{"id":21636,"date":"2026-07-30T04:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21636"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:17:29","slug":"rush-triumphantly-kick-off-four-night-run-at-madison-square-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21636","title":{"rendered":"RUSH Triumphantly Kick Off Four-Night Run at Madison Square Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RUSH-featured.jpg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-id=\"1614781\" data-title=\"RUSH Triumphantly Kick Off Four-Night Run at Madison Square Garden: Photos, Video + Setlist\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/rush-msg-photos-video-setlist\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/rush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RUSH<\/a> brought their <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/10\/rush-2026-north-american-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFifty Something\u201d reunion tour<\/a> to New York City\u2019s Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, July 28th, for the first of four shows at \u201cThe World\u2019s Most Famous Arena.\u201d The prog-rock icons played a 24-song career-spanning set for the the sold-out crowd of adoring fans.<\/p>\n<p>With the excitement surrounding the band\u2019s first tour in 11 years, RUSH were going to sell out this tour no matter what, even if they showed up with a couple of tin cans, an acoustic guitar, and a dime-store bass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=rush%2Amsg-review-button&amp;subId2=&amp;subId3=&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Frush-tickets%2Fperformer%2F745\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get RUSH Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That said, RUSH aren\u2019t resting on their laurels, bringing with them a magnificent production filled with incredible video imagery, moving tributes to the late Neil Peart, and comedic clips featuring Paul Rudd and Jason Segal hilariously reprising their roles as RUSH superfans from <em>I Love You, Man<\/em>, along with some fun barbs from the <em>South Park<\/em> crew.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Yet, none of that would matter if the band didn\u2019t sound great, and they sounded incredible at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>From the opening notes of \u201cXanadu\u201d to the final moments of the set-closing \u201cWorking Man,\u201d Geddy Lee\u2019s voice was as strong as ever, and Alex Lifeson once again proved why he is a guitar master. But it\u2019s drummer Anika Nilles who has the toughest task, filling the legendary Neil Peart\u2019s shoes, and she knocked it out of the park \u2014 or rather, in the home of the NBA champion New York Knicks, delivered a thunderous slam dunk.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it was tackling the complex intricacies of the instrumental \u201cYYZ\u201d or nailing the iconic drum fill of \u201cTom Sawyer,\u201d Nilles erased any doubts that she could follow in the footsteps of <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/list\/100-best-drummers-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the greatest drummers of all time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All told, whether you\u2019re a longtime RUSH fan or someone who never got to see them before, you\u2019re in for a treat if you plan on catching any of the remaining dates on their North American tour, which extends all the way into December (<a style=\"display: inline !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=rush&amp;subId2=msg-review-general&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Frush-tickets%2Fperformer%2F745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pick up tickets here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>For a full breakdown of RUSH\u2019s \u201cFifty Something\u201d show, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/06\/rush-reunion-tour-kickoff-show-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thorough review of the tour\u2019s Los Angeles kickoff<\/a> last month. The band changes the setlist each night within the same city, so expect some fun variations during the next three evenings of their Madison Square Garden stand.<\/p>\n<p>See our photos, along with video footage and the setlist, from the first Madison Square Garden show below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbYteIMsOZQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbY0Ov5kfmo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbY7G-6GJcf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Setlist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Set 1:<\/strong><br \/>Xanadu<br \/>Limelight<br \/>Far Cry<br \/>Subdivisions<br \/>Freewill<br \/>Bravado<br \/>Headlong Flight<br \/>La Villa Strangiato<br \/>Vital Signs<br \/>The Spirit of Radio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Set 2:<\/strong><br \/>2112 Part I: Overture<br \/>2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx<br \/>2112 Part VII: Grand Finale<br \/>Distant Early Warning<br \/>Red Barchetta<br \/>Dreamline<br \/>Natural Science<br \/>Time Stand Still<br \/>Red Sector A<br \/>YYZ<br \/>The Garden<br \/>Tom Sawyer<\/p>\n<p><em>Encore:<\/em><br \/>By-Tor &amp; The Snow Dog<br \/>Working Man<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH brought their \u201cFifty Something\u201d reunion tour to New York City\u2019s Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, July 28th, for the first of four shows at \u201cThe World\u2019s Most Famous Arena.\u201d The prog-rock icons played a 24-song career-spanning set for the the sold-out crowd of adoring fans. 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