Destiny World Tour

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. They visited 3 continents and 14 countries, playing approximately 85 concerts in the United States alone. The tour concluded in Hawaii on January 13, 1980.

Destiny World Tour
Tour by The Jacksons
Associated albumDestiny
Off the Wall (starting with the October 2nd concert)
Start dateJanuary 22, 1979
End dateJanuary 13, 1980
Legs3
No. of shows137
Box officeUS $7.5 million ($28 in 2021 dollars)[1]
The Jacksons concert chronology

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 a 79-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 first leg of the tour saw the Jacksons playing moderate sized arenas, such as the Valley Forge Music Fair in Philadelphia which seats 3,000, but after the release of Michael's album Off the Wall, the brothers revamped their show for larger arenas. For the second leg, additional songs were added to the setlist, most notably songs from Michael's new album. The opening act in the second leg was L.T.D. The tour grossed an estimated 7.5 million dollars.

Set list
Europe and Africa [2]
  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[2][3]
  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
Date City Country Venue
Europe[4][5]
January 22, 1979 Bremen West Germany Musical Theater Bremen
January 24, 1979
January 26, 1979
January 27, 1979 Frankfurt am Main Jahrhunderthalle
January 28, 1979 Madrid Spain Teatro Monumental
January 29, 1979
January 30, 1979
January 31, 1979 Groningen Netherlands Martinihal Groningen
February 1, 1979 Amsterdam Koninklijk Theater Carré
February 2, 1979
February 6, 1979 London United Kingdom Rainbow Theatre
February 7, 1979
February 8, 1979
February 9, 1979
February 10, 1979 Brighton Brighton Centre
February 11, 1979 Preston Preston Guild Hall
February 12, 1979 (2 shows) Wakefield Theatre Royal
February 13, 1979 Sheffield Fiesta Nightclub
February 14, 1979 Geneva Switzerland Victoria Hall
February 15, 1979
February 17, 1979 (2 shows) Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Apollo
February 18, 1979 Birmingham Bingley Hall
February 19, 1979 Halifax Victoria Theatre
February 20, 1979 Leicester De Montfort Hall
February 21, 1979 Cardiff Sophia Gardens Pavilion
February 23, 1979 London Rainbow Theatre
February 24, 1979
February 25, 1979 Poole Poole Arts Centre
February 26, 1979 Amsterdam Netherlands Koninklijk Theater Carré
February 29, 1979 Avignon France Théâtre des Carmes
March 2, 1979 Paris France Le Palace
Africa[5]
March 6, 1979 Soweto South Africa Orlando Stadium
March 7, 1979
March 8, 1979
March 9, 1979
March 10, 1979
March 12, 1979 Dakar Senegal Stade de l'Amitié
March 13, 1979
March 14, 1979
March 15, 1979
March 16, 1979 Nairobi Kenya Aliff Gymnasium
March 19, 1979 Johannesburg South Africa Market Theatre
March 20, 1979
March 21, 1979
North America[6]
April 7, 1979 Owings Mills United States Painters Mill Music Fair
April 8, 1979[lower-alpha 1]
(2 shows)
April 14, 1979 Cleveland Music Hall
April 15, 1979
April 19, 1979 Devon Valley Forge Music Fair
April 22, 1979
April 25, 1979 Chicago Arie Crown Theater
April 26, 1979
April 27, 1979
April 28, 1979 Niles Mill Run Playhouse
May 3, 1979 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center
May 6, 1979 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
May 10, 1979 Houston Arena Theatre
May 12, 1979
May 16, 1979 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum
May 17, 1979 Columbus Municipal Auditorium
May 18, 1979 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
May 19, 1979 Atlanta Atlanta Civic Center
May 20, 1979 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
May 24, 1979 Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Convention Center
May 26, 1979 Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
May 28, 1979 Shreveport Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
May 30, 1979 Oklahoma City Jim Norick Arena
June 1, 1979 Milwaukee Milwaukee County Stadium
June 3, 1979 Columbia Township Auditorium
June 8, 1979 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
June 9, 1979 Landover Capital Centre
June 10, 1979 Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium
October 2, 1979 New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
October 3, 1979
October 4, 1979 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
October 5, 1979 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium
October 6, 1979 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center
October 7, 1979 Louisville Broadbent Arena
October 12, 1979 Philadelphia Spectrum
October 13, 1979 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
October 14, 1979 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
October 18, 1979 Saginaw Saginaw Civic Center
October 19, 1979 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
October 20, 1979 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
October 21, 1979 Dayton UD Arena
October 25, 1979 Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum
October 26, 1979 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial
October 27, 1979 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
October 28, 1979 Springfield Springfield Civic Center
November 1, 1979 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
November 2, 1979 Chicago Chicago Stadium
November 3, 1979 Cleveland Public Auditorium
November 4, 1979 Detroit Cobo Arena
November 5, 1979
November 6, 1979 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center
November 8, 1979 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 9, 1979 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
November 10, 1979 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
November 11, 1979 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium
November 14, 1979 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center
November 15, 1979 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex
November 16, 1979 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
November 17, 1979 Lake Charles Burton Coliseum
November 19, 1979 Houston Hofheinz Pavilion
November 20, 1979 Columbus Municipal Auditorium
November 21, 1979 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
November 22, 1979 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
November 23, 1979 Macon Macon Coliseum
November 24, 1979 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
November 25, 1979 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
November 29, 1979 Albuquerque University Arena (The Pit)
November 30, 1979 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
December 2, 1979 Honolulu Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
December 6, 1979 Portland Memorial Coliseum
December 8, 1979 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
December 9, 1979 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
December 13, 1979 San Bernardino United States Swing Auditorium
December 14, 1979 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 15, 1979 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
December 16, 1979 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
December 19, 1979 Inglewood The Forum
December 21, 1979 Nassau The Bahamas Haynes Oval Cricket Ground
January 11, 1980 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
January 12, 1980
January 13, 1980

Cancelled dates
List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
February 16, 1979 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo Illness with the band
March 1, 1979 Schedule conflict
November 18, 1979 Houston United States Hofheinz Pavilion Illness with the band
  • 6 unknown dates in Britain was cancelled due to Michael’s strained voice

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

References

Notes
  1. Two shows were performed at 3 and 7 PM on April 8, 1979.

Citations
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  4. "The singles explosion heard around the world..." Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 5. New York City. February 3, 1979. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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