Editing Rush (band) (section)

===2001–2009: comeback, ''Vapor Trails'' and ''Snakes & Arrows''===
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In January 2001, Lee, Lifeson, and Peart came together to see if they could reassemble the band. According to Peart, "We laid out no parameters, no goals, no limitations, only that we would take a relaxed, civilized approach to the project." With the help of producer [[Paul Northfield]], the band produced seventy-four minutes of music for their new album ''[[Vapor Trails]]'', which was written and recorded in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=William F. |date=June 24, 2020 |title=Neil Peart: The Fire Returns |url=http://2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/20020900moderndrummer.htm |access-date=September 1, 2002 |website=2112.net |publisher=[[Modern Drummer]] |archive-date=February 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209082213/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/20020900moderndrummer.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Vapor Trails'' marked the first Rush studio recording to not include any keyboards or synthesizers since ''Caress of Steel''. According to the band, the album's developmental process was extremely taxing and took approximately 14 months to finish, the longest they had ever spent writing and recording a studio album.<ref name="Vapor Trails news archive" /> ''Vapor Trails'' was released on May 14, 2002; to herald the band's comeback, the single and lead track from the album, "[[One Little Victory]]", was designed to grab the attention of listeners with its rapid guitar and drum tempos.<ref name="Vapor Trails news archive">{{cite web |title=Vapor Trails news archive |url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/VTnews.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616202159/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/VTnews.htm |archive-date=June 16, 2008 |access-date=March 16, 2006 |website=Power Windows |publisher=2112.net}}</ref> The album was supported by the band's first tour in six years, including first-ever concerts in Brazil and Mexico City, where they played to some of the largest crowds of their career. The largest was a capacity of 60,000 in [[São Paulo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Vapor Trails Tour |url=https://www.rush.com/tour/vapor-trails/ |access-date=August 29, 2019 |website=Rush |archive-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411022418/https://www.rush.com/tour/vapor-trails/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Vapor Trails'' peaked at No. 3 in Canada and No. 6 in the US, while selling disappointingly in the UK, where it peaked at No. 38.

[[File:Rush-in-concert.jpg|thumb|left|Rush performing in September 2004]]
A live album and DVD, ''[[Rush in Rio]]'', was released in October 2003, featuring the last performance of the band's Vapor Trails Tour on November 23, 2002, at [[Maracanã Stadium]] in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To celebrate the band's 30th anniversary, June 2004 saw the release of ''[[Feedback (EP)|Feedback]]'', an [[extended play]] work recorded in suburban Toronto that featured eight [[Cover version|covers]] of artists such as Cream, The Who and [[The Yardbirds]], bands the members of Rush cite as inspiration around the time of their inception.<ref>{{cite web |title=Feedback new archive |url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/FBKnews.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214164834/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/FBKnews.htm |archive-date=February 14, 2008 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |website=Power Windows |publisher=2112.net}}</ref> To help support ''Feedback'' and continue celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band, Rush launched the 30th Anniversary Tour in the summer of 2004, playing dates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands. On September 24, 2004, the concert at The [[Festhalle]] in Frankfurt, Germany was filmed for a DVD titled ''[[R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour]]'', which was released on November 22, 2005. This release omitted eight songs also included on ''Rush in Rio''; the complete concert was released on [[Blu-ray]] on December 8, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 27, 2009 |title=Rush Blog – Rush is a Band Blog: Full-concert R30 on Blu-ray and DVD now available for pre-order |url=http://www.rushisaband.com/display.php?id=1968 |access-date=June 27, 2010 |publisher=Rushisaband.com}}</ref>

During promotional interviews for the ''R30'' DVD, the band members revealed their intention to begin writing new material in early 2006. While in Toronto, Lifeson and Lee began the songwriting process in January 2006. During this time, Peart assumed his role of lyric writing while residing in Southern California. The following September, Rush hired American producer [[Nick Raskulinecz]] to co-produce the album. The band officially entered [[Allaire Studios]] in [[Shokan, New York|Shokan]], New York, in November 2006 to record the bulk of the material. Taking the band five weeks, the sessions ended in December. On February 14, 2007, an announcement was made on the official Rush website that the title of the new album would be ''Snakes & Arrows''. The first single, "[[Far Cry (Rush song)|Far Cry]]", was released to North American radio stations on March 12, 2007, and reached No. 2 on the [[Mediabase]] Mainstream and Radio and Records Charts.<ref name="rushofficialwebsite">[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110430234846/http://www.rush.com/rush/ Rush Official Website], Rush.com. Retrieved August 3, 2007.</ref>

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The Rush website, newly redesigned on March 12, 2007, to support the new album, also announced that the band would embark on a tour to begin in the summer. ''[[Snakes & Arrows]]'' was released on May 1, 2007, in North America, where it debuted at No. 3 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with approximately 93,000 units sold in its first week.<ref>Katie Hasty, [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052244/ne-yo-scores-second-no-1-in-debut-heavy-week "Ne-Yo Scores Second No.&nbsp;1 In Debut-Heavy Week"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819203938/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052244/ne-yo-scores-second-no-1-in-debut-heavy-week |date=August 19, 2020}}, ''Billboard'', May 9, 2007</ref> It also peaked at No. 3 in Canada and No. 13 in the UK, selling an estimated 611,000 copies worldwide. To coincide with the beginning of Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, "[[Spindrift (song)|Spindrift]]" was released as the official second radio single on June 1, 2007, while "[[The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)]]" saw single status on June 25, 2007. "The Larger Bowl" peaked within the top 20 of both the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock and Mediabase Mainstream charts, but "Spindrift" failed to appear on any commercial chart.<ref name="rushnews">{{cite web |title=Snakes and Arrows chart rankings |url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/News.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822110411/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/News.htm |archive-date=August 22, 2008 |access-date=August 12, 2007 |website=Power Windows |publisher=2112.net}}</ref> The planned intercontinental [[Snakes & Arrows Tour|tour]] in support of ''Snakes & Arrows'' began on June 13, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia, coming to a close on October 29, 2007, at [[Hartwall Arena]] in Helsinki, Finland.<ref>[http://www.rush.com/ Official Rush Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223014438/http://www.rush.com/ |date=February 23, 2011}}. Retrieved March 26, 2007.</ref>

The 2008 portion of the ''Snakes & Arrows'' tour began on April 11, 2008, in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], at [[José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum]], and concluded on July 24, 2008, in [[Noblesville, Indiana]] at the Verizon Wireless Music Center.<ref name="rushofficialwebsite"/> On April 15, 2008, the band released ''[[Snakes & Arrows Live]]'', a double live album documenting the first leg of the tour, recorded at the [[Rotterdam Ahoy|Ahoy arena]] in [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands on October 16 and 17, 2007.<ref name="rushnews"/> A DVD and Blu-ray recording of the same concerts was released on November 24, 2008.<ref>[http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1803 Blu-Ray.com Featured News Article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923195039/http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1803 |date=September 23, 2008}}, Blu-ray News website. Retrieved September 22, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Snakes & Arrows DVD release |url=http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html |access-date=November 12, 2007 |publisher=Neil Peart's Official website |archive-date=March 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308155034/http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 27, 2008 |title=Rush film concert for possible DVD footage |url=http://www.therockradio.com/2008/07/rush-film-concert-for-possible-dvd.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929174110/http://www.therockradio.com/2008/07/rush-film-concert-for-possible-dvd.html |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |access-date=June 27, 2010 |publisher=The Rock Radio}}</ref> As Rush neared the conclusion of the ''Snakes &amp; Arrows'' tour, they announced their first appearance on American television in over 30 years. They appeared on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' on July 16, 2008, where they were interviewed by [[Stephen Colbert]] and performed "Tom Sawyer".<ref name="RushPR">{{Cite news |title=Rush to Perform for the First Time on U.S. Television in Over 30 Years on 'The Colbert Report' |agency=[[PR Newswire]] |url=http://sev.prnewswire.com/music/20080715/NYTU13315072008-1.html |access-date=July 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801145523/http://sev.prnewswire.com/music/20080715/NYTU13315072008-1.html |archive-date=August 1, 2008}}</ref> Continuing to ride what film critic [[Manohla Dargis]] called a "pop cultural wave", the band appeared as themselves in the 2009 comedy film ''[[I Love You, Man]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Manohla Dargis |date=March 20, 2009 |title=Best Man Wanted. Must Be Rush Fan |work=The New York Times |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/movies/20love.html?ref=movies |access-date=March 31, 2009}}</ref>