Forget ARW, the collaboration of former Yes members Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman. That name has officially been retired and they are now officially Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman.
Anderson explained the name change, saying “It’s very simple. … The fans want it, we want it and it’s our right to use the name. Yes music is in our DNA!”
Lee Pomeroy and Lou Molino III fill out the lineup.
The other, and up until now the ONLY version, of Yes will continue to tour together. Manned by founding member Steve Howe and Alan White, who joined two years later, the lineup also includes Geoff Downes, Billy Sherwood and Jon Davison.
There has been no word on how this agreement came about. It just seems to have come as a result of all of the members of both bands getting together at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night.
It also appears that the two versions of the band are going out of their way to not tour during the same time period, at least for the rest of 2017.
Yes tour dates:
08/04 – Greensboro, NC – White Oak Amphitheatre at Greensboro Coliseum Complex
08/05 – Boone, NC – Holmes Convocation Center
08/07 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
08/08 – Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
08/10 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand at Foxwoods
08/11 – Brooklyn, NY – Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk
08/12 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Center
08/16 – Greensburg, PA – The Palace Theatre
08/17- Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
08/19- Elgin, IL- Festival Park – Grand Victoria Casino
08/20 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
08/22 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Zoo Amphitheatre
08/23 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre
08/25 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre
08/26 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
08/29 – Los Angeles, CA – Microsoft Theater
09/03 – Tulalip, WA – Tulalip Amphitheatre
Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Horn and Rick Wakeman tour dates:
08/26 – Stockton, CA – Bob Hope Theater
08/28 – Saratoga, CA – Mountain Winery
08/31 – Las Vegas, NV – Smith Center
09/02 – Layton, UT – The Kenley Amphitheater
09/03 – Littleton, CO – Hudson Gardens
09/05 – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Center
09/07 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater
09/09 – Hammond, IN – Venue at the Horseshoe Casino
09/12 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion
09/13 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
09/15 – Akron, OH – Goodyear Theater at East End
09/16 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
09/18 – Quebec City, QC – Grand Theatre du Quebec City
09/19 – Montreal, QC – St. Denis Theatre
09/23 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre
09/24 – Brookville, NY – Tilles Center
09/27 – Newark, NJ – New Jersey Performing Arts Center
09/29 – Reading, PA – Santander Performing Arts Center
09/30 – Trenton, NJ – Patriots Theater at the War Memorial
10/01 – Philadelphia, PA – Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
10/04 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theater
10/07 – Niagara Falls, NY – Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino.
10/08 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre
10/11 – Clearwater, FL -Ruth Eckerd Hall
