Destiny World Tour

Destiny World Tour

World tour by The Jacksons
Location	Europe, Africa, North America.
Associated album	Destiny & Off the Wall (*)
Start date	January 22, 1979
End date	September 26, 1980
Legs	3
No. of shows	30 in Europe 12 in Africa 79 in North America 121 in Total (*) Only in the second and third leg of the tour
The Jacksons concert chronology

The Destiny Tour was the debut concert tour by The Jacksons that began a world tour to promote the Destiny album on January 22, 1979 with their opening concert in Bremen. Countries that were visited included Britain, Holland, France, and Kenya. During the spring of 1979 The Jacksons performed some concerts in Britain. April 14, 1979 The Jacksons began their U.S tour in Cleveland, Ohio and finished in Los Angeles after visiting 79 U.S. cities.

Overview

Starting the tour on January 22, 1979 in Bremen shortly after releasing the platinum-certified Destiny album the previous December. The tour performed in three continents including a tour in Kenya and several headlining tours in Great Britain before taking on an 80-city tour in the United States, before ending the tour in Washington, D.C. near the end of the year. The first leg of the tour saw the Jacksons doing moderate sized arenas. While on tour Michael released his multi-platinum album Off the Wall, forcing the brothers to revamp their show and to start playing higher profile arenas/stadiums. As example originally on the first leg the Jacksons played the Valley Forge Music Fair in Philadelphia to an audience of 3,000 compared to the second leg later in the year when they played the Philadelphia Spectrum which seats 16,000. They changed drummers and added a horn section, also they designed a brand new stage which featured a huge hanging light fixture that said, "The Jacksons". During "Ben", Michael would now be moved across the stage on a floating platform with lights. Lastly, a new setlist was created and additional songs from the Jacksons Destiny album were added ([Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)]) and songs from Michael's blockbuster album Off the Wall. The opening act in the Second Leg was L.T.D. The entire Destiny tour (First and Second leg) grossed an estimated 7.5 million dollars.

Set list

First Leg (1979)

• 1. "Dancing Machine"
• 2. "Things I Do for You"
• 3. "Ben"
• 4. "Keep on Dancing"
• 5. Jackson 5 Medley
  • "I Want You Back"
  • "ABC"
  • "The Love You Save"
• 6. "I'll Be There"
• 7. "Band Introduction"
• 8. "Enjoy Yourself"
• 9. "Destiny"
• 10. "Show You the Way to Go"
• 11. "All Night Dancin'"
• 12. "Blame It on the Boogie"

Second / Third Leg (1979 - 1980)

• 1. "Dancing Machine"
• 2. "Things I Do for You"
• 3. "Ben
• 4. "Off the Wall"
• 5. Jackson 5 Medley
  • "I Want You Back"
  • "ABC"
  • "The Love You Save"
• 6. "I'll Be There"
• 7. "Rock With You"
• 8. "Blame It On The Boogie"
• 9. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
• 10. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"

• On the first leg and the second leg "I Am Love" was performed in Amsterdam and New Orleans.
• The London concert was filmed by BBC and leaked on the Internet. It is in High Quality of sound and video.
• The concert performed in Washington DC as part of the US Leg of the first tour was video taped. The footage was later used to create a promotional commercial for the second half of the Destiny concerts. Footage was also used in 1984 as part of an ABC special on the Michael and the Jacksons.
• The full audio video of the New Orleans concert was leaked was leaked to the Internet. Songs like "I Wanna Be Where You Are", "Get It Together", "Daddy's Home", I Am Love, "Keep on Dancing" and "Enjoy Yourself" were performed in the in the concert. Later those songs were taken out.
• A live version of "Off the Wall" was released as a promo video in 1979. The same footage was used in 2007, however the live music was removed and the video was overdubbed with the album version of "Off the Wall" and album version of The Jacksons Live!, as alternate version.
• Another live performance of "Off the Wall" was used as a promo video in 1979, however the album version of "Off the Wall" was used and overdubbed over the concert footage until the final few seconds. Pictures from this particular concert are in the Michael Jackson book titled, "Before He Was King".
• Part of a Destiny Tour concert was filmed at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale on November 8, 1979 and was used in the 20/20 profile of Michael Jackson.

Tour dates

#	Date	City	Country	Venue
First Leg
Europe
1	January 22, 1979	Bremen	Germany
2	January 24, 1979
3	January 26, 1979
4	January 27, 1979	Frankfurt
5	January 28, 1979	Madrid	Spain
6	January 29, 1979
7	January 30, 1979
8	February 1, 1979	Amsterdam	Netherlands
9	February 2, 1979
10	February 6, 1979	London	United Kingdom	Rainbow Theatre
11	February 7, 1979
12	February 8, 1979
13	February 9, 1979
14	February 10, 1979	Brighton
15	February 11, 1979	Preston
16	February 12, 1979	Wakefield
17	February 13, 1979	Sheffield
18	February 14, 1979	Geneva	Switzerland
19	February 15, 1979
20	February 16, 1979	Glasgow	United Kingdom	Glasgow Apollo
21	February 17, 1979	Manchester
22	February 18, 1979
23	February 19, 1979	Leeds
24	February 20, 1979
25	February 23, 1979	London		Rainbow Theatre
26	February 24, 1979
27	February 25, 1979	Bournemouth
28	February 26, 1979	Amsterdam	Netherlands
29	February 29, 1979	Avignon	France
30	March 2, 1979	Paris		Le Palace
Africa
31	March 6, 1979	Johannesburg	South Africa
32	March 7, 1979
33	March 8, 1979
34	March 9, 1979
35	March 10, 1979
36	March 12, 1979	Dakar	Senegal
37	March 13, 1979
38	March 14, 1979
39	March 15, 1979
40	March 19, 1979	Johannesburg	South Africa
41	March 20, 1979
42	March 21, 1979
North America
43	April 14, 1979	Cleveland	United States
44	April 15, 1979
45	April 19, 1979	Valley Forge
46	April 22, 1979
47	April 25, 1979	Chicago
48	April 26, 1979
49	April 27, 1979
50	April 29, 1979
51	May 3, 1979	St. Petersburg
52	May 6, 1979	Jacksonville
53	May 10, 1979	Houston
54	May 12, 1979
55	May 16, 1979	Birmingham
56	May 17, 1979	Columbus
57	May 18, 1979	Nashville
58	May 19, 1979	Atlanta
59	May 20, 1979	Memphis
60	May 24, 1979	Pine Bluff
61	May 26, 1979	Kansas City
62	May 27, 1979	Oklahoma City
63	May 30, 1979	Shreveport
64	June 1, 1979	Norfolk
65	June 3, 1979	Columbia
66	June 8, 1979	Charlotte
67	June 9, 1979	Washington, D.C.
Second leg
North America
68	October 2, 1979	New Orleans	United States	Municipal Auditrorium
69	October 3, 1979
70	October 4, 1979	Shreveport
71	October 5, 1979	Mobile
72	October 6, 1979	Huntsville
73	October 7, 1979	Louisville		Louisville Gardens
74	October 12, 1979	Philadelphia		Spectrum
75	October 13, 1979	Rochester
76	October 14, 1979	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
77	October 15, 1979	Saginaw
78	October 19, 1979	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
79	October 20, 1979	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
80	October 21, 1979	Dayton
81	October 25, 1979	Columbus
82	October 26, 1979	Syracuse
83	October 27, 1979	Buffalo
84	October 28, 1979	Springfield
85	November 1, 1979	Kalamazoo
86	November 2, 1979	Chicago		Chicago Stadium
87	November 3, 1979	Cleveland		Convention Center
88	November 4, 1979	Detroit		Cobo Hall
89	November 5, 1979
90	November 6, 1979	Baltimore
91	November 8, 1979	Richmond
92	November 9, 1979	Hampton
93	November 10, 1979
94	November 11, 1979	Fayetteville
95	November 14, 1979	Fort Worth
96	November 15, 1979	Baton Rouge		Riverside Centroplex
97	November 16, 1979	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
98	November 17, 1979	Lake Charles
99	November 20, 1979	Columbus
100	November 21, 1979	Greenville
101	November 22, 1979	Savannah
102	November 23, 1979	Macon
103	November 24, 1979	Nashville		Municipal Auditorium
104	November 25, 1979	Atlanta		The Omni Coliseum
105	November 29, 1979	Albuquerque
106	November 30, 1979	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
107	December 2, 1979	Honolulu		Neal Blaisdell Center
108	December 6, 1979	Portland
109	December 8, 1979	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
110	December 9, 1979	Vancouver	Canada
111	December 13, 1979	San Bernadino	United States	Swing Auditorium
112	December 14, 1979	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
113	December 15, 1979	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
114	December 16, 1979	Oakland		Oakland Coliseum
115	December 18, 1979	Los Angeles		The Forum
Third leg
North America
116	September 5, 1980	Honolulu	United States
117	September 17, 1980	Los Angeles
118	September 18, 1980
119	September 19, 1980
120	September 25, 1980
121	September 26, 1980

Cancellations

• 11/18/1979: Houston, Texas, The Summit; CANCELLED (This show was cancelled due to illness.)

Band members

First leg

• Bass: Michael McKinney
• Additional Guitar: Bud Rizzo
• Keyboards: James Macfield
• Drums: Tony Lewis

Second leg

• Drums: Jonathan Moffett
• Additional Guitar: Bud Rizzo
• Bass: Michael McKinney
• Keyboards: James Macfield
• Horns: (East Coast Horns): Wesley Phillips, Cloris Grimes, Alan (Funt) Prater, Roderick (Mac) McMorris

Personnel

• Jackie Jackson: vocals
• Tito Jackson: guitar, vocals
• Marlon Jackson: vocals
• Michael Jackson: vocals
• Randy Jackson: vocals, congas, percussion, piano, keyboards