Quintessential Yes: The 50th Anniversary Tour

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Quintessential Yes: The 50th Anniversary Tour
World tour by Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman
LocationEurope, North America
Start date3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)
End date9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)
Legs2
No. of shows18
Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman concert chronology

Quintessential Yes: The 50th Anniversary Tour was a Spring/Summer 2018 concert tour by the rock band Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman and their second and final tour. It followed their 2016-17 An Evening of Yes Music and More tour. During the tour, the band performed at the Stone Free Festival at The O2 Arena[1] in London.[1][2][3][4]

The tour overlapped with a simultaneous 50th anniversary tour by Howe and White's ongoing line-up of Yes.[5] This was the final time, to date, that Anderson, Rabin or Wakeman toured under the "Yes" name, though Anderson continues to tour under his own name, heavily promoting the inclusion of Yes material.[6]

Personnel[edit]

Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman

Additional musicians

  • Iain Hornal – bass, backing vocals (European dates)
  • Lee Pomeroy – bass, backing vocals (US Dates)
  • Lou Molino IIIdrums, percussion, backing vocals


Setlist[7][edit]

  1. "Cinema"
  2. "Hold On"
  3. "South Side of the Sky" (dropped after June 17, 2018)
  4. "And You and I"
  5. "Changes"
  6. "Perpetual Change"
  7. "I've Seen All Good People"
  8. "Rhythm of Love"
  9. "Lift Me Up" (added starting August 26, 2018)
  10. "I Am Waiting"
  11. "Heart of the Sunrise"
  12. "Awaken"
  13. "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
  14. "Roundabout"

Tour dates[edit]

The following tour dates are taken from the band's official website.[8]

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue.
Date City Country Venue
Europe
3 June 2018 Warsaw Poland Park Sowińskiego
5 June 2018 Mannheim Germany Zelt Festival
7 June 2018 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene
9 June 2018 Norje Sweden Sweden Rock Festival
10 June 2018 Copenhagen Denmark Vega
12 June 2018 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall
13 June 2018 York Barbican Centre
17 June 2018 London The O2 Arena
Stone Free Festival
North America
26 August 2018 Los Angeles United States Whisky a Go Go
27 August 2018 San Diego Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
29 August 2018 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
31 August 2018 Phoenix Celebrity Theatre
1 September 2018 Las Vegas Westgate Resort & Casino
3 September 2018 Denver Levitt Pavilion
5 September 2018 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
7 September 2018 Chicago Ravinia Festival
8 September 2018 Northfield Hard Rock Live
9 September 2018 Huber Heights Rose Music Center

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "YES FEATURING JON ANDERSON, TREVOR RABIN, RICK WAKEMAN: 100 SHOW WORLD TOUR". Retrieved 13 April 2018. 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.
  2. ^ "Celluloid Tunes # 57: Trevor Rabin in Oslo (19th International Edition)". 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman Sets 50th Anniversary Tour". Pollstar. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ "YES featuring Anderson, Rabin, and Wakeman announce their own 50th anniversary tour, plans for new music: Not to be confused with the other iteration of Yes touring this summer". Consequence of Sound. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Yes, meet Yes! A year after Rock Hall of Fame induction, two bands embark on Yes 50th anniversary tours". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  6. ^ "YES Legend Jon Anderson To Tour With The Band Geeks Spring 2023!". richiecastellano.com. May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman Tour Statistics: Quintessential Yes: The 50th Anniversary Tour | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Quintessential Yes 50th Anniversary Tour Dates 2018". Retrieved 13 April 2018.

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