{"id":9264,"date":"2012-06-20T12:17:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T12:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9264"},"modified":"2022-11-16T15:20:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T15:20:51","slug":"clockwork-angels-set-to-chart-in-top-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9264","title":{"rendered":"Clockwork Angels Set To Chart In Top 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/180;margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; float: left;\" title=\"Clockwork Angels Merchandise\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/clockwork_t.jpg\" alt=\"Clockwork Angels Merchandise\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" align=\"left\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>Just saw this <a title=\"Clockwork Angels set to chart in top 5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planetrock.com\/news\/rock-news\/rush-set-to-chart-in-us-top-five\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> news item on Planet Rock<\/a>. It says that Rush\u2019s new album <a title=\"Clockwork Angels released as fan pack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Clockwork Angels<\/a> is set to chart in the top 5, having sold nearly 100,000 copies in the US alone.<\/p>\n<p>If it charts at #2, it\u2019ll equal Counterparts\u2019 debut position in 1993. Not bad for a bunch of old fogeys who\u2019ve been at it for 40 years and still going strong!<\/p>\n<p>I also got my Clockwork Angels t-shirts this morning from the Rush Backstage Club. All ready for next May!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth keeping an eye on Planet Rock because they\u2019re playing some interviews and shows Geddy recorded when Darren Redick interviewed him a few weeks back. You can listen to most of the shows using the on-demand service.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this <a title=\"Rolling Stone - Alex Lifeson interview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/q-a-rushs-alex-lifeson-on-choosing-their-tour-setlist-hall-of-fame-prospects-20120618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rolling Stone interview with Alex<\/a> about the record and Rush at this time in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>And also in <a title=\"Rolling Stone - Neil Peart interview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/q-a-neil-peart-on-rushs-new-lp-and-being-a-bleeding-heart-libertarian-20120612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rolling Stone, this interview with Neil<\/a> on the same subject.<\/p>\n<p><strong> EDIT 21\/6\/2012: Wow! It went in at Number 2! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 692px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 692\/721;margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; float: left;\" title=\"Billboard 200 for Week Ending 30 June 2012\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/billboard_rush.jpg\" alt=\"Billboard 200 for Week Ending 30 June 2012\" width=\"692\" height=\"721\" align=\"left\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4532794719633406\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just saw this news item on Planet Rock. It says that Rush\u2019s new album Clockwork Angels is set to chart in the top 5, having sold nearly 100,000 copies in the US alone. If it charts at #2, it\u2019ll equal Counterparts\u2019 debut position in 1993. Not bad for a bunch of old fogeys who\u2019ve been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-related"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}