News - 22/07/2015

Yes plan to go on despite the death of bassist Chris Squire

Yes plan to go on despite the death of bassist Chris Squire

Legendary prog rockers Yes recently suffered the death of bassist Chris Squire, but this tragic loss will not affect the future of the band.

According to Alan White, drummer for Yes since 1972, the band is planning to move ahead.This is what he told "Billboard":

It's certainly going to be hard without him, but he called me and asked me to keep everything going regardless of what happens. So absolutely we're moving ahead. I'm gonna do it for him.

White says he's confident that few will have a problem with that decision to continue:

Everything has been pretty positive in that regard. [The fans] are behind the band and want the band to keep moving forward here. It doesn't seem like anybody's kind of given up on the band, which is really encouraging and it'll help us move things forward. Things can't just stop, you know? We've got to maintain the Yes name and ... meet the high standards of musicianship Chris created.

Yes are soon to begin a summer tour with Toto, set to begin on August 7. Billy Sherwood had already been tapped to fill in for the bassist during the tour while Squire was expected to be getting treatments for his leukaemia.
The group will play some sort of tribute to Squire during the shows as well, as White explained:

We're gonna try a few different ideas out that different people have," White says. "We definitely will pay homage to Chris within the show, but I'm not quite sure in what form yet.

Yes also has its Cruise To The Edge scheduled for November out of Miami as well as a spring 2016 tour of the U.K. The group has recently released archival projects - the 1972 live box set "Progeny" documenting White's first tour with the band, as well as the new "Like It Is" CD/DVD set from a 2014 show in Mesa, Ariz.
The group released a new album, "Heaven & Earth," last year, but White thinks it will be awhile before Yes entertains recording again.

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