Neil Peart News
by AndyO
Geddy in mid-air with the Time Machine kit and riser in the background.
Photo by John Arrowsmith. See the entire set here.
Also, you might have noticed that they've redesigned the photo site (and redirected it). You can see the most popular pictures from the tour here.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
John Arrowsmith caught a great picture of Neil smiling behind the kit. Also check out that "Big Al'z 57th" birthday t-shirt!
Photo by John Arrowsmith. See the entire set here.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Photo by John Arrowsmith. See the entire set here.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Photo by John Arrowsmith. See the entire set here.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Great shot of the intricate light show. I always wonder how Rush can top their light show, yet they always do on the next tour.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Neil is still wearing headphones instead of in-ear monitors.
Photo by John Arrowsmith. See the entire set here.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
First, here's a great picture from John Arrowsmith from behind Neil's kit. Note that Neil is using headphones instead of in-ear monitors.
Next, here's an amazing time-lapse one-minute video of the concert, compiled from the Red Rocks webcam from NTDesign.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
The Rush concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO, just got underway.
If you're really bored, you can check out the webcam throughout the night.
Labels: photo of the night, Time Machine tour
For Red Rocks #1, I'm posting multiple photos -- all courtesy of Paul Secord. Thanks, Paul!
For more photos, see John Arrowsmith's photos on Rush.com.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Rush is getting ready to play the first of two shows at Rock Rocks Amphitheatre, in Morrison, CO. Here are a couple of webcam pictures of the amphitheatre around 5:15, local time.
Rushisaband reports that Rush might be filming these shows. I hope so.
Labels: pictures, Time Machine tour
Photo by John Arrowsmith. See the entire set here.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Photo by John Arrowsmith. See the entire set here.
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Labels: photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
Labels: Clockwork Angels, photo of the night, pictures, Time Machine tour
You can vote for who you think is the greatest drummer of the last 25 years. In this reader's opinion, there are some serious omissions from the list: Alan White, Alex Van Halen, Bill Bruford, Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Carter Beauford, Gregg Bissonette, Peter Erskine, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Tony Williams just to name a few.
Who is the greatest drummer of the last 25 years? | MusicRadar.com
The choices are:
Labels: polls
Pro-Mark has posted a new article about the Special Edition "Time Machine" sticks. There's also a link to a Pro-Mark ad with Neil on Flickr, as well as a bunch of pictures of Neil in Albuquerque, NM.
Labels: drum sticks, pictures, Pro-Mark
Neil has posted an August, 2010, update to his website called "Theme and Variations."
Labels: neilpeart.net, News updates, written by NEP
Before the "Time Machine" drum kit was built, Tandem Digital created a CG prototype to help everyone understand the vision of this unique drum set and riser.
See the "Time Machine" drum kit go from wire frame to prototype to the real kit on this page.
Thanks to Rushisaband for the head's up and to Greg at Tandem Digital for making this page available.
Labels: drums, Time Machine tour