Yes is heading back on the road for their first North American dates since 2019. The "Close To The Edge 50th Anniversary Tour" features the band's longtime members — guitarist Steve Howe and keyboardist Geoff Downes — along with newer recruits frontman Jon Davison, bassist Billy Sherwood, and drummer Jay Schellen. The band will tackle the legendary 1972 set its entirety along with a selection of other classic tracks.
The tour kick off on October 7th and 8th with a pair of shows at Glenside, Pennsylvania's Keswick Theatre and wraps on November 19th at Manhattan's NYCB Theatre.
Before the tour gets underway, a special tribute concert for the band's legendary drummer, dubbed, "Alan White: Celebrating His Life And Music," will be held on October 2nd at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. White died last May 26th at the age of 72 following a brief illness.
Steve Howe, who joined Yes in 1970 just before sessions for 1971's The Yes Album, recalled to us the early days of the band: ["We all had ambitions that was about being in a group where people could really play their ass off, and really make something that was different. I guess we wanted to be our own masters or our own creators, or something, or the other. Because we had good chemistry and were like, 'Hey what if I did this — what if you did that?' All the arrangements were credited to 'Yes' because we sat and arranged people's songs to sound like we wanted them. We didn't want to rush."] SOUNDCUE (:23 OC: . . . want to rush)
JUST ANNOUNCED: Yes tour dates (subject to change):
October 7, 8 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
October 9 – New Brunswick, NJ – State Theatre
October 11 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
October 13 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre
October 14 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – The Parker Playhouse
October 16 – Melbourne, FL – King Center
October 17 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
October 19 – New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre
October 20 – Houston, TX – Arena Theatre
October 21 – San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre
October 23 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
October 24 – El Cajon, CA – The Magnolia
October 25 – Riverside, CA – Fox Performing Arts Center
October 27 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live
October 29 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
November 4 – Chesterfield, MO- The Factory
November 5 – Nashville, IN – Brown County Music Center
November 6 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
November 9 – Madison, WI – Orpheum Theater
November 10 – Wabash, IN – Wabash Theater
November 11 – Gary, IN – Hard Rock Casino
November 13 – Washington, DC – Warner Theater
November 14 – Stamford, CT – The Palace
November 15 – Torrington, CT – Warner Theatre
November 17 – Englewood, NJ – Bergen Performing Arts Center
November 18 – Bethlehem, PA – Wind Creek Events Center
November 19 – Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre
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