An Evening of Yes Music and More

An Evening of Yes Music and More is an ongoing worldwide concert tour by the rock band Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman, formed by lead vocalist Jon Anderson, guitarist Trevor Rabin and keyboardist Rick Wakeman, all former members of the English rock band Yes. Launched ten months after the group officially announced their formation, the tour has visited theatres, halls, and arenas across North America and Europe since 4 October 2016. Dates in Japan elsewhere are scheduled for April 2017.

The name of the tour is a reference to An Evening of Yes Music Plus, a live album by Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, an older band which also consisted of former Yes members, and which Anderson and Wakeman were members of.

Overview

The tour began on 4 October 2016 under the name Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman^[1] and should last until the end of summer 2017.^[2] The band started using the new name of Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman on the early 2017 tour leg, and then launched the new name in April to promote the North American summer tour.

Additional touring musicians are bassist Lee Pomeroy and drummer Lou Molino III. The tour marks the first time the three former Yes members have performed together ever since Yes' Union Tour of 1991–1992. The tour saw two songs dropped from the set after only one show: "Leaves of Green" and "Starship Trooper". Other songs have been steadily added to the set as Rabin's confidence in his voice improves; the song "Lift Me Up" was added for the second show on 7 October 2016 and a fan-favourite, "Changes" was added to the show on 22 October 2016.^[3]

Personnel

Setlist

Pre-tour speculation

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Anderson stated that the band would perform classic Yes songs like "Awaken" and "And You and I" as well as some songs from Talk (1994), 90125 (1983) and Big Generator (1987). Anderson also hinted at the songs "Perpetual Change" and "Starship Trooper" to be played. He also assured that the setlist shouldn't fluctuate from night to night, stating: "It's like a movie to me, a play. Once you've got [the setlist] right, you stick to it since it'll only get better. If you start changing it you finish up a little bit confused."^[7]

In a separate interview with The Prog Report Rabin stated that "Shoot High, Aim Low" was due to be performed on the tour as well as "a lot from 90125".^[8]

Setlist

The currently known setlist^[9][10] (all songs are by Yes unless otherwise noted):

Tour dates

On 5 October 2016, the band announced, via their official Facebook page, that the original shows scheduled for 6 October and 12 October were to be cancelled. The show on 6 October at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino was cancelled due to a hurricane warning and has been rescheduled for the same venue on 12 October. The original 12 October show at the Heinz Hall in Pittsburg has been cancelled due to an orchestra strike in the city and has been rescheduled for 30 October 2016 at the Byham Theatre. On 12 October 2016, ARW announced a second London show.^[11][12]

On 19 October 2016 Wakeman announced, via his personal blog, that an Israel show has been booked for 7 March 2017 and Japan dates for April 2017 before returning to North America in the summer of 2017.^[2]

References

External links

• Official website at ARW-Tour.com
• Official Facebook page at Facebook.com/ARWBand
• Official Twitter account at Twitter.com/ARWTour