Yes Concerts 1960s

1966

Aug-66

26	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Gary Farr and the T-Bones	One of the 'T-Bones' was future keyboard star Keith Emerson. The Syn, which included Chris Squire, Peter Banks, and Andrew Jackman (who later played on and orchestrated Squire's FISH OUT OF WATER), debuted circa 1965 as a Motown/soul covers act. By mid-1967 they, like so many other bands, will turn 100% psychedelic.

Sep-66

12	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The VIPs

23	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Action

29	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Move

Oct-66

10	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Alan Bown Set

Nov-66

28	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Alan Bown Set

Dec-66

6	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Jimmy James and the Vagabonds

13	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/[Eric Burdon and]The Animals

20	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Spencer Davis Group

29	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Pink Floyd

1967

Jan-67

3	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Tony Rivers and the Castaways

17	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Zoot Money's Big Roll Band	Zoot's band included guitarist Andy Somers. As psychedelia grew more popular, 'ZMBRB' morphed into 'Dantalion's Chariot'. Much later, the self-same Andy 'Summers' found fame in The Police, while around the same time Jon Anderson wrote the lyric 'Dantalion will ride again'. The Synchronicity!

24	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Jimi Hendrix	Squire reminisced about this gig in an interview with NFTE #200, as did Banks in Chris Welch's book. All of London's rock and roll royalty - the Beatles, the Stones, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck - were there. The Syn were in the unenviable position of having to play *two* sets to this impatient audience before Hendrix's set.

31	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Jimmy James and the Vagabonds

Feb-67

7	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Spencer Davis Group

14	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Tony Rivers and the Castaways

21	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Cat Stevens; George Bean and the Runners

28	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Alan Bown Set

Mar-67

16	London UK	100 Club	The Syn w/Cliff Bennet & the Rebel Rousers, Ronnie Jones & the Bluejays

Apr-67

1	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Footprints

8	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Love Affair

15	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/C-Jam Blues

22	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Stalkers

28	London UK	UFO Club	Tomorrow	Jimi Hendrix walks onstage to take a short guest turn on 'freak out' bass, and walks off smiling when he's done (MOJO Jan '98).

29	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Skip Buffery, Graham Bellz

29	London UK	Alexandra Palace "14 Hour Technicolour Dream"	Tomorrow w/Soft Machine, Pink Floyd, and many others	Ironically, it was The Syn who would memorialize this seminal psych event in song.

May-67

6	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/We Three Kings

12	London UK	none	Tomorrow	1st single My White Bicycle b/w Claremont Lake released. Howe later jokingly refers to it as "My first flop." (Welch).

13	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Stalkers

21	London UK	UFO Club	Tomorrow w/The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

27	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Bluesyard

Jun-67

10	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Stalkers

17	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Love Affair

18	London UK	The Electric Garden	Tomorrow

24	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Third Eye

??	London UK	none	The Syn	1st single Created by Clive b/w Grounded (Deram DM-130) released. By now The Syn has gone fully psychedelic in accordance with fashion of the Summer of Love. Banks and Squire also began experimenting with drugs.

Jul-67

17	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Darlings

29	London UK	Alexandra Palace "London Love-In"	Tomorrow w/Pink Floyd, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Eric Burdon's Animals, others

Aug-67

3	London UK	Tiles	Tomorrow w/Chas Stevens

6	London UK	Marquee	The Syn

11	Windsor UK	Royal Windsor Racecourse, "7th National Jazz, Pop, Ballad & Blues Festival"	Tomorrow and The Syn w/The Small Faces, The Animals, The Move, Marmalade, others

18	London UK	UFO Club	Tomorrow w/Chris MacGregor Quintet

20	London UK	Marquee	The Syn

26-28	Woburn UK	Woburn Abbey "Festival of Flower Children"	Tomorrow	Their set is cut short when a flower child's firecracker sets the stage on fire.

Sep-67

1	London UK	unknown	Tomorrow w/Pink Floyd, Crazy World of Arthur Brown

7	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/Studio Six

7	London UK	Happening 44	Mabel Greer's Toyshop	Advertised in MM. This conflicts with some official versions of the Yes story, which have Chris Squire forming MGT in January 1968. However, on Chris Squire's website, Bob Hagger tells of forming MGT with Clive Bailey in 1967, with Squire and Banks joining in early1968.

9	Chelmsford UK	Corn Exchange	Tomorrow

10	Sheffield UK	Loon Mojo Club	Tomorrow

16	London UK	Ricky Tick	Tomorrow	MM reports also that The Syn has been offered six months' work in Las Vegas, Japan, and Australia for 1968.

22	London UK	 	Tomorrow	2nd single Revolution b/w Three Jolly Little Dwarfs released. In the interval between Tomorrow's two singles, lead vocalist Keith West had experienced chart success with his solo single Scenes from a Teenage Opera, facilitating Tomorrow's breakup.

23	BEL	TV/radio	Tomorrow	Appears on Belgian TV & radio.

??	UK	 	The Syn	2nd single Flowerman b/w 14 Hour Technicolour Dream (Deram DM-145) released. In performance Flowerman ended in a mock fight, with the singer attacking the band with a garden hoe. The Syn also staged mock gang fights and courtroom trials as part of its act. NFTE published a fan's account of these antics.

Oct-67

12	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Third Eye

Nov-67

2	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Quik

16	London UK	Marquee	The Syn w/The Love Affair

18-19	Paris FRA	Palais du Sport "La Fenetre Rose"	Tomorrow w/Spencer Davis, Cat Stevens, Dantalion's Chariot, Soft Machine, others.

25	London UK	Middle Earth	Mabel Greer's Toyshop

Dec-67

???	London UK	La Chasse	John Anderson meets Chris Squire

2	London UK	The Upper Cut	Tomorrow w/The Breakthru

9	London UK	Marquee	Mabel Greer's Toyshop w/Neat Change	Peter Banks eventually played in both these bands.

22	London UK	Olympia "Christmas on Earth"	Tomorrow w/Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Animals, Move, Pink Floyd, Soft Machine

23	London UK	MM	Tomorrow	The band announce that they will not attend the premiere of the film SMASHING TIME, in which they appear, calling it "a complete misrepresentation of the pop scene".

1968

???	London UK	Albert Hall	Yes w/Janis Joplin.

??	London UK	none	Mabel Greer's Toyshop	Peter Banks quits MGT to join Neat Change; his guitar duties are assumed by Clive Bailey. This must have happened after January 1968. According to Bob Hagger, MGT wanted to get Steve Howe in the guitar spot after Banks left.

Jan-68

1	London UK	Marquee	Mabel Greer's Toyshop w/The Nice

7	London UK	Cat-Balou Club	The Syn

??	London UK	none	The Syn	Disbands. Squire and Banks join Mabel Greer's Toyshop.

20	London UK	Marquee	Mabel Greer's Toyshop w/The Gods	The Gods were Greg Lake's pre-King Crimson band.

Feb-68

2	London UK	Middle Earth	Mabel Greer's Toyshop w/The Action, Odyssey, Jeff Dexter	Elsewhere this same night, Jethro Tull plays its first Marquee gig

3	London UK	Middle Earth	Tomorrow

24	London UK	none	Tomorrow	Self-titled debut album is released circa this date.

Mar-68

??	London UK	 	John Anderson	Anderson, who had been playing with David Foster and Ian Wallace in The Warriors since 1963, returns to London from Germany as a solo artist. Jack Barrie, proprietor of La Chasse club and assistant manager at The Marquee, takes him under his wing.

??	London UK	BBC Studios	Mabel Greer's Toyshop	Records for John Peel's Nightride (broadcast Apr 4 68). Beyond and Before, Images of Me and You, Janetta, [Electric Funeral ?]

9c	London UK	 	John Anderson	The temporarily renamed "Hans Christian" Anderson's cover of The Association's Never My Love b/w All of the Time (Parlophone R5676) is released as a single. Chris Welch reviews it in MM: "Leap into your Anderson shelters, here comes a blockbuster of a hit from a hip young fairyteller with an emotion-packed voice.'

16	London UK	MM	Hans Christian Anderson	Advertisement for Never My Love.

24c	London UK	 	Mabel Greer's Toyshop	Begins effort to get signed by MCA, but is ultimately turned down in May, as being 'too psychedelic'.

Apr-68

??	London UK	various	Mabel Greer's Toyshop	By now, John Anderson is singing for them.

13	London UK	MM	Yes? On page 7, there's an advertisement for a new single called Yes, by Grapefruit. The typography is somewhat like that of the logo Peter Banks later devised for Yes. A similar motif also appeared in YELLOW SUBMARINE; in fact, Grapefruit were one of Apple Records' bands.

May-68

??	London UK	none	Tomorrow	Disbands. Steve Howe forms Bodast, which lasts through December 1969.

2	London UK	Marquee	Mabel Greer's Toyshop w/The Nice

??	London UK	 	Hans Christian Anderson	Second single, Autobiography of a Mississippi Hobo (Parlophone) released. Chris Welch in MM predicts "a hit". Years later he notes, "It wasn't."

??	London UK	Marquee	John Anderson and Gun	His only gig with Gun, who sacked him the next day because they didn't want to be his backup band. Gun's first album, released some months later, was also Roger Dean's first album cover.

Jun-68

??	London UK	La Chasse	proto-Yes	Jack Barrie, Anderson's manager, introduces him to Chris Squire. A day later the duo have already written their first song: Sweetness.

7	London UK	The Lucky Horseshoe	proto-Yes	Anderson and Squire meet Bill Bruford for the first time at this Shaftsbury Avenue coffee shop, in response to an ad Bruford had placed in MM. And, later that evening....

7	London UK	Rachel Macmillan College	Mabel Greer's Toyshop	First gig with Bill Bruford on drums, as noted by Bruford in his ledger. Considered by some to be the first Yes gig. Setlist consisted mainly of an extended version of In the Midnight Hour. Clive Bailey played guitar; Tony Kaye does not seem to have been in the picture yet. Some confusion about the date exists (see Jul 7).

8	London UK	Marquee, Neat Change	w/Timebox

10-29	London UK	Lucky Horseshoe basement	Mabel Greer's Toyshop/Yes	Rehearsals. The nascent Yes had by now secured a investment of 500 pounds from wealthy patron John Roberts, enabling them to purchase new equipment and rent this rehearsal space.

Jul-68

1-9	London UK	Lucky Horseshoe basement	Mabel Greer's Toyshop/Yes	Continuing rehearsals.

6	London UK	Marquee	Neat Change w/Gun

7	Deptford UK	Rachel Macmillan College	Yes? Pete Frame's Rock Family trees cites this as the first Yes gig. However, he may have been confused about both the name and the date (7/6/68 vs.6/7/68).

12	London UK	none	Neat Change	Releases single on Decca, the label that rejected Mabel Greer's. Mabel Greer's continues by morphing into Yes, adding Tony Kaye around this time.

13	London UK	Marquee	Neat Change w/the Iveys

14	London UK	none	Peter Banks	Sacked by Neat Change, leaving him a free agent. To his delight the band breaks up a month later.

17	London UK	unknown	 	The film YELLOW SUBMARINE premieres in UK. Occasionally it's cited as inspiration for the name Yes, but Banks, who named the band, denies this and says he had come up with the name months earlier.

20	London UK	Market Hall	Mabel Greer's Toyshop

26	Bracknell UK	Sports Centre	Mabel Greer's Toyshop	Banks agrees to join Squire, Anderson, Bruford and Kaye.

27	Newmarket UK	Municipal Hall	Mabel Greer's Toyshop

Aug-68

3	East Mersey UK	East Mersey Youth Camp	Yes	First gig under their new name -- which for some months to come is advertised as 'Yes!'.

5	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/The Nite People	First of 38 Marquee gigs. Early setlists could have included any of the following: I'm Only Sleeping, Eleanor Rigby, Every Little Thing (Beatles); Paper Cup (The Fifth Dimension); Heaven on Your Mind (Traffic); I See You (The Byrds); songs by the Buffalo Springfield, and Something's Coming (Bernstein/Sondheim)

9	Bracknell UK	Sports Centre

10	Wellingborough UK	Motown Club	 	Other sources say Walsall's Red Lion Club, on the same date

11	London UK	Marquee	 	questionable; not listed in LL.

12	London UK	Marquee	 	questionable; not listed in LL

17	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Neat Change

23	Stoke-on-trent UK	The Place

30	Welwyn UK	Civic Centre

31	London UK	Black Sheep Club

??	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Spencer Davis Group	questionable; not listed in LL

Sep-68

6	London UK	Marquee Club	just plain Yes w/Joe Cocker & The Grease Band

8	King's Lynn UK

12	? UK

13	Marlow UK	Crown Hotel

15	London UK	Blaise's	 	Subs for Sly & the Family Stone -- a first big break.

16	London UK	Blaise's	 	According to Chris Welch, *this* is the famous Blaise's gig. . One problem: the gig is supposed to have occurred on a Sunday; today is a Monday. Perhaps Yes played past midnight? Anyway, Keith Emerson, Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton are in attendance and all reportedly impressed. Roy Flynn offers to be Yes' manager then and there. The next day he buys them a Hammond organ, a new drum kit, and a van.

18	London UK	Blaise's

??	London UK	 	Bill Bruford	Sometime in September, Bruford quits to study economics at Leeds University, shocking the band, who recruits Tony O'Riley, formerly of the Koobas. For about a week a drummer named Dave Potts also rehearsed with them.

19	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/The Nice

20	London UK	Cooks Ferry Inn

21	Margate UK	Dreamland Ballroom

22	Margate UK	Dreamland Ballroom

27	? UK	End Club

28	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Dream Police

Oct-68

5	Hitchin UK	? Ballroom

11	Worcester UK	Wharf Hotel

12	Cirencester UK	Corn Hall

13	London UK	Blaise's	 	Also a day for a photo shoot

14	London UK	Revolution	 	Banks recalls playing an early, two-set Yes gig at Revolution where Pete Townshend heaped praise on his guitar playing. Yes later opened for the Who several times.

15	London UK	Royal Albert Hall	 	Benefit for Czechoslovakian refugees

17	? UK

22	London UK	Blaise's

25	Leicester UK	Granby Halls

26	London UK	Middle Earth at The Roundhouse

30	London UK	Blaise's

Nov-68

??	UK	 	Yes & Ian Wallace	Wallace (later of King Crimson) subs for Tony O'Riley; he's offered the drum spot but declines.

1	Marlow UK	Crown Hotel

2	London UK	Marquee	w/Dream Police

5	London UK	Blaise's

8	London UK	Granada Theater	w/The Who, Joe Cooker & The Grease Band, Small Faces, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Mindbenders

9	Wellingborough UK	Motown Club

13	London UK	Marquee	w/The Love Sculpture

15	London UK	Roundhouse all night show	w/The Who, Joe Cocker & The Grease Band, Small Faces, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Mindbenders

16	Leeds UK	Leeds University	 	Bill Bruford brings friends to see his former band, is appalled by Yes' performance; drummer O'Riley seems to have spent too much time at the pub beforehand. Also Mike Tait's first gig with Yes, as van driver.

18	Newcastle UK	City Hall, two shows	w/the same co-stars as at the Roundhouse

24	London UK	Blaise's

25	London UK	Revolution

26	London UK	Royal Albert Hall, Cream's 'Farewell' concert	w/Cream, Taste, John Hiseman's Colosseum	Bruford rejoins Yes just in time to play this important gig.

27	London UK	Marquee	w/Van der Graaf Generator

30	London UK	Ronnie Scotts'

Dec-68

6	Woodgreen UK	Fishmongers Hall	w/Peter Brown's Battered Ornaments

6	London UK	Revolution

7	Bristol UK	Bristol University	w/The Who

8	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Toast

10	London UK	Marquee	Led Zeppelin	Plays its first Marquee gig under its new name (having played there in October as 'The New Yardbirds'). Melody Maker likes them but advises them to 'cut down the volume a bit'.

12	London UK	Revolution	 	with a party later afterwards at Speakeasy

13	London UK	Speakeasy

14	London UK

15	London UK	photo shoot

16	London UK	Revolution

17	London UK	Marquee "The Who Xmas Party"	w/The Who

19	London UK	Royal Albert Hall

22	London UK	 	 	photo shoot; demo recordings at Apple Records for Peter Asher.

24	London UK	Speakeasy

26	London UK	Blaise's

27	London UK	Roundhouse "Superstar Jam Session"	Steve Howe w/Soft Machine, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, and others.

31	London UK	Thames TV "Magpie"	 	And afterwards, a party/show at Speakeasy

1969

Jan-69

1	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Octopus	First gig of a Wednesday night residency

4	London UK	MM	Yes, Amen Corner	Report that both bands were robbed of their equipment over the holidays.

7	London UK	BBC Studios "John Peel's Top Gear"	 	Recording for broadcast Jan 12 69. [SOMETHING'S COMING: Dear Father, Everydays, Sweetness, Something's Coming]

8	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Toast

11	London UK	MM

15	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Procession

18	Portsmouth UK	College of Art and Design

22	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Village

23	London UK	Revolution

23	Wolverhampton UK	Lafayette Club

24	Plymouth UK	Van Dike Club

24	Southampton UK	Southampton University

29	London UK	Marquee	Yes w/Clouds

Feb-69

1	Bournemouth UK	Ritz Ballroom

1	Reading UK	Reading University	Yes w/Paul Williams	source: MM.

5	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Caravan

8	London UK	MM	 	Advertisement soliciting gigs for Yes.

9	London UK

12	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/ Octopus

13	Worthing UK	Rice Pavilion

14	London? UK	Sussex University	 	other sources say Surrey

15	London UK	Queen Elizabeth Hall	 	Also, MM reports that Roy Flynn is quitting as proprietor of Speakeasy to devote his full energies to managing Yes.

16	Sunderland UK	Peter Yes' Jazz Club

17	Wolverhampton UK	The Catacomb	Yes!

19	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/The Spirit of John Morgan

24	Sheffield UK	The Penthouse

25	Cambridge UK	??

26	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Clouds

27	London UK	Speakeasy	 	Audition for Atlantic Records CEO Ahmet Ertegun.

28	London UK	Richmond Athletic Grounds

Mar-69

1	Chesterfield UK	Victoria Ballroom	 	Also, MM reports that Yes has signed to Atlantic Records --the first British group to be signed. For the next few years Atlantic's US office is under the impression that Yes is a folk act.

2	?UK	 	 	CANCELLED

5	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Circus

7	York UK	York University

8	Sunderland UK	Empire Theater

9	? UK

12	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Killing Floor

15	? UK	Southampton College

16	London UK	Country Club

17	London UK	BBC studios

19	London UK	Marquee	Yes! w/Clouds

20	Salford UK	University

21	Wolverhampton UK

22	London UK	somewhere in Battersea	 	FY says Brixton, College of Building

25	London UK	Madam Tussaud's Hall Of Kings

28	London UK	Lyceum all-night show	w/Country Joe and the Fish, Roy Harper, Van der Graaf Generator, Junior's Eyes, Andromeda, Turnstyle, Hard Meat, John Peel

29	London UK	MM	 	Reports that Ahmet Ertegun is in town to start Yes off on their first LP recording.

29	Barnet UK	Barnet College

Apr-69

2	London UK	Marquee	w/Harsh Reality

3	Harrowfield UK	Youth Centre

4	London UK	Speakeasy

9	London UK	Marquee	w/The Elastic Band

10	? UK

14	London UK	Marquee Club

16	London UK	Marquee Club

17	London UK	Saturdays (University College)

21	London UK	Royal Albert Hall	w/Janis Joplin

23	London UK	Marquee Club

24	Montreux SWI	Golden Rose TV Festival

25	Montreux SWI	Golden Rose TV Festival

?	Goddelau GER	Tanz Club

?	Goddelau GER	Tanz Club

?	London UK	Marquee Club

?	London UK	Marquee Club

?

May-69

2	Plymouth UK	Van Dike Club

3	Chelsea UK	Collage	w/Clouds	FY says College of Art

4	London UK

8	Scarborough UK	Penthouse Club

10	Exeter UK	Exeter University

11	Kidderminster UK	Frank Freeman's Club

14	London UK	Marquee	w/Peter Cooper

16	London UK	Lyceum, 'Midnight Court'	w/ John Mayall, Hard Meat, Gypsy

17	London UK	Saturdays (University College)

18	London UK	Parliament Hill "Camden Fringe Festival"	w/Procol Harum, Soft Machine, Third Ear Band, Blossom Toes	Yes did the photo shoot for their first album cover at this gig. (Welch)

21	London UK	Harrods Way Inn

22	London UK	BBC Studios

24	Southend-On-Sea UK	Southend College Of Technology

25	Wolverhampton UK	Lafayette Club

28	London UK	Marquee	w/The Maddening Crowd

29	Plymouth UK	Van Dyke Club

31	Brighton UK	Brighton College

Jun-69

2	Sunderland UK	Bay Hotel

3	? UK	 	 	CANCELLED

4	London UK	BBC Studios "Johnny Walker Show"	 	Recording broadcast Jun 14 69. [SOMETHING'S COMING: Sweetness, Every Little Thing - the latter track is incorrectly sourced in the CD notes], Looking Around.

5	Scarborough UK	Penthouse Club

6	Hull UK	Fairground, The

9	London UK	Marquee Club

10	???

11	London UK	Marquee	w/Sweet Marriage

13	Leicester UK	Technical College

15	Kidderminster UK	Frank Freeman's Club

16	London UK	Scotch Of St. James

20	Canterbury UK	Kent University

21	Antwerp BEL	Pop Festival

23	London UK	Marquee Club

25	London UK	Marquee	w/Mandrake Paddlesteamer	Reviewed in MM.

27	London UK	 	 	1st single Sweetness b/w Something's Coming (mono) released in UK.(Welch) Conflict with Jul 4.

27	Amsterdam NETH	Jam TV

28	Birmingham	Factory, The

30	Sunderland UK	Bay Hotel

Jul-69

2	London UK	Marquee	w/Andromeda

3	London UK	private party	w/Stalactites, Al Wynn	A society party thrown by Prince Rupert Loewenstein, where Yes "dies a complete death' according to Bruford. "Like playing to stone gnomes' says one Yesman to MM. After Yes' set BB and Kaye make off with a bottle of champagne to drown their sorrows. Attendees include Princess Margaret, Peter Sellers, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull. Brian Jones had been found floating dead in a pool the day before.

4	Barnstaple UK	Queen's Hall	 	Also, Sweetness b/w Something's Coming (Atlantic 584280) released in UK (source: YESYEARS). Conflicts with Jun 27.

5	London UK	Hyde Park free concert	King Crimson, Rolling Stones, others	not a Yes gig, but notable for being one of rival KC's breakthrough gigs.

5	London UK	Royal Albert Hall "Pop Proms"	Bodast w/The Who, Chuck Berry	Bodast was Steve Howe's post-Tomorrow band. When Bodast folded, Howe briefly -- for all of one day -- joined Keith Emerson's Nice. He was also considered for the guitar slot in Jethro Tull. (Welch)

5	Harverfordwest UK	Market Hall

6	London UK	ICA Nash House	w/Juggernaut

8	Birmingham UK	Mother's

9	London UK	Marquee	w/Hard Meat

10	? UK	??

11	London UK	Lyceum, 'Midnight Court'	w/The Nice, Keith Relf's Renaissance, Peter Cooper, Peter Hammill

12	Nottingham UK	Racecourse, "12 Hour Happiness"	w/The Nice, Eclection, Caravan, King Crimson, Juniors Eyes, Edgar Broughton Band, Idle Race, Status Quo

13	London UK	Wembley Stadium

16	London UK	Marquee	w/Kippington Lodge

18	Belfast, UK	Ulster Hall	w/The Nice, Bonzo Dog Band, others

19	Dublin, IRE	National Stadium	w/The Nice, Bonzo Dog Band

20	Cork, IRE	Football Stadium	w/The Nice, Bonzo Dog Band	CANCELLED. See Welch for the amusing tale of what ensued.

23	London UK	Marquee	w/Leviathan

25	? UK	New Cellar Club	 	Also, YES (first album) released in the UK (source: YESYEARS) At this time setlist included I See You, Every Little Thing, Survival, Looking Around.

26	? UK	Country Club

27	? UK

28	? UK	Old Cannery

30	London UK	Marquee	w/Hard Meat

Aug-69

2	Ride, Isle of Wight UK	Music Box

3	London UK	BBC Studios "Stuart Henry Show"	 	Recording broadcast Aug 10 69. Then, Beyond and Before, No Opportunity Necessary.

4	London UK	BBC Studios "Symonds on Sunday"	 	Recording broadcast Aug 10 69 [YESYEARS: Everydays],[SOMETHING'S COMING: Looking Around, Something's Coming - the latter track is incorrectly sourced], Sweetness. Also on this date, Steve Howe composed Clap for his newborn son, Dylan.

6	? UK

7	London UK	Marquee	w/Leviathan

8	Birmingham UK	Mother's

9	Plumpton UK	Plumpton Racecourse, "9th National Jazz Pop Ballads & Blues Festival"	w/The Who, Chicken Shack, Fat Mattress, John Surman, Aynsley Dunbar, The Spirit of John Morgan, Groundhogs, King Crimson, Idle Race, Breakthru, Cuby's Blues Band

10	London UK	Marquee Club

13	? UK

14	London UK	Marquee	w/Samson

15	?? UK	Queen's Club	 	FY says Barnstaple Queen's Hall

16	Plymouth UK	Van Dike Club

20	Hamburg GER	Star Club

21	Hamburg GER	Star Club

22	Bilzen NETH	Jazz Bilzen festival

23	? NETH

24	? NETH

26	Wiesbaden GER	Big Apple Club

26	Munich GER	Blow-up Club	 	unverified

27	Goddelau GER	Tanz Club	 	FY

28	Munich GER	Blow-up Club	 	unverified, possible travel date; FY

29	Munich GER	Blow-up Club	 	CANCELLED. Also, YES, the first album (Atlantic 8243) released in UK (conflicts with Jul 25 date).

30	Munich GER	Blow-up Club

31	Munich GER	Blow-up Club

Sep-69

1	Munich GER	Blow-up Club

2	Munich GER	Blow-up Club

3	Munich GER	Blow-up Club

4	Munich GER	Blow-up Club

5	Munich GER	Blow-up Club

6	Munich GER	Blow-up Club

7	Munich GER	Blow-up Club

7	SWI	 	 	unverified

8	Paris FRA	Ile-De-France	 	FY

?	Paris FRA	TV, possibly "Pop Deux"	 	[SOMETHING'S COMING: Beyond and Before].

12	Sheffield UK	Penthouse, The

13	Kirklevington UK	Country Club

14	Bishop Auckland	Queens Hotel

15	Romford UK	King Hall	 	FY says Kings Head

18	Eindhoven NETH	De Bunker

19	Eindhoven NETH	De Effenaar

20	Harverfordwest UK	Market Hall

21	Kidderminster UK	Frank Freeman's Club

26	Bristol UK	College Of Technology

27	Malvern UK	Winter Garden	w/Caravan

28	? UK	Harrogate Theatre	w/The Nice	FY says Harrogate

Oct-69

3	Plymouth UK	Van Dike Club

4	Bristol UK	Bristol University

9	Essen GER	Grugenhalle, "First German Blues Festival"	w/Fleetwood Mac, Pretty Things, Spooky Tooth, Keef Hartley, Warm Dust, Free, Hard Meat	No Opportunity, Dear Father, Every Little Thing, Something's Coming

11	Newcastle UK	Newcastle University	 	Also, an interview with Anderson appears in Melody Maker.

12	Redcar UK	Jazz Club	 	Also, King Crimson's IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING, often cited as the first major prog rock album, is released in the U.K.

15	USA	 	 	YES released, goes almost unnoticed.

17	Romford UK	Kings Hall	 	FY says Kings Head

18	Chesterfield UK	Victoria Ballroom

20	Sunderland UK	Bay Hotel

24	Nottingham UK	Nottingham University

25	Cardiff UK	Cardiff University

27	Tournai BEL	ACTUEL - The First Paris Music Festival	w/Pretty Things, Chicken Shack, Sam Apple Pie, Frogeaters, David Allen Group, Keith Tippett Group, Pharoah Sanders, Dave Burrell, John Surman, Clifford Thornton, Sonny Sharrock, Acting trio

28	Brussels BEL	140 Theatre

30	London UK	Marquee	w/Samson

31	Swansea UK	Swansea University

??	London UK	 	 	Looking Around b/w Everydays (Atlantic 584298) released

??	BEL	TV

??	London UK	BBC TV2 "Line Up"	 	Filming. (Welch)

Nov-69

1	Manchester UK	U.M.I.S.T

2	London UK	Lyceum, "Sunday Lyceum"	w/Deep Purple, The Divine, Vivian Stanshall, Griffin, The Grope

7	Birmingham	Factory, The

13	London UK	Marquee Club

14	Newcastle UK	Newcastle City Hall

15	Folkstone UK	Marine Pavilion

26	Basel SWI	Basel Theatre

27	Bern SWI	Chikito Club

28	Gerlafingen SWI	Grunau Restaurant

30	London UK	Roundhouse, "Polytechnic Arts Festival"	w/Manfred Man Chapter III, Deep Purple, Brian Auger trinity, Atomic Rooster, Liverpool Scene, Free, Village

Dec-69

1	Basel SWI	Comedy Theater	 	While in Switzerland, Yes and Patrick Moraz meet for the first time.

2	Montreux SWI	Montreux Casino	 	You've heard of the venue -- 'smoke on the water, fire in the sky', man!

??	Solothurn SWI

??	SWI	TV	 	The Swiss tour was chronicled by Chris Welch in Melody Maker.

5	Stoke UK	Stoke-On-Trent Art College

6	Weston-Super-Mare UK	Winter Gardens

7	Croydon UK	Fox at Greyhound	w/Stray	Welch says venue is the Croydon Blues Club.

9	?? UK	Harrowfield Youth Center	w/Professor Strange, Discomation

11	Leicester UK	LCP Fletcher Hall

12	Newport UK	In-Place

13	London UK	Imperial College

14	Redcar UK	Jazz Club

19	Harrowfield UK	Youth Center	 	FY

21	Sheffield UK	Kingstone Hotel	w/Gracious	Dear Father, Eleanor Rigby, I See You. However, 'It's Only Rock and Roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Rolling Stones' claims that Yes opened for the Stones on this date at the Lyceum.

24	London UK	Northcote Arms/Farx Club	w/Nexus

26	London UK	Marquee	w/Jon Hendricks, Man	Impressed by Hendricks, JA is henceforth known as 'Jon'.

27	Levington UK	Kirk	 	FY says Kirklevington, Country Club

28	Birmingham UK	Mother's

30	London UK	Roundhouse