The Yes Album Tour

The Yes Album Tour

World tour by Yes
Location	Europe, North America
Associated album	The Yes Album
Start date	17 July 1970
End date	31 July 1971
Legs	3
Number of shows	164
Yes concert chronology

The Yes Album Tour was a concert tour by progressive rock band Yes. Though it began more than six months before its release, the tour was named after the band's third studio album. Lasting from 17 July 1970 until 31 July 1971, and including 164 performances, the tour began at the Lyceum in London—Steve Howe's first performance with the band—and ended at the Crystal Palace Bowl, also in London—Tony Kaye's last performance with the band before his 13-year absence.

Overview

The tour saw the band play concerts in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Canada, and the United States over three legs—a European leg, a North American leg and a single-show return to the United Kingdom. Many of the American shows were shared with Iron Butterfly. Phil Carson, then-European General Manager of Atlantic Records, decided that as Iron Butterfly could attract enough of an audience to fill the venues on their tour, it would be good exposure for Yes as he was trying to break them into the American market at the time.

Steve Howe's performance of "Clap" at the London Lyceum on 17 July 1970 was recorded and included on The Yes Album as the second track.

Reception

Writing in Melody Maker in review of the group's shows on 31 October 1970 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Chris Welch described Howe as "stealing the show", Bruford as a "proverbial tower of strength", and Anderson as "simple but emotive".

Members

The line-up for the tour unchanged throughout its duration, and was the fifth incarnation of Yes. Steve Howe joined the band two months previously—all concerts during May and June were cancelled while the band found a replacement—and Tony Kaye was replaced by Rick Wakeman shortly after the tour ended in time for rehearsal sessions for Fragile.

• Jon Anderson — vocals, harmonium
• Steve Howe — Gibson ES-175, vocals
• Chris Squire — Rickenbacker 4001S, Fender Telecaster bass and vocals
• Tony Kaye — Hammond B3 organ, piano, Moog synthesizer
• Bill Bruford — Ludwig drums, Paiste and Zildjian cymbals

Tour dates

On various dates of the tour, Yes were supported by Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Supertramp, Deep Purple, Wishbone Ash, The Strawbs, Iron Butterfly, Queen, and Jethro Tull. At other performances, such as festivals, the band shared the bill with Pink Floyd and Elton John.

Beginning with the 1971 dates (when Yes began to be supported by Iron Butterfly), ticket prices were set at 10s—approximately £10 ($16 USD) in 2012.

Set list:

• "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, Bill Bruford)
• "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
• "Clap/Classical Gas" (Howe)
• "Perpetual Change" (Anderson, Squire)
• "It's Love" (only occasionally) (Cavaliere, Brigati)

Also included:

• "America" (Paul Simon) (originally by Simon & Garfunkel)
• "Everydays" (Stephen Stills)
• "A Bass Odyssey" (Howe, Squire)

Date	City	Country
17 July 1970	London	United Kingdom
19 July 1970	Redcar
24 July 1970	London
26 July 1970	Croydon
31 July 1970	Plymouth
2 August 1970	Croydon
9 August 1970	Plumpton
14 August 1970	Leytonstone
16 August 1970	Barkisland
18 August 1970	London
21 August 1970	Devon
22 August 1970	Dagenham
29 August 1970	Lincoln
31 August 1970	Redcar
5 September 1970	Huy	Belgium
6 September 1970	Dortmund	Germany
10 September 1970	Swansea	United Kingdom
11 September 1970
12 September 1970	Colchester
18 September 1970	Eltham
19 September 1970	Bishop's Stortford
20 September 1970	Nottingham
22 September 1970	Birmingham
23 September 1970	Barry
26 September 1970	Margate
27 September 1970	Croydon
28 September 1970	Aberystwyth
1 October 1970	Scarborough
2 October 1970	Leicester
3 October 1970	Watford
9 October 1970	Stratford
10 October 1970	London
15 October 1970	Dundee
16 October 1970	Newcastle
17 October 1970	Malvern
20 October 1970	London
23 October 1970	Leeds
24 October 1970	Plymouth
26 October 1970	Romford
30 October 1970	Guildford
31 October 1970	London
5 November 1970	Bern	Germany
6 November 1970
10 November 1970	Munich
13 November 1970	London	United Kingdom
14 November 1970	Bradford
20 November 1970	Lancaster
21 November 1970	Oxford
22 November 1970	Plymouth
25 November 1970	Cambridge
27 November 1970	Southend-on-Sea
28 November 1970	Boston
8 December 1970	Newcastle
9 December 1970	Hull
10 December 1970	Middlesbrough
11 December 1970	Warrington
13 December 1970	Bromley
14 December 1970	Dunstable
18 December 1970	London
19 December 1970	Folkestone
20 December 1970	Cleethorpes
22 December 1970	Shrewsbury
3 January 1971	Croydon
8 January 1971	Eindhoven	Netherlands
9 January 1971	Amsterdam
10 January 1971	Rotterdam
13 January 1971	Glasgow	United Kingdom
14 January 1971	Newcastle
15 January 1971	Lancaster
16 January 1971	Southsea
17 January 1971	Bristol
18 January 1971	London
19 January 1971	Birmingham
21 January 1971	Southampton
23 January 1971	Aarhus	Denmark
24 January 1971	Gothenburg	Sweden
25 January 1971	Copenhagen	Denmark
31 January 1971	Paris	France
12 February 1971	New Cross	United Kingdom
13 February 1971	London
19 February 1971	Leeds
20 February 1971	Kingston upon Thames
27 February 1971	Dagenham
4 March 1971	Liverpool
5 March 1971	Doncaster
6 March 1971	Brighton
7 March 1971	Redcar
9 March 1971	Birmingham
10 March 1971	Bournemouth
12 March 1971	Cardiff
14 March 1971	Blackburn
15 March 1971	Guildford
16 March 1971	Nottingham
17 March 1971	Guildford
19 March 1971	Stirling
20 March 1971	Aviemore
21 March 1971	Dunfermline
22 March 1971	Glasgow
23 March 1971	Norwich
25 March 1971	Harrogate
27 March 1971	Berlin	Germany
28 March 1971
30 March 1971	Wolverhampton	United Kingdom
4 April 1971	Hemel Hempstead
6 April 1971	Manchester
8 April 1971	Leeds
10 April 1971	Surbiton
12 April 1971	London
15 April 1971	Frankfurt	Germany
16 April 1971	Böblingen
17 April 1971	Saarbrücken
18 April 1971	Hamburg
24 April 1971	Nelson	United Kingdom
25 April 1971	London
30 April 1971	Luton
1 May 1971	Barking
2 May 1971	Stoke-on-Trent
6 May 1971	Chatham
7 May 1971	Oxford
9 May 1971	Rome	Italy
10 May 1971	Milan
11 May 1971	Rome
14 May 1971	Birmingham	United Kingdom
15 May 1971	Norwich
16 May 1971	Leicester
21 May 1971	Liverpool
22 May 1971	Manchester
23 May 1971	Harrogate
5 June 1971	Berlin	Germany
24 June 1971	Edmonton	Canada
25 June 1971	Vancouver
26 June 1971	Seattle	United States
27 June 1971	Sacramento
28 June 1971	Los Angeles
29 June 1971
30 June 1971	Oklahoma City
1 July 1971	San Antonio
2 July 1971	Dallas
3 July 1971	Houston
4 July 1971	New Orleans
5 July 1971	Indianapolis
6 July 1971	DeLand
7 July 1971	Orlando
8 July 1971	Hampton
9 July 1971	Wildwood
10 July 1971	Asbury Park
11 July 1971	Alexandria
14 July 1971	Port Chester
15 July 1971
16 July 1971	Detroit
17 July 1971
18 July 1971	Toronto	Canada
19 July 1971	Ottawa
20 July 1971	Cleveland	United States
23 July 1971	New York City
24 July 1971	New Haven
31 July 1971	London	United Kingdom

Cancelled shows

Date	City	Country
2 November 1970	Dunstable	United Kingdom
3 November 1970
24 November 1970	Bradford
1 December 1970	London
2 December 1970	Manchester
4 December 1970	Lancaster
5 December 1970	Liverpool
26 December 1970	Brighton
28 January 1971	Bremen	Germany
29 January 1971	Lille	France
30 January 1971	Lyon
31 January 1971	Brussels	Belgium
1 February 1971	Paris	France
2 February 1971
6 February 1971	Cardiff	United Kingdom
7 February 1971	Redcar
8 February 1971	Liege	France
9 February 1971	Brussels	Belgium
29 May 1971	Exeter	United Kingdom
4 June 1971	Clacton
5 June 1971	Berlin	Germany
18 June 1971	Southport	United Kingdom
26 June 1971	Sheffield
31 June 1971	Boston	United States

The February 1971 shows in Paris were cancelled due to rioting. After leaving France, the band had to cancel some UK shows after their van was involved in a road collision.