Rush touring drummer Anika Nilles is featured on the cover of the September 2026 issue of Modern Drummer . This feature marks her second cover story for the publication, following her first appearance in June 2017. Written by Modern Drummer publisher David Frangioni, the article titled "Putting in The Work and Finding the Feeling of Rush" chronicles her journey from her early days as a YouTube drum artist and touring drummer for Jeff Beck to taking on the drum throne for Rush alongside Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. Before her first playing session with Geddy and Alex, Anika had three weeks to prepare an initial list of six songs: "Limelight," "Tom Sawyer," "Caravan," "Subdivisions," "The Spirit of Radio," and "YYZ," with "Red Barchetta" added during their second rehearsal. To learn Neil Peart's parts, Anika muted the drums on stereo track stems so she could focus on locking in with the basslines. She ...