Benoît David

Benoît Gérard Guy David (; born 19 April 1966) is a Canadian retired singer best known as the lead vocalist in the English progressive rock band Yes from 2009 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.

Biography Early and personal life David was born in Montreal, Quebec on 19 April 1966, and raised in the Brossard suburb. Later the group renamed themselves Close to the Edge.

In 2008, David was announced as the new frontman of Yes, which at the time featured a line-up of Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, and Oliver Wakeman. David was brought in after Anderson was diagnosed with acute respiratory failure earlier in the year, and needed time to recover. The band, which used in 2008 the moniker "Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Alan White of Yes" for legal reasons, decided to proceed with touring and recruited David in the process, after Squire had watched videos of Close to the Edge performing on YouTube. David put his repair business on hold and to join the band full-time. He was featured on their studio album Fly from Here (2011), produced by Trevor Horn, who sang guide vocals for David to follow. Squire confirmed David's exit in January 2012 and in the following month, David was replaced by American singer Jon Davison. David continued as a member of Mystery until his departure in 2013.

David has since retired from the music industry. He continues to sing in a choir while working full time on his repair business Vinyle Pro.

Discography With Mystery Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face (2007) One Among the Living (2010) The World Is a Game (2012) Tales from the Netherlands (2014)

With Yes Fly from Here (2011) In the Present – Live from Lyon (2011) From a Page (2019)

Appearances Hamadryad – Safe in Conformity (2005, "Omnipresent Umbra") Hamadryad – Intrusion (2010, "In My Country") Gordon Giltrap and Oliver Wakeman – Ravens & Lullabies (2013, "From the Turn of a Card")