RUSH frontman Geddy Lee says that the band's upcoming "R40" trek will be "the last big tour that we're going to do for a while" but has stopped short of calling it "a farewell tour."The Canadian rock legends recently announced a 34-city North American tour to celebrate their 40th anniversary (which was actually in 2014). The trek gets underway May 8 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and wraps up August 1 in Los Angeles.Asked during an appearance on VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" if "R40" will be effectively RUSH's "farewell" tour, Lee said: "It's very hard to answer that question for a lot of reasons. The three guys in this band have different opinions on this point everyone's in a different space right now."He continued: "[RUSH drummer] Neil Peart has a young child at home and he's said numerous times that it's very hard for him to leave his daughter. She needs him."Lee added: "It's clear that we are at a point in our career that we have to slow down and slow down dramatically. So, I'm not a guy who's in love with the farewell tour idea, but it's clear that this is going to be the last big tour that we're going to do for a while, anyway."In terms of 'are we still a band?' Yeah, of course we're still a band. Do we talk about writing? Yes, we talk about writing. Will we do gigs in the future? I don't see why not. But, when you are talking about a tour that's 35 shows, 40 shows, 50 shows, at our age at this point in our lives, I don't know how many of those are still left in us."RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson told The Pulse Of Radio that the band has always considered themselves to be above all else a working live act. "As a band of three guys, we try very hard to make a big sound, and try to make sure that it fits really well together," he said. "And I'm very proud of that."Out now is "R40", a video box set on six Blu-ray discs or 10 DVDs. The collection includes live footage from all four decades of RUSH's career, including over two hours of unreleased material, a rare performance of "2112" in its entirety, three unreleased tracks from 1974, and more.
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