RUSH: Fifty Something — Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Bring the Reunion to Hard Rock Live Hollywood

# RUSH: Fifty Something — Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Bring the Reunion to Hard Rock Live Hollywood Nobody thought this tour would happen. When RUSH played its final R40 Live show on August 1, 2015, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson said they were done — and when drummer and lyricist Neil Peart died on January 7, 2020, after a battle with brain cancer, a reunion felt impossible. Then, last October, Lee and Lifeson announced the Fifty Something tour: a celebration of more than 50 years of RUSH music and a tribute to Peart's life and legacy. The tour opened June 7, 2026, at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles — the same room where R40 ended — and on **Thursday, November 5 at 7:30 p.m.**, it lands at **Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood**, with a second show on **Saturday, November 7**. This is not a nostalgia lap. It is two of rock's greatest players, back in a 7,000-capacity room built for exactly this kind of night, playing the deepest catalog in progressive rock — for fans who have waited eleven years, and for a generation that never got the chance. ## What you're actually getting These are "evening with" shows: **two full sets each night with an intermission, no opening act**, and a setlist the band builds fresh from a working catalog of more than 40 songs. That rotation is the whole point — Lee has said the band rehearsed around 40 songs so the shows can keep evolving, playing different songs on different nights. Opening night in Los Angeles started with "Xanadu" — the first time RUSH had ever used it as an opener — and ran through "Limelight," "Subdivisions," "Freewill," "La Villa Strangiato" and "The Spirit of Radio" in the first set alone, with the "2112" Overture and Temples of Syrinx, "Red Barchetta," "YYZ" and "Tom Sawyer" in the second. The October 25 Washington, D.C. show even included a complete performance of the seven-part "2112." You will not get the identical show on Thursday and Saturday — which is exactly why plenty of South Florida fans are doing both. Behind the kit is German drummer **Anika Nilles**, who played more than 60 shows as Jeff Beck's drummer and has released four solo albums. Early reviews say she has more than met the impossible job — and the Peart tributes woven through the night, including "Bravado" performed in his honor, give the show its emotional spine. Keyboard player **Loren Gold** (The Who, Roger Daltrey) rounds out the touring band. The résumé needs no hype: more than 45 million albums sold worldwide, seven GRAMMY nominations, and induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. RUSH also holds the third-most consecutive gold/platinum studio albums by a rock band, behind only the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. ## The details - **When:** Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. (second show Saturday, November 7 at 7:30 p.m.) - **Where:** Hard Rock Live, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL 33314 - **Doors:** One hour before showtime - **Tickets:** Start at $205 via myHRL.com and Ticketmaster (the Hollywood dates went on sale Friday, October 31 at noon; additional fees may apply). Everyone, regardless of age, needs a ticket, and entry is by mobile ticket — have yours loaded on your phone before you arrive. - **The room:** Hard Rock Live is a 7,000-person indoor venue with clamshell-style seating — big enough for an arena show, close enough that there isn't a bad seat in the house. ## 5 insider tips 1. **Thursday vs. Saturday is a real choice.** Because the setlist rotates nightly, Thursday's show will not be Saturday's show. If you can only pick one, Thursday (Nov. 5) is the South Florida debut; if you're a lifer, the two-night double is the move — fans on this tour are comparing setlists like box scores. 2. **Make a night of the Guitar Hotel.** The venue sits inside the Seminole Hard Rock resort, with more than 20 food and beverage outlets on property. Arrive early, eat on site, and catch the Guitar Hotel lit up after dark — it beats fighting Stirling Road traffic at showtime. 3. **Go mobile before you go.** Hard Rock Live runs on e-mobile tickets. Download yours to your phone wallet at home, screenshot a backup, and bring the card and ID matching the order if you're picking up at will call — the box office opens at noon on show days. 4. **Don't leave at the intermission lull.** The second set is where the epics live — "2112," the Peart tributes, "YYZ," "Tom Sawyer." Plan your drink and merch run for the break between sets, not during them. 5. **Respect the drum chair moment.** When the Peart tribute hits, the room goes quiet in a way arena crowds rarely do. It's the heart of this tour — be in your seat for it. ## Why this one matters Reunion tours are everywhere. This one is different because it almost never happened — and because Lee and Lifeson built it as a living show, not a museum piece: rotating setlists, a phenomenal new drummer earning the hardest chair in rock, and two sets of music that rewired what a power trio could do. South Florida gets two nights. Don't watch the clips on Friday morning wishing you'd gone Thursday. **[Get tickets for RUSH: Fifty Something at Hard Rock Live](https://www.ticketmaster.com/rush-tickets/artist/807344?venueId=107337)**