You Can Watch Roger Dean Create The “Yes” Album Cover Online

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Roger Dean invited fans to watch the livestream of the new Yes album cover creation which is set to appear on The Royal Affair: Live project. The 30-minute sessions began last Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm GMT and will continue on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until the artwork is finished.

He said, “What I’m going to be doing is not starting with the painting – I’m going to do, as near as I can to doing it live, the whole process of creating the new Yes live album.”

He added, “I’ll pretty much be starting with a blank sheet of paper. I’ll work on colour roughs and from there, transfer the whole thing to the finished painting.” It won’t always be just thirty minutes per session though because “It might be longer – it’s not going to be necessarily a fixed process.”

Dean has previously worked on several Yes albums. Check out the first session last April 22 below.

Meanwhile, YES have rescheduled their shows for their Album Series trek. The dates were moved to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

YES 2021 Tour Schedule

April 11: Lisbon Campo Pequeno, Portugal
April 12: Madrid Sala Riviera, Spain
April 13: Barcelona Razzmatazz, Spain
April 15: Padova Gran Teatro Geox, Italy
April 16: Milan Teatro Dal Verme, Italy
April 17: Rome Teatro della Conciliazione, Italy
April 19: Zurich Volkhaus, Switzerland
April 20: Vienna Arena, Austria
April 21: Berlin Admiralspalast, Germany
April 23: Halle (Saale) Steintor-Varieté, Germany
April 24: Prague Forum Karlín, Czech Republic
April 25: Wroclaw Narodow Forum Muzyki, Poland
April 27: Wroclaw Stodola, Poland
April 30: Tallinn Alexela Concert Hall, Estonia
May 01: Helsinki The Circus, Finland
May 03: Stockholm Cirkus, Sweden
May 04: Oslo Sentrum Scene, Norway
May 05: Aarhus Train, Denmark
May 07: Helsingor Kulturværftet, Denmark
May 08: Monchengladbach Red Box, Germany
May 09: Esch-sur-Alzette Rockhal, Luxembourg
May 11: Paris Salle Pleyel, France
May 12: Leuven Het Depot, Belgium
May 13: Utrecht TivoliVredenburg, Netherlands