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

The band's longest break in touring came from late 2004 through late 2008. Touring has tended to focus on the UK and the rest of Europe, North America and Japan, but the band have also played other parts of the world, notably Australia.

Setlist:^[1]

• "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe)
• "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe)
• "The Gates of Delirium" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Moraz)
• "Leaves of Green" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White)
• "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson, Squire, Bruford)
• "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White)
• "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire) (Added on 21 June 2000)
• "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)

Setlist:^[2]

• "Give Love Each Day" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White)
• "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe)
• "Long Distance Runaround" (Anderson)
• "Don't Go" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White)
• "In the Presence Of" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White)
• "The Gates of Delirium" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Moraz)
• "Wonderous Stories" (Anderson) (Dropped after 29 August 2001)
• "Perpetual Change" (Anderson, Squire) (Dropped after 27 October 2001)
• "Steve Howe solo section" (Howe) (Added on 30 July 2001)
• "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe)
• "Magnification" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White) (Added on 19 November 2001)
• "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)
• "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White)
• "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
• "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)

"Owner Of A Lonely Heart" was also occasionally played.

Setlist:^[3]

• "Siberian Khatru" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman)
• "Magnification" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White)
• "America" (Simon) (Dropped after 25 August 2002)
• "Don't Kill the Whale" (Anderson, Squire)
• "In the Presence Of" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White)
• "We Have Heaven" (Anderson)
• "South Side of the Sky" (Anderson, Squire)
• "The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White) (Dropped after 25 August 2002)
• "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe) (Played from 24 October 2002 to 8 December 2002)
• "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford) (Dropped from 31 October 2002 to 3 June 2003)
• Steve Howe solo section (Howe)
• "Show Me" (Anderson)
• Wakeman solo (Wakeman)
• "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson, Squire, Bruford)
• "Long Distance Runaround / Whitefish" (Anderson, Squire)
• "Awaken" (Anderson, Howe)
• "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire) (Added on 24 June 2003)
• "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe) (Dropped between 12 November 2002 and 3 June 2003)
• "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford) (Dropped after 25 August 2002)
• "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe) (Added on 24 October 2002)

Also occasionally played were:

• "Nine Voices (Longwalker)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood, Khoroshev) (Played on 21 November 2002)
• "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Anderson, Rabin, Squire, Horn) (Played on 15, 16, and 27 September 2003)

Setlist:^[4]

• "Going for the One" (Anderson)
• "Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, Foster)
• "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
• "America" (Simon) (Added starting on 20 August 2004)
• "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe) (Played from 20 August 2004 to 31 August 2004)
• "Mind Drive" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White) (Dropped after 22 August 2004)
• "South Side of the Sky" (Anderson, Squire)
• "Turn of the Century" (Anderson, Howe, White) (Dropped after 23 June 2004)
• "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford)
• "The Meeting" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford) (Dropped after 23 June 2004)
• "Long Distance Runaround" (Anderson)
• "Wonderous Stories" (Anderson)
• "Time Is Time" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White) (Dropped after 23 June 2004)
• "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
• "Show Me" (Anderson) (Dropped after 23 June 2004)
• "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Anderson, Rabin, Squire, Horn) (Added on 10 May 2004)
• Steve Howe solo section (Howe)
• "Rhythm of Love" (Kaye, Rabin, Squire, Anderson; Anderson, Howe) (Replaced by "Awaken" on 17 August 2004)
• "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)
• "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White) (Dropped after 23 June 2004)
• "Every Little Thing" (Lennon-McCartney) (Dropped after 15 May 2004)
• "Soon" (Anderson) (Dropped after 13 May 2004)
• "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe) (Added on 12 May 2004)

Also occasionally played were:

• "Don't Kill the Whale" (Anderson, Squire) (Played on 27 August 2004, 28 August 2004, 2 September 2004, and 3 September 2004)
• "Time and a Word" (Anderson, Foster) (Played on 11 September 2004)
• Wakeman solo/"Morning has Broken" (Wakeman) (Played on 11 July 2004)
• "Whitefish" (White, Squire) (Played on 13 June 2004, 7 July 2004, 8 July 2004, 10 July 2004, and 12 July 2004)
• "Nine Voices (Longwalker)" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Sherwood, Khoroshev) (Played on 15 April 2004, 4 May 2004, and 11 July 2004)

A Yes consisting of Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White, Trevor Rabin and Geoff Downes (with Trevor Horn on backing vocals) appeared as one of several acts at the November 2004 "Produced By Trevor Horn: A Concert For The Prince's Trust" at Wembley Arena in London. They performed "Cinema" and "Owner of a Lonely Heart".^[5]

In 2007, the band planned summer 2008 dates as the Close to the Edge and Back tour, with Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White being joined by Oliver Wakeman on keyboards, as a replacement for (as suggested by) his father, Rick Wakeman. However, Anderson suffered acute respiratory failure before the tour, which had to be cancelled. With Anderson out of action recuperating, Squire, Howe and White went on tour with Oliver Wakeman and replacement vocalist Benoît David (from Canadian band Mystery). The tour resumed under the name "In the Present Tour" on 4 November 2008 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with the two new musicians (see below).

An initial North America leg #2 started on 12 February 2009 was cut short when Squire suffered a medical emergency.

Usually performed songs:

• "Roundabout"
• "And You and I"
• "Tempus Fugit"
• "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
• "I've Seen All Good People"
• "Starship Trooper"
• "Siberian Khatru"
• "Astral Traveller"
• "Machine Messiah"
• "Heart of the Sunrise"

Sometimes performed songs:

• "Onward"
• "Yours Is No Disgrace"
• "Close the Edge"
• "South Side of the Sky"
• "Clap
• "Perpetual Change"
• "Mood for a Day"
• "Long Distance Runaround"
• "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)"
• "Aliens (Are Only Us From the Future)"

Occasionally performed songs:

• "Second Initial" (played on 16 November 2008, 6 December 2008, 5 February 2009, 15, 16, 20 July 2009, 4, 6, 29 November 2009, 12 December 2009, 2, 14 February 2010, 9, 11 June 2010, 3 December 2010)
• "Parallels" (dropped after 25 November 2008)
• "Soon" (dropped after 26 November 2008, omitted on 19 November 2008)
• "Masquerade" (played on 12 November 2008, 6 December 2008, 2 August 2009, 2, 14 February 2010, 5 April 2010, 3 December 2010)
• "Leaves of Green" (played on 26, 29 June 2010)
• "To Be Over" (played on 23 November 2008, 9 December 2008)
• "Turn of the Century" (played on 20 June 2010)

Covers:

• "Intersection Blues" (played on 15, 18 November 2008, 7 December 2008, 2 August 2009, 4, 5 February 2010, 25 June 2010, 19, 23, 27 November 2010)
• "Classical Gas" (played on 16 November 2008, 14 December 2008, 4, 6, 26 November 2009, 30 June 2010, 3 July 2010)
• "Corkscrew" (played on 9 November 2008, 3 December 2008, 2, 17, 29 November 2009, 1 December 2009)
• "In the Course of the Day" (played on 14 November 2008, 3 December 2008, 30 October 2009, 5 December 2009, 16, 18 June 2010)
• "The Little Galliard" (played on 25 November 2008, 11 November 2009, 4, 5 February 2010, 25, 28 November 2010)
• "Concerto in D (2nd Movement)" (played on 19 November 2008, 9 December 2008, 8 July 2009, 4 December 2009, 27 June 2010)
• "Ram" (played on 22 November 2008, 14 December 2008, 7 November 2009, 12 June 2010, 4 December 2010)
• "Sketches in the Sun" (played on 9 November 2008, 1 August 2009, 2, 17 November 2009, 4 December 2010)
• "Cactus Boogie" (played on 12, 18 November 2008, 26 November 2009, 9 February 2010)
• "Winter, 2nd movement" (played on 22 November 2008, 22 July 2009, 16, 18 June 2010)
• "J's Theme" (played on 15 November 2008, 7 December 2008, 7 November 2009)
• "Surface Tension" (played on 10 December 2008, 10 November 2009, 1 November 2009)
• "The Valley of Rocks" (played on 26, 29 November 2008, 8 November 2009)
• "Australia" (played on 11 November 2008, 5 December 2008)
• "Bareback" (played on 5 December 2008, 13 February 2010)
• "Cat Napping" (played on 26 December 2008, 21 February 2010)
• "Country Mix" (played on 25 November 2008, 31 July 2009)
• "Diary of a Man Who Vanished" (played on 19 November 2008, 11 November 2009)
• "Golden Mean" (played on 11 November 2008, 8 February 2010)
• "Laughing With Larry" (played on 10 November 2008, 30 November 2009)
• "Pyramidology" (played on 23 November 2008, 21 November 2010)
• "Solar Winds" (played on 29 November 2008, 12 December 2009)
• "All's A Chord" (played on 30 November 2008)
• "Arada" (played on 25 November 2008)
• "Aria (Cantinela) (played on 28 November 2010)
• "Beginnings" (played on 19 November 2009)
• "Georgia's Theme" (played on 31 July 2009)
• "Heritage" (played on 28 November 2008)
• "Hint Hint" (played on 19 November 2009)
• "Meadow Rag" (played on 28 November 2008)
• "Mint Julep" (played on 21 February 2010)
• "Provence" (played on 8 February 2010)
• "Smile" (played on 11 November 2009)
• "The Glory of Love" (played on 2 December 2008)
• "Trambone" (played on 10 December 2008)
• "Wayward Course" (played on 9 February 2010)

Oliver Wakeman on keyboards through May 2011; Geoff Downes took over from July 2011 onwards. Jon Davison took over on vocals for 2012 onwards.

Usually played songs:

• "Fly from Here, Part I: We Can Fly"
• "I've Seen All Good People"
• "Roundabout"
• "Tempus Fugit"
• "Yours Is No Disgrace"
• "Heart of the Sunrise"
• Fly from Here Overture - Part 5
• "Starship Trooper"
• "Wonderous Stories"
• "And You and I"

Sometimes played songs:

• "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
• "Into the Storm"
• "Solitare"
• "Life on a Flim Set"
• "Awaken"
• "America"
• "Clap"
• "Leaves of Green"

Other:

• "To Be Over" (played on 13 November 2011)
• "Mood for a Day" (played on 15, 20, 24, 28 July 2012, 21 August 2012)
• "Machine Messiah" (played on 4 August 2011, 3, 5, 9, 12, 15, 17, 20, 23, 25 November 2011, 4 December 2012, 18 April 2012)

Cover:

• "Trambone" (played on 17 November 2011)
• "The Little Galliard" (played on 18 August 2012)
• "Ram" (played on 18 April 2012)
• "Provence" (played on 27 July 2012)
• "Laughing With Larry" (played on 17 April 2012)
• "Country Mix" (played on 29 July 2012)
• "Classical Guitar Mix" (played on 31 July 2012)
• "Australia" (played on 11 April 2012)
• "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (played on 29 July 2012)
• "The Valley of Rocks" (played on 24, 27 July 2012)
• "Sketches in the Sun" (played on 21 April 2012, 14 July 2012)
• "Intersection Blues" (played on 6 December 2011, 2 August 2012)
• "Cactus Boogie" (played on 25, 30 November 2011)
• "Cantata No. 140 (Wachet Auf)" (played on 7, 10, 14, 21 August 2012)
• "Second Initial" (played on 9 November 2011, 5, 19 April 2012, 21 July 2012, 7, 18 August 2012)
• "In the Course of the Day" (played on 16, 24 November 2011, 13 April 2012, 18, 25 July 2012, 4, 6, 14 August 2012)

During the Three Album Tour, Yes were playing three classic albums a night: The Yes Album, Close to the Edge and Going for the One in full.^[13][14] Only five shows performed in casinos (*) featured only two albums, The Yes Album and Close to the Edge (followed by "Roundabout" as the encore track), due to venue time restrictions.^[15] The two shows performed during the "Cruise to the Edge" festival also featured only two albums but not the same couple of albums and not the same encore track. It was announced on Billy Sherwood's Facebook page that a DVD of the Three Album Tour was being made and that Sherwood was mixing it. The resulting album, entitled Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome, included The Yes Album and Going for the One and excluded the Close to the Edge album.

Typical Set List

• Intro (Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite")

Close to the Edge album:

• "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe)
• "And You and I" (Anderson, Bowe, Bruford, Squire)
• "Siberian Khatru" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman)

Going for the One album:

• "Going for the One" (Anderson)
• "Turn of the Century" (Anderson, Howe, White)
• "Parallels" (Squire)
• "Wonderous Stories" (Anderson)
• "Awaken" (Anderson, Howe)

The Yes Album:

• "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford)
• "Clap" (Howe)
• "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Howe, Squire)
• "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
• "A Venture" (Anderson)
• "Perpetual Change" (Anderson, Squire)

Encore:

• "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)

The tour featured Steve Howe's son Dylan as second drummer; On 11 September 2017, the band announced that due to the unexpected death of Virgil Howe, Steve's son and Dylan's brother, the rest of the tour, including their concert at Moorhead the same day, were cancelled.^[30]

Typical Set List

^[31]

• Intro ("Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra")
• "Survival" (Anderson)
• "Time & A Word" (Anderson, Foster)
• "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford)
• "South Side Of The Sky" (Anderson, Squire)
• "And You And I" (Anderson, Howe, Squire, Bruford)
• "Leaves of Green" (excerpt from "The Ancient") (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White)
• "Soon" (closing section of "The Gates of Delirium") (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Moraz)
• "Going For The One" (Anderson, Howe, Squire, White, Wakeman)
• "Don't Kill The Whale" (Anderson, Squire)
• "Machine Messiah" (Downes, Horn, Howe, Squire, White)

Encore:

• "Madrigal" (Anderson, Wakeman) (omitted on 4, 7, 8, 23, 26 August 2017)
• "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
• "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Howe, Squire) (played on 5, 7, 10, 28 August 2018, 1, 5, 7, 8 September 2017)

About the cancellation of the Yestival tour remaining dates:^{[nb 4]}

Sources:^[34][35]

Typical Set List

European Leg

Set #1:

• Intro (Excerpt from Stravinsky's Firebird Suite)
• "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Howe, Squire, Bruford, Kaye)
• "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
• "Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, Foster)
• "South Side of the Sky" (Anderson, Squire) (omitted on 25 March 2018)
• "Onward" (Squire) (omitted on 18, 30 March 2018)
• "Clap" (played on 20–23 March 2018)
• "Mood for a Day" (Howe) (Occasionally replaced by or played in conjunction with "Clap")
• "Wonderous Stories" (Anderson)
• "Parallels" (Squire)
• "And You and I" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford)

Set #2:

• "The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)" (credited to Yes)
• "Leaves of Green" (excerpt from "The Ancient") (Yes)
• "Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil)" (Yes)

Encore:

• "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe, Squire)
• "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire)

American Leg

Set #1:

• "Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe)
• "Nine Voices (Longwalker)" (Anderson, Howe, Sherwood, Squire, White, Khoroshev)
• "Parallels" (Squire)
• "Second Initial" (played on 21–28 July 2018)
• "Madrigal" (played on 21–28 July 2018)
• "Mood for a Day" (Howe)
• "Leaves of Green" (excerpt from "The Ancient") (Yes)
• "Fly from Here, Part I: We Can Fly" (Horn, Downes, Squire)
• "Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, Foster)
• "Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson, Squire, Bruford)

Set #2:

• "Perpetual Change" (Anderson, Squire)
• "Does It Really Happen?" (Downes, Horn, Howe, Squire, White)
• "Soon" (excerpt from "The Gates of Delirium") (credited to Yes)
• "Believe Again" (played on 5, 6 June 2018)
• "Awaken" (Anderson, Howe)

Encore:

• "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Howe, Squire, Bruford, Kaye)
• "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe, Squire)
• "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire)

Quintessential Yes: The 50th Anniversary Tour was a Spring/Summer 2018 concert tour by the rock band Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman and their second and final tour. It followed their 2016-17 An Evening of Yes Music and More tour. During the tour, the band performed at the Stone Free Festival at The O₂ Arena^[36] in London.^{[36][37][38][39]}

The tour overlapped with a simultaneous 50th anniversary tour by Howe and White's ongoing line-up of Yes. ^[40] This was the final time, to date, that Anderson, Rabin or Wakeman toured under the "Yes" name, though Anderson continues to tour under his own name, heavily promoting the inclusion of Yes material.^[41]

The following tour dates are taken from the band's official website.^[43]

Sources:^[45]

The Royal Affair Tour was a Yes 28-date Summer 2019 North American joint tour with Asia, John Lodge (of The Moody Blues), Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy (featuring Arthur Brown on guest vocals)^[46][47] and Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal.^[48] The tour started on 12 June 2019 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and ended on 28 July 2019 in Saratoga, California. Yes's guitarist Steve Howe rejoined Asia for a portion of their live set. The initial dates of the Royal Affair Tour are as follows.

Typical Set List

• Intro (Excerpt from Stravinsky's Firebird Suite)
• "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens)
• "America" (Paul Simon) (eventually switched with "Tempus Fugit")
• "Going for the One" (Anderson)
• "I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
• "Clap" (Howe) (occasionally replaced by "Second Initial" or another Steve Howe solo acoustic song)
• "Siberian Khatru" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman)
• "Onward" (Squire)
• "Tempus Fugit" (Horn, Squire, Howe, Downes, White) (eventually switched with "America")
• "Rhythm of Love" (Anderson, Squire, Kaye, Rabin) (dropped after 27 June 2019, omitted on 25 June 2019)
• "The Gates of Delirium" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Moraz)

Encore:

• "Imagine" (John Lennon)
• "Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
• "Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe) (played occasionally after 29 June 2019)

Other:

• "Ram" (played on 16 July 2019)
• "Masquerade" (played on 16 July 2019)
• "Intersection Blues (played on 18 July 2019)
• "Country Mix" (played on 26 July 2019)
• "Cactus Boogie" (played on 15 June 2019)
• "Sketches in the Sun" (played on 12, 14 June 2019)
• "In the Course of the Day" (played on 22 June 2019, 5 July 2019)