Oliver Wakeman April 2007 headlining performance at the Rites of Spring festival (ROSfest), an annual progressive rock festival in Pennsylvania. In 2009, Wakeman joined Strawbs (another of his father's former bands) for their tours of Canada, the UK and Italy during 2009 and 2010. He recorded an album with the band, "Dancing to the Devil's Beat" which was released in 2009. In 2010 he appeared on the Strawbs 40th anniversary live double CD, "Strawberry Fayre". Wakeman was not with the band for their late 2010 tour given his prior commitment to recording with Yes. Oliver Wakeman Oliver Wakeman (born 26 February 1972)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (album) lasted 55 minutes but it was reduced to 40 so it could fit the time constraints of an LP. Malone called the project a challenge and "completely different" to what he had been involved with previously. A&M Records had wanted Wakeman to select a group of known musicians to play in his rock band, but he opposed to the idea as he intended for the public to like the album for its music rather than the performers. Wakeman chose a group that he used to play with at the Valiant Trooper, a pub in Holmer Green in Buckinghamshire. "I'd played