List of Yes concert tours (2000s–10s)
The English progressive rock band Yes has toured for five decades.
The band's longest break in touring came from late 2004 through late 2008. Touring has tended to focus on the UK and the rest of Europe, North America and Japan, but the band have also played other parts of the world, notably Australia.
Masterworks Tour
Setlist:- "Close to the Edge"
- "Starship Trooper"
- "The Gates of Delirium"
- "Leaves of Green"
- "Heart of the Sunrise"
- "Ritual "
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Roundabout"
Date | City | Country | Venue |
20 June 2000 | Reno | United States | Reno Hilton Amphitheater |
21 June 2000 | Concord | United States | Chronicle Pavilion |
23 June 2000 | Universal City | United States | Universal Amphitheatre |
24 June 2000 | San Bernardino | United States | Blockbuster Pavilion |
25 June 2000 | Phoenix | United States | Desert Sky Pavilion |
27 June 2000 | Albuquerque | United States | Mesa del Sol Amphitheater |
28 June 2000 | Denver | United States | Fillmore Auditorium |
30 June 2000 | Maryland Heights | United States | Riverport Amphitheatre |
1 July 2000 | Bonner Springs | United States | Sandstone Amphitheater |
2 July 2000 | Dallas | United States | Starplex Amphitheatre |
5 July 2000 | Burgettstown | United States | Star Lake Amphitheatre |
6 July 2000 | Cuyahoga Falls | United States | Blossom Music Center |
7 July 2000 | Columbus | United States | Polaris Amphitheater |
8 July 2000 | Chicago | United States | Grant Park |
11 July 2000 | Clarkston | United States | Pine Knob Music Theatre |
15 July 2000 | Wantagh | United States | Jones Beach Amphitheatre |
16 July 2000 | Saratoga Springs | United States | Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
18 July 2000 | Camden | United States | Sony Music Center |
19 July 2000 | Holmdel | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
21 July 2000 | Boston | United States | FleetBoston Pavilion |
22 July 2000 | Hartford | United States | Meadows Music Theatre |
23 July 2000 | Bristow | United States | Nissan Pavilion |
25 July 2000 | Virginia Beach | United States | Virginia Beach Amphitheatre |
27 July 2000 | Raleigh | United States | Alltel Pavilion |
28 July 2000 | Charlotte | United States | Blockbuster Pavilion |
29 July 2000 | Nashville | United States | AmSouth Amphitheatre |
30 July 2000 | Atlanta | United States | Lakewood Amphitheater |
1 August 2000 | West Palm Beach | United States | Mars Music Amphitheatre |
3 August 2000 | Noblesville | United States | Deer Creek Music Center |
4 August 2000 | Cincinnati | United States | Riverbend Music Center |
Magnification Tour
Setlist:- "Give Love Each Day"
- "Close to the Edge"
- "Long Distance Runaround"
- "Don't Go"
- "In the Presence Of"
- "The Gates of Delirium"
- "Wonderous Stories"
- "Perpetual Change"
- "Steve Howe solo section"
- "Starship Trooper"
- "Magnification"
- "And You and I"
- "Ritual "
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Roundabout"
Full Circle Tour
Setlist:- "Siberian Khatru"
- "Magnification"
- "America"
- "Don't Kill the Whale"
- "In the Presence Of"
- "We Have Heaven"
- "South Side of the Sky"
- "The Revealing Science of God "
- "Close to the Edge"
- "And You and I"
- Steve Howe solo section
- "Show Me"
- Wakeman solo
- "Heart of the Sunrise"
- "Long Distance Runaround / Whitefish"
- "Awaken"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Roundabout"
- "Yours Is No Disgrace"
- "Starship Trooper"
- "Nine Voices "
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
35th Anniversary Tour
- "Going for the One"
- "Sweet Dreams"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "America"
- "Close to the Edge"
- "Mind Drive"
- "South Side of the Sky"
- "Turn of the Century"
- "Yours Is No Disgrace"
- "The Meeting"
- "Long Distance Runaround"
- "Wonderous Stories"
- "Time Is Time"
- "Roundabout"
- "Show Me"
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
- Steve Howe solo section
- "Rhythm of Love"
- "And You and I"
- "Ritual "
- "Every Little Thing"
- "Soon"
- "Starship Trooper"
- "Don't Kill the Whale"
- "Time and a Word"
- Wakeman solo/"Morning has Broken"
- "Whitefish"
- "Nine Voices "
Close to the Edge and Back (40th Anniversary) Tour (cancelled)
In 2007, the band planned summer 2008 dates as the Close to the Edge and Back tour, with Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White being joined by Oliver Wakeman on keyboards, as a replacement for his father, Rick Wakeman. However, Anderson suffered acute respiratory failure before the tour, which had to be cancelled. With Anderson out of action recuperating, Squire, Howe and White went on tour with Oliver Wakeman and replacement vocalist Benoît David. The tour resumed under the name "In the Present Tour" on 4 November 2008 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with the two new musicians.In the Present Tour
An initial North America leg #2 started on 12 February 2009 was cut short when Squire suffered a medical emergency.Rite of Spring and Fly From Here Tours 2011–2012
Oliver Wakeman on keyboards through May 2011; Geoff Downes took over from July 2011 onwards. Jon Davison took over on vocals for 2012 onwards.Three Album Tour 2013–2014
During the Three Album Tour, Yes were playing three classic albums a night: The Yes Album, Close to the Edge and Going for the One in full. Only five shows performed in casinos featured only two albums, The Yes Album and Close to the Edge, due to venue time restrictions. The two shows performed during the "Cruise to the Edge" festival also featured only two albums but not the same couple of albums and not the same encore track. It was announced on Billy Sherwood's Facebook page that a DVD of the Three Album Tour was being made and that Sherwood was mixing it. The resulting album, entitled , included The Yes Album and Going for the One and excluded the Close to the Edge album.;Typical Set List:
- Intro
- "Close to the Edge"
- "And You and I"
- "Siberian Khatru"
- "Going for the One"
- "Turn of the Century"
- "Parallels"
- "Wonderous Stories"
- "Awaken"
- "Yours Is No Disgrace"
- "Clap"
- "Starship Trooper"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "A Venture"
- "Perpetual Change"
- "Roundabout"
Heaven & Earth Tour 2014–2015
United States Summer tour 2014
Every night of their Heaven & Earth U.S. Summer tour 2014, Yes are playing live material from the new studio album Heaven & Earth and performing in their entirety the two classic albums 1971's Fragile and 1972's Close to the Edge followed by an encore of their greatest hits.;Typical Set List from 5 July to 13 July 2014 and from 18 July 2014 to 24 August 2014 :
- Intro
- "Siberian Khatru"
- "And You and I"
- "Close to the Edge"
- "Believe Again"
- "To Ascend"
- "The Game"
- "Roundabout"
- "Cans and Brahms"
- "We Have Heaven"
- "South Side of the Sky"
- "Five Per Cent for Nothing"
- "Long Distance Runaround"
- "The Fish "
- "Mood for a Day"
- "Heart of the Sunrise"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
- "Starship Trooper"
- Intro
- "Roundabout"
- "Cans and Brahms"
- "We Have Heaven"
- "South Side of the Sky"
- "Five Per Cent for Nothing"
- "Long Distance Runaround"
- "The Fish "
- "Mood for a Day"
- "Heart of the Sunrise"
- "To Ascend"
- "The Game"
- "Siberian Khatru"
- "And You and I"
- "Close to the Edge"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Starship Trooper"
Australia & New Zealand Fall tour 2014
;Typical Set List starting from 10 November 2014 :
- Intro
- "Close to the Edge"
- "And You and I"
- "Siberian Khatru"
- "Believe Again"
- "The Game"
- "Roundabout"
- "Cans and Brahms"
- "We Have Heaven"
- "South Side of the Sky"
- "Five Per Cent for Nothing"
- "Long Distance Runaround"
- "The Fish "
- "Mood for a Day"
- "Heart of the Sunrise"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Japan Fall tour 2014
North American Tours 2015
North American Summer Tour 2015
On 6 April 2015, Yes and Toto announced that they would embark in Summer 2015 on a joint tour of North America.On 19 May 2015, Yes announced that Chris Squire was suffering from acute erythroid leukemia and that, due to this, former member Billy Sherwood would be covering Squire's role in the band on live dates in 2015, i.e. their [|North American Summer 2015 joint tour] with Toto from August to September 2015, as well as their performances on the latest "Cruise to the Edge" festival in November 2015. Squire subsequently died on 27 June 2015. Their Mashantucket, Connecticut show on 7 August 2015 was the first time in the history of Yes that the band would perform without Squire, 47 years since the band's creation.
;Typical Set List:
- "Onward"
- "Firebird Suite"
- "Don't Kill the Whale"
- "Tempus Fugit"
- "America"
- "Going for the One"
- "Time and a Word"
- "Clap"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Siberian Khatru"
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
- "Roundabout"
- "Starship Trooper"
North American Fall Tour 2015
- "Onward"
- "Firebird Suite"
- "Siberian Khatru"
- "Believe Again"
- "Going for the One"
- "White Car"
- "Tempus Fugit"
- "America"
- "Nine Voices"
- "Time and a Word"
- "Clap"
- "Don't Kill the Whale"
- "Soon"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
- "Roundabout"
- "Starship Trooper"
Albums Tour 2016–2017
UK & European Spring Tour 2016
Yes have advertised this leg of the tour as featuring their albums Fragile & Drama played in their entirety. A selection of their greatest hits complete these two albums. Trevor Horn joined the band on stage to sing lead vocal on the 'Drama' song "Tempus Fugit" for their Oxford and London dates.;Typical Set List:
Set #1:
- Intro
- "Machine Messiah"
- "Man In A White Car"
- "Does It Really Happen"
- "Into The Lens"
- "Run Through The Light"
- "Tempus Fugit"
- "Time And A Word"
- "Siberian Khatru"
Set #2:
- "Don't Kill the Whale"
- "Going For The One"
- "Soon"
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
- "Roundabout"
- "Cans and Brahms"
- "We Have Heaven"
- "South Side of the Sky"
- "Five Per Cent for Nothing"
- "Long Distance Runaround"
- "The Fish "
- "Mood for a Day"
- "Heart of the Sunrise"
- "Don't Kill the Whale"
- "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
- "Starship Trooper"
US Summer Tour 2016
Having undergone surgery to repair his back, Yes drummer Alan White was not able to rejoin Yes's US Summer Tour 2016. As a result, his «good friend» United States drummer Jay Schellen started performing with the band, replacing him on drums during the Summer tour.
;Typical Set List:
Set #1:
- Intro
- "Machine Messiah"
- "Man In A White Car"
- "Does It Really Happen"
- "Into The Lens"
- "Run Through The Light"
- "Tempus Fugit"
- "Time And A Word"
- "Siberian Khatru"
- "And You And I"
- "The Revealing Science of God "
- "Leaves Of Green" "
- "Ritual "
- "Roundabout"
- "Starship Trooper"
Japan Fall Tour 2016
US Summer Tour 2017
;Typical Set ListSame as the US Summer Tour 2016 set list.
ARW's ''An Evening of Yes Music and More'' Tour – 2016–2017
Yes's North American "Yestival" (Summer) Tour 2017
The tour featured Steve Howe's son Dylan as second drummer; On 11 September 2017, the band announced that due to the unexpected death of Virgil Howe, Steve's son and Dylan's brother, the rest of the tour, including their concert at Moorhead the same day, were cancelled.;Typical Set List:
- Intro
- "Survival"
- "Time & A Word"
- "Yours Is No Disgrace"
- "South Side Of The Sky"
- "And You And I"
- "Leaves of Green"
- "Soon"
- "Going For The One"
- "Don't Kill The Whale"
- "Machine Messiah"
- "Madrigal"
- "Roundabout"
- "Starship Trooper"
Yes's Cruise to the Edge 2018
Yes's UK, Europe, and North America "50th Anniversary" Spring/Summer Tour 2018
Sources:;Typical Set List:
;;European Leg
Set #1:
- Intro
- "Yours Is No Disgrace"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Sweet Dreams"
- "South Side of the Sky"
- "Onward"
- "Mood for a Day"
- "Wonderous Stories"
- "Parallels"
- "And You and I"
- "The Revealing Science of God "
- "Leaves of Green"
- "Ritual "
- "Roundabout"
- "Starship Trooper"
Set #1:
- "Close to the Edge"
- "Nine Voices "
- "Parallels"
- "Mood for a Day"
- "Leaves of Green"
- "Fly From Here, Part I: We Can Fly"
- "Sweet Dreams"
- "Heart of the Sunrise"
- "Perpetual Change"
- "Does It Really Happen?"
- "Soon"
- "Awaken"
- "Yours Is No Disgrace"
- "Roundabout"
- "Starship Trooper"
Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman's ''Quintessential Yes: The 50th Anniversary Tour'' – Spring/Summer 2018
Yes's Cruise to the Edge 2019
Yes's Japan "50th Anniversary" Winter Tour 2019
Sources:Yes's (Summer 2019 North American) Royal Affair Tour
The Royal Affair Tour is a Yes 28-date Summer 2019 North American joint tour with Asia, John Lodge, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy and Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. To date, the tour is due to start on 12 June 2019 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and to end on 28 July 2019 in Saratoga, California. Yes's guitarist Steve Howe is due to rejoin Asia for a portion of their live set. The initial dates of the Royal Affair Tour are as follows, with more to be announced.;Typical Set List:
- Intro
- "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"
- "America"
- "Going for the One"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "Clap"
- "Siberian Khatru"
- "Onward"
- "Tempus Fugit"
- "Rhythm of Love"
- "The Gates of Delirium"
- "Imagine"
- "Roundabout"
- "Starship Trooper"