Rush has been checking items off its bucket list.
In the past year, it celebrated 40 years together, got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and landed on the cover of Rolling Stone for the first time. Now the band is playing stadium gigs across the country, and says this large-scale tour may be its last. The group plays KeyArena at 7:30 p.m. July 19.
Admittedly, the group isn’t ruling out future concerts entirely — just big tours. Still, for Seattle fans, that may mean the last time to hear the Canadian trio play its hits, which include “Tom Sawyer” and “The Spirit of Radio.”
Tickets are $46 to $151 at ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
Meanwhile, Marymoor Park will continue its summer concert series with a visit from NeedToBreathe at 6 p.m. July 18.
The Christian alt-rock group has been growing in popularity. Its last album, 2014’s “Rivers in the Wasteland,” reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. The group also earned its first Grammy nod for the song “Multiplied,” which, like many of the groups songs, found steady rotation on rock and Christian radio alike.
The group will be joined by the like-minded Christian rockers in Switchfoot for the show at Marymoor Park.
Tickets are $36 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.
Marymoor Park will then stay busy into next week, as the venue hosts a nostalgia-inducing visit from Third Eye Blind and Dashboard Confessional at 6:30 p.m. July 22.
Third Eye Blind peaked early in its career, when its debut single, “Semi-Charmed Life,” hit No. 1 on the rock charts in 1997. A string of hits followed, including “How’s It Going To Be,” “Jumper” and “Never Let You Go,” but by 2000, the band was no longer lighting up the charts.
Dashboard Confessional, meanwhile, helped bring emo into the mainstream in the early 2000s with its hits, including “Screaming Infidelities,” “Vindicated” and “Stolen.”
Tickets are $35 to $59.50 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.
Morrissey, the legendary frontman for the Smiths, is heading to Seattle for a show at Benaroya Hall.
Billed as an evening with the singer, the concert is at 7:30 p.m. July 21.
With his literate lyrics and theatrical vocals, Morrissey has always seemed a little highbrow, an image furthered last year when Penguin Classics released the inaugural publishing of “Autobiography,” his memoir.
The singer is touring now behind his most recent album, “World Peace Is None of Your Business,” which hit No. 14 on the Billboard 200 last year.
Tickets are $45 to $65 at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.
Another charismatic singer, Harry Connick Jr., will play a pair of sold-out dates at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery. The singer headlines the venue at 7:30 p.m. July 18 and 19.
Connick has made his career by balancing the slick swing appeal of Frank Sinatra with the rowdier jazz of his hometown, New Orleans. His most recent album, “Every Man Should Know,” found him penning 12 original songs. However, he may be best known for covering old standards like “It Had to Be You.”
Tickets can be found at a mark-up at stubhub.com.
The Showbox SoDo will host a pair of concerts in the coming days, with rapper Yo Gotti starting things at 9 p.m. July 18.
The Memphis rapper, who originally was scheduled to play the venue in June, is planning to release his new album, “The Art of the Hustle,” later this year. It features his new single, “Errbody.”
Tickets are $40 to $55 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.
Then, at 8:30 p.m. July 22, alt-rock kings Jane’s Addiction will head to the Showbox SoDo to play its biggest album, “Nothing’s Shocking,” in its entirety.
The album was controversial upon its release, thanks in part to its cover art, showing a picture of nude conjoined female twins with their hair on fire. The 1988 disc featured one of the band’s biggest songs, “Jane Says,” along with fan favorites like “Mountain Song.”
Tickets are $75 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.
Finally, Against Me! will head back to Seattle for a show at the Neptune Theatre at 8 p.m. July 19.
Fronted by Laura Jane Grace, the punk rock act continues to tour behind its 2014 album, “Transgender Dysphoria Blues,” an album that dealt with Grace’s own life — she began her music career as Tom Gabel, but has since transitioned to a female identity.
Tickets are $20.50 at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.
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