Jazz Tour

Jazz Tour
Queen performing in Hanover on January 23, 1979 during the Jazz Tour.
World tour by Queen
Associated album	Jazz
Start date	October 28, 1978
End date	August 18, 1979
Legs	4
Shows	79
Queen tour chronology
News of the World Tour (1977-1978) Jazz Tour (1978-1979) Crazy Tour (1979)

The Jazz Tour was a concert tour made by the British rock band Queen. This tour supported the album Jazz. This 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, transvestites and a naked fat lady who smoked cigarettes in her crotch.

Part of the European leg was recorded and then released as the band's first live album, Live Killers.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
First Leg – North America
October 28, 1978	Dallas	United States	Dallas Convention Center
October 29, 1978	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
October 31, 1978	New Orleans		Civic Auditorium
November 3, 1978	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
November 4, 1978	Lakeland		Lakeland Center
November 6, 1978	Landover		Capital Centre
November 7, 1978	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
November 9, 1978	Detroit		Cobo Arena
November 10, 1978
November 11, 1978	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
November 13, 1978	Boston		Boston Garden
November 14, 1978	Providence		Providence Civic Center
November 16, 1978	New York City		Madison Square Garden
November 17, 1978
November 19, 1978	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum
November 20, 1978	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
November 22, 1978	Nashville		Municipal Auditorium
November 23, 1978	St. Louis		Checkerdome
November 25, 1978	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
November 26, 1978	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
November 28, 1978	Buffalo		War Memorial Auditorium
November 30, 1978	Ottawa	Canada	Ottawa Civic Centre
December 1, 1978	Montreal		Montreal Forum
December 3, 1978	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens
December 4, 1978
December 6, 1978	Madison	United States	Dane County Coliseum
December 7, 1978	Chicago		Chicago Stadium
December 8, 1978	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
December 12, 1978	Seattle		Seattle Coliseum
December 13, 1978	Portland		Portland Coliseum
December 14, 1978	Vancouver	Canada	PNE Coliseum
December 16, 1978	Oakland	United States	Coliseum Arena
December 18, 1978	Inglewood		Forum
December 19, 1978
December 20, 1978
Second – Europe (Live Killers)
January 17, 1979	Hamburg	West Germany	Ernst-Merck Halle
January 18, 1979	Kiel		Ostseehalle
January 20, 1979	Bremen		Stadthalle
January 21, 1979	Dortmund		Westfalenhalle
January 23, 1979	Hanover		Coliseum
January 24, 1979	Berlin		Messesportspalace
January 26, 1979	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
January 27, 1979
January 29, 1979	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy
January 30, 1979
February 1, 1979	Cologne	West Germany	Sporthalle
February 2, 1979	Frankfurt		Festhalle
February 4, 1979	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
February 6, 1979	Zagreb	Yugoslavia	Dom Sportova
February 7, 1979	Ljubljana		Hala Tivoli
February 10, 1979	Munich	West Germany	Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
February 11, 1979
February 13, 1979	Stuttgart		Sporthalle
February 15, 1979	Saarbrücken		Saarlandhalle
February 17, 1979	Lyon	France	Palais des Sports
February 19, 1979	Barcelona	Spain	Palacio de los Deportes
February 20, 1979
February 21, 1979
February 23, 1979	Madrid		Pabellon de Real Madrid
February 25, 1979	Poitiers	France	Les Arenes
February 27, 1979	Paris		Pavillon de Paris
February 28, 1979
March 1, 1979
Third Leg – Japan
April 13, 1979	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan
April 14, 1979
April 19, 1979	Osaka		Festival Hall
April 20, 1979
April 21, 1979	Kanazawa		Jissen-rinri Memorial Hall
April 23, 1979	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
April 24, 1979
April 25, 1979
April 27, 1979	Kobe		Kobe Central Gymnasium
April 28, 1979	Nagoya		International Display
April 30, 1979	Fukuoka		Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium
May 1, 1979
May 2, 1979	Yamaguchi		Prefectural Athletic Association
May 5, 1979	Sapporo		Makomanai Ice Arena
May 6, 1979
Fourth Leg – Germany
August 18, 1979	Saarbrücken	West Germany	Ludwigspark Stadion

Setlist

First leg

1. We Will Rock You (Fast)
2. Let Me Entertain You
3. Somebody to Love
4. If You Can't Beat Them
5. Medley
6. Now I'm Here
7. Don't Stop Me Now (Intro)(Chicago only)
8. Spread Your Wings
9. Dreamer's Ball
10. Love of My Life
11. '39
12. It's Late
13. Brighton Rock
14. Fat Bottomed Girls
15. Keep Yourself Alive / Fun It (intro)
16. Bohemian Rhapsody
17. Tie Your Mother Down

Encores:

1. White Christmas (Los Angeles only)
2. Big Spender
3. Jailhouse Rock
4. Sheer Heart Attack
5. We Will Rock You
6. We Are the Champions
7. God Save the Queen (tape)

Second and third leg

1. We Will Rock You (Fast)
2. Let Me Entertain You
3. Somebody to Love
4. Fat Bottomed Girls
5. Death on Two Legs
6. Killer Queen
7. Bicycle Race
8. I'm in Love With My Car
9. Get Down, Make Love
10. You're My Best Friend
11. Now I'm Here
12. Teo Torriate
13. If You Can't Beat Them
14. Don't Stop Me Now
15. Spread Your Wings
16. Dreamer's Ball
17. Love of My Life
18. '39
19. It's Late
20. Brighton Rock
21. Keep Yourself Alive / Fun It (intro)
22. Mustapha (intro)
23. Bohemian Rhapsody
24. Tie Your Mother Down

Encores:

1. Sheer Heart Attack
2. Big Spender
3. Jailhouse Rock
4. We Will Rock You
5. We Are the Champions
6. God Save the Queen (tape)

Fourth leg

1. We Will Rock You (fast)
2. Let Me Entertain You
3. If You Can't Beat Them
4. Mustapha
5. Death on Two Legs
6. Killer Queen
7. I'm in Love With My Car
8. Get Down, Make Love
9. You're My Best Friend
10. Now I'm Here
11. Somebody to Love
12. Spread Your Wings
13. Love of My Life
14. Keep Yourself Alive
15. Drum solo
16. Guitar solo
17. Brighton Rock (reprise)
18. Bohemian Rhapsody
19. Tie Your Mother Down

First Encore:

1. Sheer Heart Attack
2. Jailhouse Rock

Second Encore:

1. We Will Rock You
2. We Are the Champions
3. God Save the Queen (tape)

External links

• Queen Concerts