As stated many times before in this blog, I am a huge fan of the band Yes and ofprogressive rock in general. I have written on Yes, prog rock, and related topics before which you can see here.
On July 19, 2014 I am seeing Yes play the Tower Theater in Upper Darby (with Syd Arthur as the opener) and on July 22, 2014 the new album Heaven & Earth is being released. So, needless to say, the next couple of weeks are very exciting for me as a Yes fan!
As this will be a very “Yes” month, I thought it would be fun to post some concert reviews I have done in the past, as well as my review of the new album and upcoming show, and perhaps a concert story or two over my years of seeing Yes. For the next few months I will try and post on music once per week or so.
I have seen the following Yes shows:
- 8/26/94: Philadelphia Spectrum – Talk Tour
- 10/25/97: Upper Darby Tower Theater – Open Your Eyes Tour
- 6/27/98: Camden Blockbuster Sony/Entertainment Center – Thirtieth Anniversary Tour (with the Alan Parsons Protect opening)
- 12/12/99: Upper Darby Tower Theater – The Ladder Tour
- 7/18/00: Camden Blockbuster Sony/Entertainment Center – Masterworks Tour (with Kansas opening)
- 8/21/01: Philadelphia Mann Music Center – Magnification Tour
- 8/8/02: Camden Tweeter Center – Full Circle Tour Part 1 (with Porcupine Tree opening)
- 11/9/02: Upper Darby Tower Theater – Full Circle Tour Part 2
- 5/10/04: Philadelphia Spectrum – Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Tour Part 1
- 9/3/04: Allentown Fairgrounds – Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Tour Part 2 (withDream Theater opening)
- 7/21/08: Tweeter Center – Close to the Edge and Back Tour (cancelled due to Jon Anderson‘s illness)
- 11/21/08: Borgata, Atlantic City – In the Present Tour Part 1
- 7/28/09: Upper Darby Tower Theater – In the Present Tour Part 2 (withAsia opening)
- 2/21/10: Tropicana, Atlantic City - In the Present Tour Part 3
- 6/15/10: Upper Darby Tower Theater - In the Present Tour Part 4 (withPeter Frampton opening)
- 4/2/11: Tropicana, Atlantic City – Rite of Spring Tour
- 7/4/11: Camden Tweeter Center – Fly From Here Tour Part 1 (with Styxopening)
- 7/20/12: Upper Darby Tower Theater - Fly From Here Tour Part 2 (withProcol Harum opening)
- 4/7/13: Sands Bethlehem – Three Albums Tour Part 1
- 8/3/13: Camden Tweeter Center - Three Albums Tour Part 2 – Yestivalshow (this show commemorated the 45th anniversary of Yes’ first show and included Roger Dean, The Musical Box, Carl Palmer ELP Legacy Band, Renaissance, Scale the Summit, Volto!, and The School of Rock)
- 7/19/14: Upper Darby Tower Theater – Heaven & Earth Tour (with Syd Arthur opening)
I hope this will be fun as I have been able to unearth some of my old reviews and found some old photographs of Yes days past to post in this blog. If you have any fun Yes or concert stories, please be sure to mention them in the comments section below!
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