Well, the Snakes & Arrows tour is over. In the past few weeks I've taken some time to reflect on the tour and the shows I saw -- the same as most fans, I suspect. You can read about the four shows I saw on the 2008 tour here. You can also see most reviews and stories about the Snakes & Arrows tour on my Snakes tour page. You can also read the stories I bookmarked for the 2008 Tour.
Current and Upcoming Releases
Fortunately, there are a few current and upcoming releases for Neil Peart and Rush. A few of these include:
- Neil Peart's 30th Anniversary kit and "Ghost Rider" motorcycle in Columbus, Ohio. (If anyone has any pictures they'd like to share, please send them.)
- The Rotterdam DVD shot in 2007 and scheduled to release on November 4, 2008.
- The Roadshow Companion book scheduled to release in December 2008 (pushed back from July).
- The Burning for Buddy Memorial Concert in October in New York City, which I plan to attend.
You can track all the current and future releases on the Upcoming Releases page.
Snakes & Arrows drum setup photos
I've added a collection of photos from Rush.com the crew setting up Neil's Snakes kit. (Thanks to John Arrowsmith for taking all these photos!)
News and other random bits
- Stephen Colbert's comment to Rush about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has sparked Wired.com to ask, "Settle the Beef: Does Rush Deserve the Hall of Fame?"
- John at Cygnus-x1.net posted scans of an interesting Billboard Spotlight article about Rush from May 2004.
- Ed at Rushisaband.com posted scans of Classic Rock's Magazine's August 2008 article about Rush.
- Tandem Digital, the company responsible for the design of NeilPeart.net, also produced the animation for Swingin' Serpents -- the animation that played behind Neil at the end of his drum solo during the Snakes & Arrows tour. You can view the entire animation by going to Tandem Digital website and clicking the Swingin' Serpents video. There are some pretty amazing details in this animation.
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