JON ANDERSON with The Paul Green Rock Academy

CHRIS ROBERTS

VENUE 02 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE, LONDON DATE 22/07/2023 When Yes released Close To The Edge in 1972, it would have taken one hell of a fortune teller to envisage this happening. Surrounded onstage by a whirling flotilla of young musicians, Jon Anderson is introducing “a song I heard on the radio in the car and loved”. It’s Eminem’s Lose Yourself, which one of the ensemble begins rapping. But wait! It’s morphing into a beautiful version of State Of Independence, with Anderson regaining the microphone. There are several such curveballs during the first set of tonight’s show, with Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir (segueing into Don’t Kill The Whale) and Bowie’s Let’s Dance (prefacing Starship Trooper) among the interludes, which seem designed to show off the youngsters’ talents while also giving their 78-year-old frontman a…

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