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Yes to release massive 30-disc limited edition deluxe box set Union 30 Live in May

Yes during the 1991 Union tour
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Yes have released a new live clip of Roundabout to announce a new, massive box set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Union tour that saw Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Alan White reunite to record the Union album and embark on a massive world tour.

Union 30 Live is a 30-disc flight case style box set to be released on May 3 by Gonzo (with the consent of Larry Magid Entertainment). The set mixes a multi-camera shoot DVD with accompanying soundtrack mixed by Trevor Rabin from the Shoreline Amphitheatre on August 8, 1991 show. Also included in the box is a mixture of fan recordings, desk tapes and FM radio broadcasts and assorted memorabilia from what Rick Wakeman calls "the most important event in Yes history."

"It's been well documented that I loathed the Union studio album, as the whole project was taken out of our hands and destroyed by those handed the responsibility for finishing kit off," says Wakeman.

"However the Union tour was another matter. Probably the most amazing and enjoyable tour I have ever been on with Yes. I am so glad it was recorded and filmed as it was a very special time that can never be repeated. The Union tour is, for me, the most important event in Yes history."

You can see the box set and contents and the Roundabout video below.

Get Union 30 Live.

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Yes: Union 30 Live

CDx2+DVD: Pensacola Civic Centre 9th April 1991
CDx3: Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA 17th April 1991
CDx2+DVD: Nassau Colosseum 20th April 1991
CDx3: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany 31st May 1991 (FM Broadcast)
CDx3: Wembley Stadium, UK (2 Discs) 29th June 1991 FM Broadcast + Star Lake Amphitheatre 24th July 1991
CDx3: Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Wisconsin 26th June 1991
CDx2+DVD: Madison Square Gardens, NYC 15th July 1991
CDx3 Spectrum Theatre, Philadelphia, 12th July 1991
CDx2+DVD: Shoreline Amphitheatre (Remastered) 8th August 1991
CDx3: Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan 4th March 1992

Paper parts:

Numbered certificate
Reproduction Tour programme
Reproduction AAA Laminate, Reproduction cloth passes,

10 band photos
Poster x 2

Jerry Ewing
Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.