Yes Announces 2025 Tour Performing Fragile in Full, Celebrating a Prog Rock Milestone
Yes’ fourth studio album, Fragile, has held up as one of the greatest in their catalog. The album features signature tracks such as “Roundabout,” “Long Distance Runaround,” and “Heart of the Sunrise.” Now, the group is going to be celebrating it in a tour called “The Fragile Tour 2025, The Album Series,” which will see them perform the 1971 masterpiece in its entirety.
The tour will begin on October 1st in Wallingford, Connecticut and focus on the East Coast for the month. They’ll then snake through the Midwest to reach the West Coast, eventually finishing up on November 16th in Reno, Nevada.
The current Yes lineup includes guitarist/vocalist Steve Howe, keyboardist Geoff Downes, vocalist Jon Davison, drummer Jay Schellen, and bassist Billy Sherwood. 2025 marks a full decade since Sherwood joined the band following founding member Chris Squire‘s passing. When Squire and the crew recorded, they knew they were onto something.
“All the band’s albums had a unique feel and approach,” says Steve Howe. “After ‘The Yes Album,’ so many things came together, with [co-producer] Eddie Offord steering the proceedings. While the band focused on only four main songs with full arrangements, each of us wrote and designed a solo piece, which was Bill [Bruford]’s great idea. It’s fairly ‘odd-ball,’ but we were at the height of our creativity, determined for success. It gave us confidence, further than our own in-stock belief, we’d crafted this unusual but noticeable musical twist to rock and what later became prog.”
Yes “The Fragile Tour 2025, The Album Series” Dates:
| Date | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 10/1: | Wallingford, CT | Toyota Oakdale Theatre |
| 10/2: | Morristown, NJ | Mayo Performing Arts Center |
| 10/4: | Atlantic City, NJ | Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena |
| 10/5: | Port Chester, NY | The Capitol Theatre |
| 10/7: | Huntington, NY | The Paramount |
| 10/8: | Glenside, PA | Keswick Theatre |
| 10/9: | Glenside, PA | Keswick Theatre |
| 10/11: | York, PA | Appell Center for the Performing Arts |
| 10/12: | Jim Thorpe, PA | Penn's Peak |
| 10/14 | Washington, DC | Warner Theatre |
| 10/16: | Durham, NC | Carolina Theatre |
| 10/18: | Clearwater, FL | Ruth Eckerd Hall |
| 10/19: | Ft Lauderdale, FL | Broward Center, Au-Rene Theater |
| 10/21: | The Villages, FL | Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center |
| 10/22: | Charleston, SC | Charleston Music Hall |
| 10/24: | Atlanta, GA | Coca-Cola Roxy |
| 10/25: | Memphis, TN | Graceland Soundstage |
| 10/27: | Louisville, KY | The Louisville Palace |
| 10/28: | Cincinnati, OH | Taft Theatre |
| 10/30: | Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre at Old National Centre |
| 10/31: | Des Plaines, IL | Des Plaines Theatre |
| 11/1: | St. Charles, IL | The Arcada Theatre |
| 11/3: | Madison, WI | The Orpheum Theater |
| 11/4: | Milwaukee, WI | The Riverside Theater |
| 11/6: | St. Louis, MO | Stifel Theatre |
| 11/7: | Omaha, NE | Steelhouse Omaha |
| 11/9: | Denver, CO | Paramount Theatre |
| 11/11: | Mesa, AZ | Mesa Arts Center |
| 11/13: | Inglewood, CA | YouTube Theater |
| 11/14: | Alpine, CA | Viejas Casino |
| 11/16: | Reno, NV | Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort |
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