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World tour by Queen | |
Location |
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Associated album | Jazz |
Start date | 28 October 1978 |
End date | 6 May 1979 |
Legs | 3 |
No. of shows |
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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 .
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.
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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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 | France | Arènes 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 1979 | Tokyo | Nippon 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 | |||
Date (1978) | City | Venue | Attendance | Gross | Ref(s) |
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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] |