Starship Trooper - Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks - Scottish Rite Collingswood NJ 4/28/23

[@gregtimpany4183]

Just amazing! Ritchie, I love the slime green Rick!

[@yetivanmarshall1473]

The claps, shouts and whistling from the crowd.. So 70’s love it.

[@jeffreyfendt4589]

Second time seeing this wonderful tour! Great band and Jon hasn’t skipped a beat! His angelic voice is still as beautiful as ever. Him smiling all night made me smile even more 😊! God Bless You JA🙏

[@johnsalvi9073]

It’s amazing how this guy Jon Anderson has been there throughout all of these years, ever since I have been listening to Yes music.

[@markhenrynoll5601]

This is the song that turned me onto YES way back in 72 when I was 21.

[@hiltoniusmusic]

you guys just keep getting better. this is a massive achievement. kudos to you all!

[@TheBent139]

Jon's voice sounds remarkable and he looks to be having the time of his life. So thankful for these posts as I cannot get out and see a show. And so happy for Richie. Who gets to have such dreams come true? We all should have such fortune, but he has certainly earned it. It's nice to see hard work pay off for someone. The whole band is so talented.

[@StephenDiJoseph]

Awesome Band Geeks! You did a great job supporting and backing this Icon!

[@thor3399able]

Fernando here, thanks for posting this amazing performance ! For us in the West Coast fans of either Jon as Richie, and the "Andys", very cool !

[@gregjenne392]

Is this my friend Fernando?

[@thor3399able]

@gregjenne392 , yes hi ! :)

[@petergreenfogel9664]

I was at that show and it was awesome!

[@jeffwalsh5688]

So awesome to see these two dynamic forces combined, been watching the Band Geeks for several years now and Jon / Yes since the 70's! Please keep this going guys. :)

[@davidpulliam5936]

Such a great and emotion stirring show!

[@RJ-pu6nc]

celebrating yes music with Jon so touching

[@robertdillon9989]

Wow ! Fantastic!!!!!! Virtuosity

[@benjaminpensiero8519]

I was at this show. I figured it would be really good. I’d been a fan of Yes since the Yes Album when I was a kid…BUT, I wasn’t prepared. I think possibly this was the best concert I’ve ever attended. That’s all I can say.

[@johncase2408]

I definitely want a live album of this tour. Its been really rewarding to see Jon and The Band Geeks. 😊

[@gregjenne392]

What a great show, eh?

[@gerritvandermeer1]

Awesome Backroundvocals... kudos to all over the stage... Jon is awesome as ever, maybe better than ever?!!? ..His voice is my benchmark, what can i say..!!!??? ...way far beyond....

[@reneelyons6836]

Still Rocking !! and doing it well. ☮💟

[@johncase2408]

Starship Trooper...perfect song!

[@RJ-pu6nc]

just to see Jon so happy

[@MikeFloutier]

Wow… just noticed that this has already been said in an earlier comment, but I really don’t know what else to say. It touches my heart, I want to cry, I want to sing, I don’t know what to do but joy it…Yes, WOW! 🍾❤️

[@wandamundy1759]

Two keyboards to take the place of one Rick Wakeman . . . But our Jon still sounding just as amazing as ever . . .

[@rogerk55]

Chris Clark is a very capable keyboardest, the second keyboard player allows them a fuller sound, which to me is a good thing.

[@johncase2408]

Let's be honest, to play some Yes songs you would need two keyboard players. Chris Clark is more than impressive if you know his musical history.

[@1adneumann]

It's my understanding that Clark was brought on late in the game as he had some free time? I could be wrong on that; they other kybrdist is totally capable as well. But Clark is a monster.

[@1adneumann]

..and how is it the Geoff Downes usually plays with one hand in his pocket, or raising a fist in the air?

[@jameshelm560]

When Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe were touring in the late ‘80s they had two keyboard players. I know, I was there. Just sayin’.

[@kelrico1]

Freakin KILLED IT!

[@jimilove7773]

Amazing!

[@shabbyroadscholar]

I was there.

[@kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293]

Beautiful !!! 🙏

[@johnunderwood3132]

I can’t believe I missed this. I love 15 min from here! Damn it

[@bconnolly88]

There tonight too

[@WooBino.]

It was a sellout.😎😎🎸🎸

[@lifelong5425]

Been a YES fan since the beginning....unique has always been their thing. orchestral in performance, and holding the line of timelessness. 1st. seen...GLESGA..Apollo...life member....YES

[@richardbird8889]

So happy these wonderful musicians have come together to do this. It was obviously meant to be! I hope they do England at some point and a video of the full show. JON has clarely got another 20 years in him and Band Geeks are a revelation. Oh yeah!! 😂

[@paulgerike2058]

I was there! Jon can still sign and band was awesome!

[@gregjenne392]

It was a great show! Jon sounded great and the Geeks were geeking!

[@JohnPapp-m7u]

I'm going this WED in VA.

[@dougmphilly]

well done

[@philjones8693]

Awesome - Chris Clark craftily slips a line from Freebird in there!

[@roberthammer4778]

O man this is Yes not the other guys

[@JohnPapp-m7u]

They put the Steve Howe cover band to absolute shame.

[@alanbegg]

I'm not in the "no Jon no Yes" camp but thinking about it, this lineup has as much right to call itself Yes, as Yes Official does, after all this lineup does have one original member whereas Yes Official has no original members 🤷‍♂

[@alexxbaudwhyn7572]

This is Yes. Steve Howe was on a Cruise to the Edge couple years ago, not allowing any pics, selfies wirh him if you ran into hime on the ship, not even a pic from a distance non chalantly as an assistant with him actively watched for fans with cellphones and blocked the view. Hell, even Alan Parsons and Al Stewart (Year of the Cat) and Steve Hackett let me take a selfie with them, putting their hand, arm on my shoulders. After that experience, I don't ever plan to see or hear Howe again.

[@gregjenne392]

That’s a shame

[@alanbegg]

To be fair, Steve is a well known germaphobe, so I can understand he never ever does meet and greets or handshakes, but that doesn't excuse long distance photos.

[@robertdillon9989]

Mental health should Not be held against an artist with a body of work like Steve Howe! It’s just not right ! Yes, he has some psychological problems and is a germ a phobe. Your premise that people are put on this planet to serve Your needs is egocentric.

[@Paul71H]

I believe Jon has said in interviews that he has some songs or song ideas for a future Yes album, ready for the possibility that he might at some point work with Steve and Rick on one last true Yes album (or as much as an album can be a true Yes album without Chris Squire). But since that looks unlikely to happen, how cool would it be if Jon arranged and recorded those songs with the Band Geeks instead? (My apologies if I'm mistaken about Jon having some songs or song ideas ready; I'm going on memory and I could be mistaken.)

[@iconatlarge]

Not bad.

[@yetivanmarshall1473]

Did he sign anyones artifacts after the show?

[@ScreamingDoug]

Good question!

[@Bobby-mj3cx]

I met him before the show a couple weeks ago and he signed mine!