Jazz Tour

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Jazz Tour
World tour by Queen
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Japan
Associated album Jazz
Start date28 October 1978
End date18 August 1979
Legs4
No. of shows
  • 35 in North America
  • 29 in Europe
  • 15 in Asia
  • 79 in total
Queen concert chronology

The Jazz Tour was the sixth headlining concert tour by the British rock band Queen, supporting the album Jazz . The tour was memorable for the spectacle created by the band. As James Henke of Rolling Stone said about the band's Halloween 1978 concert in New Orleans: "...when they were launching a U.S. tour in support of their Jazz, album, Queen threw a bash in New Orleans that featured snake charmers, strippers, crossdressers and a naked fat lady who smoked cigarettes in her crotch." [1] Part of the European leg was recorded for the band's first live album, Live Killers .

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Background

Due to the tour starting within weeks of the final recording sessions for Jazz, Freddie Mercury's voice was worn out, which led to generally below-average performances. While holding up fine for the American and European shows, he lost his voice in Japan. During the encore performance of "We Will Rock You" , as he sang, Mercury would be carried on the shoulders of a Superman cosplayer.

Tour dates

List of 1978 concerts
DateCityCountryVenue
28 October 1978 Dallas United States Dallas Convention Center
29 October 1978 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
31 October 1978 New Orleans New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
3 November 1978 Hollywood Hollywood Sportatorium
4 November 1978 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
6 November 1978 Landover Capital Centre
7 November 1978 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
9 November 1978 Detroit Cobo Hall
10 November 1978
11 November 1978 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
13 November 1978 Boston Boston Garden
14 November 1978 Providence Providence Civic Center
16 November 1978 New York City Madison Square Garden
17 November 1978
19 November 1978 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
20 November 1978 Philadelphia The Spectrum
22 November 1978 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
23 November 1978 St. Louis Checkerdome
25 November 1978 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
26 November 1978 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
28 November 1978 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
30 November 1978 Ottawa Canada Ottawa Civic Centre
1 December 1978 Montreal Montreal Forum
3 December 1978 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
4 December 1978
6 December 1978 Madison United States Dane County Coliseum
7 December 1978 Chicago Chicago Stadium
8 December 1978 Kansas City Kemper Arena
12 December 1978 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
13 December 1978 Portland Memorial Coliseum
14 December 1978 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
16 December 1978 Oakland United States Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
18 December 1978 Inglewood The Forum
19 December 1978
20 December 1978
List of 1979 concerts
DateCityCountryVenue
17 January 1979 Hamburg West Germany Ernst-Merck-Halle
18 January 1979 Kiel Ostseehalle
20 January 1979 Bremen Stadthalle Bremen
21 January 1979 Dortmund Westfalenhallen
23 January 1979 Hanover Messesportpalast
24 January 1979 West Berlin Deutschlandhalle
26 January 1979 Brussels Belgium Forest National
27 January 1979
29 January 1979 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
30 January 1979
1 February 1979 Cologne West Germany Cologne Sporthalle
2 February 1979 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
4 February 1979 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
6 February 1979 Zagreb Yugoslavia Dom Sportova
7 February 1979 Ljubljana Tivoli Hall
10 February 1979 Munich West Germany Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
11 February 1979
13 February 1979 Böblingen Böblingen Sporthalle
15 February 1979 Saarbrücken Saarlandhalle
17 February 1979 Lyon France Palais des Sports de Gerland
19 February 1979 Barcelona Spain Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
20 February 1979
22 February 1979 Madrid Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
23 February 1979
25 February 1979 Poitiers FranceArènes de Poitiers
27 February 1979 Paris Pavillon de Paris
28 February 1979
1 March 1979
13 April 1979 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
14 April 1979
19 April 1979 Osaka Osaka Festival Hall
20 April 1979
21 April 1979 Kanazawa Jissenrinri Kinen Commemor. Hall
23 April 1979TokyoNippon Budokan
24 April 1979
25 April 1979
27 April 1979 Kobe Kobe Central Gymnasium
28 April 1979 Nagoya Portmesse Nagoya
30 April 1979 Fukuoka Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
1 May 1979
2 May 1979 Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Prefectural Athletic Association
5 May 1979 Sapporo Makomanai Ice Arena
6 May 1979
18 August 1979SaarbrückenWest Germany Ludwigsparkstadion

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date
(1978)		CityVenueAttendanceGrossRef(s)
29 October Memphis, United States Mid-South Coliseum 9,245 / 9,245$73,401 [2]
31 October New Orleans, United States Municipal Auditorium 8,000 / 8,000$68,000 [3]
7 November New Haven, United States New Haven Coliseum 10,567 / 10,567$84,927 [4]
9 November Detroit, United States Cobo Arena 22,650 / 22,650$227,833 [4]
10 November [4]
20 November Philadelphia, United States Spectrum 14,700$115,100 [5]
22 November Nashville, United States Nashville Municipal Auditorium 9,193$68,774 [5]
23 November St. Louis, United States Checkerdome 11,422$94,342 [5]
6 December Madison, United States Dane County Coliseum 7,544$61,667 [6]
8 December Kansas City, United States Kemper Arena 13,687$107,540 [6]
12 December Seattle, United States Seattle Center Coliseum 11,014$83,406 [7]
13 December Portland, United States Memorial Coliseum 10,333$83,291 [7]
14 December Vancouver, Canada Pacific Coliseum 15,428$123,425 [7]
16 December Oakland, United States Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 12,285 / 12,285$96,317 [7]

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Henke, James (11 June 1981). "Queen Holds Court in South America". Rolling Stone .
  2. ↑ "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 90, no. 45. 11 November 1978. p. 62. ISSN   0006-2510.
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