Anika Nilles has been near-perfect behind the kit on RUSH’s “Fifty Something” reunion tour, impressing fans as she fills the shoes of late legend Neil Peart. However, she experienced a little blooper during Wednesday’s show in San Antonio, losing her drumstick during the famous “Tom Sawyer” fill.
Fan-filmed video captured during the set shows the stick flying out of Nilles’ hand, but without missing a beat, she quickly grabs another stick and keeps on pounding away, nailing the fill in the process.
RUSH recently added more shows to their North American outing, which runs all the way through a two-night stand December 15th and 17th in Vancouver (pick up tickets here). See Anika Nilles quickly recover from losing a drumstick from a couple of different angles in the videos below.
