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Rush documentary hits Hot Docs

April 28, 2010

City Sonic artist, Geddy Lee (Rush) will be on the big screen once again in “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage.” If you haven’t landed your tickets to the sold-out screening kicking off Hot Docs this year, you can still stand in the rush line.

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, the latest from Banger Films, screens Thursday, April 29th 9:30pm at the lovely Winter Garden Theatre.

While you’re waiting for the film to start, get our free iPhone app or go to http:m.citysonic.tv on your smartphone and check out Bruce McDonald’s City Sonic film about Rush and their historic gig at Massey Hall.

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Get Outside and Buy Tickets Now!

March 25, 2010

Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage, the latest materpiece from Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn, will have its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Film Festival on April 29th at the Winter Garden Theatre. The film questions why one of the greatest selling bands of all time never got the respect from critics they deserved.

McFayden and Dunn are the metalhead duo behind some of Canada’s most successful music documentaries. They’re company Banger Films burst onto the scene in 2005 with the smash success Metal: A Headbangers Journey, and they’ve since been the kings when it comes to hard rock documentaries.

Hot Docs is still over a month away, but tickets for screenings are already online, and for a show this big you can’t afford to leave it to the last minute. Until then, get your Rush fix from City Sonic, and we’ll see you at the festival.

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City Sonic: Geddy Lee (Rush) at Massey Hall

September 13, 2009

Director: Bruce McDonald, 2009

In June 1976, Rush ended their 2112 tour with three sold-out concerts at Massey Hall, an historic event at an historic venue. These shows were recorded for the double-live album All the World’s a Stage – an album that broke the band in the U.S., becoming their first Top 40 Billboard hit and paving the way for a string of famous Rush live albums. It was a first for Rush, but not the first time singer/bassist Geddy Lee felt magic on the stage at Massey. Geddy takes us on a tour inside the legendary concert hall and back to the 1970s to reminisce on how getting to watch Cream and Genesis rock Massey Hall as a star-struck teen set the stage for him to make rock music history there himself.

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Geddy Lee at Massey Hall film coming soon

September 11, 2009

Friends and lovers of Rush: we want to remind you that we’ve got a wonderful short with Geddy Lee at Massey Hall directed by Bruce McDonald on the way. And that we won’t be posting it here today, as is our custom, because it gets its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. Do join us Sunday, September 13 at 12 noon under the fancy movie watching tarp at Yonge and Dundas square. (It screens before the feature Woodstock.) We’ll be posting it here and on mobile immediately following the premiere.

Meanwhile, you can catch Rush’s Alex Lifeson tonight if you’ve got a ticket to the world premiere of Suck. Lifeson has a cameo in the Canadian vampire comedy and rumour says he’ll make an appearance at the screening. Perhaps that means he’ll be at Yonge and Dundas for the special free Suck event at 6:30, featuring live performance by the Burning Brides plus cast from the film.

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Flickr Gallery: Production Pics from “City Sonic: Geddy Lee at Massey Hall”

September 9, 2009

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The title ‘All the World’s a Stage’ only seems appropriate when you look out into Massey Hall’s magnificent concert hall. Check out production photos with Geddy Lee as he returns to this prestigious and memorable venue. Take a look at our Flickr set here.

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