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Destiny World Tour

The Destiny World Tour (also known as The Jacksons World Tour) was the third concert tour by the Jacksons to promote the group's Destiny album. The tour began on January 22, 1979, with their opening concert in Bremen, West Germany. They visited 2 continents and 12 countries, playing approximately 83 concerts in the United States alone. The tour concluded in Hawaii on January 13, 1980.

Destiny World Tour
Tour by the Jacksons
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated album
Start dateJanuary 22, 1979
End dateJanuary 13, 1980
Legs2
No. of shows146
Box officeUS $7.5 million ($31.49 in 2023 dollars)[1]
The Jacksons tour chronology
  • Goin' Places Tour
    (1978)
  • Destiny World Tour
    (1979–1980)
  • Triumph Tour
    (1981)

Overview

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The tour began on January 22, 1979, in Bremen, West Germany shortly after the release of the Destiny album the previous December. The tour jolted through 2 continents, playing concerts in Europe & North America. Before taking on an approximately 80-city tour in the United States. The Jacksons took a four-month break from touring after the concert at the Greensboro Coliseum on June 10, 1979 so lead singer Michael Jackson could finish working on his solo album Off the Wall, which would be released exactly two months later.

Leg 1: Europe

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The Jacksons kick off their world tour in Europe. Jaunting through European nightclubs and theaters throughout United Kingdom, West Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, France & Spain. Some dates compose of 2 shows being an evening and night show.

Leg 2: North America

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The Jacksons would play arenas and auditoriums, after the release of Michael's album Off the Wall, the brothers revamped their show for larger venues. For the third leg, additional songs were added to the setlist, most notably songs from Michael's new album. The opening acts in the second leg included The tour grossed an estimated 7.5 million dollars. On, November 15, 1979, Michael would end up with a kidney infection. This caused shows from November 15–21 to be cancelled from Fort Worth to Greenville.[2] Some performances were cancelled for December for uncertainty for when Michael would get better. These shows were initially planned to be rescheduled for 1980 but ultimately got cancelled overall. The tour picked up on November 22 in Savannah. The tour ended in Honolulu on January 13, 1980.

Set lists

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Europe

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The following set list was performed during the European leg of the tour.[3]

  1. "Dancing Machine"
  2. "Things I Do for You"
  3. "Ben"
  4. "I Am Love"
  5. "Keep on Dancing"
  6. Medley: "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save"
  7. "I'll Be There"
  8. "Enjoy Yourself"
  9. "Destiny"
  10. "Show You the Way to Go"
  11. "All Night Dancin'"
  12. "Blame It on the Boogie"

North America

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The following set list was performed during the North American leg of the tour.[3][4]

  1. "Dancing Machine"
  2. "Things I Do for You"
  3. "Get It Together"
  4. "Off the Wall"
  5. "Ben"
  6. "I Am Love"
  7. "Keep on Dancing"
  8. "I Wanna Be Where You Are"
  9. "Daddy's Home"
  10. Medley: "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save"
  11. "I'll Be There"
  12. "Rock with You"
  13. "Enjoy Yourself"
  14. "Blame It on the Boogie"
  15. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
  16. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue No. of shows
Europe[5][6]
January 22, 1979 Bremen West Germany Musical Theater Bremen 1
January 24, 1979 1
January 26, 1979 1
January 27, 1979 Frankfurt am Main Jahrhunderthalle 1
January 28, 1979 Madrid Spain Teatro Monumental 1
January 29, 1979 1
January 30, 1979 1
January 31, 1979 Groningen Netherlands Martinihal Groningen 1
February 1, 1979 Amsterdam Koninklijk Theater Carré 1
February 2, 1979 1
February 6, 1979 London England Rainbow Theatre 1
February 7, 1979 1
February 8, 1979 1
February 9, 1979 1
February 10, 1979 Brighton Brighton Centre 2
February 11, 1979 Preston Preston Guild Hall 1
February 12, 1979 Wakefield Theatre Royal 2
February 13, 1979 Sheffield Fiesta Nightclub 1
February 14, 1979 Geneva Switzerland Victoria Hall 1
February 15, 1979 1
February 17, 1979 Manchester England Manchester Apollo 2
February 18, 1979 Birmingham Bingley Hall 1
February 19, 1979 Halifax Victoria Theatre 1
February 23, 1979 London Rainbow Theatre 2
February 24, 1979 2
February 25, 1979 Poole Poole Arts Centre 1
February 26, 1979 Amsterdam Netherlands Koninklijk Theater Carré 1
February 27, 1979 1
March 1, 1979 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo 2
March 2, 1979 Paris France Le Palace 1
North America[7]
April 14, 1979 Cleveland United States Palace Theatre 2
April 15, 1979 2
April 19, 1979 Devon Valley Forge Music Fair 1
April 20, 1979 1
April 21, 1979 2
April 22, 1979 2
April 26, 1979 Niles Mill Run Playhouse 1
April 27, 1979 2
April 28, 1979 1
April 29, 1979 2
May 3, 1979 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center 1
May 4, 1979 Sunrise Sunrise Musical Theater 1
May 5, 1979 1
May 6, 1979 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1
May 10, 1979 Houston Celebrity Circle Theatre 2
May 11, 1979 2
May 12, 1979 2
May 13, 1979 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex Arena 1
May 16, 1979 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium 1
May 17, 1979 Columbus Municipal Auditorium 1
May 18, 1979 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 1
May 19, 1979 Atlanta Omni Coliseum 1
May 20, 1979 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 1
May 24, 1979 Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Convention Center 1
May 25, 1979 Kansas City Kemper Arena 1
May 26, 1979 Beaumont Fair Park Coliseum 1
May 27, 1979 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center 1
May 28, 1979 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 1
May 30, 1979 Oklahoma City Jim Norick Arena 1
June 1, 1979 Milwaukee Milwaukee County Stadium 1
June 2, 1979 Norfolk Norfolk Scope 1
June 3, 1979 Columbia Township Auditorium 1
June 8, 1979 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 1
June 9, 1979 Landover Capital Centre 1
June 10, 1979 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 1
October 2, 1979 New Orleans Municipal Auditorium 1
October 3, 1979 1
October 4, 1979 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 1
October 5, 1979 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex Arena 1
October 6, 1979 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center 1
October 7, 1979 Louisville Freedom Hall 1
October 12, 1979 Philadelphia Spectrum 1
October 13, 1979 Pittsburgh Civic Arena 1
October 14, 1979 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial 1
October 18, 1979 Saginaw Saginaw Civic Center 1
October 19, 1979 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 1
October 20, 1979 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium 1
October 21, 1979 Dayton University of Dayton Arena 1
October 25, 1979 Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum 1
October 26, 1979 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial 1
October 27, 1979 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 1
October 28, 1979 Springfield Springfield Civic Center 1
November 1, 1979 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium 1
November 2, 1979 Chicago Chicago Stadium 1
November 3, 1979 Cleveland Public Auditorium 1
November 4, 1979 Detroit Cobo Arena 1
November 5, 1979 1
November 7, 1979 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center 1
November 8, 1979 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1
November 9, 1979 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 1
November 11, 1979 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium 1
November 22, 1979 Savannah Savannah Civic Center 1
November 23, 1979 Macon Macon Coliseum 1
November 24, 1979 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 1
November 25, 1979 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 1
November 29, 1979 Atlanta Omni Coliseum 1
November 30, 1979 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium 1
December 9, 1979 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum 1
December 13, 1979 San Bernardino United States Swing Auditorium 1
December 14, 1979 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1
December 15, 1979 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 1
December 16, 1979 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 1
December 19, 1979 Inglewood The Forum 1
December 21, 1979 Nassau The Bahamas Haynes Oval 1
January 11, 1980 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Arena 1
January 12, 1980 1
January 13, 1980 1

Cancelled dates

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List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
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February 16, 1979 (2 shows) Glasgow Scotland The Apollo Illness with the band
February 20, 1979 (2 shows) Leicester England De Montfort Hall Health problems
February 21, 1979 Cardiff Wales Sophia Gardens Pavilion
February 28, 1979 (2 shows) Avignon France Théâtre des Carmes Foodborne illness
March 6–10, 1979 (2 shows 7th-9th) Johannesburg South Africa Colosseum Theatre N/A[15]
March 12–14, 1979 (2 shows on 12th) Durban Playhouse Theatre
March 16–18, 1979 (2 shows on 16th) Cape Town 3 Arts Theatre
March 19–20, 1979 (2 shows each) Johannesburg Colosseum Theatre
April 7, 1979 Owings Mills United States Painters Mill Music Fair N/A
April 8, 1979 (2 shows)
November 10, 1979 Hampton Hampton Coliseum Low ticket sales
November 15, 1979[a] Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center Michael's kidney infection
November 16, 1979 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
November 17, 1979 Lake Charles Burton Coliseum
November 18, 1979 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion
November 19, 1979
November 21, 1979 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
November 27, 1979 Columbus Columbus Municipal Auditorium Initially cancelled for Michael's kidney infection, cancelled overall
December 6, 1979 Portland Memorial Coliseum N/A
December 8, 1979 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
December 10, 1979 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center Initially cancelled for Michael's kidney infection, cancelled overall
December 11, 1979 San Antonio HemisFair Arena

Personnel

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Band members

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First leg

  • Michael McKinney – bass
  • Bud Rizzo – additional guitar
  • James McField – keyboards
  • Tony Lewis – drums

Second leg

  • Jonathan Moffett – drums
  • Bud Rizzo – additional guitar
  • Michael McKinney – bass
  • James McField – keyboards
  • Wesley Phillips, Cloris Grimes, Alan "Funt" Prater, Roderick "Mac" McMorris – horns (East Coast Horns)

Notes

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  1. ^ Originally scheduled for Baton Rouge at Riverside Centroplex Arena

Release

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The London concert on February 23 was released on VHS later in 1979.

References

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  1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Fort Worth Star-Telegram 16 Nov 1979, page 26". Newspapers.com. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  3. ^ a b O'Toole, Kit (October 2015). Michael Jackson FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of Pop. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781495045981.
  4. ^ Appel, Stacey (August 20, 2012). Michael Jackson Style. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857127877.
  5. ^ "The singles explosion heard around the world..." Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 5. New York City. February 3, 1979. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  6. ^ O'Toole, Kit (October 1, 2015). Michael Jackson FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of Pop. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781495045981.
  7. ^ "The Jacksons On Tour". Ebony. Vol. 35, no. 1. Chicago. November 1979. ISSN 0012-9011. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Leicester Mercury 20 Feb 1979, page 15". Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "The Baltimore Sun 01 Apr 1979, page 118". Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  10. ^ "The Columbian 23 Nov 1979, page 57". Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  11. ^ "Richmond Times-Dispatch 10 Nov 1979, page 9". Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  12. ^ "The Greenville News 21 Nov 1979, page Page 8". Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  13. ^ "Clarion-Ledger 20 Dec 1979, page Page 94". Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  14. ^ "Tito's 1979 Jacksons Tour Itinerary". LiveAuctioneers. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  15. ^ Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. April 19, 1979.
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