Departure Tour

Departure Tour

Tour by Journey
Associated album	Departure
Start date	March 25, 1980
End date	October 13, 1980
Legs	4
No. of shows	105
Journey concert chronology

The Departure Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Journey. The tour was in support of their 1980 album Departure which was their first Top 10 album on the Billboard 200 that peaked at #8 and like their previous two albums, Infinity and Evolution. This was also the last Journey tour to feature founding member of the band Gregg Rolie who left the band to start a family.

The Montreal, Detroit and Tokyo shows were recorded for the band's first live album, Captured.

Personnel

• Steve Perry - lead vocals, keyboards
• Neal Schon - guitars, backing vocals
• Gregg Rolie - keyboards, backing vocals
• Ross Valory - bass, backing vocals
• Steve Smith - drums, percussion

Setlist

Songs played overall

1. "Majestic"
2. "Where Were You"
3. "Just the Same Way"
4. "Lovin' You Is Easy"
5. "Too Late"
6. "Opened the Door"
7. "Kohoutek"
8. "People and Places"
9. "Of a Lifetime"
10. "Winds of March"
11. "Lights"
12. "Stay Awhile"
13. "Dixie Highway"
14. "Precious Time"
15. "Patiently"
16. "Feeling That Way"
17. "Precious Time"
18. "Moon Theme"
19. "Walks Like a Lady"
20. "I'm Cryin'"
21. "Anytime"
22. "Homemade Love"
23. "La Do Da"
24. "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
25. "Line of Fire"
26. "Wheel in the Sky"
27. "Any Way You Want It"

Typical setlist

1. "Majestic"
2. "Where Were You"
3. "Just the Same Way"
4. "Lovin' You Is Easy"
5. "Too Late"
6. "Kohoutek"
7. "People and Places"
8. "Lights"
9. "Stay Awhile"
10. "Feeling That Way"
11. "Dixie Highway"
12. "Precious Time"
13. "Anytime"
14. "Walks Like a Lady"
15. "La Do Da"
16. "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
17. "Line of Fire"
18. "Wheel in the Sky"
19. "Any Way You Want It"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Support Act(s)
Warm Up
March 25, 1980	San Francisco	United States	The Warfield (Bay Area Music Awards)	—
March 26, 1980			Palace of Fine Arts (Benefit performance)
North America
March 28, 1980	Oakland	United States	Oakland Arena	The Babys
March 30, 1980	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
April 2, 1980	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
April 3, 1980				—
April 4, 1980	Tucson		Tucson Community Center
April 5, 1980	Phoenix		Arizona Memorial Coliseum	The Babys
April 6, 1980	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
April 8, 1980	Oklahoma City		The Myriad	Cheap Trick The Babys
April 10, 1980	Fort Worth		Tarrant County Convention Center	The Babys
April 11, 1980	Dallas		Dallas Convention Center
April 12, 1980	Houston		The Summit
April 13, 1980	Beaumont		Beaumont Civic Center
April 15, 1980	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
April 17, 1980	Baton Rouge		Riverside Centroplex
April 18, 1980	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
April 19, 1980	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
April 20, 1980	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center	—
April 22, 1980	Fort Myers		Lee County Civic Center	The Babys
April 24, 1980	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
April 25, 1980	Miami		Miami Marine Stadium
April 26, 1980	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
April 27, 1980	St. Petersburg		Bayfront Center
April 30, 1980	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
May 1, 1980	Champaign		Champaign Assembly Hall
May 2, 1980	Louisville		Freedom Hall
May 3, 1980	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
May 4, 1980	West Lafayette		Elliott Hall of Music
May 6, 1980	Utica		Utica Memorial Auditorium
May 7, 1980	Springfield		Springfield Civic Center
May 9, 1980	Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh Civic Arena
May 10, 1980	Cleveland		Richfield Coliseum	—
May 11, 1980				The Babys
May 13, 1980	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
May 14, 1980
May 16, 1980	Detroit		Cobo Arena
May 17, 1980
May 18, 1980
May 19, 1980
May 20, 1980
May 22, 1980	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
May 23, 1980	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
May 24, 1980	South Bend		Athletics and Convocation Center
May 26, 1980	Des Moines		Iowa State Fairgrounds (Iowa Jam)	—
May 27, 1980	Chicago		Rosemont Horizon	The Babys
May 29, 1980	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
May 30, 1980	Springfield		Prairie Capitol Convention Center
June 3, 1980	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum	—
June 4, 1980	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum	The Babys
June 21, 1980	Honolulu		Neil S. Blaisdell Arena	—
June 22, 1980
June 24, 1980	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
June 25, 1980
June 26, 1980	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
June 27, 1980	Kansas City		Arrowhead Stadium	Kenny Loggins April Wine The Doobie Brothers
June 29, 1980	St. Louis		Busch Memorial Stadium	—
July 1, 1980	Springfield		Hammons Center
July 2, 1980	Tulsa		Tulsa Assembly Center
July 3, 1980	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
July 7, 1980	Denver		Denver Coliseum
July 8, 1980	Salina		Bicentennial Center
July 26, 1980	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Summer Blowout 1980)
July 27, 1980	Oakland		Oakland Stadium (Day on the Green #2)
July 30, 1980	Bloomington		Met Center
July 31, 1980	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theater
August 2, 1980	Flint	Atwood Stadium	Pat Benatar Eddie Money
August 4, 1980	Sterling Heights	Freedom Hill Amphitheatre	—
August 5, 1980
August 8, 1980	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum	Corbeau
August 10, 1980	Saratoga	United States	Saratoga Performing Arts Center	—
August 12, 1980	Syracuse		Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium
August 14, 1980	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Joe Perry Project
August 15, 1980	Rochester		War Memorial Auditorium
August 16, 1980	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum	—
August 17, 1980	Providence		Providence Civic Center	Joe Perry Project
August 20, 1980	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	—
August 21, 1980	Bethlehem		Stabler Arena
August 22, 1980	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
August 23, 1980	Largo		Six Flags America
August 24, 1980	Landover		Capital Centre	Joe Perry Project
August 26, 1980	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum	—
August 28, 1980	Mobile		Mobile Municipal Auditorium
August 29, 1980	Atlanta		The Omni	LeRoux
August 30, 1980	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Coliseum	—
August 31, 1980	Dayton		Hara Arena
September 1, 1980	Chicago		Rosemont Horizon
Europe
September 7, 1980	Hamburg	Germany	Audimax	—
September 8, 1980	Berlin		Neue Welt
September 9, 1980	Offenbach		Stadthalle
September 11, 1980	Düsseldorf		Phillipshalle
September 12, 1980	Nuremberg		Hemmerleinhalle
September 13, 1980	Munich		Circus Krone
September 15, 1980	Heidelberg		Rhein-Neckar-Halle
September 16, 1980	Stuttgart		Liederhalle
September 18, 1980	Zurich	Switzerland	Volkshaus
September 20, 1980	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
September 22, 1980	London	England	Rainbow Theatre
Asia
October 8, 1980	Tokyo	Japan	Shibuya Kokaido	—
October 10, 1980	Osaka		Banpaku Hall
October 11, 1980	Tokyo		Nakano Sun Plaza
October 13, 1980			Kosei Nenkin Hall