U.K. Yesshows Reviews - 2

YES - Clyde Auditorium ("the Armadillo") Glasgow 28/2/98

Set list :
Intro : Open Your Eyes Ambient, Firebird Suite

Siberian Khatru,
Rhythm of Love,
America,
Open Your Eyes,
And You and I,
Heart of the Sunrise,
Steve How Solo : Corkscrew, Mood for a Day, (something from Union - didn't know it) and Clap
>From the Balcony,
Children of Light,
Igor Khoroshev solo,
Long Distance Runaround - running into Chris Squire solo - Alan White solo (bit from Ritual).
Owner of a Lonely Heart,
The Revealing Science of God,
I've Seen All Good People.

Encore : Roundabout, Starship Trooper

The Armadillo - Clyde Auditorium to give it it's correct title - is a structure which could
have been designed by Roger Dean himself. It is also accoustically superb, having been
designed specifically as an concert hall. It was therefore a joy and a privilege to be able to
see a "Classic" Yes lineup playing classic old songs like Revealing Science of God, And You
And I, Heart of the Sunrise, America, and Long Distance Runaround in such a wonderfull venue.

The audience was very receptive and captivated, and gave the band massive long standing
ovations after And You and I and Revealing Science of God in particular. The band seemed
really happy, relaxed and inspired by the reaction and their playing was absolutely wonderful.

Jon was in wonderful voice, seeming particularly relaxed and happy. He did miss his cue into
one of the vocal sections of RSoG, but the band picked it up effortlessly and gave us an extra
bar or two to let Jon back in. Jon was joking with the crowd about the Apollo having changed a
lot, and the heavy snow we had that day. He also gave an extended into to And You and I,
talking about Eddie Offord and his magic tea.

Igor Khoroshev is a very worthy replacement for Rick - he seems to be injecting a little bit
of his own accent into some things - I liked his staccato organ stuff in America - while
really holding up his end in everything else. He was also going bananas during Roundabout,
manically playing percussion and keyboards at the same time !

As for Steve, Chris and Alan, well they were simply incredible, words fail me !

Billy seems to be adding to the richness of the vocals, but I couldn't really hear what he was
adding with the Guitar apart from Owner of a Lonely Heart, and during Chris's solo.

Overall it was a wonderful, memorable performance. My particular highlights were And You and I
and RSoG. RSoG was worth the ticket price alone. Can't wait for Edinburgh.

Yes at Bournemouth 3rd March 1998

Set List:

Open Your Eyes Ambit
Firebird Suite
Siberian Khatru
Rhythm of Love
America
And You, And I
Heart of the Sunrise
Steve Howe Solo: Mood For a Day, Masquerade, Clap, From The Balcony
Wondorous Stories
Igor Khoroshev Solo
Long Distance Runaround
Whitefish (Chris Squire and Alan White Solo)
Owner of a Lonely Heart
The Revealing Science of God
I’ve Seen All Good People
Roundabout
Starship Trooper

What an amazing show. Of course now it seems as if it were a dream, and
never really happened. But I know it did. All six of them were fantastic:

Jon Anderson’s voice was perfect and he communicated well with the audience,
telling some very interesting stories.

Steve Howe’s solo spot was extremely good, and any guitarist watching would
have been bound to say that he admired what Steve did. When he had finished
his solos he told us that he used to come to Bournemouth when on holiday as
a child and liked it as it was near Devon. But what impressed me the most
was the way he played in America – I am of the opinion that that has to be
one of his best.

Billy Sherwood, is an extremely accomplished musician. It is a real shame,
because he is quite underused, and is not really a necessary part of the Yes
line-up. Though having said this, his song writing is very good, and he
played the solos in  Rhythm of Love and Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Chris Squire was brilliant, both in voice and guitar. He was also very
strange, and his clothes come to an equal standard of weirdness as to his
purple suit and white fluffy boots.

Igor Khoroshev although not a member of the band plays to such a high
standard that he could be. As many have said, he is like a jazzy Wakeman!

But for me Alan White was the highlight of the show! The way he played in
the exerts from Ritual in his solo spot left me with my mouth open.

There were many highlights of the show, most people would tell you that The
Revealing Science of God was their best piece. As the show went on I enjoyed
each song even more and more.

It was a really nice surprise when Jon Anderson started speaking of
Switzerland and the view of cows from the window and they played Wondorous
Stories. I have never enjoyed that song more than I did last night. But
there were so many highlights for me, if I were to list them here then I
would simply be repeating the whole setlist.

On the whole, it is a night that I will remember for the rest my life……..

Tom Carson