Rush are heading to Sphere. The Canadian band has announced ‘Elevate From the Norm’, a five-show residency at the Las Vegas venue on 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30 May 2027, featuring the complete ‘2112’ suite and all of ‘Moving Pictures’, plus other songs from the catalogue. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will be joined by drummer Anika Nilles and keyboardist Loren Gold, the same lineup as their current tour.
General on-sale begins on Friday 13 November at 10am PT (6pm GMT). An artist presale opens on Wednesday 11 November with registration through Seated, and Rush Backstage and newsletter subscribers have early access to VIP and travel packages from today, 6 November.
“When I first heard of Sphere, I thought to myself, ‘wow, what a shame that RUSH is no longer touring,'” Lee said. “But life is nothing if not surprising and now, here we are, living and touring in the present tense.” The bassist and singer said the venue seemed “tailor made for the kind of visual attitude with which we have always designed our shows,” adding that the band is “working hard to expand our touring concepts and concoct some new madness to suit this incredible venue.”
The residency follows ‘Fifty Something’, the tour that brought Rush back to the stage in 2026, their first since 2015’s ‘R40’ and since the death of drummer Neil Peart in January 2020. The run opened on 7 June at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, where the band played all seven movements of ‘2112’ on the second night and ‘Moving Pictures’ in full two nights later. The North American leg wraps on 17 December in Vancouver, and after South America in January the tour reaches Europe. UK fans will see the band at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on 8 and 10 March, Manchester’s Co-op Live on 12 and 14 March and London’s O2 on 16, 18 and 21 March.
Sphere, which opened in 2023 with U2, has hosted residencies by The Eagles, Dead & Company and Kenny Chesney, and is currently home to Metallica‘s 24-show ‘Life Burns Faster’ run, which continues until 13 March 2027.
