merck mRNA has just recently been tested in clinical trials on patients with melanoma cancer, with remarkable success. Doctors now believe it may be a breakthrough for treatments of other types of cancer also.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/health/moderna-merck-mrna-melanoma-vaccine

That is a really exciting article to read, even if it is not applicable to me (I have colorectal cancer).  Things really are moving forward on quite a few fronts in cancer treatment research, and I just always hope that those in the position to green or red light funding for that research make choices based on science and not politics.  Cancers of all kinds are on the upsurge, and I have many friends whose lives literally depend on researchers being allowed to do their jobs.  In any case, thanks for sharing the article.

[WY Man]

11 hours ago, Timbale said:

That is a really exciting article to read, even if it is not applicable to me (I have colorectal cancer).  Things really are moving forward on quite a few fronts in cancer treatment research, and I just always hope that those in the position to green or red light funding for that research make choices based on science and not politics.  Cancers of all kinds are on the upsurge, and I have many friends whose lives literally depend on researchers being allowed to do their jobs.  In any case, thanks for sharing the article.

Absolutely.

[WY Man]

16 hours ago, Timbale said:

That is a really exciting article to read, even if it is not applicable to me (I have colorectal cancer).  Things really are moving forward on quite a few fronts in cancer treatment research, and I just always hope that those in the position to green or red light funding for that research make choices based on science and not politics.  Cancers of all kinds are on the upsurge, and I have many friends whose lives literally depend on researchers being allowed to do their jobs.  In any case, thanks for sharing the article.

I found this online application for clinical trial testing on colorectal cancer study, in case you might be interested. 

https://clinicaltrials.regeneron.com/search-results?c__condition=Colorectal Cancer&c__conditionId=NCT06205836&c&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22873340602&gbraid=0AAAAAqnq1wz9rjRlBB6NaDoZ2iScZcNPC&gclid=CjwKCAjwy5rUBhB5EiwAIoAtCi_z14IfN5Y7QGj1GGu7SmaLz8kEVXCGz7MkAZMMZx6S8dE5ELyApBoCikoQAvD_BwE

[Timbale]

On 8/20/2026 at 3:37 PM, WY Man said:

I found this online application for clinical trial testing on colorectal cancer study, in case you might be interested. 

https://clinicaltrials.regeneron.com/search-results?c__condition=Colorectal Cancer&c__conditionId=NCT06205836&c&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22873340602&gbraid=0AAAAAqnq1wz9rjRlBB6NaDoZ2iScZcNPC&gclid=CjwKCAjwy5rUBhB5EiwAIoAtCi_z14IfN5Y7QGj1GGu7SmaLz8kEVXCGz7MkAZMMZx6S8dE5ELyApBoCikoQAvD_BwE

Super kind of you to post that. Thank you, friend. 

[lerxt1990]

Welled up during bravado and Time Stand Still.  There I said it.  Those songs hit hard for me and as I get older, even more so.

[WY Man]

11 hours ago, Timbale said:

Super kind of you to post that. Thank you, friend. 

Thanks Timbale. I certainly hope you will overcome your cancer and I strongly believe you will.

Did you catch any of the Rush Toronto shows?

[Timbale]

On 8/22/2026 at 11:19 AM, WY Man said:

Thanks Timbale. I certainly hope you will overcome your cancer and I strongly believe you will.

Did you catch any of the Rush Toronto shows?

I did not see any of the Toronto shows - so far the opening show in LA is my only gig on this tour. I loved it so much I may end up trying to catch them again, though. 

[Pressure/Hopenosis]

On 8/17/2026 at 5:31 PM, JARG said:

My 20-year old daughter might. She'd thought the "I could some day see Rush" door was closed when Neil died. The closest she thought she'd ever come was at the Seattle stop of the Geddy book tour. A few tears leaked from her eyes that night.

This will be epic you both of you! I wasn't going to go. Ended up both nights Detroit.

[Peter Griffin]

(warning -- SPOILERs below)

 

I attended both Detroit shows and going into them I knew I'd be emotional since I find that I often have to wipe a tear or two away every time I watch a great video from this tour.   I think it comes with old age, realizing how vital this band's music has been in my life for 40+ years, and also a bit of sadness that Neil's life was cut way too short.

 

The first night was more emotional overall, and while I didn't break down in tears, I did well up a bit during two parts of the show, especially:

 

1.  In Freewill when Geddy absolutley nailed the "Each of us..." section, and the crowd gave him a huge cheer right afterwards.  Amazing.

 

2.  During The Analog Kid when Geddy sang the lines, "You move me — You move me — With your buildings and your eyes Autumn woods and winter skies"  Such a great lyric from Neil, and sung so beautifully by Geddy. That one hit pretty hard.

[Pressure/Hopenosis]

19 hours ago, Peter Griffin said:

(warning -- SPOILERs below)

 

I attended both Detroit shows and going into them I knew I'd be emotional since I find that I often have to wipe a tear or two away every time I watch a great video from this tour.   I think it comes with old age, realizing how vital this band's music has been in my life for 40+ years, and also a bit of sadness that Neil's life was cut way too short.

 

The first night was more emotional overall, and while I didn't break down in tears, I did well up a bit during two parts of the show, especially:

 

1.  In Freewill when Geddy absolutley nailed the "Each of us..." section, and the crowd gave him a huge cheer right afterwards.  Amazing.

 

2.  During The Analog Kid when Geddy sang the lines, "You move me — You move me — With your buildings and your eyes Autumn woods and winter skies"  Such a great lyric from Neil, and sung so beautifully by Geddy. That one hit pretty hard.

A.Kid was AWESOME and yes the place erupted Freewill. I myself couldn't believe at his age he's singing better than R40.

Edited September 3 by Pressure/Hopenosis

[James Bond]

Now that I've seen both of my shows.

 

Toronto (Night One) - when Geddy got a little choked up before Freewill talking about Neil and the crowd cheered for him with nothing but love and support, it was an incredible moment. There were a few moments throughout where I was very moved emotionally beyond just the Neil tributes. I think the recognition of how much Rush means to me, how much I missed hearing the music live in person, and the culmination of the wait since the announcement back in October really made me reflect on how special it was to see the first night of a grand homecoming.

 

Montreal (Night One) - special for an entirely different reason, which is that I was able to take my youngest to see her very first concert. Originally my father was supposed to come with me, but he became unavailable for the week I was visiting and so, not wanting to sell my tickets, I opted to turn to my youngest. It seemed like it was not lost on her how special it was for me. Being able to watch Alex up close from the third row was nothing short of a dream come true for me.

[ytserush]

Cried more watching opening night on You Tube, but there were conflicting emotions in New York and Philly. The more I think about this, the more I think the tour (which keeps being extended) just might be a one-off for the closure that anyone may need.  They'll go on as long as they can stand it for the fans and then ride into the sunset the way Geddy originally wanted.

[ZachenFoot]

As the guy who always cries in movies I was very surprised that it didn't happen at all at either of my shows. Avoided setlists, videos and everything so it was all fresh too! Maybe I subconsciously braced myself or something, who knows.

 

Got misty a couple times, but if I'm cryin' I will cry, so that doesn't count for me.