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, North America and Japan, but the band have also played other parts of the world, notably Australia.
Early shows Band: Jon Anderson Peter Banks Bill Bruford, or Tony O'Reilly (September–November 1968) Tony Kaye Chris Squire
Songs played in this period:
"Astral Traveller" (Jon Anderson) "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) (originally by Havens in 1968) "Carpet Man" (Jim Webb) (originally by The 5th Dimension in 1967) "Dear Father" (Anderson, Chris Squire) "The Prophet" (Anderson, Squire) "Sweet Dreams" (Anderson, David Foster) "Clear Days" (Anderson) "Then" (Anderson) "Beyond and Before" (Squire, Clive Bailey) "Everydays" (Stephen Stills) (originally by Buffalo Springfield in 1967) "Sweetness" (Anderson, Bailey, Squire) "I See You" (Roger McGuinn, David Crosby) (originally by The Byrds in 1966) "Time and a Word" (Anderson, Foster) "Every Little Thing" (Lennon–McCartney) (originally by The Beatles in 1964) "Looking Around" (Anderson, Squire) "For Everyone" (Anderson, Squire) "It's Love" (Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati) (originally by The Young Rascals in 1966) "In the Midnight Hour" (Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper) (originally by Pickett in 1965) "Eleanor Rigby" (Lennon–McCartney) (originally by the Beatles in 1966) "Something's Coming" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) (from the Broadway musical West Side Story in 1957)