Yes: North American Tour 2008
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Topic: Yes: North American Tour 2008
Posted By: mattmacneil
Subject: Yes: North American Tour 2008
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 02:46
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Is this old news? YES has just announced their 2008 tour! Jon, Steve, Chris, Alan, and Oliver Wakeman! http://www.yesworld.com/ywtour.html - http://www.yesworld.com/ywtour.html Close to the Edge and Back Tour North America 2008 July 12: Quebec City, QUE - Quebec City Festival July 13: Toronto, ONT - Molson Amphitheatre July 15: Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena July 16: Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium & Star Pavilion July 18: Chicago, IL - Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island July 19: Detroit, MI - Freedom Hill July 22: Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena July 23: Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion July 25: Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center July 26: Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater July 28: Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center July 29: Baltimore, MD - Pier 6 Pavilion July 31: Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre Aug 1: Miami, FL - Hard Rock Live Arena Aug 2: Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live Aug 4: Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park Aug 6: Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre Aug 8: Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Aug 9: Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center Aug 11: Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre Aug 14: Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place Aug 15: Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater at Qwest Field Events Center Aug 19: Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View Aug 20: Anaheim, CA - Honda Center Aug 22: Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/mattmacneil/?chartstyle=red"> 
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 08:31
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Aug 6 at Starlight. This beautiful old outdoor theater with these tall towers flanking the stage. Sounds like a great place for a Yes concert. I'll hate to see how much tickets are, but I'll see if the wife is interested. Thanks for passing these along. E ------------- 
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Posted By: KeleCableII
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 12:07
| Not coming to Minnesota, of course... |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 13:41
Yea, they are coming to Vancouver...............................
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 14:01
no D.C..... but Baltimore is close .. and close to my birthday 
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 14:05
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I WILL make it to either Dallas or Houston. MARK MT WORDS! ------------- 
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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 14:09
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August 6th in KC sounds like a plan to me
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 14:54
When the fudge are you gonna come back to Argentina?!?!?!
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 16:29
So many venues in the Tri-State area (NY, NJ, CT) = 
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 19:05
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Why so many concerts in the US? I think they will come to Argentina becouse it said "world tour".But in order to come they must go through Europe , Australia and Japan , then they get to the undeveloped countries like ours.
I have faith they will come at least once, ASIA did come last year I think
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Posted By: Fuzzy OneThree
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 19:18
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It is awesome that they are coming; I have a nice lineup for my first concerts: Rush, Radiohead, and Yes. YES!  (In the Napoleon Dynamite voice) |
Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 20:35
KC!? O Shi-!!!
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 21:00
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July 22: Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena Hmmm, Kansas is playing the same venue the next day. That's only a 1,488 mile road trip from my house.  Looks like I'll be looking up E-Dub at the KC show instead. The last time I saw Yes was in Oklahoma City 25 years ago. I'm guessing this show will be a bit different.... ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: laztraz
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 22:37
| I'll be at the Baltimore show!!!! |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 22:46
Exactly!!! Wanted to see Jethro Tull last year, but couldn't .. Neither Deep Purple this year, cause being 13
But I went to see Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty and Stanley Clarke
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el böthy wrote:Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 23:25
I'll be heading to that one too, if all goes well. Hey, Sacred 22, nice to see you around. It's been a while! 
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Posted By: SolomonsMarbles
Date Posted: March 23 2008 at 00:31
| Anyone have any knowledge/projections on how much tickets will be? |
Posted By: mattmacneil
Date Posted: March 23 2008 at 12:06
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From legit sources probably 50-200 perhaps. Scalpers upwards of hundreds. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/mattmacneil/?chartstyle=red">
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Posted By: FranMuzak
Date Posted: March 23 2008 at 14:22
| Please don't forget Mexico !!!! |
Posted By: Harmonium
Date Posted: March 23 2008 at 15:32
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I'm so going to see them at The Festival d'Été de Québec, it's free ! ------------- - Comme Un Fou, Tout Est Si Clair - |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: March 23 2008 at 23:52
Yes it has been a while and I hope you are doing well Chameleon. I will be at the Vancouver show for sure unless something really stupid happens like they cancel. Lets hope everything goes as planned. |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: March 24 2008 at 04:42
My guess is this will be the last time we see YES. It's been ages since I saw them last. I believe it was the Drama tour.
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Posted By: Clepsydra
Date Posted: March 25 2008 at 09:48
They are outrageous for good seats!
 I will stick with the memories of the earlier tours with my fav. Rick
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Posted By: dave-the-rave
Date Posted: March 25 2008 at 10:41
Yes, and so many people/Yesfans there, too. |
Posted By: Mourndark
Date Posted: March 25 2008 at 14:04
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News I've been waiting a long time for... Now hurry up with the Europe dates!! |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: March 26 2008 at 13:30
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I just saw this http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003728175 - http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003728175
but i cant seem to find the dates,i was hoping someone would.Im going to catch the steve howe trio and this would be amazing to catch.
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 16:02
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Hey E-Dub or anyone else in Doo-Dah: does anyone have information about the August 6th date at the Starlight? Those tickets haven't gone on sale yet and the Starlight's web site just says "TBD".
Me and my kid (Calamity_Daemon) are chomping at the bit to pick up tickets to that show....
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Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 18:13
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Does anyone who's seen them in the last few years have any comments on their perfomance? Do they play their old prog classics, or lean towards more of their newer music? Can they still perform well? |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 21:02
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Got my tickets and they are good ones to boot. Oh ya baby, 14 rows back from the stage in front of Steve Howe..................
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Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 22:53
Oh, take the plunge and go and see them, you won't be disappointed. They play the good stuff and besides they sound as good as they ever did now. I don't expect to see them around much longer after this either, so if you are at all interested in seeing YES you best go if you can.
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Posted By: laztraz
Date Posted: March 28 2008 at 06:42
| tix in baltimore are 90 dollars, 100 with service charge |
Posted By: ES335
Date Posted: March 28 2008 at 22:33
Detroit show is the night of my wife's 20th reunion.  ------------- Bible-thumping heavyweight evangelistic boxing kangaroo |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: March 28 2008 at 22:51
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I'm totally going. Anyone else going to the Gibson Amphitheater show? |
Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: March 30 2008 at 13:22
I have never seen Yes live, but the name of this anniversary tour is "Close To The Edge And Back". That is hopefully a good indication of what kind of material they will be playing - a lot of classics!
Hey, I also live in the KC area, but I still have not heard of ticket info besides the date and place. Good luck getting the tickets... it seems like our area has had a LOT of trouble with ticket scalpers for recent concerts, ever since that damned Sprint Center opened. But hopefully you guys, me, and E-dub will be able to procure some good tickets (and anyone else around here). -------------
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Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: March 30 2008 at 15:35
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"July 12: Quebec City, QUE - Quebec City Festival" I CANT FIND TICKETS ANYWHERE!? Are they on sale? I have researched for hours. I hate it, because I know by the time I find where to buy them all the good seats will be sold out. Can ANYONE find me a link to a site selling tickets to that show?! I will worship the ground you walk on if you can...i beg you!!! i have not yet had the luck to experience Yes live, and I would love to! -------------  |
Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: March 30 2008 at 18:16
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^^^ It's probably just not available yet... Ticketmaster usually has all the listings, and so far for Canada the only ones up are Vancouver and Toronto. Try checking the site once every day or two until you can find a listing. And if not ticketmaster, I would definitely be checking the http://www.infofestival.com/Festival/fr-ca_section1.html - Quebec City Festival home page for updates -------------
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Posted By: Codis
Date Posted: March 30 2008 at 20:46
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The page http://yesworld.com/ywtour.html - http://yesworld.com/ywtour.html has info on when tickets are on sale for the North American gigs.
-------------  Grammy Award Winning Jethro Tull!
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 30 2008 at 20:57
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I was watching the Classic VH1 channel this afternoon during their marathon of I Love the 70's shows from 1974 to 1977. If you haven't seen this show there were some interesting prog references all about. But anyhow, each episode started with a commercial advertising the Yes' 40th anniversary tour. They had Jon Anderson on talking about the tour and about his playing with the School of Rock kids. Starting on April 10th they are going to have a contest where you send in a video of you or your band playing your original song and the winning entry will be able to perform live on stage with Yes. I'm not sure if this has been mention on PA or not, but this is the first that I had heard of it, so I thought that I would share it. I was trying to find a link to the contest but no luck. Anyhow, here is a link to their website, which includes a recent performance by Jon Anderson and the kids from the School of Rock that you all might find interesting.
http://blog.vh1.com/2008-03-27/yes-say-yes-to-the-road-with-summer-tour/ - http://blog.vh1.com/2008-03-27/yes-say-yes-to-the-road-with-summer-tour/
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 30 2008 at 21:00
My 20th year high school reunion should be this summer as well. I haven't heard anything about it yet though. Hmm. They probably just don't want me there, but regardless it wouldn't stop me from going to the Yes show or the Rush show this summer either. -------------
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Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: March 30 2008 at 21:50
Yea... but not all of them yet -------------
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 05:39
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Here's some early rehearsal footage of Yes with Oliver Wakeman... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azBnvKL6JKE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azBnvKL6JKE I'm really impressed. He sounds even better than Rick. I can't wait to see the show in Hershey.
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Posted By: Codis
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 10:33
You posted the wrong vid. Not sure if it was on purpose or by accident. But I'd love to see the vid you originally referred to. True, YesWorld.com doesn't have all the shows ready yet. I'm hoping they'll link them as soon as ticket info is available. ------------- Grammy Award Winning Jethro Tull!
1989 Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
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Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 19:21
There is no link to the show I want to go to... silly :P I want tickets!!!! ------------- |
Posted By: Clepsydra
Date Posted: March 31 2008 at 21:10
I will try the NJ shows, if they ever go onsale................
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 14:16
Got my tickets! My and Calmity_Daemon will see whoever is at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City on August 6th!!
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: April 03 2008 at 16:06
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I'll be doing my practicum in August when they come to Vancouver (canada)... so I had to pass on the show |
Posted By: SolomonsMarbles
Date Posted: April 05 2008 at 00:34
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I just bought 7 tickets, Section C, Row 2 (that's front and f**king center, folks) for the WaMu Theater. $325 altogether, but as I've got six friends coming, that comes to about $47 a piece. I think I've creamed my pants.
Any setlist speculations?
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Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 11:26
We just got ours yesterday, too! Back in the 4th "tier" (I think) at Starlight, but perfectly centered on the stage!
Well, it's "close to the edge and back", so.... everything! -------------
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Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 14:30
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Several dates for Yes have already gone on sale or pre sale(I got mine last night). Check out this link to see which venues have already gone on sale and which ones are about to. http://www.yesworld.com/ywtour.html - http://www.yesworld.com/ywtour.html |
Posted By: Lynx
Date Posted: April 06 2008 at 16:09
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I look forward to see them in EU!
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Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 14:34
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I already bought tickets for them. I'm going to see them on Aug. 4th at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre, which (to my luck) is less than half an hour away from my house. I can't wait!
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Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: April 10 2008 at 23:37
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For any fellow Yes fans interested in more info, here is a link to a recent interview with Jon Anderson in which he discusses plans for the "Close To The Edge And Back" tour, including a partial set list! (The interview features some other subjects as well) From the site Notes From The Edge: http://www.nfte.org/current-issue.html - http://www.nfte.org/current-issue.html -------------
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Posted By: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 11 2008 at 00:28
I just got tickets to that show, dead center in the plaza section right behind the boxes. Will be traveling from St Lou for this one.
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Posted By: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 11 2008 at 00:30
I am going out on a limb and predicting they will do Close to the Edge.
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Posted By: tothedogsforme
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 15:45
| One question I have... How well will Oliver Wakeman hold up? I was very disappointed to see that Rick wasn't joining the others on this tour.... |
Posted By: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 16:30
| We are getting to a point very soon where Yes on tour will mean watching the children of the band members all performing under the moniker of Yes, much like an ongoing symphony orchestra. |