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RUSH Donates $100,000 To Canadian Museum For Human Rights

May 28, 2008

Murray McNeill of the Winnipeg Free Press reports: The members of Canadian rock band RUSH have donated $100,000 from the sale of tickets to last weekend's Winnipeg concert to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

The three band mates Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart also announced today they will be selling museum T-shirts at all of the remaining Canadian stops on their Snakes & Arrows Live concert tour, and donating all of the proceeds from those sales to the museum's $105-million private sector fund-raising campaign.

"My band mates and I are proud to be associated with the creation of a Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg," Lee said in a written statement.

"Canadians are uniquely positioned to be leaders in championing such causes, and we applaud the efforts of the Asper family in making this museum a reality. We hope that Canadians across the country will join us in lending their support."

Read the entire story from the Winnipeg Free Press.

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