Close to the Edge Tour 1972 1973
La gira vio a la banda tocar en un total de 97 conciertos en los Estados Unidos, Canadá, el Reino Unido, Japón y Australia en siete etapas: tres en América del Norte, dos en Europa, una en Asia y una en Australasia.
El apoyo provino de Eagles, Gentle Giant, Edgar Winter, Lindisfarne, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Gary Wright, The J Geils Band, Wild Turkey, Badger y Focus.
La alineación para la gira no cambió durante toda su duración; la alineación fue la séptima encarnación de Yes. Bill Bruford dejó la banda el 19 de julio de 1972, después de que terminaran las sesiones de grabación de Close to the Edge. Alan White se unió a la banda a finales de mes, después de que se cancelaran varias fechas a raíz de la partida de Bruford. Mientras tocaba en el álbum, pero fue reemplazado para la gira, Bruford se vio obligado por contrato a compartir las regalías del álbum con White, y afirma que el gerente de Yes, Brian Lane, hizo cumplir un pago de compensación de $ 10,000 de Bruford.
Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White
"Siberian Khatru" (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman)
"I've Seen All Good People" (Anderson, Squire)
"Heart of the Sunrise" (Anderson, Squire, Bruford)
"Clap/Mood for a Day" (Howe)
"America" (Paul Simon) (Dropped after 2 August 1972)
"And You and I" (Anderson, Howe, Bruford, Squire)
"Close to the Edge" (Anderson, Howe) (Added starting on 2 September 1972)
Keyboards solo (Excerpts from The Six Wives of Henry VIII) (Wakeman)
"Roundabout" (Anderson, Howe)
"Yours Is No Disgrace" (Anderson, Squire, Howe, Kaye, Bruford)
"Starship Trooper" (Anderson, Squire, Howe) (Added starting on 15 December 1972)
North America
26 July 1972 Edwardsville United States Mississippi River Festival
27 July 1972 Louisville Commonwealth Convention Center
28 July 1972 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
29 July 1972 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
30 July 1972 Dallas Dallas Convention Center
31 July 1972 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion
1 August 1972 Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Arena
2 August 1972 Denver Denver Coliseum
4 August 1972 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
5 August 1972 Berkeley Berkeley Community Theatre
6 August 1972 Portland Memorial Coliseum
7 August 1972 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
8 August 1972 Seattle United States Paramount Theatre
10 August 1972 Trotwood Hara Arena
11 August 1972 Akron Rubber Bowl
12 August 1972 Asbury Park Asbury Park Convention Hall
13 August 1972 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
14 August 1972 Hartford Dillon Stadium
15 August 1972 Philadelphia The Spectrum
16 August 1972 New York City Gaelic Park
18 August 1972 Louisville Louisville Convention Center
20 August 1972 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
21 August 1972 Edwardsville Mississippi River Festival
Europe
2 September 1972 London England Crystal Palace Bowl
4 September 1972 Glasgow Scotland Kelvin Hall
9 September 1972 Bristol England Colston Hall
10 September 1972 Manchester Belle Vue Zoological Gardens – Kings Hall
12 September 1972 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
North America
15 September 1972 Pembroke Pines United States Hollywood Sportatorium
16 September 1972 Tampa Curtis Hixon Hall
17 September 1972 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
19 September 1972 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
20 September 1972 Indianapolis Fairgrounds Coliseum
21 September 1972 Detroit Cobo Arena
22 September 1972 Chicago Arie Crown Theater
23 September 1972 Minneapolis The Armory
24 September 1972 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
25 September 1972 Hartford Dillon Stadium
26 September 1972 Boston Boston Music Hall
27 September 1972 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
29 September 1972 New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
30 September 1972 Atlanta Municipal Auditorium
1 October 1972 Tuscaloosa Memorial Coliseum
2 October 1972 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
3 October 1972 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
28 October 1972 Millersville Millersville University
29 October 1972 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial
30 October 1972 Waterloo Canada University of Waterloo
31 October 1972 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
1 November 1972 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
2 November 1972 Montreal Theatre Saint-Denis
3 November 1972 Flint United States IMA Sports Arena
4 November 1972 Columbus St. John Arena
5 November 1972 Erie Hammermill Center
7 November 1972 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
8 November 1972 Huntington Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse
9 November 1972 Norfolk Norfolk Scope
10 November 1972 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
11 November 1972 Durham Cameron Indoor Stadium
12 November 1972 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
14 November 1972 Athens Georgia Coliseum
15 November 1972 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
16 November 1972 Bowling Green Anderson Arena
17 November 1972 Terre Haute Hulman Center
18 November 1972 Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center
19 November 1972 Kent Memorial Gymnasium
20 November 1972 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
26 November 1972 Youngstown Struthers Fieldhouse
Europe
15 December 1972 London England Rainbow Theatre
17 December 1972 Manchester Hardrock Concert Theatre
Asia
8 March 1973 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Koseinenkin Kaikan
9 March 1973 Shibuya Koukaidou
10 March 1973 Kanda Kyoritsu Koudou
11 March 1973 Nagoya Nagoya-shi Koukaido
12 March 1973 Osaka Kouseinennkin Kaikan
14 March 1973 Kyoto Kyoto Kaikan
Oceania
19 March 1973 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Festival Hall
21 March 1973 Adelaide Apollo Stadium
23 March 1973 Melbourne Festival Hall
26 March 1973 Sydney Hordern Pavilion
27 March 1973
29 March 1973 Auckland New Zealand Western Springs Stadium
30 March 1973 Wellington Wellington Athletic Park
31 March 1973 Christchuch Christchurch Town Hall
North America
4 April 1973 San Diego United States San Diego Sports Arena
5 April 1973 Inglewood Los Angeles Forum
6 April 1973 Las Vegas Ice Palace
7 April 1973 San Francisco Winterland Ballroom
8 April 1973 Albuquerque Johnson Gymnasium
9 April 1973 Phoenix Phoenix Symphony Hall
11 April 1973 Wichita Century II Convention Hall
12 April 1973 Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Arena
13 April 1973 San Antonio Municipal Auditorium
14 April 1973 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion
15 April 1973 Dallas Dallas Convention Center
16 April 1973 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
18 April 1973 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
19 April 1973 Atlanta Alexander Memorial Coliseum
20 April 1973 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
21 April 1973 Tampa Curtis Hixon Hall
22 April 1973 West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Auditorium