World-renowned recording artists, YES and Toto, today announced they will join forces this summer for a co-headlining North American tour. Among the world’s most influential, ground-breaking, and respected progressive rock bands, Grammy Award winning YES has sold nearly 40 million albums in a career that has so far spanned more than four decades. YES continues with its tradition of symphonic progressive rock that remains timelessly fresh and innovative.

Since its founding in 1968, YES has created much of rock history’s most important music, including iconic pieces like ‘Roundabout,’ ‘Close to the Edge,’ ‘I’ve Seen All Good People,’ “Owner of a Lonely Heart,’ ‘Starship Trooper,’ and countless others. Its albums, including ‘Fragile,’ ‘Close to the Edge,’ ‘Tales from Topographic Oceans,’ and ‘90125,’ have been certified multi-platinum, double-platinum, platinum, and more by the RIAA. YES continues to inspire millions of musicians, fans, and music lovers around the world.

“We’re thrilled to be hitting the road with Toto. Yes have always been big fans of Toto’s music, and we think the fans are going to really enjoy seeing both of us together,” says YES co-founder and bassist, YES will be releasing a new live CD/DVD (recorded at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona) entitled Like It Is on July 7th

With over 35 years together and thousands of credits and accolades to their names, Toto remains one of the top selling touring and recording acts in the world. They recently released their first new studio album in ten years – TOTO XIV which debuted last week Top 10 in nine countries around the world. Prior to the tour with YES, Toto are embarking on a European headline arena tour with appearances at key

“We are so honored to be touring with our musical hero’s YES,” remarked founder/guitarist Steve Lukather. “Life changing music for me and the guys and we even have a song on our new record totally inspired by them so it is a lifelong love of their music that has kept us fans to this day. We all stood and waited in line for tix to see Close to the Edge and Topographic.. many many shows as young upcoming musicians/fans in the 70’s and were blown away and inspired to be better musicians and composers by Yes’ amazing music, musicianship and insanely cool live shows. This is a crazy dream come true for us and we can’t wait to do this tour and to make new friends and solidify old friendships.”

TOTO & YES 2015 SUMMER TOUR

• Fri-Aug-07 Mashantucket CT Grand Theater at Foxwoods
• Sat-Aug-08 Newark NJ New Jersey PAC
• Sun-Aug-09 Atlantic City NJ Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa – Event Center
• Tue-Aug-11 Brooklyn NY Barclays Center 
• Wed-Aug-12 Baltimore MD Pier Six Pavilion
• Fri-Aug-14 Huber Heights OH Music Center at The Heights
• Sat-Aug-15 Sterling Heights MI Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
• Sun-Aug-16 Chicago IL FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly
• Tue-Aug-18 Des Moines IA Iowa State Fair – Grandstand
• Wed-Aug-19 Saint Charles MO Family Arena
• Fri-Aug-21 Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino – Beau Rivage Theater
• Sat-Aug-22 Alpharetta GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park
• Sun-Aug-23 Clearwater FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
• Tue-Aug-25 Houston TX Cynthia Woods Pavilion
• Wed-Aug-26 San Antonio TX Majestic Theatre
• Thu-Aug-27 Grand Prairie TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
• Sun-Aug-30 Littleton CO Denver Botanic Gardens – Chatfield
• Mon-Aug-31 Salt Lake City UT Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
• Wed-Sep-02 Tucson, AZ AVA Amphitheater
• Fri-Sep-04 Scottsdale AZ Talking Stick Resort & Casino
• Sat-Sep-05 Pala CA Pala Casino – Starlight Theater
• Sun-Sep-06 Los Angeles CA The Greek Theatre
• Tue-Sep-08 Saratoga CA Mountain Winery
• Thu-Sep-10 Shelton WA Little Creek Casino Resort – Event Center
• Fri-Sep-11 Airway Heights WA Northern Quest Resort & Casino
• Sat-Sep-12 Coquitlam BC Hard Rock Casino – Vancouver

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I knew early on that I wanted to take my place among the stars. One day, my mother saw me reading The Washington Post at a very young age. Who would have known that it would be the building blocks of my journey? Since that day, I dedicated my life to learn all that is learnable. I read everything from encyclopedias, to books, to dictionaries, to magazines. I’m also an avid consumer of television, with my favorite genre being game shows. If you’ve seen me on Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Wheel of Fortune, then you know that this interest has served me well!

My unique style of reporting began back in junior high school, when I started to chronicle the events that shaped my life. Whether it was the annual family vacation or the local science fiction convention, I shot numerous pictures and recorded my thoughts so I could truly appreciate the history. During my senior year at Friendly High, I wrote what was to be my first masterpiece, “Advanced Space Academy – A One Week Journey.” I sent the eleven-page article back to the U.S. Space Camp staff. The article was highly praised for being “one of the best written articles in the history of U.S. Space Camp.” From then on, I knew what I wanted to do for rest of my life — to be a reporter.

Since then, I have trained in Broadcast Journalism at Bowie State University (2008) in Bowie, MD earning a B.S. in Communications. I gained experience in news production and editing through field experiences with Bowie Community Media Corporation, Prince George’s Community Television, and Bowie State University Television. I also wrote scripts for a variety of quiz shows for over five years.

As a lifelong movie buff, I now see close to 100 films every year. I took this love of movies to the next step when I became a co-host for Eclipse Magazine TV in the fall of 2005. While at EMTV, I interviewed celebrities, worked red carpets, and attended a wide variety of movie screenings. In January 2009, I took a leap of faith and started my own entertainment news magazine, The Rogers Revue. Shortly afterward, my life-long journey of studying the silver screen and writing about what I learned finally earned me a place in the Washington Area Film Critics Association.

All of this has led me here, giving you the latest entertainment news for the DMV and the entire nation, and I am truly excited for whatever will come next.

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