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 13 countries, playing approximately 83 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 shows140
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 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 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.

Leg 3: North America

The Jacksons would playing 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. 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 13th.

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)”

Opening acts

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue No. of performances
Europe[4][5]
January 22, 1979 Bremen West Germany Musical Theater Bremen 1
January 24, 1979 1
January 26, 1979 1
January 27, 1979 Frankfurt am Main Jahrhunderthalle 1
January 28, 1979 Madrid Spain Teatro Monumental 1
January 29, 1979 1
January 30, 1979 1
January 31, 1979 Groningen Netherlands Martinihal Groningen 1
February 1, 1979 Amsterdam Koninklijk Theater Carré 1
February 2, 1979 1
February 6, 1979 London United Kingdom Rainbow Theatre 1
February 7, 1979 1
February 8, 1979 1
February 9, 1979 1
February 10, 1979 Brighton Brighton Centre 2
February 11, 1979 Preston Preston Guild Hall 1
February 12, 1979 Wakefield Theatre Royal 2
February 13, 1979 Sheffield Fiesta Nightclub 1
February 14, 1979 Geneva Switzerland Victoria Hall 1
February 15, 1979 1
February 17, 1979 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Apollo 2
February 18, 1979 Birmingham Bingley Hall 1
February 19, 1979 Halifax Victoria Theatre 2
February 23, 1979 London Rainbow Theatre 2
February 24, 1979 2
February 25, 1979 Poole Poole Arts Centre 1
February 26, 1979 Amsterdam Netherlands Koninklijk Theater Carré 1
February 29, 1979 Avignon France Théâtre des Carmes 1
March 2, 1979 Paris France Le Palace 1
Africa[5]
March 6, 1979 Soweto South Africa Orlando Stadium 1
March 7, 1979 1
March 8, 1979 1
March 9, 1979 1
March 10, 1979 1
March 12, 1979 Dakar Senegal Stade de l'Amitié 1
March 13, 1979 1
March 14, 1979 1
March 15, 1979 1
March 16, 1979 Nairobi Kenya Aliff Gymnasium 1
March 19, 1979 Johannesburg South Africa Market Theatre 1
March 20, 1979 1
March 21, 1979 1
North America[6]
April 14, 1979 Cleveland United States Palace Theatre 2
April 15, 1979 2
April 19, 1979 Devon Valley Forge Music Fair 1
April 20, 1979 1
April 21, 1979 2
April 22, 1979 2
April 26, 1979 Niles Mill Run Playhouse 1
April 27, 1979 2
April 28, 1979 1
April 29, 1979 2
May 3, 1979 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center 1
May 4, 1979 Sunrise Sunrise Musical Theater 1
May 5, 1979 1
May 6, 1979 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1
May 10, 1979 Houston Celebrity Circle Theatre 2
May 11, 1979 2
May 12, 1979 2
May 16, 1979 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium 1
May 17, 1979 Columbus Municipal Auditorium 1
May 18, 1979 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 1
May 19, 1979 Atlanta Omni Coliseum 1
May 20, 1979 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 1
May 24, 1979 Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Convention Center 1
May 25, 1979 Kansas City Kemper Arena 1
May 26, 1979 Beaumont Fair Park Coliseum 1
May 27, 1979 Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center 1
May 28, 1979 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 1
May 30, 1979 Oklahoma City Jim Norick Arena 1
June 1, 1979 Milwaukee Milwaukee County Stadium 1
June 2, 1979 Norfolk Norfolk Scope 1
June 3, 1979 Columbia Township Auditorium 1
June 8, 1979 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum 1
June 9, 1979 Landover Capital Centre 1
June 10, 1979 Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium 1
October 2, 1979 New Orleans Municipal Auditorium 1
October 3, 1979 1
October 4, 1979 Shreveport Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 1
October 5, 1979 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium 1
October 6, 1979 Huntsville Von Braun Civic Center 1
October 7, 1979 Louisville Freedom Hall 1
October 10, 1979 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium 1
October 12, 1979 Philadelphia Spectrum 1
October 13, 1979 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial 1
October 14, 1979 Pittsburgh Civic Arena 1
October 18, 1979 Saginaw Saginaw Civic Center 1
October 19, 1979 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 1
October 21, 1979 Dayton UD Arena 1
October 25, 1979 Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum 1
October 26, 1979 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial 1
October 27, 1979 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 1
October 28, 1979 Springfield Springfield Civic Center 1
November 1, 1979 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium 1
November 2, 1979 Chicago Chicago Stadium 1
November 3, 1979 Cleveland Public Auditorium 1
November 4, 1979 Detroit Cobo Arena 1
November 5, 1979 1
November 7, 1979 Baltimore Baltimore Civic Center 1
November 8, 1979 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1
November 9, 1979 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 1
November 11, 1979 Fayetteville Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium 1
November 22, 1979 Savannah Savannah Civic Center 1
November 23, 1979 Macon Macon Coliseum 1
November 24, 1979 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 1
November 25, 1979 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 1
November 29, 1979 Atlanta Omni Coliseum 1
November 30, 1979 Mobile Mobile Municipal Auditorium 1
December 9, 1979 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum 1
December 13, 1979 San Bernardino United States Swing Auditorium 1
December 14, 1979 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1
December 15, 1979 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 1
December 19, 1979 Inglewood The Forum 1
December 21, 1979 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 1
December N/A, 1979 Nassau The Bahamas Haynes Oval 1
January 11, 1980 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Arena 1
January 12, 1980 1
January 13, 1980 1

Cancelled dates
List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
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
March 1, 1979 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo Schedule conflict
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 17, 1979 Lake Charles Burton Coliseum Michael's kidney infection
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
  • 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

    Citations
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