From: curtissdubois@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, January 10, 2020 at 7:35:15 AM UTC-5, Ken wrote:   
   > It was pretty clear that the R40 Live tour was going to be Rush's last tour.   
   The guys didn't rule out the possibility of an occasional show. More hopefully   
   for fans, the guys didn't rule out the possibility of future albums, either.   
   And it seemed that    
   Geddy and Alex believed that the band might well record again. A year or so   
   after R40, when a music journalist asked Lifeson why the band wasn't working   
   on anything new, he said that they usually took a break after a tour. In the   
   footage of Alex visiting    
   the guitar shop in Japan post-R40, Alex made some comment along the lines of:   
   "We look to the future in this band" -- meaning they focus on their next   
   project rather than dwelling on the past. In fact, even after Neil referred to   
   himself as a "former    
   drummer" in one of his updates, Geddy insisted that the "former" referred to   
   live performance.    
   >    
   > Something changed, however. At some point, it dawned on G&A that Neil was   
   truly retired -- not just from live performance, but from Rush and drumming in   
   general. I wonder what the nature of Neil's communication to the others was.   
   Was it a casual email?    
   Did he speak w/ them in person? Was he apologetic at all? Whatever the case,   
   Geddy and Alex have reconciled themselves to the fact that Neil will not be   
   participating in any future collaborations with G&A.   
      
   Wasn't it later on this very day that Neil's death was announced?   
      
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