Which YES shows are you going to this year?

[RobAdams]

Thought it would be interesting to chart where we're going to see YES on a visual bar graph. Click on the show or shows you will be attending. Anyone who has to vote for the first option - Unable to see YES on this tour :( ; I truly hope they will make it to your homeworld soon.

[ex-nrmman]

I'll be at the Cleveland show on July 29. My tix just arrived! I can't wait!! Hopefully, I'll be going to either Atlanta or Baltimore show as well. We'll see!

Another great poll i-and-i. 5 shows in one week for me. My father said I should just ask them if I could go on their bus. Father knows best, right? Ok, who do I ask? hahaha!

[Trooper1129]

PNC and Camden are locked in for me now. I would love to do a 3rd show, like last year but I just don't know yet.

[gt76yesman]

Wow, that would be strange. LOL

I am doing Konocti and Shoreline (shows 2 and 3 of the tour). Then I get a month to work up to New Mexico and/or Phoenix. Wo-hoo

Ah, Glenn

[RobAdams]

gt76yesman, YOU will be there in Santa Fe, Just you, YES, their road crew, and the employees of the venue. They might take requests! :)

[Squire*Fan725]

RCMH is a DEFINITE!!

[mrgone3]

I am going(for the one)to all three New York Metro area shows. Jones Beach. Radio City Music Hall. And PNC Bank Arts Center.THREE ROWS FROM STEVE-O at RCMH! WOW!!!!!! How many exclamation points are you allowed for that? JOE P.S Pat,Do they need a bus driver?

[sychophant]

I am the luckiest man in the world. Every time I have seen Yes in the last few years, I have always thought it would be the last time and have done everything in my financial power to see them as many times as possible during that tour. I have and will continue to (Knock on wood) form my once a year vacation around the band that can never be replaced as my favorite. My fanaticism borders on obsession. My obsession borders on the only thing that comes close to spirituality for me. Masterworks was southern U.S.. Symphonic was East Coast including RCMH when I was fortunate enough to buy drinks for Squire all night long the night before at some bar in Manhattan (and fortunate enough to fly out on Sept. 10). This year my girl and I will do Seattle, Konocti, Shoreline, and Universal. High vibration go on and on and on........

p.s.
gt76yesman is nothing but an enabler!!!!!!(maybe)

[RobAdams]

This summer is gonna fly by fast, isn't it?

We'll be here raving about the shows - meanwhile kids will be singing BACK TO SCHOOL

[deelovesyes]

so far doing 4 shows
radio city
pnc
camden
and jones beach

dee

[nooscam9]

a good summer for sure!


Chicago
Phoenix
LA.

[YYY]

Mountainview
Los Angeles

Does anyone know the deal with the pre-sale tickets in LA. It seems either all the tickets are bought except those on the sides or better seats aren't available yet. Which is it? I've never bought tickets on-line before, although last year at the Universal box office there were great seats being sold on the day of the show. What's up with that and why should I pre-buy. Knowledgable Yesfan please explain.

[yesskater]

I fully expect yessiree to jump up on stage and sing with Anderson in Denver!

[mrgone3]

I'd go to see that too! Yessiree! You know Revealing Science of God? Sorry I can't go to St.Louis.I have my hands full here in NY!Three NY area shows! Yippee! >Joe

[therifferoo]

Don't have tickets yet, but I WILL be there!! Can't wait!!

For any of you who will be attending the Chicago show, be sure to check the Meet & Eat forum here for details on the get-together at The Berghoff. The more the merrier!!

~Riffer.

[Roman]

As I live in Europe (Czech Republik), I will have not the chance to see them this summer. As I'm a poor student, I just can't afford to fly to America to see them. :-(

[maynard meadows]

Looking forward to a great show July 17th at the beautiful, accoustically sound paramount theatre in Seattle!!! I was lucky to see them last year at the St Michelle Winery, and score a 5th row seat 15 feet in front of the Master of the Rickenbacker, Mr. Squire!!! Unbelivable show!!! Seen them 8 xs, looking forward to the 9th!!!!!!

[gt76yesman]

Hmmm, requests eh?

Please open with:
Parallels
Siberian Khatru
South Side of the Sky
Revealing Science of God
Magnification-->
Spirit of Survival
Foot Prints
Dreamtime-->
Silent Wings of Freedom
Madrigal
Mind Drive
Homeworld
Close to the Edge

Encore:
Awaken

[1yesfan]

Appears Yes is skipping any place with in 3-4 hours of Cincy, so this may be my first missed tour since I first saw them on the BG tour.

Originally posted by mrgone3
P.S Pat,Do they need a bus driver?

Good question! Surely they must!

Originally posted by yesskater
I fully expect yessiree to jump up on stage and sing with Anderson in Denver!

I only get to do that in Denver? What about the other 4 shows?!!

Originally posted by mrgone3
I'd go to see that too! Yessiree! You know Revealing Science of God? Sorry I can't go to St.Louis.

mrgone3, you know you'd be up there with me!

And Tim, I think it is your civic duty as administrator of Yes fans to drive to the nearest venue to see our guys. You can't miss this one. Who knows if we will ever get another tour? And it's time for Magnification too! Gotta work on this one Tim! I can't be dancing up there all by myself.

[mrgone3]

TIMMY! YA GOTTA GO! IT'S YES FOR GODS SAKE! Then what will we call you? Number 2 YES FAN? Hey look at the percentage going to PNC bank Center in New Jersey! I gotta make a sign YES FANS MEET HERE!BYOB(SORRY)>JOE

[Yes Oz]

All the ones they play in Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:dog2:

[yes_angel]

Of course PNC I shall be!And at RCMH there might be some more tickets for me

[Jackaranda]

Us midwesterners got shafted, unless it's true that more dates are TBA. I just can't afford to travel long distances to see the band, it has to be close, and they are nowhere near Cincinnati or Nashville. Hopefully, more dates close to here WILL follow, but for now, it's a no go. Very sad....Maybe I just got stuck at 13..Jack.

[Q]

being just down the interstate from you, i feel similarly out-of-the-loop ... i'll be able to make the Chicago show but I won't be able to take a group with me, as i had planned if they were in Nashville/Cincy/Indy ...

Q

[RobAdams]

I feel bad for anyone not going to at least one show. I think everyone should at least get a ticket for the nearest show they are playing, and maybe some people in the forum can help out anyone who might need a place to sleep for the night.

And 1yesfan Tim...I agree. You just gotta go. Certainly someone in the forum can help you with some aspect of getting there, somewhere to stay for the night. If you don't go, I understand this forum will become an MC HAMMER Fans Forum.

[gunsfornuns]

no show for us this year. :crybby: the closest they are coming is atlanta. while it's only 3-4 hours away, i just can't do it. i took my 12yo daughter to the masterworks show in charlotte. i really wanted to take my 16yo son to a show before he grows up and moves away. as it is, i keep finding my cd's in their players (except magnification -- none of us likes it much).

[Shikedants]

PNC PNC PNC

Will there be a place in the parking lot that everyone can meet?

[yes_angel]

Hi Shikedants,I'm not so sure yet,I believe lastyear we were on the Northbound side,as time gets closer i'll know for sure,,,,Can't wait!!!

[yessiree]

Originally posted by gunsfornuns
no show for us this year. the closest they are coming is atlanta. while it's only 3-4 hours away, i just can't do it. i really wanted to take my 16yo son to a show before he grows up and moves away. as it is, i keep finding my cd's in their players (except magnification -- none of us likes it much).

gunsfornuns, I am so sorry for you to have to miss this show. Who knows if you will ever have another opportunity. We are spoiled here in the states and I think we take for granted that they will tour again next year. I hope you will reconsider and catch them in Atlanta and that you can take your 16 y/o.

One more thing, please try Magnification again. Put it on in the background in your house while you are doing things--and just put it in repeat mode. Have it on for at least one entire day. I will just bet that it will work its magic on you and you will be amazed at how much you end up loving it. Please try it and let us know of your experience.

[RobAdams]

So, only 72 of us are going to see YES this year?

[bataisflow]

To sychophant,

What bar in NYC did you run into Squire?

:1poke:

[gt76yesman]

...or you will lose your #1 YesFan status! haha!

I am making it to three shows! Yippee!!!

Glendi

PS-Sychophant, check you're email, you will love it!

[yessiree]

Originally posted by i-and-i
So, only 72 of us are going to see YES this year?

And some of us voted more than once, like me.

[Trooper1129]

Hey PNC attendees.

I belong to another Yes fan club and we do a nice tailgate every year at all the NY/NJ/PA shows. We had a nice coo at last year's Philly tailgate when I invited Bob Cesca to drop by our tailgate for a couple of beer and just a meet and greet. Well, he not only stopped by but he brought along his video camera and interviewed some of our friends and they wound up being on the Symphonic DVD documentary.

I've already told some of them that I want to merge the 2 clubs tailgates for an even bigger one this year. (we had 50 + members at last year's tailgate) We rock out the parking lot before and after the show and sometimes wind up hanging with a few of the band members. We all get there early and try to park close to each other as we wind up in about the same spot every year. For PNC, it's usually the North parking lot close to the entrance. Rows A, B and C. Not the far north one where you have to walk up the hill...we are right by the entrance to get into the seats close to the box office. As it gets closer to concert time, I'll post more detailed info and sometimes we even put up a club banner so we are easy to find.

Around mid July, I'll start a thread for each tailgate and anyone who is interested can PM me and we can swap cell numbers and such so if you can't find us in the parking lot, you can call and we can all hook up pre-show.

Summer just isn't complete without a killer tailgate at a Yesshow!
Looking forward to seeing you all there.

[Trooper1129]

Oh, by the way....the Philly tailgate will be awesome as well and I'll post a seperate thread for our pre-show plans and some possible after show parties for that one....

[yes_angel]

Thankyou Trooper,will be looking forward to the PNC tailgate party.We always had a incredible time there. Keep me posted.

[Shikedants]

Tooper:

Thanks for the info, I'll see you there. FYI, security checks are causing long lines into PNC so anyone planning on getting there last minute may not see the opening. It's been like that for the first couple of shows. Maybe they will get better at it as the summer moves along.

[Koko]

Yes, ...........we Britons....you know the original fans who first supported Yes....through the last years of the 60's and throught the early 70's....till they took off (eventually) in the States...

WE...will probably NOT get to see them play live in our(and their) country of 'Birth and origin' this year.......

I'm not angry just slightly annoyed...and wishing BIG TIME they'd play just a handful of dates over here...

Yes, I know it could be worse...I could be an Australian Fan...
...and still be waiting 30 years on......

Maybe I should rob a bank and just get me rear over der....MON.


Peace. (honest).

[OB1kenOB]

Austin is not on the poll list.
I'll put 1200 miles on the ol' Volvo this summer going to YESshows
my 16th YESshow, Austin (2nd row center)
my 17th YESshow, Dallas (10th row center)
both tickets scored from pre-sale using a dial-up account, so no camplaints, and many thanks to YESmanagment for the opertunity.
I'll consider Austin a "karmic rebate" since I had an equal seat for the Indianapolis Masterworks show that was re-sceduled to a date I could not attend.

[deelovesyes]

hey trooper
you know me and alec will be at both pnc and camden

last year was so much fun

dee

[Trooper1129]

Hey Dee!

Yup, I have you and Alec on my list for both places and I'll most likely meet you guys pre-show at RCMH as well if you give me a ring when you hit the city.

I figure we'll all try to park in the same section as last year for PNC and we'll be able to find each other quickly.

Are you going to see Rush next Friday? I'm looking forward to that one.

Wish Heather a Happy Birthday from me too. How old is she now? 7? And she's already met Jon and Chris, right? I'm so jealous. It took me longer...lol

See you soon.

[deelovesyes]

hehe donna

heather is actually 5, she met jon when she was 4 lol
actually she met jon , alan and squire, she was amazed at the size of squire, i can still see the look on her face.

yes, our plan for pnc is to go to the same area as last year.
and camden we are waiting to hear more on penns landing.

we will be spending the night in new york between radio city and pnc.

can't wait to see you guys again

dee

[Trooper1129]

Hey, even I'm amazed at the size of Squire sometimes....especially up close. You can get a stiff neck talking to him.

I did get your email and I am sorry to hear the sad news. Let me know if I can do anything.

Penns Landing is really easy to find, so we shouldn't have any problems finding each other. When I know more details I'll pass them along.

All my best to you, Alec and his family.

L&L,
Donna

[deelovesyes]

thanks so much donna i did get the email this morning

dee

[YESYOUANDI]

NONE-----the bu**ers have forgotten the home country again.
It's Joe Satriani and Ocean Colour Scene for me, third time for the Scene and second for Satch.
Cheers all.

[Trooper1129]

I totally understand. I'd be majorly P.O.'d if Yes wasn't playing near me but Satch is a great show too...One of my personal favorites actually. He's touring here this summer with Dream Theater and King's X.

[luray]

so who are the ones going to mansfeild mass????

[deelovesyes]

i didn't vote on mansfield because i didn't know, but we decided to go

so me and alec will be there

dee

[RobAdams]

Mansfield TWEETER yes show for me as well.

Dee, I added your vote for the Mansfield show!

[deelovesyes]

thanks rob

dee

[stevepenn]

Wanted to do Chicago and New Yorkl, but business travel got in the way. So, I'm headin' south to Austin and Dallas. Looking forward to t he Backyard show.

:}

[gt76yesman]

I will add the 1-hour SkyTheater show to the list that includes:
Konocti
Shoreline
Cricket

[nightliner]

I was plannng on going to the Camden show but a current medical condition has placed that indoubt. Needless to say, I am keeping my fingers crossed.

[Original_Shifty]

Originally posted by gt76yesman
I will add the 1-hour SkyTheater show to the list that includes:
Konocti
Shoreline
Cricket

I've already voted quite awhile ago, but I need to add in the Sky Theatre Show now.

Hey Mods!! Can you put a tick in the appropriate column for me???

Thanks a bunch.

[smatt]

Originally posted by Original_Shifty


I've already voted quite awhile ago, but I need to add in the Sky Theatre Show now.

Hey Mods!! Can you put a tick in the appropriate column for me???

Thanks a bunch.


Took care of it for you Shifty!


You're one lucky SOB man! :D

I wish, I'd moved up to the Seattle area acouple years ago when I had the chance!:crybby:


Matt

[Original_Shifty]

Originally posted by smatt
Took care of it for you Shifty!


Thank you very much.

[Jackaranda]

Looks like Chicago could now be a possibility...But I'll have to get good seats to drive that far!!!

[Trooper1129]

Hey Dave,

I hope everything is okay and it's nothing serious. I was looking forward to meeting you at our Penns Landing tailgate. I hope you can make it. I'm thinking good thoughts that things turn for the better for you. Keep us posted.

[OB1kenOB]

Originally posted by OB1kenOB
Austin is not on the poll list.
I'll put 1200 miles on the ol' Volvo this summer going to YESshows
my 16th YESshow, Austin (2nd row center)
my 17th YESshow, Dallas (10th row center)
both tickets scored from pre-sale using a dial-up account, so no camplaints, and many thanks to YESmanagment for the opertunity.
I'll consider Austin a "karmic rebate" since I had an equal seat for the Indianapolis Masterworks show that was re-sceduled to a date I could not attend.

update, I guess I'll now be putting 2000 miles on the ol' Volvo this summer going to YESshows, 1200 fro the Texas trip, and 800 round trip to the airport to fly to seattle for the EMP !

[Earl Grey]

Thats pretty good: one more than I thought I was going to for a bit there, but many less than I wish I were going to...

I'll be at Pheonix and LA!
Yeah!

Earl:yesbird:

[raz]

Chaps and Chappesses....

Please spare a thought for the many Yes Fans unable to catch a 2002 show...
Gee Whizz, would I love to be there with you or what...
Nevertheless, I'm sure that we will all be there, at each show, in Sprit at least...
Enjoy what you see and hear and please relate to the rest of us all you can remember...
I'm looking forward to reading ALL of the reviews... as thats the closest I'll get to seeing a show

[CathyG]

For a preview of the tour, and some interesting comments - I've posted on the Yes in the Press section a link to an article (oh, heck, to save time I'll post it here too) in today's SJ Mercury News (first page of the Arts and Entertainment section - finally, a rock critic who's interested in Yes!).

http://ae.bayarea.com/entertainment/ui/bayarea/music.html?id=3460&reviewId=6772

[smatt]

CCool article Cathy! Good find!

[smatt]

I can't take the suspense any longer! I had originally planened to go to the Konocti show. Then I decided not to and concentrate on the LA, Phoenix, and Vegas shows! Well this morning I woke up, signed onto to Yesfans, then bam it hit me! :bash: What am I doing they're gonna only be 350 miles from in few days. So I started to plan the trip upto San Jose for the Kelseyville show on Sat.. Konocti and Yescapade (Friday night) just didn't seem possible. Then, all of the sudden :bash:! It hit me again, how could I possibly miss Yescapade AGAIN :crybby: . So that's it, I'm going, I'm going to Yescapade! :D After all it's only 500 miles each way, I can do that in what 8 hours:crazy: each way, no problem! SOOOOOOOOO......... YAHOOOOOO:ele: :cheers:


ISA GOIN ' TO GO!!!

[gt76yesman]

Messa so happy!

Lady Susan and I will be the two long haired, mostly grey, hippy looking folks at the Yescapade. We will probably be wearing out black Union t-shirts, although Lady Susan may opt for the valure tie-dye top.

Here it is just in case--------v

[smatt]

I'll see you two hippies up there. I'm a hippie in disguise now! LOL

I just confrmed my yescapade ticket with Cherokee, as well as an sec bb row seat, she had an extra (not bad)!


MEESA SOOOOOOO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!:D

[gt76yesman]

:smksml::sephiroth

[Earl Grey]

You guys had better post some DETAILED reviews! :)

I'm there with you in spirit!

Earl:yesbird:

[RobAdams]

Do you mean to tell me that no one has yet given us a complete setlist and review of the July 17th Seattle show yet? I've been checking the SPOILER'S AREA for a while now.

[smatt]

JEEEZ Rob, a little pushy aren't we? :D

[relayer_1]

I don't see multiple shows on the same tour of ANY artist, that's not devotion, it's lunacy. It's like going to the same movie over and over again. But I can say that I have been fortunate to have seen YES on all five tours ('97-2001) previous to this one and feel very thrilled every time, just like a 15 year-old going to his first concert...the East coast fan base has always been larger for Yes, it shows on the diagram above, but here in Houston,Texas we may be a small crowd but we love them just as much, see you all noisy at the consession stands but listening quietly in the concert hall. Please, please tell that to your friends, lets go see YES but let others enjoy the music and leave the chattering at home, see you on tour 2002!!
relayer 1

[smatt]

In a way I see your point Relayer_1. But every concert is a different experiance. Each show has it's own feeling. Some nights this guys on and that guys off. Somtimes they really click. I guess I take live shows differently then some. Same songs different presentation!

[OB1kenOB]

Originally posted by relayer_1
I don't see multiple shows on the same tour of ANY artist, that's not devotion, it's lunacy. It's like going to the same movie over and over again. But I can say that I have been fortunate to have seen YES on all five tours ('97-2001) previous to this one and feel very thrilled every time, just like a 15 year-old going to his first concert...the East coast fan base has always been larger for Yes, it shows on the diagram above, but here in Houston,Texas we may be a small crowd but we love them just as much, see you all noisy at the consession stands but listening quietly in the concert hall. Please, please tell that to your friends, lets go see YES but let others enjoy the music and leave the chattering at home, see you on tour 2002!!
relayer 1

a movie is a recording, it will be exactly the same every viewing.
listening to a CD over and over is like going to a movie over and over.
and even then, each time you hear a CD what is different is you.
what's on your mind, how you feel, your "mood for a day" all these things are filters that that recording pass through to get in your head.

A live performance is a one time event, even if the set list is the same as the night before. I'm driven to visit multiple stops on a tour to experience the artists I enjoy in a rare way. to share a time and place with the artists, and experience their art leave their hands and enter my senses in real time.
An added bonus to the live experience is meeting others from other places that also feel the need to be there.

[yarstruly]

I just bought my Tix for the 8/13 Atlanta show at Hi-Fi Buys/Lakewood Amphitheater...Not my favorite venue, but it is much better than Chastain where I last saw them on the '98 tour. Chastain is in a residential upper income area, so the volume had to be kept to a minimum. Also, it favors "subscribers" to a Summer concert series, and allows people to bring in their Wine & Cheese baskets in...sigh...too much conversation going on (more of a social event than a concert). Yes' performance was great though...but I am looking forward to Wakeman's return. I haven't seen him since '91.

[deelovesyes]

we just added show #6 to our list
I bought Columbia Maryland tix last night and booked a room

so maryland will be our 6th and last show this year

i don't see us heading to florida
even tho that would be nice

dee

by the time this tour is over i will have seen Yes 16 times in 3 years

[Original_Shifty]

You are so lucky Dee.

I hope that with moving out East, I'm going to have more opportunities to see Yes multi times.

For this is the only reason I can come up with to move away from my little piece of heaven. ;)

--------------

By the way, I know what's going to happen. I'm moving in September, Yes will announce a second leg in October, and they'll be hitting Vancouver and missing Toronto. Just watch!

[smatt]

Hey O.S. I just heard from a certain friend of mine that Yes is doing 2 shows in Vancouver, as well as 1 in Seattle. But none within 500 miles of Toronto. They've heard that've you Original Shifty has moved to Toronto and decided that they wanted to avoid you at all costs!:D

[Original_Shifty]

:stick:

hardy har har, my friend. You think you're pretty funny don't ya.:D

Go smoke another fatty. By then you'll think they're gonna play in timbuktu! :silly:

[smatt]

I'm there man, the plane tickets only $4,000. and then I just have to walk 600 miles!:D

[Original_Shifty]

Yeah, now that I think about it, that would be a cool place for all yesfans from around the world to get together for a Yes concert wouldn't it.

[el profe]

Hi
You don't know how fortunate you Americans are when talking about live music. I live in Barcelona, Spain (which is situated in the south of Europe and is not a picturesque backwater one horse town). Yes have come here 3 times, I think: 1984 (90125),
1989 (ABWH), 1999 (The ladder). Do you think that's enough? They tour USA endlessly and they rarely come to Europe. Not anymore. And if they do they drop in UK, Germany and, perhaps, another lucky country. I think they are not treating fans that well. You see, America is not the centre of the world though some of your replies show hints.
See you

[Earl Grey]

California is.

Har de har har! :)

[hypatiamarshall]

Does anyone want to hear about it. I also talked to Alan and Steve. Does anyone want to hear about that????

Jan in Erie CO

[Flo]

Yes I for one, would like to know all about it !

[yarstruly]

Originally posted by hypatiamarshall
Does anyone want to hear about it. I also talked to Alan and Steve. Does anyone want to hear about that????

Jan in Erie CO

Well of course we do!

[hypatiamarshall]

I will only tell what was requested.

I was walking in the main lobby of the Hilton, and Steve, in his blue "Hawaiian" shirt, walked by carrying a tote bag. His "assistant" was with him, the guy with the curly black hair. There is a comedian that looks like the assistant who has bulging eyes, but I can't remember the name. (Yes, Steve did his have carpet during the show.)

I was standing next to John Lynker. I grabbed John's arm, as I was speechless, and began following Steve. I called out, "Steve!" and he actually turned around and smiled. I think I just said Hi, but John thanked him for his music, and told him that he played his stuff. He wouldn't shake hands, but this was about 2 hours before the concert, and I really can't blame him. At least, he was cordial.

I talked to Alan in the lounge in the Hilton's casino with the miles and miles of crystal chandeliers sparkling at about 3 in the morning (Sunday). He was talking to Steve's assistant and another guy. I leaned over and told him that the concert was superb, much better than Denver. (Get this!) I actually said, You guys made less mistakes." He smiled and said we are allowed to make mistakes. (Technically, they were almost perfect.) I told him I would go see Yes if they played kazoos and hauled oxygen tanks around. He smiled again. I patted his hand, and he took my hand, and wouldn't let go. We talked for a few minutes (he looked tired), and I left. That was it.

What a gentleman! He must really love the fans!

Jan in Erie CO

[Jackaranda]

What a great story. Congratulations!!! Jack.

[hypatiamarshall]

I guess it just confirms what I knew all along, that the members of Yes are kind and compassionate. Look at Jon's lyrics: they are oozing with compassion and emotion. I allow and accept Steve's standoffishness, because, and this may sound weird, maybe his humanness comes out in his music; and, the fact that the quest for perfection may not require that Steve be the most amiable or friendly of band members by virtue of what he does. And, maybe, he holds those feelings in check, in order to deliver the near pefect technical performance. Not all technical people are warm and fuzzy. Well, I hope I made some sense.

jan in erie co

[Earl Grey]

Things always go well for those who have a good heart!

Earl:yesbird: