Rush’s 40th anniversary tour hits Denver on July 11

Second Story Garage Staff

Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 30, for Rush’s 40th anniversary tour stop at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

The tour, dubbed the “R40 LIVE Tour,” is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart will visit 34 cities throughout North America this summer beginning May 8 in Tulsa, Okla. and finishing Aug. 1 in Los Angeles.

Tickets for Denver show go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 30 at altitudetickets.com and livenation.com.

The band has produced such albums as their 1974 debut, Rush, 1976’s 2112, 1981’s Moving Pictures, 1996’s Test For Echo, and 2002’s Vapor Trails. The band’s 20th studio album, Clockwork Angels, was released in 2012.

Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. The Canadian band also has received eight Juno Awards, seven Grammy nominations, including one for the documentary “Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage,” which also won the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Lee, Lifeston and Peart were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1994 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2012, the band received the highest artistic award in Canada, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award.