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Rush has extended their Snakes and Arrows tour this summer, including a number of performances in Canada and the U.S. through late July.


Rush set out last year to support their first album in five years, "Snakes and Arrows." Since last years tour, the band has been busy with a live album and a number of other exploits.

"Rush Snakes and Arrows Live" will be released April 8th, and they have slightly altered their summer tour with the same name. The album will include live versions of some of their most powerful songs, including "Tom Sawyer," "One Little Victory," "Dreamline" and "The Main Monkey Business."

In addition to preparing the release, Rush is in talks with Harmonix to feature some of their songs in the popular videogame "Rockband."

The group, Geddy Lee on bass, keyboard and vocals, Alex Lifeson on guitar, and lyricist and drummer Neil Peart, was formed in Canada in 1968. In the beginning of their career, they worked to perfect their combination of science fiction and fantasy with complex instrumental displays, but eventually shifted from heavy metal to a more modern rock sound.

The bands first commercial success came with 2112, released in 1976, a straight-rock album. In the next two decades, the sound of the collective changed from progressive rock to new wave and then to a more synthesized sound and back again to rock, but they kept a loyal following of fans along the way, which helped them to release 23 Gold records and 14 Platinum.

After two painful personal issues in Pearts life, the band went on hiatus in 1998 through 2001. After recollecting and heading back into the studio, they released "Vapor Trails" in 2002, which brought the band back to the touring arena for the first time in six years. Five years has elapsed since the album, and Rush announced in February that they would release "Snakes and Arrows" in May of this year, which has led to a tour of the same name.

While Rush has appealed to different groups of music lovers over the years with their ever-changing sound, they have certainly mastered so many different types of music that their live performances have become a visual and musical experience to behold.