Babylon by Bus Tour

Babylon by Bus Tour 1979
Tour by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Start date	April 5, 1979
End date	May 6, 1979
Legs	2
Shows	8 in Asia 11 in Oceania 19 in total
Bob Marley & The Wailers tour chronology
Kaya Tour (1978) Babylon by Bus Tour (1979) Survival Tour (1979)

The Babylon by Bus Tour was a concert tour organised to support the album Babylon by Bus by Bob Marley & The Wailers. It was also to popularize Marley and reggae music in Asia and Oceania.

The tour started in Japan on April 5, 1979, and ended in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 6, 1979. The tour should have started with two shows in the Ivory Coast in mid-March, but both concerts had been cancelled due to unknown reasons. The first leg led Marley through Japan where he performed for the first time, the second leg took place in various Oceanian places (New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii). It was Marley's only tour including concerts in Asia and Oceania.

After the tour Marley performed two historical concerts: his last performance in Jamaica, at the Reggae Sunsplash, and at the Amandla Festival in Boston's Harvard Stadium where he made a powerful and historical speech.

Setlist

The standard setlist of the tour mostly looked like the following:

• "Positive Vibration"
• "Concrete Jungle"
• "Burnin' And Lootin'"
• "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)"
• "The Heathen"
• "Running Away" / "Crazy Baldhead" (medley)
• "I Shot The Sheriff"
• "No Woman, No Cry"
• "Lively Up Yourself"
• "Jammin'"
• "Is This Love?"
• "War" / "No More Trouble" (medley)
• "Get Up, Stand Up"
• "Exodus"

The setlist was very similar to that from the previous Kaya Tour, but in different order. There were also performances of an earlier song, "Punky Reggae Party", which is not featured on any of Marley's Island albums released at that time, but was released as a single in 1977.

From show to show sometimes an additional song was edged in the middle of the setlist, like "Stir It Up", "Punky Reggae Party" or "Natty Dread". Live performances of each of these songs happened very rarely during the tour.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Notes
March 16, 1979	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny	cancelled
March 17, 1979			Palais des Congrès	cancelled
April 5, 1979	Shinjuku, Tokyo	Japan	Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
April 6, 1979
April 7, 1979	Shibuya, Tokyo		Shibuya Public Hall	2 shows
April 10, 1979	Nakano, Tokyo		Nakano Sun Plaza	2 shows
April 11, 1979	Osaka		Osaka Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
April 13, 1979			Festival Hall
April 16, 1979	Auckland	New Zealand	Western Springs Stadium
April 18, 1979	Brisbane	Australia	Festival Hall
April 20, 1979	Adelaide		Apollo Stadium
April 21, 1979
April 23, 1979	Perth		Entertainment Centre
April 25, 1979	Melbourne		Festival Hall
April 26, 1979
April 27, 1979	Sydney		Hordern Pavilion	according to itinary 2 concerts were played, one on the 27 and then on the 28th, the last concert played in Australia.
May 1, 1979	Melbourne		Festival Hall	according to the itinary this date didn't exist or was played, last concert was Sydney April 28.
May 5, 1979	Lahaina, Hawaii	United States	Lahaina Civic Center
May 6, 1979	Honolulu, Hawaii		Waikiki Shell