Definitely remember the show starting VERY late. Crowd was restless, and some guy had a public freakout that caused a police chase across the arena, with the crowd cheering for the guy up until he was caught, tackled and taken out. I seem to also remember a stage annoucement that the delay was based on Squire being late for the show. Given all I've read (much from Bruford) about Squire being late for things and not caring about how it impacted other people, it was disappointing but not ultimately surprising.

I really enjoyed this show, despite the late start. I like the "Drama" album, and was ready to take the two new players on their own merits. Horne had a hard time with some of the high notes, but who wouldn't? He brought his own personality to the show, and he and Downes provided a certain 80s update to the sound without compromising the musicianship on display. It was a fascinating line-up, and it would have been interesting to see where else it could have gone.

Howe, Squire and White seemed to be really enjoying the musical interplay, and there seemed to be less tension on-stage than at some other Yes shows I've been to. Given all the things us Yes fans have read over the years as I write this (in 2013), Anderson evidently could be a real source of tension at times and in 1980 he was starting his downward slide in terms of trite, "twee" cringe-worthy lyric writing that continues to this day. This was also around the time Wakeman started cranking out a huge number of albums each year that seemed to value quantity over quality, and his times back with Yes in subsequent years were often marked by live playing that seemed rushed and lacking commitment (eg. all those hurried intros to "Awaken" we've all seen him do), not to mention his Korg endorsement deal that led to decades of bad-sounding keyboard patches. So I don't hold it against the other three that they did "Drama" with the Buggles guys....new blood, new fire, new energy...those aren't necessarily bad things. And I've always much prefered "Drama" to "90125"......

ps. it was also nice to see Squire switch to piano and Horne go to bass for "Run Through the Light," which is a very good song.

The 9/28 show was actually at the Hemisphere Arena in San Antonio. I was a student at UT Austin at the time and drove with my roommate to SA for the show. In fact it was about 1.5 hrs late starting because I believe Chris Squire was late getting to the arena because of flight complications. The crowd was really rowdy by the time the show started and pegged Alan's cymbals with a couple of frisbees.