Close to the Edge Tour

Close to the Edge Tour
World tour by Yes
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Australasia
Associated albumClose to the Edge
Start date30 July 1972
End date22 April 1973
Legs7
No. of shows97 (104 scheduled)
Yes concert chronology

The Close to the Edge Tour was a concert tour by progressive rock band Yes in promotion of their 1972 album, Close to the Edge. Lasting from 30 July 1972 until 22 April 1973, and including 97 performances,[1] the tour began at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, and ended at the West Palm Beach Auditorium in West Palm Beach, Florida.[2][3] The tour was Alan White's first with the band.[3]

Recordings from the tour—both film and audio—were included on the band's 1973 live album, Yessongs.[4] The filmed performance was recorded at the December 1972 shows at the London Rainbow Theatre.[5]

  1. ^ Whipple, Peter. "Index". Forgotten Yesterdays. Archived from the original on 4 November 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
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  4. ^ Yessongs liner notes, New York: Atlantic Recording Corporation, 1973
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Watkinson 108 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).