Neil Peart - Drumming Legend - Dead at 67

[GeddyWrox]

Brain tumor.

Dammit.

[GeddyWrox]

[Radbird]

Just saw the headline come through - [expletive].

[GeddyWrox]

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[Smith Corks One]

Just [expletive] awful. Of course, selfish as I am, one of my first thoughts was that I wish I had gotten to see them just one last time. But few bands have given me as much joy throughout the entirety of my life. Godspeed, my man.

[GeddyWrox]

Yeah, I hear ya. I had similar thoughts go through my head too. They were pretty clear they weren't going to tour anymore after the last one. I was holding out hope they'd change their minds. I had no idea he even had cancer. I just thought his body couldn't handle the rigors of playing/touring anymore.

[mikechamp]

Sad, sad day. I too was holding out hope they'd tour again someday. I'm very glad I got to see them perform live (Snakes & Arrows tour). It was a treat.

The R40 tour, which they had hinted would be their last, ran from May 8, 2015 – Aug 1, 2015. That concluded before Neil found out he had brain cancer. I wonder what they were all planning to do in retirement.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I remember my girlfriend talking about her sister raving about this band 'Rush' she'd seen playing a bar in her college town. Wasn't long before we started hearing Fly By Night and Working Man on the radio.

[IMADreamer]

Greatest of all time.