Former YES keyboardist Rick Wakeman has announced his final U.S. solo tour.
Wakeman shared the first leg of dates for the tour, called The Final Solo Tour, which runs from March 19 through March 29. Tickets are on sale now.
He will then fly to Mexican and South American cities and return later in the year for the second leg.
During the concerts, Wakeman will perform “YES music and other favorites.” The tour will include a 30-minute instrumental session titled “Yessonata,” featuring “YES themes and melodies, woven into sonata form.”
“I always planned to stop touring by my 77th birthday,” Wakeman said in a statement, “for those of you who wish to send me a card, it’s May 18th! – but there is so much to fit in before then that I’m having to make plans now, and so my final one-man shows will have to cease by that date.”
Wakeman said that this will be his final set of solo performances, and he intends to “concentrate on composing, recording and collaborating with other musicians.”
Before the start of the U.S. Tour, Wakeman has scheduled a number of U.K. dates in February.
The first leg of Rick Wakeman’s Final Solo Tour:
March 19 – Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse.March 20 – Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont TheatreMarch 22 – Huntington, NY @ Paramount TheaterMarch 23 – Collingswood, NJ @ Scottish Rite AuditoriumMach 24 – Derry, NH @ Tupelo Music HallMarch 26 – Red Bank, NJ @ The Vogel @ Count Basie Center for the ArtsMarch 27/28 – Vienna, VA @ The BarnsMarch 29 – Albany, NY @ Egg
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