Jon Anderson and THE BAND GEEKS have announced the first leg of their 2025 North American tour. The 18-show trek begins at the Rialto Theater in Tucson Arizona on April 1 and concludes at the Carteret New Jersey Performing Arts Center on May 18. The evening will consist of YES epics and classics as well as songs from the band’s debut album, “True”, which was released in August 2024 to worldwide critical acclaim.The tour will be in support of Jon Anderson and THE BAND GEEKS’ live CD/DVD, vinyl and Blu-ray “Live – Perpetual Change”, set for release on March 14.A video for the YES classic “And You And I”, taken from the DVD, is available to view below.Dates for leg one are below:April 01 – Tucson AZ –The Rialto TheaterApril 03 – Anaheim CA-The Grove of AnaheimApril 05 – Las Vegas NV-The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las VegasApril 08 – Oakland CA-Fox TheaterApril 11 – Sacramento CA- SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts CenterApril 14 – Seattle WA- Moore TheaterApril 19 – Rockford IL-Coronado PacApril 23 – Milwaukee WI-Pabst TheaterApril 25 – Des Plaines IL-Des Plaines TheaterApril 27 – St.Charles IL-The Arcada TheaterApril 30 – North Tonawanda NY-Riviera TheaterMay 02 – Cleveland OH-The AgoraMay 04 – Lancaster PA-American Music TheaterMay 07 – Wilmington DE-The Grand Opera HouseMay 10 – Ridgefield CT –The Ridgefield PlayhouseMay 12 – Ridgefield CT-The Ridgefield PlayhouseMay 16 – Westbury NY-Flagstar at Westbury Music FairMay 18 – Carteret NJ- Carteret Performing Arts CenterIn a 2024 issue of Mojo magazine, Anderson said that he was open to reuniting with his former YES bandmates Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe.”I was talking to THE BAND GEEKS and said, hopefully we can play in London and Steve will get up and do a couple of songs with us, maybe Rick too,” Anderson said. “It just means talking. When I’m out there singing on my own, I still think I’m part of YES. They still feel like my songs.”Anderson co-founded YES in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire, and remained with the band until 2008, when YES replaced him with Benoit David, an Anderson sound-alike who previously fronted the YES tribute band CLOSE TO THE EDGE. David left YES in 2012 and was replaced by Jon Davison.In July 2020, Howe told Rolling Stone that there is virtually no chance of the surviving members of YES reuniting for a tour.”I don’t think [the fans] should stay up late nights worrying about that,” he said. “There’s just too much space out there between people. To be in a band together or even to do another tour like ‘Union’ is completely unthinkable,” referencing the group’s 1990 “Union” LP and tour, which brought together the previous YES album’s lineup (Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Alan White, Tony Kaye) and the then-ex-YES members’ group ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN HOWE (Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe). “It was difficult when we went through that, particularly because of the personalities,” Howe said. “I’m not saying any one person is to blame, but when you get a big hodgepodge like that together, it’s pretty much a nightmare. We made a nightmare of possibly a good thing back in 1990. I don’t think there is the stamina or the appetite for that kind of thing again.”Anderson, Wakeman and Rabin had started touring as ARW: ANDERSON, RABIN AND WAKEMAN in 2016 and then adopted the YES FEATURING JON ANDERSON, TREVOR RABIN, RICK WAKEMAN moniker shortly after the group’s 2017 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction.Howe last toured with Anderson and Wakeman in 2004.YES has released over 20 albums across its career, including its self-titled debut in 1969 and “Tales From Topographic Oceans” in 1973.[embedded content]