Yes - Onward (Columbus, OH, Nov 12th 2008)

Squire, Howe and White of Yes - Onward - In the Present Tour 2008 in Columbus, Ohio, November 12th, 2008 at the Lifestyles Community Pavilion. Lead vocals by Benoit David and keyboards by Oliver Wakeman. Benoit mentioned that this song was his "special request" when he joined the band.

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• Yes
• In
• the
• Present
• Tour
• 2008
• Squire
• Howe
• White
• Chris
• Alan
• Steve
• Benoit
• David
• Oliver
• Wakeman
• columbus
• ohio
• LC
• pavilion
• lifestyles
• community
• Onward
• Tormato

[NikolaiDubinin]

Agreed. Those three should call themselves CINEMA like they did in 1982 with T.RABIN before they asked ANDERSON to sing again.

[FALLENFORFISH]

the lead singer looks like bilbo baggins from lord of the rings.

[ELO1138]

@superzapper Hate to break it to you but Yes has made 12 albums without Rick Wakeman (and that's only the studio albums). So are all those albums "travesties"?

[BankersGal]

I was front and center having treated us for my birthday...this was a fantastic show.

[LadyHalemano]

I miss you Jon! Yes came to Florida last year w/Benoit David as the singer....the concert was Free in downtown Orlando...I didn't even attempt to go. If Jon was singing I would've paid $100 for my ticket & would've been amongst the first to purchase tickets!!! Jon Anderson Forever!!!

[superzapper]

@derbystardom Hes not too old to sing . Buy the album he made with Rick Wakeman last year. this tour is all about the money . its bullshit

[superzapper]

If You can`t wait for your lead singer to get better then I don`t know how you can sleep at night . Theres nothing wrong with Jon now and the Album he made with Rick Wakeman in 2010 proves hes not too old to do this.Yes without Jon and Rick is a a travesty

[derbystardom]

Jon Anderson is getting old unfortunately, and Benoit David is an excellent singer...honestly, he is probably the closest on this earth now to a Jon Anderson, nothing will be like Jon, just as nothing will be like Sean Connery, but, they forged ahead with the next best thing....if you want Yes to be the perpetual change, you will have to accept Benoit David...

[parker11965]

Shambolic this bloke is destroying Anderson songs what a sad band they have become their like smokey now sad sad get Anderson back and sent that talent-less karaoke singer back to where he came from

[indigoblue4me]

@NikolaiDubinin I saw "Yes" w/o Jon in 1980 & was VERY upset that they could call themselves "Yes" w/o him...& they did NOT tell anyone that they were "Cinema" or anything to indicate that Jon was missing. [That was when the 2 guys from "The Buggles" were in "Yes"] Very disappointing to say the least, especially after having seen them several times before that, when they were still "Yes"

I have been a "Yes" fan from the very beginning, and a huge Jon Anderson fan (as if you couldn't tell LOL)

[indigoblue4me]

If having 4 of the band members making an album couldn't use the band's name, then how can just 3 (and a half I guess) members call themselves "Yes"?

I love you Chris, but c'mon!

[indigoblue4me]

OK, so Jon was sick and they didn't want to cancel the show....but as a fan, if *I* had had tickets to see "YES" and Benoit David came out to sing, I would have been really upset.

Like I said, without Jon, they should not be allowed to call themselves "YES"

Benoit David was the singer of a "Yes" tribute band in Canada for years, but that still doesn't give him the right to "replace" Jon !!!

"Anderson Bruford, Wakeman, Howe" were not allowed to call themselves "Yes" and there were FOUR of them!