RUSH CLOCKWORK ANGELS PRE-ORDER NOW AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON iTUNES

RUSH CLOCKWORK ANGELS PRE-ORDER NOW AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON iTUNES

CELEBRATED ROCK TRIO’S 20TH STUDIO ALBUM ARRIVES JUNE 12, MASTERED SPECIFICALLY FOR iTUNES

DIGITAL SINGLE “HEADLONG FLIGHT” AVAILABLE NOW

TORONTO, ON (25 APRIL 2012) –
Legendary rock band Rush has made their highly anticipated album CLOCKWORK ANGELS available for pre-order now on iTunes (iTunes.ca). All pre-orders include an immediate download of their new single, “Headlong Flight”, with the remainder of the album delivered on the June 12 release date. CLOCKWORK ANGELS, the renowned trio’s first new collection of original material in over five years, has been mastered specifically for iTunes format in mind, ensuring the delivery of the music to listeners with increased audio fidelity, more closely replicating what the artists, recording engineers, and producers intended.

Additionally, the digital single for “Headlong Flight” is now available for purchase at all digital music retailers and the lyric video – a first for the band – can be seen at the band’s website and the recently launched official YouTube channel (youtube.com/RushOfficialTV). As previously announced, Rush will support the release of CLOCKWORK ANGELS with a North American tour that includes five Canadian dates.

The recording of CLOCKWORK ANGELS began in April 2010 at Nashville’s Blackbird studios with Grammy Award winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Deftones) – who also collaborated with the band on their last studio album, 2007’s SNAKES & ARROWS. Rush co-produced both records.

The songs “Caravan” and “BU2B” were completed during that first session and performed nightly during Rush’s wildly successful Time Machine Tour, which ran from June 2010 to June 2011. Work on CLOCKWORK ANGELS resumed in the fall of 2011 at Revolution Recording in Toronto after the tour’s finale, with additional strings (arranged by David Campbell) recorded at Hollywood’s Ocean Way Studios earlier this year.

With more than 40 million records sold worldwide and countless sold-out tours, Rush – Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart – is not only one of the most inventive and compelling groups in rock history, but remains one of the most popular. The RIAA has certified Rush for the third most consecutive gold/platinum studio albums by a rock band, topped only by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Rush’s vast catalogue includes such classics as 1974’s self-titled debut, 1976’s 2112, 1981’s MOVING PICTURES, 1996’s TEST FOR ECHO, and 2002’s VAPOR TRAILS. In addition to their commercial success, Rush has also been recognized with a number of Juno Awards and multiple Grammy nominations, including one for the acclaimed documentary Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage at last year’s gala event. Enjoying a recent pop culture renaissance, Rush made a rare television appearance - their first in over 30 years - on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” and a memorable cameo in the film “I Love You, Man.” A career-chronicling Rolling Stone feature summed up the renowned rock trio’s continuing artistic vitality by observing, “Its true that Rush doesn’t mean today what it did in’76 or even ’96. It may mean more.”

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CLOCKWORK ANGELS 2012 CANADIAN TOUR DATES

Sep 26 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre Sep 28 -Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre Sep 30 -Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place Oct 14 -Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre Oct 18 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre