Rush’s Geddy Lee recently discussed with Rolling Stone magazine, where he said that Paul McCartney wanted to convince him and Alex Lifeson to tour together again. Geddy Lee mentioned that this discussion took place in 2022 when he, Alex Lifeson, and Paul McCartney were performing as part of the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in London.
During the interview, Geddy Lee was asked if he got the sense that Paul McCartney knew Rush’s music:
“No, but I got the sense he knew who we were and had heard about us. He had never listened to us. So at the show, he was there. He watched the set. I think he was really curious because people probably had mentioned us to him.
“But after the show, he was incredible. He was so warm and embracing and positive. He came and sat and drank with us. We all got plastered together. And he was very emphatic, talking about, ‘You know what Ringo (Starr) always says: ‘It’s what we do.” And I said, ‘Talk to Al, because he’s the stubborn one.’ And so he was lecturing Al about how great it is to tour. ‘You have to do it, man. You have to get back out there, man.’
”And Alex said something, like, ‘I’ll do it, if you’ll be our manager.’ ‘I’ll manage you, mate!’ It was really fun, really funny, but he had a point. That’s the way he looks at life. He’s ageless because he really, truly believes he was born to do this.
”That’s what you do. And you just do it. You don’t question it. And I think we all sometimes forget that.”