Joe Chambers

Sunday, August 16, 2026 9:18 AM

I was at this show and out of the three bands Billy Joel is the one I remember after all of these years. No one had ever heard of him. He came out and pounded the piano and sang with a passion I had never seen before. It was mesmerizing what he was doing up there. His album out at the time was Cold Spring Harbor. He was a man possessed fighting to get his career off the ground and it was something special. He was there to win an audience that was there to see Yes and for me he won.

Ron Murray

Saturday, October 31, 2015 11:06 AM

I was at the Yes concert that also had Billy Joel and Wild Turkey. Yes was amazing. My favorite band of all times. Not happy that YES has someone else now doing lead coals, and not Jon. His voice IS Yes!!!! And always will be.

Chuck S.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 7:04 PM

September 22, 1972: Yes with The Eagles, Arie Crown Theater, Chicago - it was a wonderful show! Arie Crown is nearly acoustically perfect, and this was their Close To The Edge tour after Bruford left. The "unknown" Eagles were warmly received, and significant songs included their hits "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman." After their performance, Eagles introduced "our friends, The Yes!" (some folks used to call them that back in the day).

The highlight of the Yes performance was the entire "Close to the Edge" album, which was sublime! Squire was young, thin and all over the stage, wearing his thigh-length suede boots...he would play bass, tap on bass pedals AND sing simultaneously!

larry

Billy joel was the opening act, I should know, I played that gig! The second act was Wild Turkey, then Yes.

R North

The Eagles were not on the bill this night. They played with Yes in
Chicago in September 1972.

Mike Keely

The Eagles were the opening act for this show.