The ultimate keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman CBE will embark on a tour of the U.S. with a series of solo piano concerts for the last time in 2024. Rick, who has become almost as well known for his intimate piano shows as his prog rock extravaganzas, has decided that after a career spanning over 50 years, he is calling a halt to lengthy American one-man show tours, in order to concentrate on composing, recording and collaborating with other musicians.
As an exclusive gift for fans, on these shows Rick will premiere a brand new piece of music, “Yessonata”, a 30-minute instrumental work featuring YES themes and melodies, woven into sonata form.
Rick first started establishing a reputation as one of rock’s most original and proficient keyboard players in the late ’60s, when he worked with the likes of David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Marc Bolan, Lou Reed, Al Stewart, Elton John and other artists too numerous to mention, as a much-in-demand session player. He stepped out of the recording studio and into the limelight when he first joined THE STRAWBS and then YES, helping to make the latter the most successful progressive rock band in the world by contributing to seminal albums such as “Fragile” and “Close To The Edge”.
But outside of YES, Rick was really able to unleash his creativity with a series of groundbreaking concept albums, “The Six Wives Of Henry VIII”, “Journey To The Centre Of The Earth” and “The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table”, which have been performed in large-scale shows featuring bands, orchestras and choirs.
Fall 2024 tour dates:
Oct. 03 – Tarrytown, NY Tarrytown Music Hall
Oct. 04 – Fairfield, CT SHU Community Theater
Oct. 05 – Rahway, NJ Union County Perf. Arts Center
Oct. 06 – Troy, NY Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Oct. 08 – Falls River, MA Narrows Center
Oct. 10 – Rochester, NY The Theater at Innovation Square
Oct. 11 – Buffalo, NY Electric City
Oct. 13 – Kent, OH The Kent Stage
Oct. 15 – St. Charles, IL Arcada Theater
Oct. 17 – St. Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theatre
Oct. 19 – Milwaukee, WI South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
Oct. 20 – St. Louis, MO The Sheldon
Oct. 22 – Phoenix, AZ Music Instrument Museum
Oct. 24 – Dallas, TX Longhorn Ballroom
Oct. 26 – Houston, TX The Heights Theater
Oct. 28 – Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Oct. 31 – Durham, NC Carolina Theatre of Durham – Fletcher Hill Auditorium
Nov. 02 – Landsdowne, PA Landowne Theater
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