Tonight's mystery artists are contemplating their final tour because of a resolution that they will play together with the original members or not at all. Think you know who our loyalists might be??

The statement came in an interview with the Rolling Stone Magazine from Geddy Lee of Rush.

Rush is celebrating their 40th anniversary by releasing ‘R40’ a DVD set containing complete performances from Rush's past five concert tours. There are also bonus clips of the group playing in 1974, 1976, 1997 and their 2013 performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Lee tells the magazine although the members are seriously considering if they want to do a 40th anniversary tour a 50th will most likely not happen. He said, "If I were a betting man, I wouldn't bet on it, when I see how hard it is to get everyone to agree to go out for our 40th, it's hard to imagine us having the same conversation in 10 years.

Part of the problem is the sheer physical toll that drumming throughout a three-hour shows takes on Peart, who turned 62 two months ago. "The way he plays is brutal and painful," says Lee. "Basically, he's in pain from the beginning of rehearsal until the end of the tour. And that's really not an exaggeration. So there's only so many miles a drummer like that has in him, and so it's hard to think ahead to the 50th."

Unlike many of their peers, Rush would never even consider a project that didn't involve every member. "I couldn't abide that," Lee says. "We're like the Three Musketeers, all for one and one for all. If one guy has had enough, then that's it. It's over."

 

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