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Benoît Gérard Guy David (French pronunciation: [bənwa ʒeʁaʁ gi david]; born 19 April 1966) is a Canadian retired singer best known as the lead vocalist in the English progressive rock band Yes from 2008 to 2012. He was also lead singer of the band Mystery from 1999 to 2013, and a Yes tribute band called Close to the Edge.
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Feb 8, 2023 · Benoît David on His Rocky Tenure as Yes‘ Frontman: ’It Still Hurts’. The French Canadian vocalist went from fronting a Yes cover act to singing for the real band, but things grew very tense ...
Feb 9, 2023 · Former Yes singer Benoit David recalled the angry exchange with Chris Squire that contributed to him quitting the band in February 2023.
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Sep 26, 2023 · That was when in 2008, Yes recruited their erstwhile vocalist, Benoît David, who was previously with a Yes tribute band. The Canadians had to work their own schedule around when David toured and recorded with the real Yes. In the end, illness forced David to quit Yes in 2012, then Mystery the following year. “It’s a sad story.
Feb 13, 2023 · Former Yes singer, Canadian Benoit David, has been talking about his time in the band, reflecting on his departure in 2012 and the removal of his vocals on the previous year's Fly From Here, his sole album with the prog legends.
Feb 9, 2023 · The three studio records Benoit David did with Mystery are excellent! David may have sang in a Yes tribute band which eventually got him the gig in Yes, but Mystery very much sounds like its own thing. I read this piece and found myself wishing the Benoit David/Oliver Wakeman Yes had lived a longer life.
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May 25, 2012 · In a storyline straight out of the movie Rock Star, Yes gave him the job. “Benoît came in and he seemed real good,” the band’s bassist, Chris Squire, tells Rolling Stone. “The fanbase ...
