"I looked at my bandmates and missed them already and I felt sad to see such joy in Neil’s face when we were down to the last few bars of our last song played together": Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee recall Rush's final live moments

Rush embrace at their final gig, 2015.

As Rush’s R40 tour careered towards its, and the group’s, final date in 2015, the band knew their time in the live arena was nearly up. The R40 tour name referred to drummer and chief lyricist Neil Peart’s four decades in the band, and he was the man calling time, at least on touring.

Now, in an in-depth retrospective interview with Classic Rock, the surviving members of the prog power trio - Peart passed away in 2020 - discuss, amongst many other things including early days and future plans, that final live outing.