35th Anniversary Tour Celebrating 35 Years Of Yes In One Magical Night
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José A Salinas:

When it became obvious that Yes would not be making an appearance in Texas this year, I was pretty bummed. Then I saw the fairly late addition of a date in Monterrey -- actually closer to me here in San Antonio than Dallas would have been -- and a plan began to form. After twisting my brother's arm and convincing him to accompany me, we found ourselves aboard a south bound plane. We managed to score tickets for seats that were dead-center, behind the soundboard -- the perfect location for the show. I have to disagree with the 90% full estimate; it seemed more like 50-60% from my perspective. Somewhat disappointing, but Arena Monterrey is a large venue, and it's hard to say how well promoted the show was.

Dream Theater was great. I really am not familiar with their music, and am not a big fan of that vocal style, but the set was largely instrumental. The highlight for me, too, of course, was "Machine Messiah" with Alan White guesting on drums.

Between sets, we could observe the crew moving stuff around, getting things ready, blowing up the inflatables. With no warning, the lights went out and "Firebird Suite" began. Then the magic happened.

The sound was great, the lighting effects spot-on. And the music was perfect. The guys seemed relaxed and really appeared to be having a good time. Considering it was the last show of a fairly long tour (really stretching back to 2002), they didn't seem tired. (One of the road crew might have been a little punchy -- he kept popping up, wearing a big sombrero, once even taking a bow when he brought out Jon's harp.)

The set list was fairly typical for the latter part of this tour. No Close To The Edge, no America, but very high-energy renditions of South Side Of The Sky (with a great Wakeman solo introduction), Yours Is No Disgrace, and the encore, Starship Trooper. The highlight, of course, was Awaken.

I feel truly privileged to have been able to attend this show, the last of the 35th Anniversary tour, and, who knows? Maybe the last for this lineup?

JAS

What a way to end the tour!!

Set List:
Firebird Suite
Going For The One
Sweet Dreams
I've Seen All Good People
South Side Of The Sky
Yours Is No Disgrace
Clap
Long Distance Runaround
Wonderous Stories
Roundabout
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
The Meeting
And You And I
Awaken
Starship Trooper

Epic concert in a 90% full venue. The best of the Dream Theatre set: "Machine Messiah" with Alan White on drums along with Mike Portnoy!!
The best of the Yes set: everysong they played!! They even play "Long Distance" twice, the regular acoustic version and a short reggae version.

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