List of Yes concert tours (1980s–90s)

The English progressive rock band Yes has toured for five decades.

The band played live from its creation in Summer 1968. Their first overseas shows were in Belgium and the Netherlands in June 1969. They played regularly through December 1980, with the band splitting up early the next year. The band reformed in 1983, and regular tours resumed in 1984 and continued over the next few decades. The longest break in touring came from late 2004 through late 2008. Touring has tended to focus on the UK and the rest of Europe, The United States, Canada and Japan, but the band have also played other parts of the world, notably Australia.

Drama Tour
Lineup:


 * Geoff Downes – keyboards
 * Trevor Horn – vocals, additional guitar and percussion
 * Steve Howe – guitars, vocals
 * Chris Squire – bass, vocals
 * Alan White – drums

Setlist:

Also occasionally played were:
 * "Does it Really Happen?" (Squire, Howe, White, Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes)
 * "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford)
 * "Into the Lens" (Squire, Howe, White, Horn, Downes)
 * "Clap" (Howe)
 * "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)
 * "Go Through This" (Squire, Howe, White, Horn, Downes)
 * "Man in a White Car Suite" (Squire, Howe, White, Horn, Downes)
 * "We Can Fly from Here" (Horn, Downes, Squire)
 * "Tempus Fugit" (Squire, Howe, White, Horn, Downes)
 * "Amazing Grace/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (Traditional, arr. Squire/Squire)
 * "Machine Messiah" (Squire, Howe, White, Horn, Downes)
 * "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe)
 * "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Parallels" (Squire) (29, 30 August 1980, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 22, 25, 26, 27 September 1980, 2 October 1980, 16 November 1980)
 * "Surface Tension" (Steve Howe solo acoustic guitar piece) (Played on 17 October 1980)
 * "Video Killed the Radio Star" (Horn, Downes, Bruce Woolley) (originally by The Buggles in 1979) (Played on 6 October and 24 November 1980, short passage 29 August 1980)
 * "Run Through the Light" (Played on 16 October 1980)
 * "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (Played on 5 September 1980, 16 October 1980)

Tour dates

9012Live Tour
Lineup:


 * Jon Anderson – Vocals, additional keyboard and percussion
 * Tony Kaye – Keyboards, vocals
 * Trevor Rabin – Guitars, vocals
 * Chris Squire – Bass, vocals
 * Alan White – Drums, percussion, vocals

and


 * Casey Young – Additional keyboards (offstage)

Setlist:

Also occasionally played were:
 * "Cinema" (Trevor Rabin, Kaye, Squire, White)
 * "Leave It" (Rabin, Horn, Squire)
 * "Our Song" (dropped between 4 March 1984 and 9 August 1984, dropped after 1 October 1984) (Anderson, Squire, Rabin, White)
 * "Yours Is No Disgrace" (dropped between 9 August 1984 and 1 October 1984) (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford)
 * "Hold On" (Anderson, Rabin, Squire)
 * "Perpetual Change" (dropped after 1 March 1984) (Anderson, Squire)
 * "Hearts" (Anderson, Rabin, Kaye, White, Squire)
 * "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
 * Kaye solo/"Si" (dropped between 29 August 1984 and 1 October 1984) (Kaye)
 * "Solly's Beard" (Rabin)
 * "Changes" (Rabin, Anderson, White)
 * "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)
 * "Soon"
 * "Make It Easy" (Intro)/Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Rabin, Anderson, Squire, Horn)
 * "It Can Happen" (Anderson, Squire, Rabin)
 * "Long Distance Runaround" (dropped after 26 July 1984)
 * "Whitefish/Amazing Grace" (Squire; traditional, arr. Squire)
 * "City of Love" (Anderson, Rabin)
 * "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe)
 * "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Gimme Some Lovin'" (added on from 9 August 1984) (Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood) (originally by The Spencer Davis Group in 1966)
 * "Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, Foster) (Played on 5 March 1984 and 6 March 1984)
 * "I'm Down" (Lennon-McCartney) (Played on 24 June 1984 and 1 September 1984)
 * "Awaken" (Played on 9, 11 August 1984)
 * "Whitefish" (Played on 14 March 1984, 11 May 1984, and 1 July 1984)
 * "Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil) (Played on 7, 11, 12, 14 July 1984, and 21, 22 August 1984)

Big Generator Tour
Lineup:


 * Jon Anderson – Vocals, additional keyboard and percussion
 * Tony Kaye – Keyboards, vocals
 * Trevor Rabin – Guitars, vocals
 * Chris Squire – Bass, vocals
 * Alan White – Drums, percussion, vocals

Setlist:

Also played occasionally were:
 * "Almost Like Love" (dropped after 20 December 1987) (Kaye, Anderson, Rabin, Squire)
 * "Rhythm of Love" (Kaye, Anderson, Rabin, Squire)
 * "Hold On" (Anderson, Rabin, Squire)
 * "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson, Squire, Bruford)
 * "Changes" (Rabin, Anderson, White; Kaye, Squire)
 * "Big Generator" (Anderson, Rabin, Kaye, White, Squire)
 * "Shoot High, Aim Low" (Anderson, Rabin, Kaye, White, Squire)
 * "Holy Lamb (Song for Harmonic Convergence)" (Anderson)
 * Kaye solo (Kaye)
 * "Solly's Beard" (Rabin)
 * "Make it Easy" (Intro)/Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Rabin, Anderson, Squire, Horn)
 * "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford)
 * "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil") (Excerpt) (added on 7 December 1987, first played on 28 November 1987) (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White)
 * "Amazing Grace" (traditional, arr. Squire)
 * "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)
 * "I'm Running" (dropped after 22 November 1987) (Anderson, Rabin, Kaye, White, Squire)
 * "Würm" (the third section of "Starship Trooper") (Howe)
 * "Love Will Find a Way" (Rabin)
 * "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
 * "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Soon" (Anderson) (Played on 4, 5 April 1988)
 * "On The Silent Wings of Freedom" (Anderson, Squire) (only the bass riff only on 19 November 1987)
 * "Final Eyes" (Played on 14 November 1987, 19 November 1987, 21 November 1987, and 28 November 1987)
 * "Donguri Koro Koro" (Played on 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 April 1988)

An Evening of Yes Music Plus Tour (ABWH)
This tour is documented on the live release: An Evening of Yes Music Plus.

Lineup:


 * Jon Anderson – Vocals, percussion
 * Bill Bruford – Drums, percussion
 * Steve Howe – Guitars, vocals
 * Rick Wakeman – Keyboards

plus:


 * Julian Colbeck – Additional keyboards
 * Tony Levin – Bass, vocals, Stick (replaced by Jeff Berlin 4–10 September 1989 due to illness)
 * Milton McDonald – Additional guitars, vocals

Setlist:

Other songs:
 * Medley
 * "Time and a Word (Anderson, Foster)
 * "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Anderson, Horn, Rabin, Squire)
 * "Teakbois: The Life and Time of Bobby Dread" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford)
 * "Clap/Mood for a Day" (Howe)
 * Wakeman solo (Wakeman)
 * "Long Distance Runaround"/Bruford solo (Anderson; Bruford)
 * "Birthright" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford, Max Bacon)
 * "And You and I" (Anderson, Howe, Squire, Bruford)
 * "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire) (omitted on some dates in 1990)
 * "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Themes" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford)
 * Levin-Bruford duet (Bruford, Tony Levin)
 * "Brother of Mine" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford, Downes)
 * "The Meeting" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford)
 * "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson, Squire, Bruford)
 * "Order of the Universe" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford, Rhett Lawrence)
 * "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Howe, Squire) (omitted on some dates in 1990)
 * "Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, Foster) (only occasionally from 4 August 1989)
 * "Let's Pretend" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford, Vangelis) (played on 29 July 1989)
 * "Quartet" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford) (played on 29 July 1989)
 * "Leaves of Green" (Anderson, Howe, Squire, Wakeman, White) (played on 29 July 1989)
 * "Soon" (Anderson) (played on 29 October 1989)

Union Tour
Lineup:


 * Jon Anderson – lead vocals
 * Bill Bruford – electric + acoustic drums & percussions
 * Steve Howe – acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals
 * Tony Kaye – Hammond organ, synthesizers
 * Trevor Rabin – electric guitars, lead & backing vocals
 * Chris Squire – bass guitar, pedals, backing vocals
 * Rick Wakeman – electric piano, synthesizers, keytar
 * Alan White – acoustic drums & percussion

Setlist:

Also played occasionally were:
 * "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford)
 * "Rhythm of Love" (Kaye, Anderson, Rabin, Squire)
 * "Shock to the System" (Anderson, Howe, Jonathan Elias)
 * "City of Love" (Rabin, Anderson) (Dropped after 9 April 1991)
 * "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson, Squire, Bruford)
 * Steve Howe solo section (Howe)
 * "Make it Easy" (Intro)/Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Anderson, Rabin, Horn, Squire)
 * "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)
 * Drum duet (Bruford, White)
 * "Hold On" (dropped after 13 June 1991) (Rabin, Anderson, Squire)
 * Kaye solo (only between 12 April 1991 and 22 June 1991) (Kaye)
 * "Changes" (Anderson, Rabin, White)
 * "I've Seen All Good People" (added on from 19 April 1991) (Anderson, Squire)
 * "Solly's Beard" (Rabin)
 * "Take the Water to the Mountain" (Anderson) (Dropped after opening night)
 * "Soon" (Anderson) (Dropped after opening night)
 * "Long Distance Runaround" (replaced by "Saving My Heart" starting 12 July 1991) (Anderson; Rabin)
 * "Whitefish/Amazing Grace" (Squire, White; traditional, arr. Squire)
 * "Lift Me Up" (Rabin, Squire)
 * Wakeman solo (Wakeman)
 * "Awaken" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Starship Trooper" (dropped after 17 April 1991) (Anderson, Squire, Howe)
 * "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe) (Played on 14 July 1991 without Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye, or Alan White)
 * "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Winwood, Davis, Winwood) (Played on 24 April 1991)

Talk Tour
This was the last tour to feature Trevor Rabin and Tony Kaye as members of Yes.

Touring Personnel:

Band
 * Jon Anderson – Vocals, percussion, keyboards
 * Tony Kaye – Keyboards
 * Trevor Rabin – Guitars, keyboards, vocals
 * Chris Squire – Bass guitar, vocals
 * Alan White – Drums, percussion

with


 * Billy Sherwood – Guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, vocals

Tour Management
 * Chris Pollan - Tour Manager
 * Peter Mackay - Assistant Tour Manager
 * Graham "Grim Reaper" Holmes - Production Manager
 * Mark Reinke - Stage Manager
 * Karen Holmes - Production Assistant
 * Jonathan Smeeton - Lighting/Set Designer
 * Butch Allen - Lighting Director

Band Crew
 * Jimmy Robison - Drum Tech
 * Robbie Eagle - Keyboard Tech
 * Paul Linford - Guitar Tech
 * Richard Davis - Bass Tech
 * John Laraio - Jon Anderson Tech

Sound Crew
 * Dave Natale - House Engineer
 * Dave Skaff - Monitor Engineer
 * Bart Adams - Sound Tech
 * Kirk Shriener - Sound Tech
 * Chad Shreiner - Sound Tech

Lighting Crew
 * Bill Conte - Lighting Crew Head
 * Sam Deleo - Vari*Lite Operator
 * Gregg Kocurek - Vari*Lite Technician
 * Ian England - Lighting Tech
 * Garry Waldie - Lighting Tech
 * Peter Moore - Roboscan Programmer

Setlist:


 * "Perpetual Change" (Anderson, Squire)
 * "The Calling" (Rabin, Anderson, Squire)
 * "I Am Waiting" (Rabin, Anderson)
 * "Rhythm of Love" (Kaye, Rabin, Anderson, Squire)
 * "Hearts" (dropped after 30 September 1994) (Anderson, Rabin, Kaye, Squire, White)
 * "Real Love" (Rabin, Anderson, Squire)
 * "Changes" (Anderson, Rabin, White)
 * "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson, Squire, Bruford)
 * "Cinema" (dropped after 16 August 1994) (Squire, Rabin, White, Kaye)
 * "City of Love" (dropped after 16 August 1994) (Rabin, Anderson)
 * "Make it Easy" (Intro)/Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Anderson, Rabin, Squire, Horn)
 * "Where Will You Be" (Dropped after 26 August 1994) (Rabin, Anderson)
 * Trevor Rabin's Keyboard solo/"And You and I" (Rabin; Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)
 * "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
 * "Walls" (Anderson, Rabin, Roger Hodgson)
 * "Endless Dream" (Rabin, Anderson)
 * "Hold On" (only between 25 June 1994 and 26 July 1994) (Anderson, Rabin, Squire)
 * "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Purple Haze" (added on from 13 August 1994) (Jimi Hendrix) (originally by Hendrix in 1967)

San Luis Obispo shows (Keys to Ascension Tour)
These were the first shows to feature Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman since the Union tour. Wakeman played all three shows, but subsequently left the band, later re-joining in 2002. Since these shows, Howe has to this day been performing with the group.

Lineup:


 * Jon Anderson – Vocals
 * Steve Howe – Guitars, vocals
 * Chris Squire – Bass, vocals
 * Rick Wakeman – Keyboards
 * Alan White – Drums, percussion

Setlist:


 * "Siberian Khatru" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman)
 * "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
 * "Time and a Word" (Anderson, Foster)
 * "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)
 * "The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White)
 * "Going for the One"
 * "Turn of the Century" (Anderson, Howe, White)
 * "Happy Birthday to You (Chris Squire)" (Only on 4 March 1996)
 * "America" (Simon)
 * "Onward" (Squire)
 * "Awaken" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe)

Cancelled Know Tour
This tour was entirely cancelled due to Wakeman's sudden departure.

Open Your Eyes and 30th Anniversary Tour
Lineup:


 * Jon Anderson – Vocals
 * Steve Howe – Guitars, vocals
 * Billy Sherwood – Guitars, vocals
 * Chris Squire – Bass, vocals
 * Alan White – Drums, percussion

plus:


 * Igor Khoroshev – Keyboards, vocals

Setlist:

Also occasionally played were:
 * "Siberian Khatru"
 * "Rhythm of Love" (Kaye, Rabin, Anderson, Squire)
 * "America" (Simon) (Dropped after 9 July 1998)
 * "Open Your Eyes" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Billy Sherwood)
 * "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)
 * "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson, Squire, Bruford)
 * "Steve Howe solo section" (Howe)
 * "Leaves of Green" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White) (Dropped after 2 December 1997)
 * "From the Balcony" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood) (between 5 December 1997 and 24 April 1998)
 * Khoroshev keyboard solo (dropped after 5 July 1998) (Igor Khoroshev)
 * "Children of Light" (Anderson, Howe, Squire, Vangelis, Wakeman; Anderson) (replaced by "Wonderous Stories" starting 1 March 1998)
 * "Long Distance Runaround"
 * "Whitefish/Ritual (Nous sommes du Soleil)" (Excerpt) (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White)
 * "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Anderson, Rabin, Squire, Horn)
 * "Soon" (Anderson) (Dropped after 22 November 1997)
 * "The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)" (Dropped after 24 April 1998, replaced by "Close to the Edge" from 18 June 1998)
 * "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
 * "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe/Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford) (replaced by "Yours Is No Disgrace" from 18 June 1998)
 * "No Way We Can Lose" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood) (Played on 17 October 1997 and 24 July 1998)
 * "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White) (Played on 6 March 1998, 7 April 1998, 19 June 1998, 20 June 1998, and 23 June 1998)
 * "Memphis, Tennessee" (Chuck Berry) (originally by Berry in 1959) (Played on 4 August 1998)

The Ladder Tour
Lineup:


 * Jon Anderson – Vocals
 * Steve Howe – Guitars, vocals
 * Billy Sherwood – Guitar, vocals
 * Igor Khoroshev – Keyboards, vocals
 * Chris Squire – Bass, vocals
 * Alan White – Drums, percussion

Setlist:

Also occasionally played were:
 * "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford)
 * "America" (Simon) (Dropped after 24 September 1999)
 * "Time and a Word" (excerpt) (Anderson, Foster)
 * "Homeworld (The Ladder)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood, Khoroshev)
 * "Perpetual Change" (Anderson, Squire)
 * "Lightning Strikes" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood, Khoroshev)
 * "New Language" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood, Khoroshev) (replaced by "The Messenger" starting 23 October 1999)
 * "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" (excerpt) (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White)
 * "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford) (Added on 16 September 1999)
 * "It Will Be a Good Day (The River)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood, Khoroshev)
 * "Face to Face" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood, Khoroshev) (added on 15 October 1999)
 * "Hearts" (Anderson, Rabin, Kaye, Squire, White) (Dropped after 4 March 2000)
 * "Nine Voices (Longwalker)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood, Khoroshev) (dropped after 9 November 1999)
 * "Awaken" (Anderson, Howe) (Added on 15 October 1999)
 * "To Be Alive (Hep Yadda)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood, Khoroshev) (dropped after 12 September 1999)
 * "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
 * Steve Howe solo section (Howe)
 * "Cinema" (Rabin, Squire, White, Kaye) (Added on 15 October 1999)
 * "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Anderson, Rabin, Squire, Horn)
 * "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
 * "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe) (Played on 18, 21, 22, 24 September 1999 and 29, 30, 31 October 1999)
 * "Leaves of Green" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White) (Played on 15 October 1999 and 19 October 1999)
 * "Long Distance Runaround" (Anderson) (Played on 6, 16, 18, 21, and 22 September 1999 and 23, 25 March 2000)
 * "Soon" (Anderson) (Played on 6 September 1999)
 * "Survival" (Played on 12 September 1999)