Anika Nilles has been announced as RUSH's drummer for their upcoming reunion tour, which will mark the band's first shows in 11 years, and first concerts since the passing of the legendary Neil Peart in 2020. Rather than tap a well-known name to fill Peart's shoes, RUSH opted for a relative unknown in Nilles, a 42-year-old German virtuoso who comes from a family of drummers.