RUSH Wins Governor General’s Award

According to CBC News, legendary Canadian rockers RUSH have won a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award. The bandmembers are among the laureates announced Tuesday in Calgary.
Each laureate receives a cash award of $25,000 from the Canada Council For The Arts and a commemorative medallion struck by the Royal Canadian Mint.

According to Amazon.co.jp and HMV.co.jp, RUSH’s long-awaited new album, “Clockwork Angels”, will be released in Japan on May 23 via Warner Music. The band started work on the follow-up to 2007’s “Snakes & Arrows” in late 2009 with the production team of Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR) and engineer Richard Chycki (AEROSMITH, DREAM THEATER).

Two songs from “Clockwork Angels” that were previously digitally released, “BU2B” and “Caravan”, were reportedly re-recorded for the forthcoming CD due to a record label change in the middle of the making of the album.

Source: E-prog