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Israelis are openly enjoying the glitz of Dubai after a US-brokered peace deal allowed them to travel there for the first time in decades.  In scenes that would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, an Israeli bride and groom were pictured hoisted on the shoulders of skullcap-wearing groomsmen and carried toward the dance floor, where dozens joined the throng swaying and singing in Hebrew.  Noemie Azerad and Simon David Benhamou didn't just throw a somewhat normal wedding bash in the middle of a pandemic that has shut down their country and ravaged the world.  They were reveling in ...

Toward the end of November, a drum kit used by late Rush drummer Neil Peart in the studio and on tour from 1974 through 1977 was listed for auction, with expectations of the kit selling for somewhere between $80,000 and $120,000. That estimation has been shattered as the drummer's hardware was sold for just over half a million dollars — $500,312, to be exact. The chrome Slingerland was first acquired by Peart somewhere between late July and early August of 1974, before his first show as a member of Rush on Aug. 14 of that year. Peart was brought in as the replacement for John Rutsey, who ...

Neil Peart's drum kit. CREDIT: Bonhams The drum kit played by Rush drummer Neil Peart between 1974-1977 has sold at auction for just over $500,000 (£379,000). Peart’s iconic chrome Slingerland set, which he used for recordings and live performances, went under the hammer as part of Bonhams’ Music Memorabilia auction last week, ending on Thursday (December 10). The coveted kit, which features dual blue heads printed with Rush’s logo and Neil Peart’s name, as well as chrome-wrapped Tom-toms with an original head signed by Peart himself, was expected to fetch somewhere between $104,0...

Fly By Night through 2112, recently went up for auction via Bonhams auction. The auction ended yesterday and the kit ended up selling for OVER $500K - much higher than the expected $100-160K. The kit was originally purchased by Neil Peart in the summer of 1974 from Long & McQuade in Toronto, just after he joined Rush. It was then placed in storage in 1977 and was one of three drum kits donated by Neil Peart for Modern Drummer Magazine's Neil Peart Drumset Giveaway in 1987. The set ended up being awarded to New York drummer Mark Feldman who held onto it until auctioning it off on eBay to Dea...

Fly By Night through 2112, recently went up for auction via Bonhams auction. The auction ended earlier today and the kit was sold for OVER $500K - much higher than the expected $100-160K. The kit was originally purchased by Neil Peart in the summer of 1974 from Long & McQuade in Toronto, just after he joined Rush. It was then placed in storage in 1977 and was one of three drum kits donated by Neil Peart for Modern Drummer Magazine's Neil Peart Drumset Giveaway in 1987. The set ended up being awarded to New York drummer Mark Feldman who held onto it until auctioning it off on eBay to Dean Bo...