Drummers Pay Tribute To Neil Peart In Online Concert This Weekend

A tribute to Rush’s late-drummer Neil Peart will take place this weekend online, with such heavyweights as Stewart Copeland, Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Chicago’s Danny Seraphine, and Cindy Blackman-Santana set to perform. Neil Peart died on January 7th at the age of 67, after battling brain cancer for the past three years.

Rolling Stone reported the LiveXLive Modern Drummer Festival 2020: A Tribute To Neil Peart will run on Saturday, September 12th, at 8 p.m. ET, and “Will be available to watch on Fite.tv. A ticket to the pay-per-view event costs $12.99 and lets you stream the show from your phone, tablet or computer. You can also watch it on your TV through the Fite TV app, which lets you cast the action onto the screen via Apple TV, Roku Streaming Stick, Fire TV and more.”

Among the other performers are Korn’s Ray Luzier, Thomas Lang, Mana’s Alex Gonzalez, Rascal Flatt’s Jim Riley, Dom Famularo, Carmine Appice, Keith Carlock, Styx’s Todd Sucherman, longtime John Fogerty drummer Kenny Aronoff, Gregg Bissonette from Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band, and Kristina Schiano.

The Peart tribute will also feature appearances by Carl Palmer, Kiss’ Eric Singer, and Mike Portnoy, among others. For ticket info, log on to: https://bit.ly/3bGnrck

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