Jon Anderson Tour 2026: Yes Epics, Classics & More

The Jon Anderson tour of 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most ambitious live events in classic rock this year.

Anderson has expanded his schedule significantly, adding a full summer run across the United States alongside freshly announced U.K. dates.

If you have been waiting years for a chance to see the iconic Yes frontman perform the deep catalogue live, your window is now wide open.

The tour is billed as Yes Epics, Classics & More, and that title alone tells you everything you need to know about the setlist ambitions on the table.

This is not a nostalgia lap for a legend coasting on name recognition.

This is a working band firing on all cylinders, with new music in the pipeline and a frontman whose voice still cuts through a room like it did in 1972.

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Jon Anderson Tour: The 2026 Vision

When Anderson first announced the spring leg of this outing, the demand was immediate.

Two nights in Ridgefield, Connecticut to kick things off on April 17 and 19 sold the point before a note was played.

Then came the summer dates, a West Coast run beginning June 23 in Phoenix that rolls through Anaheim, Thousand Oaks, San Jose, Monterey, and Napa before sweeping back through Denver, St. Louis, Cleveland, and Chicago.

The entire run closes July 22 at the Palladium Times Square in New York City.

That is a venue with serious acoustics for a serious catalogue.

Anderson and the Band Geeks have also booked their first-ever U.K. shows together, with dates running from Brighton on September 6 all the way through Stockholm and Malmö in early October.

For British and Scandinavian fans, this is the moment they have been waiting for since the collaboration began.

The vision here is total: spring, summer, and fall, covering three continents and bringing the music of Yes to rooms that deserve it.

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The Band Geeks: Anderson’s Road-Tested Crew

If you have not seen Jon Anderson perform with the Band Geeks yet, the name undersells what is actually happening on that stage.

These are seasoned touring professionals who know the Yes catalogue inside out.

They handle the complex time signatures, the layered vocal arrangements, and the dynamic shifts that make “Roundabout” and tracks from Tales from Topographic Oceans playable night after night without sounding mechanical.

Anderson has spoken openly about how this band renewed his enthusiasm for live performance.

“They’re very, very dedicated to making great music,” he told Ultimate Classic Rock in late 2025.

That dedication shows in how the set breathes.

There is a looseness to the live show that comes only from musicians who genuinely enjoy playing together, not just musicians filling roles.

The Band Geeks first joined Anderson for the 2024 album True, and the chemistry built in the studio carried directly onto the road.

Fans who caught any of the 2024 or early 2025 dates came away talking about the energy as much as the setlist.

Setlist Deep Cuts: What to Expect Onstage

The tour title Yes Epics, Classics & More is doing a lot of work in those three words.

“Epics” is the operative one.

Anderson has never been shy about stretching out the long-form pieces in a live setting, and the Band Geeks give him the firepower to do it properly.

Expect deep cuts from Fragile, Close to the Edge, and Tales from Topographic Oceans alongside the radio staples.

“Owner of a Lonely Heart” will likely be in there for the casual listeners, but the true rewards are in the second half of the show.

That is where Anderson tends to let the room breathe and take the audience somewhere they did not expect to go.

Soundboard recordings from the spring dates have confirmed that “Awaken” and “And You and I” are in rotation, which should be reason enough to get tickets on their own.

Those are two of the most demanding pieces in the progressive rock canon.

Hearing them performed live, at full length, in a theater setting, is the kind of experience that does not come around often.

Jon Anderson Tour Dates: Full 2026 Schedule

Here is the complete rundown of every confirmed date, with the newly added summer and U.K. shows included.

Tickets for the additional dates go on sale March 13, and based on how quickly the spring shows moved, you will want to act fast.

Spring U.S. Dates

April 17 and 19, Ridgefield, CT at the Ridgefield Playhouse

April 21, Patchogue, NY at the Patchogue Theatre

April 23, Red Bank, NJ at the Count Basie Theatre

April 26, Rochester, NY at the Kodak Center Theater

April 28, Hershey, PA at the Hershey Theater

April 30 and May 2, Lansdowne, PA at the Lansdowne Theater

May 5, Troy, NY at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

May 7, Royal Oak, MI at the Royal Oak Theatre

Summer U.S. Dates (New)

June 23, Phoenix, AZ at the Celebrity Theater

June 25, Anaheim, CA at the Grove of Anaheim

June 27, Thousand Oaks, CA at the Fred Kavli Theater

June 30, San Jose, CA at San Jose Civic

July 3, Monterey, CA at the Golden State Theater

July 5, Napa, CA at the Meritage Resort and Spa

July 8, Denver, CO at the Paramount Theater

July 11, St. Louis, MO at The Factory

July 15, Cleveland, OH at the Cleveland Agora Theater

July 17, St. Charles, IL at the Arcada Theater

July 19, Des Plaines, IL at the Des Plaines Theater

July 22, New York City at Palladium Times Square

U.K. and Sweden Dates

September 6, Brighton at the Dome

September 8, Portsmouth at Guildhall

September 10, Oxford at the New Theatre

September 13, Nottingham at the Royal Concert Hall

September 15, Birmingham at Symphony Hall

September 17, Bath at the Forum

September 20, London at the Palladium

September 22, Liverpool at the Philharmonic

September 26, Manchester at the Opera House

September 28, Glasgow at the Royal Concert Hall

October 1, Gateshead at the Glasshouse

October 3, Stockholm at Cirkus

October 5, Malmö at Slagthuset

For tickets and the latest updates, visit jonanderson.com or follow Anderson on Facebook.

New Music: A Fresh Album on the Horizon

The Band Geeks released True in 2024, their debut record with Anderson, and the response was strong enough to keep everyone in the studio.

A follow-up album is confirmed for 2026, which means this tour will double as a live preview of new material.

Anderson described the process in glowing terms to UCR, noting that hearing the new songs mixed and ready felt like discovering a fresh expression of everything he has spent decades building.

Watch the full Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks 2026 Tour and Album announcement for a first look at what is coming.

If the new material lands anything like the fan reaction on the road has suggested, this album could be one of the year’s genuine surprises in rock.

Anderson has always written music that rewards patience, and these days he is working with musicians who understand that instinctively.

The combination of legacy material and brand new songs built from the same creative DNA is what makes this tour worth your time and your ticket price.

For a full breakdown of the Yes lineup across the decades, check out the members of Yes guide at Classic Rock Artists, which puts Anderson’s entire career arc in proper context.

Whether you catch the Jon Anderson tour in Anaheim, London, or anywhere in between, you are walking into a show built around one of progressive rock’s most singular voices.