<\/p>\n
\n\tEnglish progressive rock icons Yes<\/a> have announced a new fall tour which will see them play their 1971 album Fragile<\/em> in full.<\/p>\n \n\tOfficially dubbed The Fragile Tour 2025, The Album Series, the newly-announced run of shows will launch on Oct. 1 and sees the band performing a total of 31 dates until Nov. 16. Per a press release, the tour setlist will include Fragile<\/em> full along with a number of other \u201cclassic cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tReleased in November 1971, Fragile<\/em> was the fourth album from the group, and their third to be released in a 16-month span. It also became their most successful release up to that point. Expanding upon the initial chart success that The Yes Album<\/em> brought earlier in the year (reaching No. 40 on the Billboard 200), Fragile<\/em> would peak at No. 4, only being bested by one position thanks to Close to the Edge<\/em> the following year.<\/p>\n \n\tThe album\u2019s lone single, \u201cRoundabout,\u201d would be issued in January 1972 and would reach No. 13 on the Hot 100. It remained their highest-charting single until \u201cOwner of a Lonely Heart\u201d hit No. 1 in 1983.<\/p>\n \n\tFragile<\/em> would also be supported by a 115-date album tour, with the group returning to the U.S. in November 1971 \u2013 mere months after wrapping up their debut visit to the country. As a press release for the new run of dates explains, the record\u2019s initial tour was a vital part of the band\u2019s history, and marked the moment when Yes \u201cbecame a headline act in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAll the band\u2019s albums had a unique feel and approach,\u201d explained guitarist Steve Howe. \u201cAfter The Yes Album<\/em>, so many things came together, with [co-producer] Eddie Offord steering the proceedings.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWhile the band focused on only four main songs with full arrangements, each of us wrote and designed a solo piece, which was Bill [Bruford]\u2019s great idea. It\u2019s fairly \u2018odd-ball,\u2019 but we were at the height of our creativity, determined for success.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt gave us confidence, further than our own in-stock belief, we\u2019d crafted this unusual but noticeable musical twist to rock and what later became prog,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \n\tOf the original lineup which recorded Fragile<\/em> in 1971, only Howe remains an active member. Drummer Bill Bruford would depart the group in 1992, while both vocalist Jon Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman would depart in 2004. Bassist Chris Squire would remain with the band through all iterations until his passing<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n \n\tYes \u2013 The Fragile Tour 2025, The Album Series<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tOct. 1 \u2013 Toyota Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, CT
Oct. 2 \u2013 Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, NJ
Oct. 4 \u2013 Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena, Atlantic City, NJ
Oct. 5 \u2013 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
Oct. 7 \u2013 The Paramount, Huntington, NY
Oct. 8 \u2013 Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA
Oct. 9 \u2013 Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA
Oct. 11 \u2013 Appell Center for the Performing Arts, York, PA
Oct. 12 \u2013 Penn\u2019s Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA
Oct. 14 \u2013 Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C.
Oct. 16 \u2013 Carolina Theatre, Durham, NC
Oct. 18 \u2013 Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Oct. 19 \u2013 Broward Center, Au-Rene Theater, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Oct. 21 \u2013 Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center, The Villages, FL
Oct. 22 \u2013 Charleston Music Hall, Charleston, SC
Oct. 24 \u2013 Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta, GA
Oct. 25 \u2013 Graceland Soundstage, Memphis, TN
Oct. 27 \u2013 The Louisville Palace, Louisville, KY
Oct. 28 \u2013 Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
Oct. 30 \u2013 Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, Indianapolis, IN
Oct. 31 \u2013 Des Plaines Theatre, Des Plaines, IL
Nov. 1 \u2013 The Arcada Theatre, St. Charles, IL
Nov. 3\u00a0 \u2013 The Orpheum Theater, Madison, WI
Nov. 4\u00a0 \u2013 The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI
Nov. 6\u00a0 \u2013 Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, MO
Nov. 7\u00a0 \u2013 Steelhouse Omaha, Omaha, NE
Nov. 9\u00a0 \u2013 Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO
Nov. 11 \u2013 Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Nov. 13 \u2013 YouTube Theater, Inglewood, CA
Nov. 14 \u2013 Viejas Casino, Alpine, CA
Nov. 16 \u2013 Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, NV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n