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Yes Ready For US Winter Tour Posted by Aaron Mayagoitia on 12.08.2009 Still no Jon Anderson, though... Prog veterans Yes will return to the US in February for an 18-date run.

The returning three members of the band's most commercially successful lineup--bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Alan White--will be joined by singer Benoit David and keyboardist Oliver Wakeman during the trek, which kicks off Feb.

One of the first concerts I ever saw was Yes at the Hampton Coliseum. Amazing show.

At a time when the progressive rock band Yes should be basking in its 40ish-year anniversary, there is unwelcome controversy stemming from the touring band's replacement of singer Jon Anderson with Benoit David , the singer from Yes tribute act Close to the Edge .

The band to see in Bristol in November 1980 had be Yes - if only to hear what they sounded like without long time frontman Jon Anderson and keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman - both of who had jumped ship after a year of internal rowing.

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It's not quite Yes, but it's close to the edge. When Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White of Yes come to town this week they will bring with them Montreal's Benoit David in place of singer Jon Anderson.

Meat Loaf, Yes singer Jon Anderson and former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley will be the headline "counselors" at this year's Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, which will take place November 17-22 in Hollywood.

After the big YES reunion of the 1990s, I have tried to catch the band on every tour when they stop by New York.

You know you're with a real Yes crowd when they cheer more loudly for 10-minute rock epic "Machine Messiah" off the lesser-known 1980 album Drama than for the 1983 pop hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart." In fact, one of the rare moments of crowd interaction came after "Lonely Heart" got a cool response from the seated crowd at the Uptown.

Concert pics Yes without angelic singer Jon Anderson seems almost sacrilegious. But the fans at the July 9 show at the Dodge Theatre didn't mind that the longtime singer, who had to take a break from touring after a serious lung illness in 2008, was absent.

My friend Gavin just informed me that prog rock drummer Alan White of Yes fame will be joining the Seattle Symphony, Sunday for a performance of Stravinsky's The Firebird , which Yes fans apparently know from the band's live shows.