{"id":2442450,"date":"2019-04-02T09:40:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T15:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=816530"},"modified":"2019-04-02T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T15:40:51","slug":"yes-announce-royal-affair-tour-with-asia-john-lodge-carl-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/yes-announce-royal-affair-tour-with-asia-john-lodge-carl-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes Announce \u2018Royal Affair Tour\u2019 With Asia, John Lodge, Carl Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yes<\/a> are hitting the road this summer with a prog rock superstar-bill featuring John Lodge of the Moody Blues, Carl Palmer\u2019s ELP Legacy with guest vocalist Arthur Brown and Asia. They\u2019re calling it the Royal Affair Tour<\/em>. \u201cYes is delighted to headline this celebration of British music,\u201d Yes guitarist Steve Howe said in a statement, \u201cwhich has been so warmly received in America over the past five decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Yes saga has gotten a bit complicated since former members Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman put their own Yes on the road in 2016. That project, however, is on indefinite hiatus and this is the Steve Howe incarnation of Yes with Geoff Downes on keyboards, Billy Sherwood on bass, Jon Davison on lead vocals and Alan White and Jay Schellen on drums. According to the press release, their set will \u201chonor the memory of Yes members Chris Squire and Tony Banks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asia has been fronted by Billy Sherwood since the death of singer John Wetton in 2017. On this tour former Guns N\u2019 Roses guitarist Ron \u201cBumblefoot\u201d Thal will take the place of guitarist Sam Coulson. Founding member Steve Howe left the group in 2013, but he will be playing with them for at least some of their set on this tour. And since Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes is also in Yes, that means that half the current Yes lineup will be pulling double duty in Asia.<\/p>\n

Asia drummer Carl Palmer is the sole surviving member of the Seventies prog supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer. His group Carl Palmer\u2019s ELP Legacy plays the band\u2019s music. They will be joined on this tour by Arthur Brown, best remembered as the frontman of the Sixties psychedelic rock band The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.<\/p>\n

John Lodge has been a key member of the Moody Blues since 1966, but the group has been on a break this year and he\u2019s been touring solo. His set is heavy on Moody Blues classics like \u201cI\u2019m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)\u201d and \u201cRide My See-Saw,\u201d but he doesn\u2019t play their classic \u201cNights In White Satin\u201d since that features his bandmate Justin Hayward on lead vocals.<\/p>\n

Yes drummer Alan White has only been able to play during a small portion of the band\u2019s set in recent years due to back problems. But he\u2019s missed very few shows, and on this tour he\u2019ll also be paying tribute to John Lennon. He played drums for Lennon on Imagine<\/em> and the Live Peace in Toronto<\/em> 1969 concert.<\/p>\n

Former Yes lead singer Jon Anderson is on a solo tour in support of his new LP 1,000 Hands<\/em>, but he recently told Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> that he hopes the band will reunite at some point soon. \u201cI\u2019m very open to it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been 50 years now. You think something has got to happen. To me, a great album has to be made. That\u2019s what I think. I don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to be made, but the final Yes event should happen. I\u2019ve talked to a couple of people about it and they get it. I really want to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 12th \u2013 Bethlehem, PA @ Bethlehem Event Center
June 14th \u2013 Farmingdale, NY Long Island @ Community Hospital Amphitheater
<\/span>June 15th \u2013 Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
<\/span>June 16th \u2013 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
<\/span>June 20th \u2013 Westchester, NY @ Westchester County Center
<\/span>June 21st \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
<\/span>June 22nd \u2013 Baltimore, MD @ MECU Pavillion
<\/span>June 24th \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
<\/span>June 25th \u2013 Lewiston, NY @ Artpark Amphitheater
<\/span>June 27th \u2013 Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
<\/span>June 29th \u2013 Gilford, NH @ Bank of NH Pavilion
<\/span>June 30th \u2013 Providence, RI @ Bold Point Park
<\/span>July 3rd \u2013 Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
<\/span>July 5th \u2013 Columbus, OH @ Express Live
<\/span>July 6th \u2013 Aurora, IL @ RiverEdge Park
<\/span>July 8th \u2013 Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry House
<\/span>July 10th \u2013 Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park
<\/span>July 12th \u2013 Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
<\/span>July 13th \u2013 Hollywood, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
<\/span>July 18th \u2013 St Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
<\/span>July 20th \u2013 Irving, TX @ Toyota Music Factory
<\/span>July 21st \u2013 Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
<\/span>July 24th \u2013 Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
<\/span>July 26th \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel & Casino)
<\/span>July 27th \u2013 Irvine, CA @ FivePoints Amphitheatre
<\/span>July 28th \u2013 Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery<\/span><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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