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An Evening of Yes Music and More

World tour by Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman
Logo for the tour
Location	North America, Europe, Asia
Start date	4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)
End date	14 October 2017 (2017-10-14)
Legs	5
No. of shows	91 total
Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman concert chronology
An Evening of Yes Music and More (2016–2017) Quintessential Yes: The 50th Anniversary Tour (2018)

An Evening of Yes Music and More was a worldwide concert tour by the rock band Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman, formed by lead vocalist Jon Anderson, guitarist Trevor Rabin and keyboardist Rick Wakeman, all former members of the English rock band Yes. Launched ten months after the group officially announced their formation, the tour visited theatres, halls, and arenas across North America, Europe and Asia.

The name of the tour is a reference to An Evening of Yes Music Plus, a 1989-90 concert tour by ABWH, an older band which also consisted of former Yes members, and of which Anderson and Wakeman were members.

The tour is documented on a live album and DVD.

Overview

The tour began on 4 October 2016 under the name Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman and ran until the end of summer 2017. The band started using the new name of Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman on the early 2017 tour leg, and then launched the new name in April to promote the North American summer tour.

Additional touring musicians were bassist Lee Pomeroy and drummer Lou Molino III. The tour marked the first time the three former Yes members performed together since Yes' Union Tour of 1991–1992. The tour saw two songs dropped from the set after only one show: "Leaves of Green" and "Starship Trooper". Other songs were steadily added to the set as Rabin's confidence in his voice improved; the song "Lift Me Up" was added for the second show on 7 October 2016, and a fan favourite, "Changes", was added to the show on 22 October 2016.

Personnel

Setlists

Pre-tour speculation

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Anderson stated that the band would perform classic Yes songs like "Awaken" and "And You and I" as well as some songs from Talk (1994), 90125 (1983) and Big Generator (1987). Anderson also hinted at the songs "Perpetual Change" and "Starship Trooper" to be played. He also assured that the setlist shouldn't fluctuate from night to night, stating: "It's like a movie to me, a play. Once you've got right, you stick to it since it'll only get better. If you start changing it you finish up a little bit confused."

In a separate interview with The Prog Report Rabin stated that "Shoot High, Aim Low" was due to be performed on the tour as well as "a lot from 90125".

Setlists

Setlist 1 (4 October 2016 – 22 July 2017)
The currently known setlist (all songs are by Yes unless otherwise noted):

Setlist 2 (26 August 2017 onwards)
On 26 August 2017 the band changed their set list. The new set list was as follows:

1. "Cinema"
2. "Perpetual Change"
3. "Hold On"
4. "South Side of the Sky"
5. "Lift Me Up"
   (Until 9 September 2017)
6. "And You and I"
7. "Changes"
   (From 9 September 2017 onwards)
8. "Rhythm of Love"
9. "I am Waiting"
10. "Heart of the Sunrise"
11. "Awaken"
12. "Make It Easy" / "Owner of a Lonely Heart"

Encore:

1. "Roundabout"

Tour dates

On 5 October 2016, the band announced, via their official Facebook page, that the original shows scheduled for 6 October and 12 October were to be cancelled. The show on 6 October at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino was cancelled due to a hurricane warning and has been rescheduled for the same venue on 12 October. The original 12 October show at the Heinz Hall in Pittsburg has been cancelled due to an orchestra strike in the city and has been rescheduled for 30 October 2016 at the Byham Theatre. On 12 October 2016, ARW announced a second London show.

On 19 October 2016 Wakeman announced, via his personal blog, that an Israel show has been booked for 7 March 2017 and Japan dates for April 2017 before returning to North America in the summer of 2017.

References

1. "LIVE CD & DVD". Retrieved 13 April 2018. There will be released in August/September by Eagle Rock a Live CD and DVD of the band's show from March 2017 recorded live in Manchester, UK, featuring special mixed in OE Audio by Paul Linford and Trevor Rabin.
2. "ARW – Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, and Rick Wakeman".
3. ^ "RWCC > Grumpy Old Rick's Ramblings October 2016". Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
4. Roberts, Chris (5 July 2016). "The inside story behind Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman". Louder. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
5. mrputerz (22 October 2016). "Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman (ARW) Changes - Live @ the Paramount 10-22-16" – via YouTube.
6. Iain Hornal (19 April 2017). "Last Tokyo show today on the @ARWTour with Yes ft Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman - I'm loving playing those classic Squi…" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 May 2017 – via Twitter.
7. "ARW- Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman- Owner Of A Lonely Heart- 11-22-2016 Orpheum Los Angeles". YouTube. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
8. McAfee, Patrick. "Anderson Rabin Wakeman, Tuesday, 22nd November 2016, The Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles". Retrieved 25 December 2016. At this show in Los Angeles, ARW was accompanied on Owner of a Lonely Heart, by Rabin's son Ryan on the drums.
9. Greene, Andy (19 September 2016). "Jon Anderson on New Yes Spinoff Band, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Chances (Eight years after Yes hit the road without him, singer will revive band's catalog with Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
10. The Prog Report (29 July 2016). "Trevor Rabin Interview - The Prog Report" – via YouTube.
11. "Yes, These Guys Still Have It: ARW takes to Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater – 10.07.16".
12. "ARW Mix and Match Yes Music in U.S. Tour Opener: Videos and Set List". 5 October 2016.
13. "Anderson Rabin Wakeman announce extra 2017 London date". 12 October 2016.
14. YES featuring ARW (14 October 2016). "#ARW have announced a 2nd London date in March due to overwhelming demand. Tour Tickets -" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Official website at yesfeaturingarw.com Archived 19 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Facebook page at Facebook.com/YESfeaturingARW
• Official Twitter account at Twitter.com/YESfeaturingARW

• 2016 concert tours
• 2017 concert tours
• Yes (band) concert tours