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RUSH Members Talk About CANADIAN SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME Induction

March 23, 2010

The CBC has posted a nearly hour-long video interview with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of RUSH about the band's upcoming induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame/Le Panthéon Des Auteurs Et Compositeurs Canadiens (CSHF/PACC). Watch it at this location.

The 2010 inductees will be honored at the CSHF's sixth annual gala, presented by BMO Nesbitt Burns, on Sunday, March 28 at the George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts.

The full lineup of performers for the sixth annual gala has been announced and includes include Canadian hardcore rockers ALEXISONFIRE performing "Tom Sawyer"; PRIMUS frontman Les Claypool playing a version of "The Spirit Of Radio"; and Canadian folk singer/songwriter JACOB MOON doing his rendition of "Subdivisions".

The 2010 Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductees include 11 influential songwriters, 16 timeless songs and two Legacy Award recipients. It was also announced today that the CSHF/PACC and the Toronto Centre for the Arts have established a strategic partnership that will help expand the CSHF/PACC's mandate by presenting regular and diverse music programming, ongoing educational initiatives and will create a permanent "bricks-and-mortar" home for the Hall of Fame located at the TCA.

Tickets for the March 28 CSHF gala, starting at $110.00, are now on sale and are available through Ticketmaster at 416-870-8000 or online at Ticketmaster.ca.

For more information, visit www.cansong.ca.

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