### 🎵 **Who Is Anika Nilles? Meet Rush’s New Virtuosic Drummer 🥁🔥 | The Rhythm Queen Redefining Rock in 2025 🚀**
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The German drummer worked at a preschool in her twenties, has truly insane chops, and toured with Jeff Beck in 2022 — and her life has just taken a major turn Meet Anika Nilles, Rush’s new virtuoso drummer 🥁🔥 — discover her rise, style, and how she’s redefining rock drumming in 2025! 🚀 When the initial wave of shock wore off this morning that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are touring as Rush next year, most fans turned their attention to who will be taking on the absurdly difficult task of replacing the late Neil Peart behind the kit. The answer: German virtuoso Anika Nilles. “We could not be more excited to introduce her to our loyal and dedicated Rush fan base,” Lee said in a statement, “whom, we kno w, will give her every chance to live up to that near impossible role.” In a video accompanying the tour announcement, Lee explained how he came into contact with Nilles. “How do we replace someone who is irreplaceable?” he asked. “I had heard from Scully, m...