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Yes Performing Three Classic Albums In Full On 2013 Tour

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11 years ago

December 10, 2012

Progressive rock group Yes has announced a 2013 spring tour that will see them touring N. America, starting in West Wendover, NV and ending in Detroit, MI. During the tour, the band will be performing three classic albums in their entirety: 1971’s The Yes Album, 1972’s Close To The Edge and 1977’s Going For The One. Apparently this will be the first time since 1973 that the band will perform an album in its entirety on a tour. You can see the tour dates below.

I’m a strange Yes fan. I love their music but I can easily go a long time without listening to a single track. Then I’ll get into a mood and listen to nothing else but them for a few weeks. Maybe it’s the fact that guitarist Steve Howe, who is undeniably brilliant, looks like a bit like a goblin and that scares me a tad.

Mar. 01 – West Wendover, NV – Peppermill Concert Hall *
Mar. 03 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
Mar. 05 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
Mar. 06 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
Mar. 08 – Temecula, CA – Pechanga Theater (at Pechanga Casino)
Mar. 09 – Reno, NV – Silver Legacy Casino *
Mar. 14 – Omaha, NE – Holland Performing Arts Center
Mar. 16 – Hammond, IN – The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
Mar. 17 – Louisville, KY – Palace Theatre
Mar. 18 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland by AMC
Mar. 20 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater
Mar. 21 – Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theatre
Mar. 22 – Biloxi, MS – Hard Rock Live – Biloxi *
Mar. 24 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena *
Mar. 30 – Melbourne, FL – Maxwell C. King Center for the Perf. Arts
Apr. 02 – Clearwater, FL – Ruck Eckerd Hall
Apr. 05 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand at Foxwoods *
Apr. 06 – Hampton, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Apr. 07 – Bethlehem, PA – Sands Bethlehem Event Center
Apr. 09 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
Apr. 11 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
Apr. 12 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre

* – YES will only perform two albums — “The Yes Album” and “Close To The Edge” — for shows at casinos due to the time constrictions of events held there.

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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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1 week ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…