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"The proggiest tour of all time, Yes with special guests Asia, is hitting the road this summer. For prog fans the enormous implications of this tour are quite clear. For others, imagine Wings opening up for the Beatles or the Justice League taking up music and hitting the road. It&amp;apos;s that big. Steve Howe, who plays guitar in both groups, will be doing double duty during the show. Also onstage will be members of King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer, the Buggles, two others members of Yes, the son of former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman and the lead singer of a Yes cover band.\r\nAs ludicrous as all this sounds, think back to the winter of 1983. Asia&amp;apos;s debut single &amp;quot;The Heat of The Moment&amp;quot; had been all over the radio for a year, and Yes had just reformed and released &amp;quot;Owner Of A Lonely Heart.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, Genesis and Rush had been scoring massive hits with songs about 1/3 the length of their 1970s work. Prog had gone pop and the American public couldn&amp;apos;t have loved it more. Needless to say, the bands not led by Phil Collins soon found it impossible to land songs on the radio and the whole thing fizzled. The intensely loyal prog audience (particularly in the case of Rush) has allowed these bands to tour ever since &amp;#x2014; but to the best of my knowledge a supergroup has never opened up for the group it spawned from. It&amp;apos;s practically a prog paradox. Tour dates below:\r\nJune 26 - Indio, CA @ Fantasy Springs Casino June 27 - Las Vegas, NV @ Thomas &amp;amp; Mack Center June 30 - Snoqualmie, WA @ Snoqualmie Casino July 2 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield July 3 - Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery July 7 - Los Angeles @ Gibson Amphitheatre at City Walk July 8 - San Diego @ Humphrey&amp;apos;s July 9 - Phoenix @ Dodge July 12 - Denver @ Paramount Theatre July 14 - Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater July 15 - Ft. Worth, TX @ Bass Music Center July 16 - Muskegee, OK @ Civic Center July 18 - Walker, MN @ Moondance Jam July 20 - Detroit @ DTE Energy Music Theatre July 21 - Pittsburgh @ Chevrolet Amphitheatre July 22 - Glen Allen, VA @ Insbrook Pavilion July 23 - National Harbour, MD @ Sunset Concerts July 25 - Cohassett, MA @ South Shore Music Circus July 26 - Jackson, NJ @ Great Adventure Amphitheatre July 28 - Philadelphia @ Tower Theatre July 29 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre July 31 - Westbury, NY @ Theatre at Westbury Aug. 1 - Jamestown, NY @ Savings Bank Arena Aug. 2 - Bethlehem, PA @ Muskfest"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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