Spotlight: Rush brings 40th anniversary tour to Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul

May 8, 2015 at 7:01PM
Drummer Neil Peart of Canadian rock band Rush performs at Target Center in Minneapolis September 24, 2012. (Courtney Perry/Special to the Star Tribune)
Drummer Neil Peart of Canadian rock band Rush performed at Target Center in Minneapolis Sept. 24, 2012. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

RUSH

Tuesday: Canada's contribution to prog rock (and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) came to the Twin Cities three years ago to celebrate its new album, "Clockwork Angels." It was three hours of deep album tracks, the new album and just two hits at the end, "Tom Sawyer" and "The Spirit of the Radio." Now, without a new album, Rush is doing a 40th anniversary tour that is doubling as something of a farewell because drummer Neil Peart has chronic tendinitis. That doesn't mean the trio is breaking up; it just means Peart can't handle the rigors of touring. (7:30 p.m. Tue. $48.50-$128.50. Xcel Energy Center, W. 7th St. and Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. 1-800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com.)

JON BREAM

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