YES TO TOUR FRAGILE AND DRAMA IN UK AND EUROPE IN APRIL

Seminal prog pioneers YES has announced an extensive UK and European tour for April 2016. The band will be performing 1971’s ‘Fragile’ and 1980’s ‘Drama’ in their entirety, the latter for the very first time, plus other seminal tracks including ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ and ‘Starship Trooper’.  

‘Most of the songs haven’t been performed in some 30 years’ - said Steve Howe. ‘Fragile and Drama mark two essential chapters of our career and we’re looking forward to share the whole journeys with our fans throughout Europe’. ‘Reliving those years will be very emotional’ - adds drummer Alan White - ‘I know Chris would have loved to be here with us for this’.

YES has recently lost bassist and co-founder Chris Squire, a tragedy that left the prog world in mourning. His replacement Billy Sherwood found a big pair of shoes to fill, as YES set out to honour his memory by keeping the band’s legacy alive. The band recently toured the US tour with fellow prog legends Toto to an enthusiastic reception.

Warners has recently released all of their catalogue YES albums Mastered For iTunes.  These include The Yes Album, Fragile, Going For The One, Time and a Word, Yes, 90125, Tales From  Topographic Oceans and Drama. You can buy them from http://geni.us/YESMFiT.   They will also re-release Drama on Vinyl LP on 22 April.  The Vinyl LP of Fragile will follow shortly after that.

YES was founded by Chris Squire and Jon Anderson in 1968. Characterized by a unique, prog symphonic style of rock music, lengthy compositions and the use of mystical and cosmic lyrics, the band found success in 1971 with two of the band’s most celebrated records, ‘The YES Album’ and ‘Fragile’. The band went on to record 21 albums and win several prestigious awards including Grammys.  Yes is recognized as one of the most influential icons in prog rock.

Still as relevant today as they were in the 70s, YES has maintained a loyal following while constantly attracting new crowds of music fans throughout 47 years of outstanding career. With ‘Fragile’ and ‘Drama’ representing two essential moments of the band’s history, it will be an opportunity for all to rediscover some undisputed gems of the genre.

DATE             CITY           VENUE                                  BOX OFFICE

April 

Wed 27^th        Glasgow       Royal Concert Hall              0141 353 8000

Fri    29^th         Newcastle    City Hall                                 0191 277 8030

Sat   30^th        Manchester   Apollo                                     08444 777 677

May

Mon  2^nd         Liverpool      Philharmonic                          0151 709 3789

Tue  3^rd           Sheffield       City Hall                                 0114 2789 789

Wed 4^th          Bristol            Colston Hall                          0844 887 1500

Fri    6^th           Birmingham  Symphony Hall                    0121 345 0602

Sat   7^th           Brighton        Brighton Centre                   0844 847 1515

Mon  9^th          Oxford *        New Theatre                         0844 871 3020

Tue  10^th        London**       Royal Albert Hall                  0207 589 8212

Dates for rest of EUROPE

13^th                 Paris   FRANCE                   Olympia

14^th                 Brussels BELGIUM             Ancienne Belgique 

15^th                 Utrecht NETHERLANDS    Tivolivredenburg

17^th                 Hamburg GERMANY          Mehr Theater 

19^th                 Frankfurt Germany          Alte Oper

20^th                 Leipzig Germany              Haus Avensee 

21^st                  Berlin Germany                Admiralspalast 

23^rd                 Bonn Germany                 Beethovenhalle

24^th                 Stuttgart Germany            Hegelsaal

25^th                    Munich Germany             Cirkus Krone

27^th                   Zurich SWITZERLAND      Volkshaus

28^th                    Milan Italy                          Teatro Nazionale

29^th                 Padova Italy                      Gran Teatro Geox

31^st                   Florence Italy                    Obihall

June

1^st                    Rome Italy             Teatro Olimpico

UK Tickets are £39 for all venues except London.  Oxford* £39 + £1.25 venue restoration levy.

London** £55 (boxes), £48.50, £45, £38 Tickets are available from 24hour Ticket Hotline: 0844 338 0000 and Online from BookingsDirect.com.  Showtime is 7.30pm.  Tickets and VIP upgrades are also available .

NH