Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... Rick Wakeman, a former member of the band. His credentials are in order.Then there is singer Benoit David. He is taking the place of frontman Anderson, who is suffering from a respiratory illness that forced the band to cancel its anniversary tour this summer. After learning that Anderson wouldn’t be able to tour anytime soon, Squire found David through YouTube videos of the...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
As recently as this summer, Benoit David was singing Yes songs with Close to the Edge, a tribute band he has fronted for 14 years. Today he's touring with the real thing.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
YES: Founding vocalist Jon Anderson is peeved about this latest tour by his bandmates in the veteran art-rock group Yes, who are on the road with replacement singer Benoit David. The tribute-band singer was enlisted as a sub after Anderson fell ill with respiratory issues; Anderson gripes that he wasn't even contacted about the move. But the show goes on. 7:30 p.m., the Fillmore Detroit,...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Montreal repairman Benoit David was out on a lake, fixing the seats on a customer's boat, when he received a surprising phone call. Minutes later, the 42-year-old father-of-two had gone from owner of a lonely mobile repair service, to lead singer...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Father of two Benoit David has left his family, his business and his bands behind in Montreal to pursue a dream job he admits he never aspired to.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Two weekends ago, Benoit David sang Yes songs with Close to the Edge, a tribute band he has fronted for 14 years. Now he's rehearsing ...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... Yes, reforming for a tour in which the straining falsetto of Jon Anderson will be substituted by Benoit David, whose stage experience has been confined to Yes tribute bands in Canada. So we must ask: if the singer is a professional Yes fake, why should fans accept the new-look Yes as authentically Yes'In the case of Led Zeppelin, our confusion is compounded by two things. First, the...
