With the career-spanning ‘R50’ box set arriving soon, here is a survey of the best Rush live shows and performances.

In a new interview, Rush’s Alex Lifeson revealed that he and Geddy Lee were asked to play Black Sabbath’s farewell show, and dished his new band Envy of None’s possible live plans.

“He told me that he was going to make another album he started writing,” Visconti recalled. “And I said, ‘Oh, I can’t wait to hear,’ and he goes, ‘Yeah, well, right after we get over ...

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Produced by 20th Century Fox, the series started with the 1979 film Alien, then Aliens in 1986, Alien³ in 1992, and Alien: Resurrection in 1997.