Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have ensured their late bandmate Neil Peart will receive a permanent memorial in his Ontario hometown. The duo presented a $785,000 check to the Neil Peart Commemorative Task Force, pushing the six-year fundraising campaign past its $1 million goal. Rush directed a portion of VIP ticket proceeds from their “Fifty Something” tour toward the memorial, while Lee donated $1 per ticket from his My Effin Life book tour. “This remarkable contribution from Rush secures our $1-million fundraising goal,” said St. Catharines city manager Eric Lamothe. The memorial, designed by Morgan MacDonald of Newfoundland Bronze Foundry, will feature two larger-than-life bronze sculptures of Peart at Lakeside Park’s Neil Peart Pavilion. The park is slated to open in late 2027. Peart died in 2020 after a battle with brain cancer. Story URL
Yes frontman Jon Davison will headline a 2026 tribute tour honoring late Moody Blues bassist and songwriter John Lodge, who died suddenly last October. Davison will be joined by Moody Blues touring band members keyboardist Alan Hewitt and drummer Billy Ashbaugh, alongside guitarist Duffy King and cellist Jason Charboneau. Hewitt served as Lodge’s longtime solo musical director. The six-date U.S. tour runs November 29th through December 6th, hitting cities including Annapolis, Woodstock, Red Bank, Hartford, Glenside, and Royal Oak. The shows follow two well-received tribute concerts held in July in Clearwater, Florida and Esher, U.K. Lodge joined the Moody Blues in 1966 and co-wrote classics including “Ride My See-Saw” and “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band).” Story URL
Peter Byrne, singer and co-founder of synth-pop duo Naked Eyes, died September 14th in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 74. Byrne and Rob Fisher launched Naked Eyes in 1982, scoring hits with “Always Something There to Remind Me” and “Promises, Promises.” Byrne continued recording and touring after Fisher’s death in 1999. Story URL