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A Twenty Something’s Ode To Rush
May 22, 2013, was the first and last time I saw acclaimed rock band Rush in concert.
I was in the midst of preparing for my first semester exams in university in Manchester, England.
Legendary Canadian rock band Rush had just released their 19th studio album Clockwork Angels the year before and was touring across the UK. For once in my life, I could see them on tour.
Tickets were expensive for a student, but this was one of those experience I had to go.
It was non-negotiable. Rush rarely toured Asia, and here I was in the same country they were going to play at. Regardless of the circumstances, I had to go.
It never occurred to me to ask anyone along. My peers were more interested in current artists like OneRepublic who had played just a few weeks before Rush.
Nah, this one, I was content to go alone.
Who was going to be interested in a fuddy-duddy old-person rock band like Rush anyway?
For a band dating back to the late-60s, who knew when they were next going to play or even hang up their instruments?
