Lager and Ale and Battlescar Kim Mitchell with Alex Lifeson - Dec 5th 2018 

Man I love that song! It never gets old like us. LOL

seeing Alex on stage totally makes me smile

This is awesome! So great to see Alex on stage again. Kim Mitchell always delivered a great show. Pete Fredette's voice as backup to Kim is one of the best ever. Such a strong singer!

Here because of Rush, but I have always loved Kim Mitchells playing. So smooth and is an incredible player.

I loved going to the shows back in the '70s when RUSH and Max Webster toured together. GREAT shows!

WOW what a kick ass jam !

Fior me, my 3 bands i love.. Rush, Saga, and Max webster. Greetings from spain.

I loved that. I want to watch it again.

Kim Mitchell unsung Canadian Icon

Man that solo part always gave me chills. What a treat to see Alex and Kim performing it together. Awesomeness!

Rush, Webster, Beer, and Wings... These are a few of my favourite things : )

I love the emotion behind Battlescar, it is one of my all time favorite tunes!

Love Kim Mitchell - every time I've seen him, it's always a great show. Solid Canadian rock!! Add a great contemporary and friend like Alex, and you have an amazing combination!! Thanks for posting!

What a night! Only about 1,200 of us got to see Alex perform possibly for the first time since "retiring" from Rush?!

Man his voice after all these years 🙌🔥

Battlescar - The greatest metal tune of all time. Having Lifeson was great. I would give anything to see both bands together on stage.

Al and Ged have got to create original music together again! It's in their blood. I don't care if it's all instrumental, or a soundtrack! Something please!

saw them New Years Eve1980 Toronto awesome

Two legends hanging out..the drummer is absolutely perfect at playing double drum parts...hey what else you want?

Holy crap! That would have been pretty cool to see live! They totally nailed it!

What a great treat to listen/watch first thing on a Saturday morning. Sets the tone for my day. Thank you sir!

I actually like this version of "Battlescar" - restrained drums and guitars in the beginning and gradual easng in.

I was at Maple Leaf Gardens for the new years show when they did Battlescar! It was epic! Seeing Alex on stage is great...miss Rush !

That was awesome...love that tune...there is a helluva back story to that song that also ties into Tom Sawyer

Cactus Pete... thank you so much for posting this... I was having a dreadful past couple of days and stumbled on your video. Dam dude, my eyes are full of tears and I'm all emotional like it was 1976 and my first Max Webster/RUSH double bill all over!😥 You've brought some real Christmas joy to my 60 year old heart brother! Kim, Lerxst and Peter still have it!! Wow... thanks again I'm going to sit down now, l was air guitaring along with the boys! I'm so happy right now, Christmas just came a little early for me. Thank you 100 times. By the way... the video quality and the sound are pretty good. P.S. I subbed your site!

Rush was my first concert, which was the first ever rock concert at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, which I think was Feb 1980...anyway, Max Webster was the opening act...so actually Max Webster was the first real band I ever saw play live.

Saw Rush together with Max Webster about 40 yrs ago in Victoria BC. Glad to see them on stage together again. Rush is my all time favourite band 🙏🏻

What a treat to see this, this has always been such a great song, Max Webster always was a special band of musical integrity and feeling, add Rush to a song, a collaboration of greatness power and emotion, a timeless musical statement that will live in the hearts of those it touches forever! "Thank you Canada"

I finally got to see it live!! GREAT!!

Xanadu tease at the beginning.

Kim is guitar royalty and all our's!!!

Great to see and hear, thanks for sharing!

What a treat. Thanks for sharing with us. It was New Years Eve 1980 at Maple Leaf Gardens when Geddy came out on stage to join Max Webster and performed Battlescar.

Amazing simply Amazing !

Fawkn awesome! Battlescar...crazy...thx for posting.

That little 'Xanadu' bit in the beginning was cute.

Good to see ya again Alex! You and the other two are missed sorely but as a 48 year old life long Rush fan I want to say I hope retirement has been relaxing because you guys deserve it. Great post!

Kim ...has always been on his game. So cool to see him leading with Alex.

Tasty Lerxst starting at the 5 min mark ;)

How fvckin cool is this ?!!!

And that is how you celebrate a Canadian Christmas!

thank you for posting - that's too great for words ...

Peter Fredette is a powerhouse singer

Peter's voice has held up pretty well, over the years.

To break my fast on honey dew And drink the milk of paradise ; )

Thanks for posting!

Love this Band!

I saw Max Webster and Rush together back in 1980 Dayton Hara Arena

L&A is my favorite KM song - seeing Alex join in was so cool.

Magic.

I actually grabbed Kim Mitchell's leg while he was performing in Winnipeg on New Year's Eve in the late 80's. It was while he was doing "That's the Hold" And by eyewitness account, I did it just before the guitar solo where the line in the song is "I'd rather freak out and make a scene" Kim just laughed. I was heavily intoxicated at the time. That's the memory this brought back for me

Big Al! thanks for sharing this!!

Such a CANADIAN DAD ROCK moment!

Great band - killer drum sound...

Class

Epic!

Big Al tearing it up you got a love that!

Now that's rock n roll people! woot

Wow, I wish I was there. Hopefully these Canadian Icons can share a stage again 🇨🇦🎸

Good to see Peter again

So glad I ran across this, that was so cool!!! Moving Pictures tour was the first Rush concert I went to, and Max Webster opened for them. I was pretty stoned to the bone so I don't remember much about the entire concert, but I'm pretty sure they played this since it was just released.

I have by accident picked up that very maple-fretboard guitar once, it was in the acoustic room humidifying at KAOS music. It's actually a Bill Nash made with Fender licensed parts. I have touched the guitar neck of rock dreams!

Cool. Thanks for the post. First time I saw RUSH was Moving Pictures tour and Max Webster was supposed to open for them. My too favourite bands the same night. My hope was they would play Battlescar together on the stage. Unfortunately Max Webster broke up right before the concert and FM opened instead. This is a nice treat !

love it!

Really good sound ...nice vid ..saw webster mlg million vacation release...sae rush 2013 copps ..real pros both ..fav webster tune ..context of the moon ...rush earthshine ..kim solo in my shoes

Love Alex he's a guitar god 👍

I seen Rush and Max Webster at The Form ice skating rink! It cost about $5.50 it was so fun it was about 1977. I’m guitar player also so I would stand right up front then go home play to 3am trying remember everything they played. That’s hoI learned guitar

Very cool

Brilliant!

Lol at 0:48 that was awesome!!

wow amazing

Excellent rendition of Battlescar! Peter can still hit the high notes. And what’s that I see? Andy Kim at the end? Saw him at an outdoor concert by the Lakeshore a few years back. He’s still got it, too.

Michael Wekerle (Dragon's Den) who has resurrected the good ole' El Mocambo in Toronto for a spring 2019 grand opening is trying to entice the Rolling Stones in performing for the opening night. Even though the Stones played a pivotal role in the El Mocambo back in the late 70's and would be cool to see them appear again.....i would LOVE to see a Max Webster reunion, with special guests for the grand opening!! Wonder if Kim & Co. would consider it for the right amount of pe$$os?? That would be massive....and it wouldn't get more Canadian than that!!! Hmmmmmmm......

Whoa, what the hell is this? I never listened to Max Webster, but I think I'm going to start. I know they toured extensively with Rush. Battle scar is heavy and so musically interesting. Very impressive! It's great to see Alex on stage, such a great and versatile player.

How can I not subscribe. Thank you

thanx

I don't think Alex ever joined Max Webster on stage at MLG. It was Geddy. Regardless, thanks for posting this!

Who would NOT be on their feet after that one?

Awesome! Does anyone know who all the musicians were?

You know they shared a doob and a glass of wine after the show.

With the AWESOME Pete Nunn on keys !!!

Now thats a four guitar front I would travel to see.

It's kinda got an Irish Reel music feel to it.

Lager and Ale isn't a Max Webster song....it's Kim solo...just to let you know !!!

Does anyone know who Kim’s female backup singers on the left are?

audio is pretty good for cellphone

Great to see Alex back , but Battlescar absolutely needs Geddy...

more please

Alex looks lost without Geddy! I just know I'm going to see them in the future:)

Nice Lerxst amp

What, Andy Kim not invited up for Battlescar?

Is the riff at 47 seconds from the song A farewell to Kings ??

Where was the gig, and what is CAMH?

Was that Kim who started playing Xanadu?

was that Paul DeLong, on drums?

GOD is on stage..

Who else is on stage here, pray tell?

Strange. I saw Kim Mitchell in Edmonton two weeks before this, and he had just a bassist, a drummer and a keyboardist. No Jewish rabbi on guitar, no female backup singers, and certainly no Alex Lifeson.

Fredette's voice is shot.

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