Rush returned to the live stage on July 11, 2026, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, after Geddy Lee’s laryngitis and bronchitis forced the band to postpone two earlier dates on its Fifty Something tour. The show was the band’s first performance after the health setback and another major milestone in a comeback run that marks Rush’s first tour in more than 10 years and its first live campaign since Neil Peart’s death in 2020.
The Fort Worth run had already been complicated before Lee got sick. Rush had initially shifted one date because of “travel and border-related delays,” and then postponed the June 30 and July 2 shows after doctors told Lee he needed more time to recover. Those dates were rescheduled for July 11 and July 13, with the July 11 concert becoming the band’s long-awaited return to the stage.
Rush’s official tour page shows the Fifty Something trek stretching across North America and beyond, with added dates in several cities after the first leg sold out quickly. The band’s current lineup features Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, along with drummer Anika Nilles and keyboardist Loren Gold.
The July 11 show kept the same two-set format Rush has used throughout the tour, with the performance running from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Dickies Arena. The set pulled from classic Rush eras, mixed in Neil Peart tributes, and ended with a two-song encore.
July 11, 2026 setlist at Dickies Arena, Fort Worth
Set 1
- “Where’s Rush?”
- “Xanadu”
- “Dreamline”
- “Subdivisions”
- “Headlong Flight”
- “Neil Peart Tribute Collage 1”
- “Bravado”
- “Red Sector A”
- “La Villa Strangiato”
- “Anthem”
- “New World Man”
- “The Spirit of Radio”
Set 2
- “2112” suite: “Overture,” “The Temples of Syrinx,” “Finale”
- “Distant Early Warning”
- “Red Barchetta”
- “Dreamline”
- “Natural Science”
- “Time Stand Still”
- “Red Sector A”
- “YYZ”
- “The Garden”
- “Tom Sawyer”
Encore
- “By-Tor and the Snow Dog”
- “Working Man”
The show’s structure also reflected the tour’s broader tribute mindset. Rush has been pairing the run with multiple Neil Peart nods, and the setlist pool on earlier nights already showed the band rotating songs while keeping its biggest staples in place. Earlier Fort Worth performances during the same leg included songs like “Limelight,” “Freewill,” “The Trees,” “Caravan,” “Leave That Thing Alone,” and “Vital Signs,” showing how much the band has been reshuffling material across dates.
The return was especially significant because the Fifty Something tour began in Los Angeles on June 7, 2026, and continues through key cities including Chicago, New York, Toronto, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, Cleveland, San Antonio, Denver, Seattle, San Jose, Washington, D.C., and more, with tickets listed on Rush’s official tour page and Ticketmaster.
For Rush fans, July 11 was more than a rescheduled concert. It was the sound of a band working its way back to full strength, even after illness interrupted the run, and proving that its live legacy is still very much active.
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