Why Didn't YES invite Peter Banks To Take Part In The Union Tour?If they could get Tony Kaye and Bill Bruford to rejoin the band for a short time, then surely they could have gotten Peter to come back. But I have read that he hated Steve Howe, maybe he would have said no. Can anyone shed light? |
During Yes' 1991 Union tour, Tony Kaye invited Peter Banks to play during the encore at the 15 May show at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, United States. Banks accepted the invitation and went to the show. According to Classic Artists: Yes, Banks was told by Kaye prior to the show that Steve Howe didn't want Banks to play at the show. Howe has since denied this in interviews on Notes From The Edge.
There is a DVD on Amazon and this is included in one of the reviews - The real interesting interview on the 2nd disc is the bonus one of Peter Banks , who was supposed to be a sit in guest on the "Union" tour until he claims that Steve Howe said he could not join.
I found this on a message board about Yes -
I really get p#ssed off at how he has been treated - the most recent being not allowed to perform at the union event in london in '91.
It happened in Los Angeles Forum actually.
Peter said he was invited to play an encore or two with the band. He was glad to do it, but didn't want to do soundcheck or rehearse or anything "to keep it fresh". At the last minute, he was told that Steve Howe didn't want him to play. Steve has denied doing such thing and said that he didn't even know of such thing.
I don't know if any other Yes member have ever commented the thing.
Everyone asked about it has denied any involvement.
My guess is that the decision was made by management (Brian Lane and/or Tony Dimitriades). Remember, Peter was in the middle of litigation against Yes at the time. The managers might have been wary of giving any additional legitimacy to Peter's claims. Given the Yes history, it's obviously possible than any of several band members were involved, but this sounds more like a management thingy to me.
