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Canadian rock legends Rush reportedly rejected multiple offers to end their live retirement by launching a Las Vegas residency.

The Tom Sawyer stars bowed out from the road after the R40 Live 40th Anniversary Tour in the summer of 2015, but AEG Live executive Bobby Reynolds is said to have made repeated attempts to coax the trio back onstage – to no avail.

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Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter John Katsilometes shared the news following the death of Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart last week, after recalling a conversation he had had with Reynolds several months ago about the failed proposal.

When the journalist told Reynolds he was “still waiting for a Rush residency,” the concert promoter chief replied, “Rush was my first concert. I put every kind of damn offer you can put in front of Rush.”