Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Alex Lifeson

“There has been an explosion of guitar music in the past 5 years… LERXST amplifiers provide a platform for these players”: Alex Lifeson unveils LERXST amp range in collaboration with Mojotone – and there are new guitars, pedals and pickups to come

The Rush guitar icon’s previously limited-edition Omega amp build is now available to all, alongside a new Chi head and combo – with more to come…

Guitar World

Geddy Lee says that Paul McCartney has tried to convince him and Alex Lifeson to tour again: “He was lecturing Al about how great it is... ‘You have to do it, man. You have to get back out there’”

It sounds like McCartney made a persuasive case but Lee says Lifeson might still need some more persuading before we can look forward to any form of Rush reunion tour

MusicRadar

"There was so much emotional static and fear and paranoia": Geddy Lee on the Rush album that was the most difficult to make

Even for one of the most accomplished bands in rock history, making records isn't always easy

Louder

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“His playing speaks to my soul like no other guitarist”: Alex Lifeson joins Adam Jones onstage to help Tool perform Jambi – before gifting his hero one of his signature Epiphone Les Pauls

Having previously spoken about his affection for Jones' guitar playing, Lifeson joined Tool onstage to tackle the rhythmic riff rollercoaster – with some added Rush flair for good measure

Guitar World

Watch Alex Lifeson join Tool on stage in Toronto

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson jams with US prog metallers Tool on A Passage To Bangkok and Jambi

Metal Hammer

"I said, 'I'm glad the music meant something to you,' and she burst into tears!": On the road with Rush's Geddy Lee

In 2019 Classic Rock accompanied Geddy Lee on the road as he promoted Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book Of Bass

Louder

"His playing is inspirational and speaks to my soul like no other guitarist" – Alex Lifeson guests with Tool in Toronto

The Rush man took on the rhythmically relentless Jambi and gifted Adam Jones one of his signature Epiphone Les Pauls too

MusicRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

"He came and sat and drank with us. We all got plastered together": it turns out Paul McCartney has instructed Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson to get back out on tour

Beatle Sir Paul offered his boozy wisdom to Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts

Louder

“I walked away feeling we had done justice to Taylor and justice to Neil”: Geddy Lee on how playing the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts helped bring Rush closure

Lee and bandmate Alex Lifeson played Rush classics with Dave Grohl, Omar Hakim, Chad Smith and Danny Carey

Louder

"As the tour wound down, the mood started to change and it split into two camps... we were quite divided by the end": Geddy Lee recalls the internal tensions on Rush's final tour, R40

Rush's R40 tour represented a victory lap for the much-loved Canadian prog-rock heroes, but for the three musicians it was a bitter-sweet experience, Geddy Lee admits

Louder

"I can still remember the three of us sitting there on the bed in utter awe": Geddy Lee recalls the day that Rush listened to Led Zeppelin for the first time

Hearing Led Zeppelin's debut album changed everything for Rush: "This was our new paradigm" Geddy Lee recalls

Louder

"It had been a taboo subject" – why Geddy Lee isn't ruling out a Rush reunion with Alex Lifeson anymore

The Canadian prog legends' debut album will be 50 years old in 2024 – could something be on the cards?

MusicRadar

Geddy Lee won't rule out future Rush shows with Alex Lifeson

Having previously ruled out continuing without late drummer Neil Peart, Rush appear to be softening to the idea

Metal Hammer

"I was sitting there thinking, I can’t hear guitar": Alex Lifeson on the battle behind Rush's most divisive song, Subdivisions

Sonically, Subdivisions took Rush further into the world of synthesisers – and guitarist Alex Lifeson wasn't happy about it

Louder

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Louder

"If I can't sing it with conviction then it doesn't matter, I can’t do it": What happened when Rush met the Manic Street Preachers

At the end of 2007, there was a clash of cultures as Welsh rockers the Manic Street Preachers went head to head with Rush and probed their inner secrets

Guitar World

“You bassists who think your bass isn’t loud enough, you’re right! I always want my bass louder in the mix”: How Geddy Lee found his sound with Rush

Geddy Lee used distortion to “knit together” his live sound with Canada’s pioneering power trio

MusicRadar

Alex Lifeson teaches Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett the solo to Rush classic Limelight

Shiflett's new podcast is off to a strong start

Guitar World

Feast your eyes on Alex Lifeson’s stunning new Epiphone Les Paul signature, the Floyd Rose-equipped Custom Axcess

“It's stunning, it’s a really, really beautiful guitar,” says the Rush legend, but does it trump his previous Epiphone Les Paul Standard Axcess?

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

MusicRadar

“This is a guitar for any level... It’s a wonderful platform” – Epiphone launches the Alex Lifeson Les Paul Custom Axcess

Lifeson's latest signature Axcess ships in Ruby with gold hardware and is packed with features: a Floyd Rose 1000 Series, coil-splitting, heel sculpting... Everything but the piezo

Guitar World

Listen to Geddy Lee’s isolated bassline on Freewill. The Rush song Alex Lifeson said was their “most ambitious”

Geddy Lee: “One moment it’s heavy riffing and then you utilise the rhythm section verses the guitar”

Guitar World

30 beautiful acoustic guitar chords every player needs to know – and how to play them

Increase your musical vocabulary and expand your compositional horizons, in each and every key

Louder

"For a while, it was the worst song on the album…" The story behind Rush's Tom Sawyer

Inspired by old books and new technology, Tom Sawyer was the song that reinvented prog giants Rush – but it almost never made the album

Louder

Crown Lands: the duo ushering prog’s illustrious past into a magisterial future

Canadian hopefuls Crown Lands on the "mathiness" of modern prog, world building, indigenous rights, and sounding a LOT like Rush

Louder

Envy Of None share animated video for That Was Then

Envy Of None, featuring Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, have just released their That Was Then EP

Guitar World

Alex Lifeson says he first chose an ES-335 over the Les Paul for this reason

In a new clip with Gibson TV, the Canadian guitar legend has been discussing days spent haunting guitar stores before Rush made it big

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.