Rush just doubled down on their 2027 Las Vegas Sphere residency. After initially announcing a five-show run as part of their rapturously received reunion tour last week, the Canadian prog rock legends announced an additional five shows on Wednesday (Nov. 11).
According to an Instagram post, the group said the Elevate From the Norm residency will now feature a handful of shows in June as well. “WOW! Thank you everyone ❤️🙏 Due to incredible demand, FIVE NEW SHOWS have been added to RUSH live at Sphere Las Vegas!,” they wrote.
The newly added shows will be on June 15, 17, 19, 24 and 26. They will join the originally announced dates — May 21, 23, 26, 28, 30 — from the group led by co-founders bassist/singer Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson that will bring the “Tom Sawyer” group to the immersive venue for the first time.
A pre-sale for all tickets, VIP and travel packages for the new dates is available now through 10 p.m. PT on Thursday (Nov. 12); click here ticketing information.
Each night of the residency will feature a set of fan favorites and greatest hits, in addition to the touching tributes the band has been doing to late drummer/lyricist Neil Peart, who died on Jan. 7, 2020.
“When I first heard of Sphere, I thought to myself, ‘wow, what a shame that RUSH is no longer touring, because this venue sounds tailor made for the kind of visual attitude with which we have always designed our shows,’” Lee said in a statement announcing the original run of shows. “Normally we spend months designing the visual effects for our shows and this scenario seemed like the cherry on top of the ice cream for our design team. But life is nothing if not surprising and now, here we are, living and touring in the present tense and we are able to make that particular dream come true.”
Lee said the group are working on adding some “new madness to suit this incredible venue” where in addition to fan favorites they will also do full-album performances of their beloved 2112 and Moving Pictures LPs. The group kicked off their first tour in 11 years — and first without Peart — on June 7 of this year and they are scheduled to wind it down with an April 10 show in Helsinki, Finland before setting up shop in Vegas.
The full list of Rush 2027 Sphere shows:
May 21, 23, 26, 28 & 30
June 15, 17, 19, 24 & 26
