Yes is currently on tour with a prog rock superstar-bill featuring John Lodge of the Moody Blues, Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy with guest vocalist Arthur Brown and Asia. They’re calling it the Royal Affair Tour and they’re coming to Artpark next week, June 25th!
The Yes saga has gotten a bit complicated since former members Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman put their own Yes on the road in 2016. That project, however, is on indefinite hiatus and this is the Steve Howe incarnation of Yes with Geoff Downes on keyboards, Billy Sherwood on bass, Jon Davison on lead vocals and Alan White and Jay Schellen on drums. Their set will “honor the memory of Yes members Chris Squire and Peter Banks.”
Asia has been fronted by Billy Sherwood since the death of singer John Wetton in 2017. On this tour former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal will take the place of guitarist Sam Coulson. Founding member Steve Howe left the group in 2013, but he will be playing with them for at least some of their set on this tour. And since Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes is also in Yes, that means that half the current Yes lineup will be pulling double duty in Asia.
Asia drummer Carl Palmer is the sole surviving member of the Seventies prog supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer. His group Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy plays the band’s music. They will be joined on this tour by Arthur Brown, best remembered as the frontman of the Sixties psychedelic rock band The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
John Lodge has been a key member of the Moody Blues since 1966, but the group has been on a break this year and he’s been touring solo. His set is heavy on Moody Blues classics like I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) and Ride My See-Saw.
Yes drummer Alan White has only been able to play during a small portion of the band’s set in recent years due to back problems. But he’s missed very few shows, and on this tour he’ll also be paying tribute to John Lennon. He played drums for Lennon on Imagine and the Live Peace in Toronto 1969 concert.
For tickets and more info for this show click here to visit the Artpark website.
Tuesdays in the Park presented by M&T Bank
Artpark Amphitheater
Gates open at 5:00PM
Show starts at 6:00PM
Times and performers subject to change.
To see who else is coming to Artpark this summer click here.
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