24 years, 3 months and 14 days ago

Wednesday, June 28, 2000

Denver, Colorado

Fillmore Auditorium

3,600 capacity

Jon Anderson:
We decided on this tour we'd like to try and do some music we haven't played in twenty-five years so. So here we go with a song. This is called 'Gates Of Delirium'.

Jon Anderson:
Thank you so much. Thank you. Years ago when we used to..uh tour that song in the mid-seventies. I really sang 'soon oh soon the light, pass within and sooth this endless night.' I really, really truly believe there was light but I wasn't sure but here it is later. I became very sure there was light and we all have the light within you see? So when I sing 'Soon oh soon the light' now its a whole different ballgame. [???]. Mr. Steve Howe on guitar.

Jon Anderson:
I remember when, when we recording that album that..uh now and again I'd listen to the music and I'd get this strange sorta feeling around me as though. Very sharp and very sorta distance. Sharp and I thought this is like energy and the spirit you know you hear something that you think is sounding really wonderful and the energy is right there. So it reminded me of a song that..uh I got together with..uh Chris Squire on bass guitar here. It's true. It's true, I always wanted to be taller than Chris. I'm sorry but that's the way it is. So here is a song we put together. It's called 'Heart Of The Sunrise'.

Jon Anderson:
Let's hear it for on drums. Mr. Alan White on drums here. Just before the beginning of the tour, I was..uh having sorta..uh some friends around. Barbeque style thing by the seaside. You know? and..uh this lady came by and we talked a little bit about earth. You know, mother earth mother and she was very into this and told me that the earth is always listening. Whenever lots of people get together the earth remembers the sound. She said, she said it is what is called human ritual. You know and I said it's interesting because we're going on tour and We're going to do a song and its called 'Ritual'. So here we are. [???].

Jon Anderson:
Woo! It's was..uh about a month ago, I was..uh just showing, showing my son these chords and I couldn't remember where they were from. He said 'what, what song did you write with that'? Oh yeah.

Jon Anderson:
Woo! Thank you so much. On keyboards, Mr. Igor Khoroshev.