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"It promises to be one of our most interesting sets to date." Yes discuss their upcoming UK tour
By Jerry Ewing published
The Classic Tales Of Yes UK live dates includes shows rescheduled from 2023

“He didn’t think the concerts would work… the fluidity, precision and phrasing is simply dazzling”: Rick Wakeman’s Live At The London Palladium 2023
By Ian Fortnam published
Performed over two nights, box set featuring The Six Wives Of Henry VIII, The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur, Yes Classics and Journey To The Centre Of The Earth is an essential package

“Isn’t it the best when you get into a band and they happen to have so much material to discover?” Yes’ Jon Davison fell in love with the Moody Blues by falling in love with John Lodge’s daughter
By Grant Moon published
Singer has a soft spot for Tom Waits' melancholy first album and tree-hugger activities - and he’s in a band with his prog hero

“Those who have heard it suggest it may not be the lost classic its reputation implies”: Six songs that didn’t make Yes’ 90125 tracklist
By Stephen Lambe published
Starting out as Cinema before resuming their established name, the band spent 18 months developing the album that saved them. Inevitably, not every track made the final cut

"I still think I’m part of Yes": Jon Anderson teases the possibility of a reunion with former Yes bandmates Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman
By Paul Brannigan published
Jon Anderson suggests that the door may be open for playing again with some old friends

“I just knew Trevor Horn as a pop producer. When he turned up with a guitar, I said, ‘Is that a prop, or are you going to use it?’ We just didn’t hit it off”: How Yes’ 90125 became a triumph – despite starting with “the worst jam in history”
By Stephen Lambe published
After Drama resulted in the band’s complete collapse, a massive revamp seemed the only hope for any kind of future. But that epic challenge resulted in an equally epic album

"We would go out and he really never wanted anybody to know that he was a musician": The troubled life and lonely death of Peter Banks, the man once called "the architect of prog"
By Paul Woods published
Guitarist Peter Banks gave Yes their name, designed their logo, and played on their first two albums – yet when he died, there was no money for his funeral

“By the time I swapped over the tapes I knew I was in the stinky brown stuff. Somebody said, ‘God help us’ … the budget for the cover was cut back”: How Rick Wakeman proved everyone wrong with The Six Wives of Henry VIII
By Dave Ling published
His 1973 debut solo album was roundly hated by label bosses and reviewers – but it became a coffee-table classic and gave him freedom from Yes

"I could sense the end was near": Yes bassist Billy Sherwood recalls his "heartbreaking" final conversations with his hero Chris Squire
By Paul Brannigan published
"We started talking all the time...The conversations got deeper and heavier"

“This is tightrope-walking without a net… it feels a bit like having him play a solo up close and personal, and who – other than certain former members of Yes, perhaps – wouldn’t want that?” Steve Howe’s Motif Volume 2
By Gary McKenzie published
15 years after the first instalment, the guitarist bares the bones of his writing and proves those bones are strong
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