The Royal Affair Tour: Live from Las Vegas

2020 live album by Yes

The Royal Affair Tour: Live from Las Vegas

Live album by

Yes

Released| 30 October 2020 (2020-10-30)
Recorded| 26 July 2019
Venue| The Joint (Las Vegas, NV)
Genre| Progressive rock
Length| 75:15
Label| BMG
Producer| Yes
Yes chronology
| From a Page
(2019)  | The Royal Affair Tour: Live from Las Vegas
(2020)  | The Quest
(2021)

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The Royal Affair Tour: Live from Las Vegas is a live album by progressive rock band Yes, released on 30 October 2020 by BMG. It documents the group's performance on 26 July 2019 at The Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada, during their Royal Affair Tour.

## Background[edit]

The Joint pictured in 2009

The album was recorded on 26 July 2019 at The Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada, during Yes' Royal Affair Tour.[1] Two songs from the concert do not appear on the album: "Country Mix" (an acoustic guitar solo by Steve Howe) and "The Gates of Delirium".

## Track listing[edit]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed"| Richie Havens| 4:56
2.| "Tempus Fugit"| Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White| 6:09
3.| "Going for the One"| Jon Anderson| 5:28
4.| "I've Seen All Good People"

* a. "Your Move"
* b. "All Good People"

| Anderson, Chris Squire| 7:11
5.| "Siberian Khatru"| Anderson, Howe, Rick Wakeman| 10:27
6.| "Onward"| Squire| 4:04
7.| "America", including "Southern Solo"| Paul Simon ("Southern Solo" by Howe)| 11:10
8.| "Imagine"| John Lennon, Yoko Ono| 4:53
9.| "Roundabout"| Anderson, Howe| 9:15
10.| "Starship Trooper"
* a. "Life Seeker"
* b. "Disillusion"
* c. "Würm"
| Anderson, Howe, Squire| 11:42

## Personnel[edit]

Yes

* Steve Howe – guitars, backing vocals
* Alan White – drums, percussion
* Billy Sherwood – bass guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, mixing
* Geoff Downes – keyboards
* Jon Davison – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion

with

* Jay Schellen – additional drums, percussion
* John Lodge \- guest vocals on "Imagine"

Production

* Maor Appelbaum – Mastering Engineer
* Roger Dean – artwork

## Charts[edit]

Chart (2020)  | Peak
position

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Scottish Albums (OCC)[2] | 61
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[3] | 17
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[4] | 6

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ewing, Jerry (2 September 2020). "Yes announce new live album for October". Louder Sound. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
2. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
3. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
4. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

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Yes

* Steve Howe
* Geoff Downes
* Billy Sherwood
* Jon Davison
* Jay Schellen

* Jon Anderson
* Chris Squire
* Peter Banks
* Bill Bruford
* Tony Kaye
* Rick Wakeman
* Alan White
* Patrick Moraz
* Trevor Horn
* Trevor Rabin
* Igor Khoroshev
* Benoît David
* Oliver Wakeman

Studio albums|

* Yes
* Time and a Word
* The Yes Album
* Fragile
* Close to the Edge
* Tales from Topographic Oceans
* Relayer
* Going for the One
* Tormato
* Drama
* 90125
* Big Generator
* Union
* Talk
* Keys to Ascension
* Keys to Ascension 2
* Open Your Eyes
* The Ladder
* Magnification
* Fly from Here
* Heaven & Earth
* The Quest
* Mirror to the Sky

Live albums|

* Yessongs
* Yesshows
* 9012Live: The Solos
* Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970
* House of Yes: Live from House of Blues
* Symphonic Live
* Greatest Hits Live
* Live at Montreux 2003
* Songs from Tsongas
* Union Live
* In the Present – Live from Lyon
* Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome
* Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two
* Like It Is: Yes at the Mesa Arts Center
* Topographic Drama – Live Across America
* Yes 50 Live
* The Royal Affair Tour: Live from Las Vegas

Compilation albums|

* Yesterdays
* Classic Yes
* Yesstory
* Highlights: The Very Best of Yes
* Keystudio
* The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection
* Yes Remixes
* Yes, Friends and Relatives
* Yessingles

Box sets|

* Yesyears
* In a Word: Yes (1969–)
* The Word Is Live
* Essentially Yes
* High Vibration
* The Studio Albums 1969–1987
* Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two
* From a Page
* The Steven Wilson Remixes

Singles|

* "Your Move"
* "Roundabout"
* "America"
* "And You and I"
* "Soon"
* "Wonderous Stories"
* "Don't Kill the Whale"
* "Into the Lens"
* "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
* "Leave It"
* "It Can Happen"
* "Love Will Find a Way"
* "Rhythm of Love"
* "Lift Me Up"
* "Saving My Heart"
* "Make It Easy"
* "The Calling"
* "Walls"
* "Open Your Eyes"
* "Lightning Strikes"
* "We Can Fly"

Other songs|

* "Yours Is No Disgrace"
* "Starship Trooper"
* "I've Seen All Good People"
* "South Side of the Sky"
* "Five Per Cent for Nothing"
* "Long Distance Runaround"
* "Heart of the Sunrise"
* "Close to the Edge"
* "Siberian Khatru"
* "The Gates of Delirium"
* "Run with the Fox"
* "Changes"
* "Cinema"
* "Our Song"
* "Hold On"
* "Big Generator"
* "Shoot High Aim Low"
* "The Solution"
* "Fly from Here"
* "Mirror to the Sky"

Video releases|

* Yessongs
* 9012Live
* Yesyears
* Greatest Video Hits
* Yes: Live – 1975 at Q.P.R.
* Live in Philadelphia
* Keys to Ascension
* Yesspeak
* Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss
* Classic Artists: Yes
* Yesspeak Live: The Director's Cut
* The Lost Broadcasts
* Rock of the '70s

Tours|

* The Yes Album Tour
* Fragile Tour
* Close to the Edge Tour
* 1960s–70s
* 1980s–90s
* 2000s–10s
* 2020s

Related bands|

* The Syn
* Mabel Greer's Toyshop
* Flash
* Badger
* King Crimson
* The Buggles
* XYZ
* Jon and Vangelis
* Asia
* Cinema
* GTR
* Esquire
* Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
* Conspiracy
* Circa
* Yoso
* Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman

Managers|

* Roy Flynn
* Brian Lane

Related articles|

* Discography
* Band members
* Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
* Yesoteric
* Symphonic Music of Yes
* Jimmy Haun
* Dylan Howe
* Roger Dean
* Yes bubble logo

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