''In the Present – Live from Lyon'' is a 2-CD/DVD live album by Yes, released on 29 November 2011 in North America and 2 December 2011 in Europe.

Overview

''In the Present – Live from Lyon'' is a recording of a Yes show on 1 December 2009 at the

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as a part of their In the Present Tour which they undertook before the release of their new studio album ''

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'' (2011) featuring newcomer

Benoît David Benoît Gérard Guy David (; born 19 April 1966) is a Canadian singer best known as the lead vocalist in the English progressive rock band Yes from 2008 to 2012, replacing long-time vocalist and founding member Jon Anderson. He was also lead ...

on lead vocals. It is the first live album featuring lead vocalist Benoît David (from

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) and thus the first live album without ex-member Jon Anderson, whom David replaced. It was also the only release with

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as a member of the band, until the release of the '' From a Page'' album in 2019.

Track listing

Disc 1 Disc 2 DVD

Personnel

– lead vocals, acoustic guitars,

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– guitars, pedal steel guitar,

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– Bass guitar, bass, backing vocals *

– Keyboard instrument, keyboards *Alan White (Yes drummer), Alan White – Drum kit, drums

References

External links

YesWorld - Official Yes Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:In the Present - Live from Lyon Yes (band) video albums Live video albums 2011 live albums Albums with cover art by Roger Dean (artist)