02/10/2025
Dan the yes fan here i am hoping to record a conversation with my lovely wife amanda about this tour but some quick thoughts as i unpack
Spoiler warning
1. Honestly i didnt mind the edited Wings of freedom this time they created a cool new 30 second intro i kinda dug
2. Three songs from tormato Kevin you need to see this tour Onward was done extremely well
3. Madrigal played almost note for note like the album
4. I have a theory and that is the new yes album was indeed supposed to be out by now but since its not we got Circles of time and to be honest I am kind of glad the new album is delayed so we could get this amazing new yes classic
5. Steve used the new blue telecaster on War/soon (that played more then just the soon part of gates so does that mid part have a name honestly dont know)
6. While i love every yes album Fragile is not one of my favorites (though i would still listen to it any time) last night the album was elevated and i might need to rethink things
7. I was convinced Steve was gonna have to do a rabin song for the encore however instead we got a beautiful cover of a beatles song The Word which as i say most times with these things can we get a digital single of this amazing new Yes Cover.
8. Both southside of the sky and starship trooper only had real soloing from Howe true Downes got a hammond solo in The Word and billy got the fish (with a bit of sound chaser thrown in i believe) buuuuttt i do miss the days of Sherwood and Downes soloing on starship trooper.
Overall a brilliant show honestly i was on cloud nine and couldnt sleep inspite of my exhaustion (i am in the middle of a move) because like all good Yes Concerts i am energized
Also and i wont name who but someone close to Yes told me the new Album rocks so my expectations are pretty high post Mirror to the sky lets hope the new album meets them
