Editing Relayer (section)

==Tour==
Yes supported ''Relayer'' with their [[List of Yes concert tours (1960s–70s)#Relayer Tour|1974–1975 tour]] of North America and the UK that lasted from 8 November 1974 to 23 August 1975, with the album played in its entirety.{{sfn|Popoff|2016|p=54}}<ref name=forgotten1974 /> The tour culminated with a headline spot at the 1975 [[Reading Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/13616178.Reading_Festival_40_years_ago/|title=Reading Festival 40 years ago|work=Bracknell News|first=Lesley|last=Potter|date=20 August 2015|access-date=28 May 2017}}</ref> Most dates featured the English band [[Gryphon (band)|Gryphon]] as the opening act.<ref name=forgotten1974 /> Rehearsals lasted for several weeks at [[Shepperton Studios]], Surrey with Offord on sound, stage lighting by their longtime associate Michael Tait, and the set designed by Roger Dean and his brother Martyn.{{sfn|Hedges|1982|p=106}}<ref name=musicguy2015 />

The tour opened with a 31-date leg of the US, for which Moraz had about six weeks to familiarise himself with the setlist and made use of his 90-minute drive from his London flat to Squire's home to learn it. Ristori assisted by transcribing Yes songs onto paper, forming what Moraz described as "memory sheets", because of the amount and the complexity of some of his parts.<ref name=musicguy2015 /> He relied on the sheets for the first few shows on the tour, yet by the time the tour reached [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City less than two weeks later, Moraz realised he had learned the set and stopped using them.<ref name=musicguy2015>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicguy247.typepad.com/my-blog/2015/09/patrick-moraz-an-interview-with-the-keyboardist-formally-of-yes-and-the-moody-blues.html|title=Patrick Moraz – An interview with the keyboardist, formally of "Yes" and "The Moody Blues"|first=Robert|last=von Bernewitz|date=4 September 2015|access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=forgotten1974 /> The show was a highlight for him: "We had a standing ovation for several minutes. The noise was absolutely unbelievable."<ref name=musicguy2015 /> His rig included 14 keyboards on stage, double the number he had previously worked with.<ref name=musicguy2015 /> Future Yes singer and producer [[Trevor Horn]], a fan of the band, attended their show on the UK leg and recalled the performance of "The Gates of Delirium": "It got to the end and Jon sang 'Soon' ... I felt like crying. It got me so much. I loved that song so much".{{sfn|Morse|1996|p=53}}

Yes originally planned to conduct a European tour in 2020 that continued their Album Series Tour and featured ''Relayer'' performed in its entirety, but it was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/yes-announce-tour-with-alan-parsons-live-project|title=Yes announce tour with Alan Parsons Live Project|publisher=Louder Sound|first=Scott|last=Munro|date=21 January 2020|access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://yesworld.com/2020/03/yes-postpone-forthcoming-u-s-dates-and-cancel-appearances-on-cruise-to-the-edge/|title=YES Cancel Forthcoming U.S. Dates And Will Not Be Performing On This Year's "Cruise To The Edge"|website=Yesworld.com|date=11 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://yesworld.com/2020/03/yes-postpones-album-series-2020-tour/|title=YES Postpone UK & European Album Series 2020 Tour Dates|website=Yesworld.com|date=20 March 2020}}</ref> The tour was rescheduled for 2022,<ref name="facebook 16 April 2020 Yes">{{cite web |url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4031126583565966&id=223599747652021 |title=We hope that our fans are keeping healthy during the Coronavirus Pandemic. We're really looking forward finally to performing Relayer and other YES classics for our fans in 2021. As promised, we can now announce all of the re-scheduled mainland European dates for The Album Series 2022 Tour. News of the re-scheduled UK and Eire dates will come imminently. |date= 16 April 2020 |website=Facebook |access-date= 16 April 2020}}</ref> but the band announced that they would instead dedicate the tour to the fiftieth anniversary of ''Close to the Edge''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yesworld.com/2022/03/50th-anniversary-celebration-of-close-to-the-edge/|title=50th Anniversary Celebration of Close to the Edge|date=8 March 2022}}</ref> The ''Relayer'' tour was subsequently rescheduled a third time for 2023, but was once again postponed due to problems with insurance.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjm4j_bOFWi/?igshid=ZDg1NjBiNjg= | title=YES - the Band on Instagram: "🚨UK TOUR DATES ANNOUNCEMENT🚨⁠ ⁠ YES announce UK dates for their long-awaited Album Series 2023 Tour featuring their 1974 Relayer album in its entirety together with a selection of other classic YES favourites. Tickets are on sale from 10am on Friday 14 October.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in bio!⁠ ⁠ #yesband #AlbumSeriesTour #Relayer" }}</ref>