The No Jacket Required World Tour

The No Jacket Required World Tour

Tour by Phil Collins
Associated album	No Jacket Required
Start date	11 February 1985
End date	13 July 1985
Legs	3
No. of shows	83
Phil Collins concert chronology

The No Jacket Required World Tour was a concert tour by the English singer-songwriter Phil Collins, which occurred February–July 1985 in support of his 1985 album, No Jacket Required. The album had been a massive international success and the tour concluded with Collins performing "Against All Odds" and "In the Air Tonight" at both Live Aid concerts, in London and Philadelphia, on 13 July 1985. For the latter, Sting played guitar and sang backing vocals.

During the tour, the music video for "Take Me Home" was filmed on location in various cities where the tour was staged. It was directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery. Flattery/Yukich also did a video for "(Billy) Don't Lose My Number" which was shot in various locations in Australia and was a parody of music video directors pitching famous or cliché ideas to him. It won a Billboard Video Award n 1987.

A television special, also directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery,was recorded in Dallas and aired on HBO, entitled No Jacket Required... Sold Out. The broadcast was released as a VHS in 1985 with extended footage and the title changed to Phil Collins: No Ticket Required. It won an ACE AWARD for best TV Music special in 1986.

Another television special was recorded for Cinemax for a show entitled Album Flash, taped in London, England at the Royal Albert Hall. It was featured on the Finally... First Farewell Tour 2004 DVD filmed in Paris.

Setlist

• "I Don't Care Anymore"
• "Only You Know And I Know"
• "I Cannot Believe It's True"
• "This Must Be Love"
• "Against All Odds"
• "Inside Out"
• "Who Said I Would"
• "If Leaving Me Is Easy"
• "Sussudio"
• "Against All Odds"
• "Behind The Lines"
• "Don't Lose My Number"
• "The West Side"
• "One More Night"
• "In The Air Tonight"
• "Like China"
• "You Can't Hurry Love"
• "It Don't Matter To Me"
• "Hand In Hand"
• "Take Me Home"
• "People Get Ready"
• "It's All Right"
• "And So To F..."
• "Long Long Way To Go"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
11 February 1985	Nottingham	England	Royal Theatre
12 February 1985	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
13 February 1985	Glasgow	Scotland	Apollo
15 February 1985	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
16 February 1985	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
17 February 1985	London		Royal Albert Hall
18 February 1985
19 February 1985
20 February 1985
21 February 1985
22 February 1985
23 February 1985	Birmingham		NEC
25 February 1985	Düsseldorf	West Germany	Philipshalle
26 February 1985	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
27 February 1985	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy
1 March 1985	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
2 March 1985	Stockholm		Isstadion
3 March 1985	Copenhagen	Denmark	Valbyhallen
4 March 1985	Weißenthurm	West Germany	Festhalle
6 March 1985	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
7 March 1985	Frankfurt	West Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
8 March 1985	Munich		Rudy Sedlmayerhalle
10 March 1985	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
11 March 1985	Stuttgart	West Germany	Boeblingen Sporthalle
13 March 1985	Nantes	France	Beaujoire
14 March 1985	Bordeaux		Patinoire Meriadeck
15 March 1985	Toulouse		Palais des Sports
16 March 1985	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier
17 March 1985	Lausanne		Halle des Fetes Beaujoire
Asia and Oceania
30 March 1985	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Festival Hall
31 March 1985
3 April 1985	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
4 April 1985
5 April 1985
6 April 1985
7 April 1985
10 April 1985	Melbourne		Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
11 April 1985
12 April 1985
13 April 1985
14 April 1985
17 April 1985	Adelaide		Memorial Drive Park
20 April 1985	Perth		Entertainment Centre
23 April 1985	Tokyo	Japan	Budokan
25 April 1985	Fukuoka		Sun Palace
26 April 1985	Osaka		Festival Hall
27 April 1985	Nagoya		Kokaido
North America
12 May 1985	Worcester	United States	The Centrum
13 May 1985	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
15 May 1985	New York City	United States	Radio City Music Hall
16 May 1985
17 May 1985
20 May 1985	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
21 May 1985	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
22 May 1985	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
23 May 1985	Atlanta		The Omni
24 May 1985	Birmingham		Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
25 May 1985	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
26 May 1985	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
27 May 1985	Houston		The Summit
28 May 1985
29 May 1985	Dallas		Reunion Arena
30 May 1985	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
1 June 1985	Phoenix		Compton Terrace Amphitheatre
2 June 1985	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
3 June 1985
4 June 1985	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre
5 June 1985
6 June 1985
7 June 1985	Sacramento		California Exposition & State Fair
8 June 1985
11 June 1985
13 June 1985	Denver		McNichols Arena
15 June 1985	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
16 June 1985	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
17 June 1985	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater
18 June 1985
19 June 1985	Lexington		Rupp Arena
21 June 1985	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
22 June 1985	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
23 June 1985	Saratoga Springs		Performing Arts Center
25 June 1985	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
26 June 1985
27 June 1985	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
28 June 1985 – cancelled due to Collins having vocal issues
29 June 1985	Toronto	Canada	CNE Stadium
1 July 1985	New York City	United States	Madison Square Garden
2 July 1985
Live Aid
13 July 1985	London	England	Wembley Stadium
	Philadelphia	United States	JFK Stadium

The Live Aid concerts were notable for Collins performing at both the Philadelphia and London shows. Bob Geldof, the organiser of Live Aid, originally asked Collins to be part of Geldof's first charity effort, Band Aid. Collins provided drums and sang backing vocals for Band Aid's 1984 No. 1 UK hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

For Live Aid Collins first performed with Sting at Wembley Stadium. Together they performed "Roxanne", "Driven to Tears", "Against All Odds", "Message in a Bottle", "In the Air Tonight", "Long Long Way To Go", and "Every Breath You Take". After Collins finished performing, he boarded a Concorde flight to the U.S. to enable him to perform at the Philadelphia show. On the plane, he met Cher, and convinced her to be part of the event. Robert Plant had asked Collins if he would perform with Jimmy Page and Tony Thompson and he in a Led Zeppelin reunion of sorts. At the concert he began by playing drums on "Layla", "White Room" and "She's Waiting" for friend Eric Clapton. Collins performed "Against All Odds" and "In the Air Tonight" and finished the night playing drums for Led Zeppelin's aforementioned act.

Personnel

For the tour, Collins retained his usual cast of musicians, including Chester Thompson, Leland Sklar and Daryl Stuermer. The band was nicknamed the "Hot Tub Club".

• Phil Collins – vocals, piano, drums, percussion
• Leland Sklar – bass, backing vocals
• Peter Robinson – piano, keyboards, vocoder
• Daryl Stuermer – guitar, backing vocals
• Chester Thompson – drums, percussion
• The Phenix Horns
  • Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet, percussion, backing vocals
  • Michael Harris – trumpet, percussion, backing vocals
  • Don Myrick – saxophone, percussion, backing vocals
  • Louis Satterfield – trombone, percussion, backing vocals