Destiny World Tour

1979–80 concert tour by the Jacksons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Destiny 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.[1] 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.

Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated album
Start dateJanuary 22, 1979[1]
End dateJanuary 13, 1980
Quick facts Location, Associated album ...
Destiny World Tour
Tour by the Jacksons
Poster to the concert in Columbus, USA
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated album
Start dateJanuary 22, 1979[1]
End dateJanuary 13, 1980
Legs2
No. of shows122
Box officeUS $7.5 million ($33.27 in 2025 dollars)[2]
The Jacksons tour chronology
  • Goin' Places Tour
    (1978)
  • Destiny World Tour
    (1979–1980)
  • Triumph Tour
    (1981)
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Overview

The tour began on January 22, 1979, in Bremen, West Germany shortly after the release of the Destiny album the previous December.[1] The tour jolted through 2 continents, playing concerts in Europe and 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

The Jacksons kicked off their world tour in Europe, performing in European nightclubs and theaters throughout the United Kingdom, West Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Spain. Most dates composed of an evening and night shows.

Leg 2: North America

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.[3] 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.

Opening act

Set lists

Europe

The following set list was performed during the European leg of the tour.[4]

  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. "Band Introduction (Instrumental)"[5]
  9. "Enjoy Yourself"
  10. "Destiny"
  11. "Show You the Way to Go"
  12. "All Night Dancin'"
  13. "Blame It on the Boogie"

North America

The following set list was performed during the North American leg of the tour.[4][6]

April to June

  1. "Dancing Machine"
  2. "Things I Do for You"
  3. "Get It Together"
  4. "Ben"
  5. "I Am Love"
  6. "Keep on Dancing"
  7. "I Wanna Be Where You Are"
  8. "Daddy's Home"
  9. Medley: "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save"
  10. "I'll Be There"
  11. "Enjoy Yourself"
  12. "Blame It on the Boogie"
  13. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"

October 1979 to January 1980

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

Tour dates

More information Date, City ...
List of 1979 concerts[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Date City Country Venue No. of shows
January 22, 1979 Bremen West Germany Bremerhaven Stadthalle 1
January 24, 1979 1
January 26, 1979 1
January 27, 1979 Frankfurt am Main Festhalle 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 Wakefield Theatre Club 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 Civic 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 2
March 1, 1979[a] Glasgow Scotland The Apollo 2
March 2, 1979 Paris France Le Palace 1
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 Carolina Coliseum 1
June 8, 1979 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 1
June 9, 1979 Landover Capital Centre 1
June 10, 1979 Greensboro Greensboro Memorial 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 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial 1
October 14, 1979 Pittsburgh Civic Arena 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 10, 1979 Hampton Hampton Coliseum 1
November 11, 1979 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center 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[b] 1
November 30, 1979 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium[c] 1
December 6, 1979[d] Houston The Summit[e] 1
December 13, 1979 San Bernardino Swing Auditorium 1
December 15, 1979 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 1
December 16, 1979 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 1
December 18, 1979 Inglewood The Forum 1
December 21, 1979 Nassau The Bahamas Queen Elizabeth Sports Arena 1
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List of 1980 concerts
Date City Country Venue No. of shows
January 11, 1980 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Arena 1
January 12, 1980 1
January 13, 1980 1
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Cancelled dates

More information Date, City ...
List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Date City Country Venue Reason
February 20, 1979 (2 shows) Leicester England De Montfort Hall Health problems
February 21, 1979 Cardiff Wales Sophia Gardens Pavilion
February 29, 1979 (2 shows) Avignon France Théâtre des Carmes Foodborne illness
March 6–10, 1979 (2 shows 7th-9th) Johannesburg South Africa Colosseum Theatre Brothers didn't support racial segregation of audiences[28]
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)
April 11, 1979 (2 shows) Springfield Springfield Civic Center
April 12, 1979 Cincinnati Palace Theatre
April 13, 1979
November 11, 1979 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium
November 14, 1979 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
November 15, 1979[f] Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center Michael's kidney infection
November 16, 1979 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
November 17, 1979 Lake Charles Burton Coliseum
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 9, 1979 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
December 10, 1979 Fort Worth United States Tarrant County Convention Center Initially cancelled for Michael's kidney infection, cancelled overall
December 14, 1979 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Travel schedules
January 9, 1980 San Antonio San Antonio Convention Center Arena N/A[29][30]
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Personnel

Band members

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

  1. [a]
    Rescheduled from February 16, 1979 because of Michael Jackson's illness.[13]
  2. [b]
    Originally scheduled for University Arena in Albuquerque
  3. [c]
    Originally scheduled for McNichols Sports Arena in Denver
  4. [d]
    Originally scheduled for November 18, 1979
  5. [e]
    Originally scheduled for Memorial Coliseum in Portland
  6. [f]
    Originally scheduled for Riverside Centroplex Arena in Baton Rouge

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