The band will perform their iconic album in its entirety with classic cuts
Influential and pioneering Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Yes has announced The Fragile Tour 2025, The Album Series set for this fall in the U.S. This “evening with Yes” trek launches October 1st in Wallingford, CT and wraps November 16th in Reno, NV.
Tickets go on sale June 13th.
At these shows, the progressive rock titans will perform their iconic Fragile album in its entirety along with classics cuts from their legendary body of work. The multi-platinum album features their signature songs “Roundabout,” “Long Distance Runaround,” and “Heart of the Sunrise.” Fragile, the band’s fourth studio album, was released in the UK in November 1971 and in the US in January 1972. The Fragile Tour is regarded as a key moment is the band’s history—it’s when the band became a headline act in the US.
“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.”
Fragile also marks the band’s first album to be designed by Roger Dean. He would also design many of Yes’ future album covers, the band’s logo, and live stage sets. This striking union of music and design is key in how the band’s sound and vision would be perceived; it also underlined how important artistic visuals were becoming in the rock world. On The Fragile Tour 2025, Yes will perform in front of a video wall featuring AI treatment of Dean’s art, bringing Yes’ art into the 2020s. Roger Dean art will be available in the merch area at all the shows.
“Roger was and is quintessential to the look of Yes,” notes Howe. “He’s still creating great paintings and design—he has no competition.”
Yes The Fragile Tour 2025 Dates:
Oct 1 – Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Oct 2 – Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center
Oct 4 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Oct 5 – Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
Oct 7 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
Oct 8 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
Oct 9 – Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
Oct 11 – York, PA @ Appell Center for the Performing Arts
Oct 12 – Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penn’s Peak
Oct 14 – Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre
Oct 16 – Durham, NC @ Carolina Theatre
Oct 18 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
Oct 19 – Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Broward Center, Au-Rene Theater
Oct 21 – The Villages, FL @ Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center
Oct 22 – Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall
Oct 24 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct 25 – Memphis, TN @ Graceland Soundstage
Oct 27 – Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace
Oct 28 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
Oct 30 – Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
Oct 31 – Des Plaines, IL @ Des Plaines Theatre
Nov 1 – St. Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre
Nov 3 – Madison, WI @ The Orpheum Theater
Nov 4 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Riverside Theater
Nov 6 – St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre
Nov 7 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha
Nov 9 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
Nov 11 – Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center
Nov 13 – Inglewood, CA @ YouTube Theater
Nov 14 – Alpine, CA @ Viejas Casino
Nov 16 – Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort
