Billy Sherwood teams up with Yes bandmates and Steve Hillage on A Matter Of Time

Yes bassist Billy Sherwood solo live shot from 2021 with a blue bass guitar and floral top
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Supergroup The Prog Collective have released their first album of new material since 2013’s Epilogue. Seeking Peace is out now on CD and purple vinyl via Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra. It includes a host of special guests including Dream Theater's James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess, Geoff Downes (Yes/Asia), Patrick Moraz (The Moody Blues/Yes), Chester Thompson (Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention) and more!

The project is lead by Yes bassist and songwriter Billy Sherwood. New single A Matter Of Time features his bandmate Jon Davison as well as Steve Hillage – listen to it below.

The supergroup's last album, The Songs We Were Taught, was a star-studded collection of cover versions including members of Yes, Tull, Gong, Curved Air and The Flower Kings. It was released in 2022.

Meanwhile, Sherwood will reunite with Yes for the rescheduled Relayer 2023 Album Series tour, which begins in Europe in May 2023 and continues onto the UK with eight shows in June 2023.

Seeking Peace tracklist

1. Electric World feat. Jordan Rudess & Chester Thompson
2. Seeking Peace feat. James LaBrie & Patrick Moraz
3. In An Instant feat. Steve Stevens & Billy Sherwood
4. Finally Over feat. David Sancious & Steve Morse
5. A Matter Of Time feat. Jon Davison & Steve Hillage
6. Take The Path feat. Graham Bonnet
7. All Is Meant To Be feat. Frank DiMino & Geoff Downes

Bonus Tracks
8. Electric World (Full Length Version)
9. All Is Meant To Be (Full Length Version)

purple vinyl edition of The Prog Collective's Seeking Peace

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Yes European Relayer Tour 2023

May 07: Lisbon Campo Pequeno, Portugal
May 08: Madrid La Riviera, Spain
May 09: Barcelona Razzmatazz, Spain
May 11: Padova Gran Teatro Geox, Italy
May 12: Milan Teatro Dal Verme, Italy
May 13: Rome Auditorium della Conciliazione, Italy
May 15: Vienna Arena, Austria
May 16: Zurich Hall, Switzerland
May 18: Prague Forum Karlin, Czech Republic
May 19: Halle (Saale), Steintor-Variete, Germany
May 21: Berlin Admiralspalast, Germany
May 22: Wroclaw Narodowe Forum Muzyki, Poland
May 23: Warsaw Klub Stodola, Poland
May 25: Tallinn Alexela Concert Hall, Estonia
May 26: Helsinki House of Culture, Finland
May 28: Stockholm Cirkus, Sweden
May 29: Oslo Sentrum Scene, Norway
May 30: Aarhus Train, Denmark
Jun 01: Helsingor Kulturvaerftet, Dennark
Jun 02: Moenchengladbach Red Box, Germany
Jun 03: Utrecht Tivoli Vredenburg, Netherlands
Jun 05: Paris Salle Pleyel, France
Jun 06: Leuven Het Depot, Belgium
Jun 07: Esch-sur-Alzette Rockhal. Luxembourg
Jun 10: Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK
Jun 11: Southend Cliffs Pavilion, UK
Jun 12: York Barbican, UK
Jun 14 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, UK
Jun 15: Gateshead The Sage, UK
Jun 16: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, UK
Jun 18: Manchester Bridgewater Hall, UK
Jun 20: London Eventim Apollo, UK

Tickets are on sale now.

Natasha Scharf
Deputy Editor, Prog

Contributing to Prog since the very first issue, writer and broadcaster Natasha Scharf was the magazine’s News Editor before she took up her current role of Deputy Editor, and has interviewed some of the best-known acts in the progressive music world from ELP, Yes and Marillion to Nightwish, Dream Theater and TesseracT. Starting young, she set up her first music fanzine in the late 80s and became a regular contributor to local newspapers and magazines over the next decade. The 00s would see her running the dark music magazine, Meltdown, as well as contributing to Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Terrorizer and Artrocker. Author of music subculture books The Art Of Gothic and Worldwide Gothic, she’s since written album sleeve notes for Cherry Red, and also co-wrote Tarja Turunen’s memoirs, Singing In My Blood. Beyond the written word, Natasha has spent several decades as a club DJ, spinning tunes at aftershow parties for Metallica, Motörhead and Nine Inch Nails. She’s currently the only member of the Prog team to have appeared on the magazine’s cover.