Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Yes announce Birmingham date on their expansive 50th anniversary tour

Prog-rock pioneers Yes are setting off on their fiftieth anniversary tour, #YES50. Celebrating half a century of Yes, the group are set to play 10 UK dates this March, including Birmingham Symphony Hall on the 20th March.

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Their fifty year career has seen them release 21 studio albums, selling 13.5 million copies in the US alone. Of the tour, guitarist Steve Howe said: “We want to mark this anniversary with a tour that encompasses some of our best loved work – we want to play things we enjoy, maybe songs we haven’t done in a while.”

Tickets for the Birmingham show are available here now.

Full UK tour dates below:

March

13 – Colston Hall, Bristol
14 – City Hall, Sheffield
16 – SEC Armadillo, Glasgow
17 – Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
18 – The Sage, Gateshead
20 – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
21 – Centre, Brighton
23 – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
24 – Palladium, London
24 – Palladium, London

Emily Doyle

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