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The 2008 tour dates and venues are listed below. Tickets for New Orleans, Reno, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and Detroit go on sale SATURDAY JANUARY 26.

American Express Cardmembers will also have the opportunity to purchase advance tickets January 26th through February 1st for Rush performances in Boston; Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Holmdel, Wantagh and January 27th through February 2nd in Los Angeles and Irvine. In addition there will be a MUSICTODAY fan club presale for all Rush performances in conjunction with RUSH.COM starting January 22 through January 24.

A SNAKES AND ARROWS LIVE CD will be released sometime in April. Details are forthcoming. In addition, the track “Malignant Narcissism” from the band’s 2007 release “SNAKES & ARROWS” (Anthem/Atlantic) has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Fans will experience the technical virtuosity and hard-rocking compositions they have come to expect from Rush members, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. In addition the band will update their set list for the 2008 tour.

The Rush tour in North America is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and SRO/Anthem.

For complete tour & ticket information, fan club presales and more, visit: http://www.rush.com/ & http://www.livenation.com/. ALL DATES LISTED BELOW

  RUSH SNAKES AND ARROWS TOUR 2008

  APRIL
  April 11 San Juan, PR - Coliseo de Puerto Rico
  April 13 Ft Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
  April 15 Orlando, FL - Amway Center
  April 17 Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
  April 19 New Orleans, LA - Arena
  April 20 Houston, TX - Woodlands Pavilion
  April 23 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
  April 25 Dallas, TX - The Music Center at Fair Park
  April 26 Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
  April 29 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion

  MAY
  May 1 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
  May 3 Reno, NV - Reno Events Center
  May 4 Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion
  May 6 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre
  May 10 Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay Events Center
  May 11 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
  May 20 Moline, IL - iWireless Center
  May 22 St Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
  May 24 Winnipeg, MB - MTS Center
  May 25 Regina, SK - Brandt Center
  May 27 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
  May 29 Vancouver, BC - GM Place
  May 31 Seattle, WA- The Gorge Amphitheatre

  JUNE
  June 1 Portland, OR - Clark County Amphitheatre
  June 3 Boise, ID, - Idaho Center
  June 5 Denver, CO - Red Rocks
  June 7 Kansas City, MO- Starlight Theatre
  June 9 Chicago, IL - United Center
  June 10 Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
  June 12 Montreal, QC - Bell Center
  June 14 Philadelphia, PA- Wachovia Center
  June 15 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center
  June 25 Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Amphitheatre
  June 27 Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
  June 28 St Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
  June 30 Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center

  JULY
  July 2 Pittsburgh, PA - Post Gazette Amphitheatre
  July 4 Atlantic City, NJ - Marc Etess Arena
  July 5 Saratoga, NY - SPAC
  July 7 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
  July 9 Toronto, ON - The Molson Amphitheatre
  July 11 Manchester, MA - Verizon Arena
  July 12 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
  July 14 Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
  July 17 Hershey, PA - Hershey Stadium
  July 19 Washington, DC - Nissan Pavilion
  July 20 Charlotte, NC - Amphitheatre
  July 22 Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park

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