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The Album Series Tour 2023

It is with great disappointment Yeah denote that the logistical bug of arranging European tour dates for 2022, acquired by the on-going pandemic, have proved insurmountable. YES have taken the decision, for the safety of band members, crew and audiences, to reschedule all mainland European dates to 2023. This has immune u.s.a. to add back in the Rockhal in Luxembourg, which we were unable to accommodate in the 2022 tour.

Tickets for all rescheduled shows remain valid for the new dates.

Geoff Downes: "We're really looking forward to getting back onstage and performing for our fans. Relayer will exist special."

The tour line-up features Steve Howe (guitars), Alan White (drums), Geoff Downes (keyboards), Jon Davison (vocals), Baton Sherwood (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Jay Schellen (boosted drums and percussion).

Every bit previously announced, the testify volition comprise full product and a loftier-definition video wall. The bear witness will include favourite archetype tracks from YES' all-encompassing catalogue together with Relayer, the seventh studio album by YES and one of the band's virtually distinctive, in total. Relayer marked a slight change in direction equally Patrick Moraz replaced Rick Wakeman on keyboards bringing an edgier, avant-garde feel to the album. This was perfect for the opening track Gates Of Delirium, nearly 22 minutes in length, with its boxing scene featuring the keyboard of Moraz and Steve.

Roger Dean will be directing the production and joining the tour with an exhibition of YES related art.

The 2022 United kingdom & Ireland dates remain the same and will be a 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Close To The Edge.

The Album Series Bout 2023:

Appointment Venue Tickets
Sunday 07 May, 2023 Campo Pequeno – Lisbon, Portugal TICKETS
Monday 08 May, 2023 Sala Riviera – Madrid, Spain TICKETS
Tuesday 09 May, 2023 Razzmatazz – Barcelona, Spain TICKETS
Thursday 11 May, 2023 Gran Teatro Geox – Padova, Italy TICKETS
Fri 12 May, 2023 Teatro Dal Verme – Milan, Italy TICKETS
Saturday 13 May, 2023 Teatro della Conciliazione – Rome, Italian republic TICKETS
Monday 15 May, 2023 Arena – Vienna, Austria TICKETS
Tuesday 16 May, 2023 Kongresshaus – Zurich, Switzerland TICKETS
Th 18 May, 2023 Forum Karlin – Prague, Czech Republic TICKETS
Fri xix May, 2023 Steintor-Varieté – Halle (Saale), Germany TICKETS
Sunday 21 May, 2023 Admiralspalast – Berlin, Frg TICKETS
Mon 22 May, 2023 Narodow Forum Muzyki – Wrocław, Poland TICKETS
Tuesday 23 May 2023 Stodola – Warsaw, Poland TICKETS
Thursday 25 May, 2023 Alexela Concert Hall – Tallinn, Estonia TICKETS
Friday 26 May, 2023 Kulttuuritalo – Helsinki, Finland TICKETS
Lord's day 28 May, 2023 Cirkus – Stockholm, Sweden TICKETS
Mon 29 May, 2023 Sentrum Scene – Oslo, Norway TICKETS
Tuesday 30 May, 2023 Train – Aarhus, Denmark TICKETS
Thursday 01 June, 2023 Kulturværftet – Helsingør, Denmark TICKETS
Fri 02 June, 2023 Red Box – Mönchengladbach, Deutschland TICKETS
Saturday 03 June, 2023 TivoliVredenburg – Utrecht, Netherlands TICKETS
Mon 05 June, 2023 Salle Pleyel – Paris, French republic TICKETS
Tuesday 06 June 2023 Het Depot – Leuven, Belgium TICKETS
Wednesday 07 June, 2023 Rockhal – Esch-sur-Alzette, Grand duchy of luxembourg TICKETS

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50th Anniversary Commemoration of Shut to the Edge

Progressive pioneers Yep today announce a change to their forthcoming "The Album Series Tour 2022" equally they will gloat the 50th ceremony their iconic album "Shut to the Border". This tour, twice rescheduled due to the Covid pandemic was intended to showcase YES' 1974 classic "Relayer" anthology but will at present characteristic "Close to the Border", performed in full, along with other classic tracks from YES' extensive catalogue.

An declaration regarding the European dates will be made shortly.

The bout line-up features Steve Howe (guitars), Alan White (drums), Geoff Downes (keyboards), Jon Davison (vocals), Billy Sherwood (bass guitar and bankroll vocals) with additional drums and percussion by Jay Schellen. All tour dates are as previously appear and all tickets remain valid. A total performance of the "Relayer" album volition now exist featured in a future tour in The Album Series.

The bear witness will incorporate total production and a high-definition video wall directed by Roger Dean who volition also exist joining the bout with an exhibition of Yes related art.

Following the release of The Yep Album and Fragile, in 1971, YES released what is widely considered ane of the most defining albums, not merely for YES simply for the whole progressive movement. "Close to the Border" became an inspiration for their contemporaries and for successive generations of musicians.

Steve Howe: "We reached a real high, doing Shut To The Border, we valued the musicianship, the artistic ideas and the vocalising that people bring and that'due south why we're even so doing it, because it's exciting to do! Close To The Edge was voted the virtually-proggy album mayhap ever made. It was very experimental. We had already done 10-minute epics but with Close To The Border we merely took it a stage further and I'm very pleased nosotros were dauntless enough to do that."

Yep 2022 Uk Bout Dates Are:

Date Venue Tickets
Wed, 15 June 2022 Royal Concert Hall – Glasgow, UK TICKETS
Friday, 17 June 2022 Bridgewater Hall – Manchester, United kingdom TICKETS
Saturday, 18 June 2022 Royal concert Hall – Nottingham, Britain TICKETS
Monday, xx June 2022 Philharmonic Hall – Liverpool, UK TICKETS
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 Purple Albert Hall – London, UK TICKETS
Wed, 22 June 2022 Barbican – York, U.k. TICKETS
Fri, 24 June 2022 Symphony Hall – Birmingham, UK TICKETS
Dominicus, 26 June 2022 City Hall – Newcastle, UK TICKETS
Tuesday 28 June, 2022 Vicar Street – Dublin, Republic of ireland TICKETS
Wednesday 29 June, 2022 Cork Opera House – Cork, Republic of ireland TICKETS

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PRESS

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Metallic Music Planet – "Equally thrilling and beautiful, great music, well played will never go out of style and 'The Majestic Affair Tour: Live From Las Vegas' is a glowing attestation to that fact."
DownBeat Reviews – "The Royal Affair Tour: Live From Las Vegas is a fine entry signal for casual fans curious to know what the band sounds similar today"
The Stone Music Alliance Interview – Jon Davison talks about his early career and his musical journeying with Yes.
Target Audience Magazine – "It'south a rare opportunity to see all of these great bands in i place."
Broward Palm Embankment New Times – Alan White Is the Most Famous Drummer Y'all've Never Heard Of
Sonic Perspectives – Interview with Billy Sherwood
Niagara Gazette – Yes, Asia, ELP make for a 'Royal Affair' at Artpark
Biff Bam Bop – Yes Proves Itself Again As Stone Royalty on the Royal Affair Tour in Toronto
The Morning Call – Yes's 12-song, hour-and-45-minute gear up certainly included all of the prog touchstones fans would want from the band and a couple of surprises.
Rolling Stone – "Giants of Seventies and Eighties prog are joining forces this summer, and they're bringing along one-time Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal"
Rock Cellar Mag – "This summer will be 1 to cherish for prog-rock fans."
IHEART Radio – "Each night volition be busy for the guitar peachy Howe, who is also set to perform with main back up act Asia, a group he co-founded in 1981."
PiercingMetal – "This is going to be a tour for the record books if there always was one."

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