Rush Offer Album Update
Geddy Lee reveals that the band have seven songs written for the new album
In an interview with the Plain Dealer Geddy said "We've got about seven songs written," Lee said. "When you hear the first two songs BU2B and Caravan, which we're playing live now, they definitely have a heavier sound. It's the heavier side of Rush in the early going. But when I think of all the songs that we've written already, there's quite a lot of diversity there. I think—I hope—Rush fans will like it. We're certainly going to work hard to make it a great record, as we always try."
In the interview the singer also revealed that the motivation behind recording their forthcoming new live DVD in Cleveland - the city that originally have the band their big break in the US.
"It feels like full circle to me," Lee said. "We realized after all these years that we've shot films in all these different locations. But we've never really shot an entire film in America. We thought, 'Well, that's just wrong.' So where do we want to shoot? And it dawned on me that it was appropriate to shoot in Cleveland, where our entire American adventure began."
Rush tour the UK next month as part of their Time Machine tour which will see them play the whole of Moving Pictures every night.
14/05/2011 Glasgow SECC
16/05/2011 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
19/05/2011 Manchester MEN Arena
21/05/2011 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
22/05/2011 Birmingham LG Arena
25/05/2011 London O2 Arena