RUSH released a 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of "Moving Pictures" on April 5. The package includes an audiophile surround sound mix, music videos, rare photos, liner notes and more. The set is available in two versions: as a digitally remastered CD and DVD, and a digitally remastered CD and Blu-ray disc. Both feature the complete album and three music videos, "Tom Sawyer", "Limelight" and the previously unreleased clip for "Vital Signs", in both a 5.1 Surround Sound mix supervised by guitarist Alex Lifeson and in newly remastered stereo from the original analog master tapes.

Canadian rock band Rush ranks third in the Hot Tours rankings (behind Usher and Lady Gaga) with the initial totals of 2011 reported for the Time Machine Tour that originally kicked off last summer. The 2010 schedule wrapped last October in South America, but following a winter break, the tour resumed with a sold out performance on March 30 at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. The first six concerts from the 2011 itinerary were reported during the past week by tour promoter Live Nation Global Touring, and the top gross and attendance numbers among these venues came from Madison Square Garden. The band drew a sellout crowd of 13,207 to the New York City arena on April 10 grossing $1.2 million.

Premier Guitar's Rebecca Dirks was on location in Chicago, Illinois at the United Center where she talked with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson's tech Scott Appleton about the gear Lifeson is using on the band's 2011 "Time Machine" tour. Appleton shows off all of Lifeson's gear, including Gibson Les Paul Axcess Alex Lifeson Signature models, a ES-355, a Fender reissue '52 Tele, and two '90s PRS models. Lifeson uses Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MKII Alex Lifeson Signature heads, Steam Punk Statesman 2x12 Cabinets, and a Hughes & Kettner Coreblade.

The 2011 leg of the Time Machine Tour kicked off March 30th in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, will include the first ever filming of a US Rush Concert in Cleveland on April 15th, and will visit Scandinavia, Britain, Holland and Germany before coming to a close on July 2nd at The Gorge near Seattle, Washington.

The group has also been working on its 20th studio album, "Clockwork Angels", which is tentatively due for release in the spring of 2012.