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50th Anniversary Celebration of Close to the Edge

Progressive pioneers YES today announce a change to their forthcoming "The Album Series Tour 2022" as they will celebrate 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" album but will at present characteristic "Close to the Edge", performed in total, forth with other classic tracks from YES' extensive catalogue.

An announcement regarding the European dates volition be fabricated shortly.

The bout line-upwardly features Steve Howe (guitars), Alan White (drums), Geoff Downes (keyboards), Jon Davison (vocals), Billy Sherwood (bass guitar and backing vocals) with boosted drums and percussion by Jay Schellen. All tour dates are equally previously announced and all tickets remain valid. A full performance of the "Relayer" anthology will at present exist featured in a future bout in The Album Series.

The show will comprise total production and a high-definition video wall directed by Roger Dean who will besides be joining the tour with an exhibition of YES related art.

Following the release of The Yes Anthology and Fragile, in 1971, YES released what is widely considered i of the nigh defining albums, not only for YES simply for the whole progressive motility. "Close to the Edge" became an inspiration for their contemporaries and for successive generations of musicians.

Steve Howe: "We reached a real high, doing Close To The Edge, we valued the musicianship, the creative ideas and the vocalising that people bring and that's why we're yet doing it, considering it'southward exciting to do! Close To The Edge was voted the most-proggy album maybe ever made. It was very experimental. We had already done 10-minute epics but with Close To The Edge we simply took it a phase farther and I'm very pleased we were dauntless enough to practice that."

Yep 2022 UK Tour Dates Are:

Date Venue Tickets
Wed, 15 June 2022 Royal Concert Hall – Glasgow, Britain TICKETS
Friday, 17 June 2022 Bridgewater Hall – Manchester, UK TICKETS
Saturday, xviii June 2022 Imperial concert Hall – Nottingham, Britain TICKETS
Mon, 20 June 2022 Philharmonic Hall – Liverpool, UK TICKETS
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 Regal Albert Hall – London, UK TICKETS
Wed, 22 June 2022 Barbican – York, UK TICKETS
Friday, 24 June 2022 Symphony Hall – Birmingham, UK TICKETS
Sunday, 26 June 2022 City Hall – Newcastle, UK TICKETS
Tuesday 28 June, 2022 Vicar Street – Dublin, Republic of ireland TICKETS
Wed 29 June, 2022 Cork Opera House – Cork, Ireland TICKETS

VIP Packages

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United kingdom VIP Upgrade Bundle

  • Official YES limited edition brochure
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  • Collectable YES tour lithograph designed past Roger Dean (limited print, numbered)
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U.k. Gift Trade Package

  • Official Yeah limited edition brochure
  • 2 Limited edition Yeah gifts (sectional to VIP packages just)
  • Collectable YES tour lithograph designed by Roger Dean (limited print, numbered)
  • On-site VIP host
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PRESS

Forbes – Alan White and Geoff Downes talk about the ring'due south latest live LP and working on new music during the pandemic.
Metallic Music Planet – "Every bit thrilling and beautiful, great music, well played volition never leave of style and 'The Royal Affair Tour: Live From Las Vegas' is a glowing attestation to that fact."
DownBeat Reviews – "The Royal Thing Bout: Live From Las Vegas is a fine entry point for casual fans curious to know what the band sounds like today"
The Rock Music Alliance Interview – Jon Davison talks near his early on career and his musical journey with YES.
Target Audience Magazine – "Information technology'south a rare opportunity to see all of these great bands in ane place."
Broward Palm Beach New Times – Alan White Is the Virtually Famous Drummer You'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 Equally Rock Royalty on the Majestic Matter Tour in Toronto
The Morning Call – Yes's 12-song, hour-and-45-minute fix 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 former Guns North' Roses guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal"
Stone Cellar Mag – "This summer will be i to cherish for prog-rock fans."
IHEART Radio – "Each night will be busy for the guitar slap-up Howe, who is also set to perform with primary support human action Asia, a group he co-founded in 1981."
PiercingMetal – "This is going to be a tour for the record books if there ever was one."

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