Tommy Sparks

Friday, September 17, 2021 12:16 AM

Great concert. One of the best imo.
I had great seats,there with family, friends. In the Round, we were very close to the stage, Chris Squire came up through the stage as they all did, being in a circle. It was something else. So musical, so professional, so down to earth, yet very ethereal. A rock concert,band , like no other. RIP Chris Squire

Tommy Sparks

Friday, September 17, 2021 12:15 AM

Great concert. One of the best imo.
I had great seats,there with family, friends. In the Round, we were very close to the stage, Chris Squire came up through the stage as they all did, being in a circle. It was something else. So musical, so professional, so down to earth, yet very ethereal. A rock concert,band , like no other. RIP Chris Squire

Mark Russell

Wow Greg, you and I share the same view on this great and legendary band. I was 16, also on the floor and was talked into going by a friend who wanted to see the revolving stage (as well as Steve Howe as he was a budding guitarist). In a nutshell, I don't ever recall seeing the Myriad so full and alive and I had seen some big bands play there. But I will never forget June 5, 1979. The most amazing concert I have ever seen. I will celebrate its 25th Anniversary next summer and by the end of that summer, I had managed to buy the entire Yes catalog and have been a huge fan ever since despite the numerous personnel changes, changes in style, etc. I am so happy this lineup is back together and touring. I have seen them at House of Blues in Orlando in 1999 and 2002 in West Palm. I look forward to seeing them again. It's amazing that all these years later and I read a post by someone who had the same experience in the same venue.

Greg Barnes

I was 14 years old when I first saw Yes in concert in 1979. Hanging out with a friend on a hot Tuesday afternoon in June, we received a call from another friend trying to sell his tickets 3 hours before the show. Since he was willing to part with them for face value($7.50) we told him we would take them off his hands. The seats turned out to be on the 6th row and the concert was in the round. We sat there, two rookie prog rock fans, with our mouths agape with amazement at the musical genius of YES. I was not really familiar with anything more than Roundabout at that time, so when they broke into Siberian Khatru, Time and a Word, Starship Trooper, Silent Wings of Freedom and Heart of the Sunrise - to name the few I can still remember - I was appropriately indoctrinated to what I still consider some of the most spiritual music ever written. The lineup was Anderson, Squire, Wakeman, White and Howe. Their stage was round and had three levels like a wedding cake, and sat in the middle of the arena floor and revolved like a very slow merry-go-round throughout the show. I have never before or since seen a better stage set up at any concert. My inspiration for revisiting this very special day/event in my life in this review is that I am going to see YES two days from now on Aug 23 2002, at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, and amazingly it's the same lineup of Anderson, Squire, Wakeman, White and Howe performing.