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Yes touring w/ Moody Blues' John Hodge, Carl Palmer's ELP + Arthur Brown, more

Yes will headline “The Royal Affair Tour” which will feature a whole bunch of associated acts and other British prog rock vets, including Asia (with Steve Howe back in the lineup for a portion of the set), John Lodge of The Moody Blues, and Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy with guest vocals by Arthur Brown (whose band The Crazy World of Arthur Brown counted Carl Palmer as a member in the ’60s). Yes drummer Alan White, who played on John Lennon’s Imagine, will also perform a tribute to the late Beatle at each show. You can watch a preview video for the tour below.

Dates of the tour include stops in the NYC area, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Toronto, Nashville, Phoenix, Toronto, Providence and more. NYC-area shows happen at Long Island Community Hospital Amphitheater on June 14,  NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on June 16, Westchester County Center on June 20 and they also play Bethel Woods Center for The Arts on June 27. TIckets for all those shows, and most of the announced dates, go on sale Friday, April 5 with various presales starting Wednesday, April 5. All dates are listed below.

Meanwhile, Yes’ 1969 self-titled album is getting an all-analog vinyl reissue for Record Store Day 2019.

YES “ROYAL AFFAIR TOUR” 2019 DATES
Wednesday, June 12 Sands Bethlehem Event Center, Bethlehem, PA
Friday, June 14 Long Island Community Hospital Amphitheater, Farmingdale, NY
Saturday, June 15 Mark Etess Arena at Hard Rock Casino, Atlantic City, NJ
Sunday, June 16 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
Thursday, June 20 Westchester County Center, Westchester, NY
Friday, June 21 Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday, June 22 MECU Pavilion, Baltimore, MD
Monday, June 24 Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ON
Tuesday, June 25 Artpark Amphitheater, Lewiston, NY
Thursday, June 27 Bethel Woods Center for The Arts, Bethel, NY
Saturday, June 29 Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford, NH
Sunday, June 30 Bold Point Park, Providence, RI
Wednesday, July 3 Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Rochester Hills, MI
Friday, July 5 Express Live, Columbus, OH
Saturday, July 6 Riveredge Park, Aurora, IL
Monday, July 8 Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, TN
Wednesday, July 10 Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park, Cary, NC
Friday, July 7 Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Saturday, July 13 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (Hard Rock Live), Hollywood, FL
Thursday, July 18 Saint Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL
Saturday, July 20 The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving, TX
Sunday, July 21 Walmart AMP, Rogers, AR
Wednesday, July 24 Comerica Theatre, Pheonix, AZ
Friday, July 26 The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel & Casino), Las Vegas, NV
Saturday, July 27 Five Point Amphitheater, Irvine, CA
Sunday, July 28 The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA