RUSH Drummer Says Rotterdam Shows 'Represented True Climax Of Tour'

November 8, 2007

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has updated his web site with the latest journal entry from the road, "Haste Ye Back". In it, he details his travels over the fifteen show Eurorpean leg of the "Snakes & Arrows" tour. He also recounts his feelings of shame and anger at reading he was voted second worst rock lyricist (behind Sting) in Britain's Revolver magazine, confronting stalking British fans, and the inevitable wearing out and breaking of parts for both his drums, motorcycle, and body. "Altogether, Brutus and I rode 7,268 kilometers (4,543 miles) in Europe, while Alex [Lifeson; guitar], Geddy [Lee; bass, vocals], and I played fifteen shows," he says. "That brings me to a total of 39,059 kilometers (24,412 miles) of motorcycling on the 'Snakes & Arrows' tour, on my way to sixty-four shows with the guys at work."

Neil also touches on the filming of the Ahoy gigs in Rotterdam, Holland for the upcoming concert DVD, stating there were 17 cameras recording the shows and that "on that occasion, Alex and Geddy and I were fairly ecstatic to feel that we played really well on those two nights," he writes. "All things considered, they may have represented the true climax of the tour. Sure, there were many satisfying shows among those sixty-four performances, I am glad to report, but those two are permanent."

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