Watch newly restored 4K footage of Rush on their 1976 2112 tour

Newly restored 4K Rush footage from the band's 1976 2112 tour has appeared online. Watch it below.

The new footage comes from the ever-growing online collection of Jim Kelly a.k.a. 'Speedy', whose original 1970s Super 8 film footage has been upscaled to 4k reel by The Genesis Museum website, who have also been responsible for recent footage of Pink Floyd from 1975, one of one of Phil Collins' first ever shows as lead singer for Genesis, and footage of a rare Genesis 1973 show at the Paris Bataclan.

The seven minutes of footage was shot at a Rush show at Oshawa on Canada on June 18, 1976, while the band were touring that year's groundbreaking 2112 album, and finds them performing Anthem, Fly By Night, By-Tor & The Snow Dog, Overture/Temples Of Syrinx and In The Mood.

Super 8 film only allowed for approximately three minutes of film on each cartridge, hence the footage jumping about, but newly restored film offers a fascinating glimpse of the Canadian prog rockers in full flow in their 70s prime.

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Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.