Yesgigs 1966-1980

This timeline was compiled from the Notes from the Edge Yes Rarities list (the 'bootlist'), tour programs, news clippings, Dan Hedges' Yes: The Authorized Biography, Chris Welch's Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes,Tony Bacon's London Live(for Marquee dates), Melody Maker,NFTE posts by Cliff Loeslin, Dave Dunnington and Shoji Yamada's Complete Guide to Yes BBC Sessions, Peter Whipple's Forgotten Yesterdays, and emails from all good people who have visited here before. To all: thanks. This list is by no means complete, and is only as accurate as my sources -- which means that some gigs that were advertised may not actually have been played. Unresolved chronologies are noted by question marks and asides. "Personnel", if not otherwise noted, consists of Yes; notable setlist songs are included under 'Notes". Revisions, additions, and confirmations are WELCOME. I would particularly like to fill in the gaps in the 1972-74 tour dates. Contact me by email.

big updates incorporating Forgotten Yesterdays material, November 19 2002

Key:
?	= data are unknown or questionable
[titles]	= authorized live recording
FY	= Forgotten Yesterdays
LL	= LONDON LIVE by Tony Bacon
MM	= MELODY MAKER
YAB	= YES: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY by Dan Hedges

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Date	Locale	Venue	Personnel	Notes

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

1970
Jan-70
10	Paris FRA	Olympia
11	Paris FRA	Olympia
17	Bradford UK	University
19	London UK	BBC Studios "Dave Lee Travis Show"		Recording broadcast Jan 25 70. [SOMETHING'S COMING: Sweet Dreams], [YESYEARS: Then], Everydays, Astral Traveler, Looking Around.
23	Stoke UK	King's Hall, The
25	Croydon UK	Fox at Greyhound
27	Llanelli UK	Glen Ballroom
29	Boston UK	Starlight Room
30	Coventry UK	The 2nd Lanchester Arts Festival	w/Atomic Rooster, Free, Mott the Hoople
31	Uxbridge UK	Brunel University	w/Liverpool Scene
Feb-70
??	London UK	BBC "Top Gear"		Advertised in MM. Recording br Feb 23 70. [SOMETHING'S COMING: Something's Coming, Sweet Dreams]. Oddly enough, the announcer clearly says "Top of the Pops".
1	Sunderland UK	Empire Theater	w/The Nice
70	London UK	Festival Hall	w/The Nice
8	Oxford UK	Oxford Polytechnic	w/The Nice
19	Copenhagen DEN		w/Small Faces, Edgar Broughton Band
20	Gothenburg SWE		w/Small Faces, Edgar Broughton Band
21	Stockholm SWE		w/Small Faces, Edgar Broughton Band
22	Oslo NOR		w/Small Faces, Edgar Broughton Band
23	Bremen GER		w/Small Faces, Edgar Broughton Band
24	Bremen GER		w/Small Faces, Edgar Broughton Band
24	Bremen GER	TV "Beat Club"		[SOMETHING'S COMING: No Opportunity Necessary ]
27	Plymouth UK	Van Dike
28	London UK	Imperial College	w/Web
Mar-70
??	London UK	Robert Fripp's flat		Squire and Bruford pay a visit to 'Bob' Fripp to sound him out about being Yes' guitarist. Fripp plays a tape of Cat Food/Groon for them but declines the implicit job offer, sensing that Yes would not accept him as a leader.(Fripp)
6	Bingley UK	Yorkshire College
7	Leeds UK	Leeds University
9	Darlington TX	Civic Theatre
11	W. GER	w/Hardin & York
12	London UK	BBC "John Peel's Sunday Show"		Recording broadcast Mar 15 70. [SOMETHING'S COMING: Astral Traveller, Then, Every Little Thing, Everydays, For Everyone ]. For Everyone includes a segment later reworked as 'Disillusion' in Starship Trooper.
13	Gloucester UK	Guildhall	w/Fresh
14	Croydon UK	College Of Art Technique	w/Easy Leaf, Dwarf
16	Dusseldorf GER	Music Festival
20	Salford UK	University
21	London UK	Queen Elizabeth Hall	Yes and Royal College of Music Youth Orchestra, conducted by Tony Cox	YAB claims there were two gigs, but quotes in Welch refer to only one. Songs from TIME AND A WORD were performed in the second half, accompanied by a 20-piece orchestra. The orchestra had a hard time being heard over Yes. Encore: Something's Coming.
22	London UK	Queen Elizabeth Hall
27	London UK			Time and a Word b/w The Prophet (Atlantic 584323) released.
28	Salisbury UK	Alex?	w/New Era Jazz Band
29	Birmingham UK	Mother's
30	? (Devon) UK	Magic Circus		FY says Barnstaple, Queens Hall
Apr-70
3	Cologne GER	Sporthalle
4	Erlangen GER	University of Technology		Source: Peter Banks' diary, reprinted in SOMETHING'S COMING. Other sources say Koln.
5	Wurzburg GER
5	Auschaffenburg, GER			Source: Banks' diary. Also in FY
7	London UK	BBC "Mike Harding Show"		Sweet Dreams (broadcast Apr 14 70), For Everyone (broadcast May 26 70). 'The Complete Guide to Yes BBC Sessions' lists Howe as playing on these tracks although Banks has not yet left.
10	London UK	Marquee	w/Slade, Trevor Billmuss
11	London UK	BBC TV "Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Show"		Rehearsal. Source: Banks' diary.
12	London UK	BBC TV "Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Show"		Recording broadcast Apr. 14 70.
14	London UK	Assembly Room	w/Julian Treatment	FY says Surbiton
16	Weymouth UK	Pavillion Ballroom
17	Surbiton UK	Poperama Devizes
18	Luton UK	Luton College	w/Mighty Baby, Tiny Clanger	After the gig, Anderson and Squire fire Peter Banks. The split is announced in MM on May 2.
24	Sheffield UK	Sheffield City Hall		Yes cancels, is replaced by Taste.
May-70
??	Devon UK	Church Hill & Langly Farm		Steve Howe joins Yes, band retires to the countryside to write and rehearse. Initial sessions were in a cottage called Church Hill, where the lyrics to Perpetual Change were written (YAB). After two weeks, Yes splits with Roy Flynn and soon hires Brian Lane (born Harvey Freed) of the Hemdale agency. Flynn's agreement with Hemdale to relinquish control of Yes includes giving him five percent of the band's earnings -- the infamous Five Percent for Nothing, though Flynn sees it quite differently, since he eventually had to sue Hemdale to get his money.(Welch) Also at this time, Mike Tait flies to New York to convince Atlantic not to drop Yes from its roster. Phil Carson also puts in a good word and convinces Ertegun to give Yes another try. Even more trivia: the name 'Brian Lane' (B. Lane) was derived from a hit record Freed had been involved in: Pink Floyd's Arnold Layne (A. Layne).(Welch)
??	Leytonstone UK	? College		Howe's first gig with Yes. Tony Kaye's rig is out of tune with Howe's and Squire's guitars, with disastrous effect. (Howe in YAB)
Jun-70
19	London UK			Sweet Dreams b/w Dear Father (Atlantic 2091004) released in UK. Welch says June 20.
Jul-70
17	London UK	Lyceum	w/Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Clark Hutchinson	Possible source of Clap [THE YES ALBUM]. Setlist also includes a Howe/Squire bass duet called Adventures and Yes' arrangement of America, both worked up during the Devon sessions (Welch). Adventures is an early, and obviously quite different, arrangement of A Venture.
18	Birmingham UK	Mother's
19	Redcar UK	Jazz Club
25	UK			TIME AND A WORD released in UK
26	Croydon UK	Fox At Greyhound
31	Plymouth UK	Van Dike
Aug-70
2	Croydon UK	Fox at Greyhound	w/Supertramp
9	Essex UK	Plumpton Racecourse, "The 10th National Jazz, Pop, Ballads & Blues Festival"	w/Deep Purple, John Hiseman's Colosseum, Juicy Lucy, Chris Barber, Caravan, Audience, Fat Mattress, Hard Meat, Van der Graaf Generator, Wishbone Ash, DaDa, Trevor Billmuss.	I've Seen All Good People, Clap, America
14	Leytonstone UK	Red Lion Chez Club
16	Barkisland UK	Krumlin, "The Yorkshire Folk, Blues & Jazz Festival"	w/Ginger Baker's Airforce, Mungo Jerry, Taste, Edgar Broughton, Quintessence, Steamhammer, Mike Westbrook Concert Orchestra, National Head Band w/Their Heavy Friends, Greatest Show On Earth, Jan Dukes De Grey w/70 Piece Choir
18	London UK	Marquee		First 'solo' gig at the Marquee is also their swan song there.
21	Barnstaple UK	Magic Circus
22	London UK	Village
29	Lincoln NE	Baston Bar BQ
31	Redcar UK	Jazz Club
Sep-70
5	Huy BEL	Huy Festival
6	Dortmund GER	Fantasio
10	Swansea UK	Brarnwygh Town Hall
11	Swansea UK	Town Hall
12	Colchester UK	Corn Exchange
18	London UK	Avery Hill College	w/Uriah Heep, Information, Amazing Grace
19	Stortford UK	Rhodes Center	w/Gin
20	Nottingham UK	Boat Club
22	Birmingham	Mayfair Rooms
23	Cardiff UK	Barry Memorial Hall	w/Gipsy Universe
26	Margate UK	Dreamland Ballroom
27	Croydon UK	Fox at Greyhound
28	Aberystwyth	University Of South Wales
Oct-70
1	Scarborough UK	Scene One And Two
2	Leicestershire UK	Loughborough University	w/Mayfields Mule, Purple Gang
3	Watford UK	Watford College Of Technology	w/Band Of Roadies
9	Stratford UK	West Ham College	w/Noir
10	? UK	Queen Mary College	w/Edgar Broughton Band
11	London UK	Advision Studios		Working on THE YES ALBUM through Oct 30 70
15	Dundee UK	Dundee University
16	Newcastle UK	Newcastle City Hall
17	Malvern UK	Winter Garden
20	London UK	BBC "Mike Harding Show"		Recording broadcast Oct 27 70. America.
23	Leeds UK	Leeds University
24	Plymouth UK	Van Dyke Club
26	Romford UK	King's Head	w/Canary Hunt
30	Guildford UK	Surrey University
31	London UK	Queen Elizabeth Hall	w/Da Da	Two sets, at 6 and 9 pm. Astral Traveller, I've Seen All Good People, Clap, Yours is No Disgrace, Bass Odyssey, America (Welch). Bass Odyssey was a Squire solo, not a duet.
Nov-70
2	Dunstable UK	Dunstable Civic Hall		FY; also, TIME AND A WORD released in the US
3	Dunstable UK	Dunstable Civic Hall
5	Bern SWI	Chikito Club
6	Basel SWI			FY says Bern again
70	Zurich SWI
10	Munich GER	Blow-Up Club
13	London UK	City of London Students Union	w/Jan Dukes De Grey
14	Bradford UK	Bradford College
20	Lancaster UK	University Of Lancaster
21	Oxford UK	Oxford Polytechnic
22	Plymouth UK	Van Dike Hall	w/Clark Hutchinson
23	Basingstoke UK			Driving mishap (Squire's) puts Tony Kaye's leg in the cast seen on the cover of THE YES ALBUM
24	? UK	Bradford College		CANCELLED
25	Cambridge UK	Corn Exchange
27	Carnarveron UK	Southend Technical College	w/Surly Bird, Tank	FY says Southend-on-Sea, Southend College of Technology
28	Boston UK	Starlight Rooms	w/ Jan Dukes De Grey
Dec-70
1	London UK	Marquee Club
2	Manchester UK	College Of Art
4	Lancaster UK	University Of Lancaster
5	Liverpool UK	Liverpool Stadium
8	Newcastle UK	City Hall	w/Hardin & York
9	Hull UK	Hull University	w/The Strawbs	Rick Wakeman was a Strawb at this time, and at this gig he and Chris Squire get acquainted.
10	Munich GER
11	Warrington	Paddgate College
13	Bromley UK.	New Theater	w/Trader Horn
14	Dunstable UK	Dunstable Civic Hall
18	London UK	Lyceum, "Yes Xmas Party"	w/Da Da, Clark Hutchinson, Blitzkrieg	Welch says Dec 20.
19	Folkestone UK	Heathcliff Hall
20	Cleethorpes UK	Winter Gardens
22	Shrewsbury UK	Music Hall
26	Brighton UK	Big Apple

1971
Jan-71
3	Croydon UK	Fox at Greyhound	w/Curved Air
8	Eindhoven NETH		w/Iron Butterfly	The show ends in a Yes/Butterfly jam. Setlist includes Astral Traveller, Yours is No Disgrace, Clap, America. Bonus trivia: IB's first album, IN A GADDA DA VIDA, was also the first album to be certified platinum.
9	Amsterdam NETH	Concertgebouw	w/Iron Butterfly
10	Rotterdam NETH	De Doelen	w/Iron Butterfly	Another IB/Yes jam ends the show.(Welch)
13	London UK	Royal Albert Hall
14	Newcastle UK	City Hall	w/Iron Butterfly, Da Da
15	Lancaster UK	University of Lancaster, "The Age Of Atlantic"	w/Iron Butterfly, Da Da
16	Southsea UK	Portsmouth Poly	w/Iron Butterfly, Da Da
17	Bristol UK	Colston Hall	w/Iron Butterfly, Da Da
18	London UK	Royal Albert Hall	w/Iron Butterfly, Da Da	Led Zeppelin were in the audience, and at the end of IB's set Robert Plant and Chris Welch went onstage to do some Elvis Presley tunes. (Welch)
19	Birmingham UK		w/Iron Butterfly, Da Da
21	Southampton UK	Guildhall	w/Iron Butterfly, Da Da
23	Arhus DEN		w/Iron Butterfly
24	Stockholm SWE		w/Iron Butterfly	Other souces say city was Gothenburg. Included a Yes/Butterfly jam
25	Copenhagen DEN		w/Iron Butterfly
28	Bremen GER	TV "Beat Club"
29	Lille FRA		w/Iron Butterfly
30	Lyons FRA		w/Iron Butterfly
31	Brussels BEL		w/Iron Butterfly
Feb-71
1	Paris FRA		w/Iron Butterfly
2	Paris FRA		w/Iron Butterfly
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