YES Announces 50th Anniversary Tour Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman
2018 marks the 50-year anniversary since the formation of progressive rock's legendary YES. To mark this milestone, YES Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman will be celebrating by touring the world as part of ‘Quintessential YES: The 50th Anniversary Tour.’ In addition to what is promising to be truly memorable shows that span the band’s career, there are also several upcoming YES-related events and releases in store, including:
YES Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman: 100 Show World Tour
The 100 show World Tour will commence on June 3rd 2018 in Warsaw, Poland, and feature shows in Scandinavia, Germany, UK (including headlining the Stone Free Festival at the O2 Arena in London) and North America in 2018, going on to South America, Central and Southern Europe, ending in Japan and the Far East in 2019.
Whisky a Go Go concert
YES Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman will return to their roots by performing at the Whisky a Go Go, the iconic venue they first performed as a headliner in June 1971. Information on tickets to this show will be available at a later date.
US Tour
The band will then play 9 shows in August and September including the Greek Theatre in LA on August 29th and Chicagoland’s Ravinia outside on September 7th before continuing the US Leg with 20+ shows in early 2019. Most dates will be going on-sale starting April 20th.
Quintessential YES 50th Anniversary Album & CD
In August, Warner Bros. Records will be releasing an historical 2 CD/3 LP anthology of YES curated by band founder/singer Jon Anderson.
Live CD & DVD
There will also be released in August/September by Eagle Rock a Live CD and DVD of the band’s show from March 2017 recorded live in Manchester, UK, featuring special mixed in OE Audio by Paul Linford and Trevor Rabin.
New Music
In addition to all of the above, the band are currently hard at work, creating some stellar new recordings for their 50th Anniversary. This will be the first new music in 28 years featuring Jon Anderson/Trevor Rabin/Rick Wakeman together. It is planned these will also be available for release by the end of 2018 or early 2019. Confirmed 2018 YES Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman US Tour Dates (First Leg): 8/26 - Whisky a Go Go - Los Angeles, CA 8/27 - Humphrey’s By The Bay - San Diego, CA 8/29 - Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA 8/31 - Celebrity Theatre - Phoenix, AZ 9/01 - Westgate Resort & Casino - Las Vegas, NV 9/03 - Levitt Pavilion - Denver, CO 9/05 - Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI 9/07 - Ravinia - Chicago, IL 9/08 - Hard Rock Live - Northfield, OH 9/09 - Rose Music Center - Huber Heights, OH For specific on-sale dates and times, tickets, tour and VIP information, go to www.YESfeaturingARW.com.
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