Tour by the Jacksons | |
Associated album |
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Start date | January 22, 1979 |
End date | January 13, 1980 |
Legs | 3 |
No. of shows | 146 |
Box office | US $7.5 million ($31.49 in 2023 dollars) [1] |
The Jacksons tour chronology |
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.
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 .
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.
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 |
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 [lower-alpha 1] | 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 MJ'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 MJ's kidney infection, cancelled overall | |
December 11, 1979 | San Antonio | HemisFair Arena |
First leg
Second leg
The London concert on February 23 was released on VHS later in 1979.
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