Prog rock melodies and tasty guitar riffs are what’s in store for this summer as two great concert acts – Yes and Peter Frampton – hit the road starting in June.
The Yes lineup features bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, Oliver Wakeman (son of Rick) on keyboards and Benoit David – tapped to sit in for an ailing Jon Anderson in 2008 – continues to handle lead vocals.
Of course, Frampton hardly needs an introduction, from Humble Pie to Frampton’s Camel to a successful solo career, the guitar slinger has been playing for audiences since he was 10 years old. Frampton also served as a consultant for the movie “Almost Famous,” the somewhat fictionalized account of Cameron Crowe’s teenage days as a scribe for Rolling Stone.
Frampton also has a new album – Thank You Mr. Churchill – coming out April 16.
The tour begins June 16 in Uncasville, Conn., at the Mohegan Sun Casino and travels June 18 to Bethel, N.Y., for a gig at the Bethel Woods Center For The Arts before heading to Upper Darby, Penn., and the Tower Theatre June 19.
Other stops include Meadow Lands, Penn. (June 20); Vienna, Va. (June 23); Blue Ash, Ohio (July 4); Albuquerque (July 7); Los Angeles (July 9) and Valley Center, Calif., at Harrah’s Rincon Open Sky Theatre (July 10) with more dates to be announced.
Tickets for the Bethel Woods date go on sale today. For more information, click here for the Yes Web site and here for Peter Frampton’s little piece of Internet real estate.