Jazz Tour
World tour by Queen | |
File:Jazztour.jpg Poster for Queen's concert in Barcelona. | |
Associated album | Jazz |
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Start date | 28 October 1978 |
End date | 18 August 1979 |
Legs | 3 |
No. of shows | 35 in North America 29 in Europe 15 in Asia 79 in Total |
Queen concert chronology |
The Jazz Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen, supporting the album Jazz. The 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, crossdressers and a naked fat lady who smoked cigarettes in her crotch."[1] Part of the European leg was recorded for the band's first live album, Live Killers. Due to the tour starting within the same month as the final recording sessions for Jazz, Freddie Mercury's voice is worn out from the start, and his performances are generally sub-par when compared to the previous tour. When "We Will Rock You" was performed, there would be a person dressed in a Superman costume holding up Freddie Mercury while he sings.
Setlists
Average setlist
This setlist is representative of the performance on 1 December 1978 in Montreal, Canada. It does not represent all the setlists for the duration of the tour.
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Death on Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock (incl. timpani and guitar solo)"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore - "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore - "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Selected setlists
Dallas, United States
Memphis, United States
Lakeland, United States
Landover, United States
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Providence, United States
Boston, United States / New York City, United States / Uniondale, United States / Philadelphia, United States / Richfield, United States / Montreal, Canada / Toronto, Canada / Vancouver, Canada / Oakland, United States
Chicago, United States
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Dortmund, Germany / Berlin, Germany / Brussels, Belgium
Rotterdam, Netherlands (First Night) / Cologne, Germany / Barcelona, Spain (Second Night) / Paris, France (Second Night)
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Rotterdam, Netherlands (Second Night) Frankfurt, Germany / Zürich, Switzerland / Lyon, France / Barcelona, Spain (First Night)
Paris, France (Third Night)
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Tokyo, Japan (First Night) / Osaka, Japan (First Night)
Tokyo, Japan (Second Night)
Osaka, Japan (Second Night) / Nagoya, Japan
Kanazawa, Japan
Tokyo, Japan (Third Night)
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Tokyo, Japan (Fourth Night) / Kobe, Japan / Yamaguchi, Japan / Sapporo, Japan (First Night)
Tokyo, Japan (Fifth Night)
Fukuoka, Japan (First Night)
Fukuoka, Japan (Second Night)
Sapporo, Japan (Second Night)
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Saarbrucken, Germany
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Tour dates
Tour band
- Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals, piano, tambourine.
- Brian May: Guitar, backing vocals, piano ("Teo Torriatte")
- Roger Taylor: Drums, timpani, lead vocals ("I'm in Love With My Car"), backing vocals.
- John Deacon: Bass guitar, additional vocals, triangle
References
- ^ Henke, James (11 June 1981). "Queen Holds Court in South America". Rolling Stone.