Destiny_World_Tour

Destiny World Tour

Destiny World Tour

1979 concert tour by the Jacksons

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 3 continents and 13 countries, playing approximately 83 concerts in the United States alone. The tour concluded in Hawaii on January 13, 1980.

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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. The tour visited three continents including concerts in Africa and Europe before taking on an approximately 80-city tour in the United States. The Jacksons took a four-month break from touring starting June 1979 so lead singer Michael Jackson could finish working on his solo album Off the Wall.

Leg 3: 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 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, In 1980 the tour ended in Honolulu on January 13, 1980.

Opening acts

Set list

Europe and Africa[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[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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Cancelled dates

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Personnel

Band members

First leg

  • Bass: Michael McKinney
  • Additional Guitar: Bud Rizzo
  • Keyboards: James McField
  • Drums: Tony Lewis

Second leg

  • Drums: Jonathan Moffett
  • Additional Guitar: Bud Rizzo
  • Bass: Michael McKinney
  • Keyboards: James McField
  • Horns: (East Coast Horns): Wesley Phillips, Cloris Grimes, Alan (Funt) Prater, Roderick (Mac) McMorris

Notes

  1. Originally scheduled for Baton Rouge at Riverside Centroplex Arena

Release

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

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