Geddy Lee addressed the question of whether the band’s upcoming R40 40th Anniversary tour will be their farewell trek during a guest appearance on VH1 Classic’s “That Metal Show” over the weekend.
Rush have recently announced North American dates that will see the band hit 34 cities across the continent this summer, with shows beginning May 8 in Tulsa, OK.
"It's very hard to answer that question for a lot of reasons,” Lee explains. “The three guys in this band have different opinions on this point – everyone's in a different space right now.
"Neil has a young child at home and he's said numerous times that it's very hard for him to leave his daughter. She needs him.
"It's clear that we are at a point in our career that we have to slow down – and slow down dramatically,” Lee continues. “So, I'm not a guy who's in love with the farewell tour idea, but it's clear that this is going to be the last big tour that we're going to do for a while, anyway.
"In terms of 'are we still a band?' Yeah, of course we're still a band. Do we talk about writing? Yes, we talk about writing. Will we do gigs in the future? I don't see why not. But, when you are talking about a tour that's 35 shows, 40 shows, 50 shows, at our age at this point in our lives, I don't know how many of those are still left in us."
The tour is named after Rush’s 40th anniversary box set, “R40.”
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