Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. Thank you, Rush, and RIP Neil.

Not many of you realize Neil never went up front to take a bow, until this. Did you see how surprised Alex and Geddy were to see him come to the front? Emotional moment. Miss you guys.

Neil coming out to take a bow was a very clear sign this was the series finale….😥😥😥😥

It is hard to believe that this was Neil ´s final public drumming perfomance...!!!!! but what a show.!!!!!!!! thanks professor Neil for all these years,!!!!!

freeze this moment a little bit longer,make each sensation a little bit stronger....

In 1984, my family moved to Winchester VA just before I went into 9th grade; met my new best friend, who introduced me to Rush music. In 1998, I move to Ontario, Canada. In 2004, my partner and I open a computer shop. In 2007, my partner and I bought a house across the street from Rush's manager's parents house. In 2010, I meet Neil's father....we become his "computer guys". During the Clockwork Angels tour he comes in and asks us if we'd like Rush tickets? I said "I love you!". Two 5th row floor seats. R40 tour, same thing. 5th row. We had the best time ever. Small world. RIP, Glen, RIP Neil.

Geddy summed it up at the end with *"Forty Awesome Years!"* Thank you RUSH! Still the favorite band for millions of fans!

I was at this show. My first Rush show and their last. What an experience!

Canada has presented us some of the GREATEST ROCK. I say this as a A life long, native born U.S. citizen. Our northern neighbors have ROCKED US just as hard had the Brits did!. Seemingly "the kids" associate Canadian music with Bieber or perhaps (somewhat "better" Celine Dion..) BUT Holy Fuck: Rush, The Guess Who, B.T.O, Triumph, April Wine, The Band and not to EVER be forgotten Gordon Lightfoot. And More! Being from Pittsburgh, PA I was lucky to hear great Canadian radio, like CKLW and others. Thank you Canada for this! Well, also thank you for the Telephone, Walkie Talkie, Basketball and Hockey too!!

Suddenly he was gone. RIP you legend x

My all time favorite band. Almost 65 years old and still listen to their entire repertoire of amazing masterpieces. Not even sure what else I can say other than thank you.

I listen to this band everyday(and so do my neighbours)

Look how happy Neil is. All the feels.

No band’s career has ever concluded with so much grace, style and dignity. We will never see the likes of Dirk, Lerxt and Pratt again.

Its such a shame that everything beautiful and special must always come to an end. Nothing escapes the end. RIP Neil. Neil, Alex and Geddy, thank you for the killer soundtrack of my youth! I will cherish Rush until my final day here on earth.

Just leaving a note for myself when I come back and listen to this every few months for the rest of my life. Hi future self!

"Working Man" was their breakthrough hit in the US. A fitting last song for one of the hardest working rock and roll bands ever. For many years they were snubbed by the snobby music critics and passed over by the RRHOF. Their working class fans never left, them and by force of will they finally received the recognition they deserved.

3rd row, Geddy's side... unforgettable show! Rock history has been made that night! Thanks Rush, rest in peace NEP!

Damn this brought tears to my eyes. I was there for this at the Forum 15th row floor. My brother and I both knew this was it. Especially after seeing Neil come to the front of the stage. He never did that in all the years I've seen them live. Farewell Rush...you're AWESOME! 😎🎸🥁🎤🎹

And they ended it with a tribute to John rutsey. Brings a tear to my eye.

Rush went out on the very top of their craft! So wonderful to have these videos to cherish!

Still listening everyday.

They saved my life during High School in the late 70's early 80's.......thank you boys you are the best and I love you.

Damn. I just started getting into Rush. Amazing band. RIP Neil.

Watching this made me cry... it was like saying, "goodbye," to a part of my childhood and growing up.

I will never not cry watching this beautiful finale

As a former drummer words can’t state the importance of Neil Peart in my life. He was an influence, a teacher, a goal and in some was an albatross (when I tried to learn an impossible one of his parts) but most of all he was an inspiration. If not for him I probably would have never bought a drum kit. Watching this broke my heart but also made me smile for the memories. Thank you Neil, Geddy, AND Alex for what you’ve mean to ALL of us.

😢 Miss those days. ❤

I was there, with my eight year old son who could barely keep his eyes open. A forever memory, no doubt.

My favorite band since I saw them warmup KISS in December of 1975 in Pittsburgh, PA. I saw ever tour after that and met Alex and Geddy after the Roll the Bones concert here. Great guys. Spoke with me and a friend for 25 minutes. Still can't believe it.

Would have been so cool if Neil took a selfie.. that photo would have been priceless. RIP professor. We miss you.

Seeing Mr. Neil Peart run up front brought a tear and a smile to my heart. Thank you.

Geddy described this so well in his book. Neil shocked them by coming up to the front of the stage….and that was it. There was a time.

Why did it happen? Because it happened… Let’s be grateful for having been able to experience the existence of this Band. Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱♥️🇨🇦♥️🇺🇸

1968-2018 - 50 years as an active band. Amazing!

It was nice to meet your Mom awhile ago back in the 80's while she was in our community as I got a signed album during the time you were home visiting in Ontario 🙂Thx Neil for taking time to autograph my record album !

Rush will always be awesome...just awesome.

I caught the R40 tour in San Jose, CA. I live about a 12 to 15 minute drive from the arena. It was like my 39th time that I had seen the band, & they were every bit as from the first time I saw them in 1974 till the very end!!! When I saw them in Germany, I was stationed there in the Army. I meet the entire band after the Frankfurt concert in 1979. It was their last show & Geddy & his wife were going to take a sight seeing tour. When I heard that I told him some really great places to checkout in Switzerland. I went to school there when I was in 5th to 7th grades. So I know some awesome places to go & see. Man, what a great memory of these great players. My friends, we will never see such a band ever again, & let us all thank God that we got to see them.

One of the best band that rock my soul.

Neil was such a huge influence to me. His lyrics spoke to the soul. Knowing that he never once came to front and center stage to take a bow and then seeing him do it here had me in tears immediately the 1st time i saw it, and still brings me to tears. These guys were the epitome of class.

The surprise of Neil walking up on stage afterwards made me tear up a little. What a concert and what a band. I've been a Rush fan for as long as I can remember and the last hurrah of Rush will be in my memory forever. Thank you Alex, Geddy, Neil, and all the crew for putting on all the shows and making a memory that will forever be one of the best moments in my life. Rush fan for life!

Eight bars of Garden Road at the very end. I'll bet that was one of the songs they played on their very first day together.

Miss you Rush. My Band.

There will never be another drummer and songwriter like Professor Pratt

never forget, maybe the first time the professor give applause to audience...... miss you mr. Peart....

RIP Neil! The GOD of the drums. As a guitarist, I can say you were absolutely the best. This 3 band trio you were in were absolutely amazing. Nothing like it, or will ever become of it. Sad, but you were the best. You will live on brotha.

Not a single soul - on or off stage - had a clue that this would be the last performance of The Mighty RUSH!

Neil never came out from behind the drum kit until this very last night. Did you see the smile on his face? What a moment. I am so glad it is saved and available for future generations of music lovers. ❤

What an absolutely amazing run for these three brilliant musicians. Got to see them numerous times from the early 90s through the last tour. Wish I could have been there for this final moment. Great memories I will cherish forever. Thank you Rush for getting me through the hard times and the good times.

6:15 that's the most beautiful image, a beautiful postal for history. Thank you RUSH... And thank you Professor Peart, you changed my life. ✨👀

Never thought I would see 3 genius musicians perform with a unique sound ,I never thought I would see anyone like ginger baker from cream but Neil Peart is an equal ,when ginger done a 15 minute drum solo the ash off his cigarette never fell off which to me was crazy but no doubt Neil and ginger will discuss their talents to God

I miss them, my favorite band, only went to 5 of their concerts. I sure wish I went to more of them. They were so talented! 😢 😎

What a great moment with Neil coming out to take a bow with Geddy and Alex!!!!

Three amazing musicians and friends…who wouldn’t want what they achieved while being so grateful and humble

Thanks for sharing this footage. Such an enjoyable ride all those years. From a 10 year old kid hearing Rush “Chances” in the summer of ‘78 to seeing this final song performed. They finished well but, too soon. Farewell to Neil. Neil Peart University Alumni ( TM )

What a band. What a legacy. A major league rock act of the highest order.

This video elicits more tears from me than watching The Green Mile. Thanks for 40 great years. The greatest band ever.

Thank you to Grimsby Ontario Canada. For producing such great legendary rock artists for the world 🌍😊

My dad took me to go see Rush on the R40 tour in Seattle. There has never been a show since that I’ve seen that could possibly top what I saw that night. I wouldn’t have gotten into music myself if I hadn’t heard Spirit of the Radio on 97.1 fm when I was in middle school. I’m forever grateful to have experienced Rush live, and I owe it to my dad %150.

One of the highlights of my life was attending this tour. Buy the ticket and see the show guys. Your heroes won’t be around forever!

The first time I ever heard a Rush song was in high school 1979 and a great local band played 2112, the whole first side of the album. I pretty stoned and being a drummer was totally fixated on the drummer. I was totally blown away hearing the music for the first time. I later asked what music that was to a friend he replied ‘That’s Rush man!’. They became interwoven into the fabric of my life as I played in many bands for years. Each time I hear a Rush song, it takes me back to a specific moment in time. Thanks guys! RIP Neil, you were the bench mark all of us drummers aspired to hit. God Bless you.

Oh my Godness! Who could have ever thought it could have finished this way?? Neil was sick, he was still young and full of life. What an amazing way of playing his drum kit, despite of feeling so bad mentally and physically... I will love you guys till the rest of my life! Thanks so much for making us so happy! I am full of tears, and my heart hurts! You will never be forgotten! RIP NEIL!! I love you!

Those people watched history in the making. Wow!

This was my 14th birthday. In another universe, i went to this show and it was the best day of my damn life. If only

💜Tribute to my brother who died suddenly a couple weeks ago, he loved Rush! He was a working man all the way…now Closer To The Heart

The high school gym set and the amps on school chairs like their first gigs is my favorite part.

I spent tens of thousands of dollars going to a couple dozen shows on the last several tours and going back to MOVING PICTURES a total of 105 including thousands upon thousands upon thousands of dollars on front row broker tickets and I made it on the time machine DVD. My only regret is that I wasted the rest of my money on shelter and food instead of going to more RUSH concerts 😳😮

With this left also an era of music that contributed greatly to be part of the generations to see them live and anticipate the release of album after album. That is no longer possible and forever an experience that was included in shaping some aspect of that which is positive in my life. Im speaking of Rush during the 70's and 80's. Those years mean the most to me. Signals, Moving Pictures, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire and Exit Stage Left, 2112, All The Worlds A Stage , Rush, Fly By Night, Permanent Waves, Hemispheres, Caress of Steel. Saw Them at the Forum on the Power Windows Tour. Took the bus on a school night.

Thanks For Your Music... Bye from Italy.

That was the end of an era...

Thank you guys for all the great music and memories!

Bittersweet moment, seeing Neil up there in the limelight finally. And then gone so soon afterwards. So glad my son and I finally saw them in Chicago during this tour!

And back stage who was watching this , it was Danny Cary from Tool , Chad smith Red hot Chile peppers , , Tyler Hawkins Foo fighters, Stuart Copland from the Police , Jethro Tulls drummer Doane Perry, plus others All of came just to see Neil ,

The perfect song for these guys to bow out. The end of an era. I sorely miss these guys.

Neil, I'm still living my own mourning... after all these years and I think it will last for a long time.

Looking at and listening to RUSH, I can't help but think about how tragic neil's life was. And throughout this whole tour he was in pain and didn't even want to do the tour to begin with but still did and kicked ass. I wasn't sure whether or not to feel bad for him but seeing the smile on his face as he stood between neil and geddy, I think I should just be happy for his legacy.

What a great concert, and what a great joy to have been able to see so many of them over the decades.

. . .and so, it ENDS where it BEGAN! With this GREAT CLASSIC, and Neil Peart SHOCKING EVERYONE (including Geddy!) by doing a CURTAIN CALL!!

It's interesting to note their stage set up appears to be that of a band first starting out (amplifiers sitting on top of school chairs).

One of my favorite bands of all time !!

I WAS THERE!!

RIP Neil. Just such a shame you were unable to keep going and bring the tour over here to the UK. An emotional finale and a fitting farewell to my favourite band and drummer of all time

I love to watch them on dvd close up, I am in awe the hole time because as a guitar player they mesmerize me with there vertuosity.

So Sad. RIP The professor of the drumkit. Sorely missed

I saw them when they were playing Toronto high school gyms and bars with their original drummer, the late John Rutsey (b.1952-d.2008). I watched them go from bars to opening for big name acts, to them headlining Maple Leaf Gardens. Their prog/rock era, their more commercial FM friendly era, the tragic 90s where there was great doubt as to whether the band would continue or not. Their resurrection in the 2000's and their graceful exit with their best song from their very first album. They never sold out, they never gave it anything but their very best. So proud of these three hosers who stayed humble from start to finish. The greatest band Canada has ever produced, and one of the greatest bands of all-time.

I miss you, Maestro...

That last riff at the end was Garden Road.

Tears, tears, tears. They are streaming. I’m so moved beyond words. Perhaps Neil can articulate what I’m feeling from beyond the lighted stage. This is the core of what life is. I know that sounds ridiculous but fellow Rush fans know what I am trying to say. Ok, more tears now.

Fantastic band.... Neil was one of the best drummers sadly missed....🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I kind of wish there would have been a live DVD recorded and filmed for this as well. Time Stand Still doesn’t count.

After all of Neil's personal loses for them to come back and finish a 40 year career just shows how devoted they were to their craft and fans..I hope to enjoy listening to Rush to the day I die! I love Rush!

Just saw the 1974 live video of “Working Man”. Had to come here and see the last one. Rest in peace Neil. Rest in peace John. Thank you boys.

I'm just so glad that I got to see them as many times as I did (17) and that those times were some of the best memories I have.

Saw them over 6 times and never was disappointed. Such a dravesty losing the Professor.

I don't always listen to Rush, but when I do...um... actually, I do always listen to Rush.

I have been a Rush fan since 1976. I was 10 and I saw Rush and Kansas in 1976 and 1977. The energy, the fun and the vibe was fantastic during the 1 year before and after our bicentennial. 1976/1977 was all about Rush, Kansas and Peter Frampton. RIP Mr. Peart.

i love you guys - breaks my heart watching this incredible performance from a band that helped shape my life and my musicianship. RIP Sir Neil you will always be a monster as long as people exist !!!

Rush didn't improvise much, but Alex's lead here is next-level. Reminds me of seeing Neil Young live, staying with the song while also going off to new places nobody expected. I saw them 8 times, and I'm glad I made the effort.

3… the number of times I saw Rush… the perfect number for the perfect trio, and my favorite band until the day I leave this earth and beyond. 🙏❤️😋

They've never been my favorite band, but nearly 50 years of listening to this song hasn't dimmed its appeal one bit.