Presto-digitation Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 RUSH Hope To Release New Studio Album In Early 2007 - May 22, 2006 Canadian rock legends RUSH are hoping to release a new studio album early next year, to be a followed by an extensive tour. Speaking to MoreSugar.com, RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee said, "With a bit of luck we will have an album out early in 2007 and then go out on the road maybe next spring if we are lucky. It's a little too early to tell yet what direction the new material is taking, but Alex [Lifeson, guitar] and I are just having a blast. We are getting songs written so we are getting there. We kind of record while we write and we would say that we will write and record for the duration of this year. You just never know where it is going to go. I think that's what keeps it fun for us and I am glad that there are people out there that appreciate that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 I was hopeful it might make it before Xmas, but I pretty much expected this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Thanks for the great update! Do you have a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 Sure don't. A very reliable rock news source friend of mine passed this along to me, so I'm afraid this is the best I can produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyzyy Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Bit of good news and a bit of bad news...but I expected this as well...almost all Rush releases are postponed or extended....too bad...but at least we get some new material and a tour!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I'm still predicting a February release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ May 22 2006, 10:26 PM) I'm still predicting a February release. Yep. Once they give you an estimate, add at least a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 Remeber Alex's trial is coming up around then too....so no surprise it'd be around that time and not much before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gangster of Boats Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 This also means a date in the summer in Toronto! Right during RushCon VII! Hint, hint line 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Hermit Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 It gives me serious warm fuzzies to think that there are embryonic Rush songs being created right now. And only the band knows what they are and how they sound. Like the 'little baby soul' Neil talked about, there are little baby Rush songs in the nursery.... Is that cool or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Grizz Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 The Geddy quote doesn't seem very timely to me. Seems like it was before Neil fixed dinner for them. Who knows what kind of progress they have made in the studio this month? I'm just glad it's on the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Hermit Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 5 User(s) are reading this topic (0 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users): Wandering Hermit, Grandpa Grizz, Presto-digitation, 1-0-0-1-0-0-1, circumstantial tree CT, you are not anonymous! What is going on here?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Confirmed: http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/ne...ewsitemID=52654 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolinda Bonz Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 QUOTE (Wandering Hermit @ May 22 2006, 07:34 PM) It gives me serious warm fuzzies to think that there are embryonic Rush songs being created right now. And only the band knows what they are and how they sound. Like the 'little baby soul' Neil talked about, there are little baby Rush songs in the nursery.... Is that cool or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcaressed Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 They're just coasting. Doesn't surprise me. Aging slows everything after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustard Death Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 YES! This means I'll have my license well before the tour. Which makes my thinking about a Rush road trip serious. Just hope gas doesn't rise any more... Can't wait for the album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydfanatic111 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 QUOTE (yyzyy @ May 22 2006, 09:18 PM) Bit of good news and a bit of bad news...but I expected this as well...almost all Rush releases are postponed or extended....too bad...but at least we get some new material and a tour!!!! Look at the plus side, it isn't like Pink Floyd who put off things for years and years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnalschick Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Presto-digitation Thanks a lot for the update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the masked drummer Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Ya know, somebody's gotta say it: Rush apparently cares more about money than they do entertaining their fans. Not that it; a bad cause, but why don't they earn those tens of millions in revenue by doing another album and a tour? They aren't getting any younger, either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 QUOTE (Cygnalschick @ May 23 2006, 01:25 AM) Presto-digitation Thanks a lot for the update! Hey, you're welcome...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.G Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 not such good news. I'm just worried that the long they leave it the more problems they might have performing due to age etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaijin97 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 So 6 years from TFE to VT, and another 5 years from VT to the 'new' album. At this rate, we can expect maybe 2 more albums of original RUSH before they get too old to rock and roll (but are too young to die!)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 QUOTE (gaijin97 @ May 23 2006, 08:10 AM) So 6 years from TFE to VT, and another 5 years from VT to the 'new' album. At this rate, we can expect maybe 2 more albums of original RUSH before they get too old to rock and roll (but are too young to die!)? Yeah, but the Rolling Stones (yuck!) are still touring and they are probably 10 years older than Rush. Let's hope that Alex doesn't fall out of a coconut tree though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.G Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Only problem is compare the rolling stones' music to Rush, then consider how physically demanding it is to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushgirl Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 QUOTE (the_masked_drummer @ May 23 2006, 06:00 AM) Ya know, somebody's gotta say it: Rush apparently cares more about money than they do entertaining their fans. Not that it; a bad cause, but why don't they earn those tens of millions in revenue by doing another album and a tour? They aren't getting any younger, either... I'd have to totally disagree with this. RUSH are doing a new album and tour, but in their own time. They have always done it this way and won't change now. Why does not churning out a new album in FAN time standards make them care more about money??? If they did care more about money than creative integrity, they would churn out a sub-standard release every year, tour for long periods and burn themselves out - they don't!! They are in their early 50's now and seem to be enjoying a more relaxing way of life, enjoying their families, friends, hobbies and pursuits and for my .02 worth, as long as there is a new album and tour in the works, I'm VERY happy with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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