Destiny World Tour

The Destiny World Tour was the third concert tour by the Jacksons to promote the group's Destiny album. The tour began on January 22, 1979, with their opening concert in Bremen, West Germany. They visited 3 continents and 14 countries, playing approximately 85 concerts in the United States alone. The tour concluded in Hawaii on January 13, 1980.

Destiny World Tour

Tour by The Jacksons
Associated album	Destiny Off the Wall (starting with the October 2nd concert)
Start date	January 22, 1979
End date	January 13, 1980
Legs	3
No. of shows	136
Box office	US $7.5 million ($28 in 2021 dollars)^[1]
The Jacksons concert chronology
Goin' Places Tour (1978) Destiny World Tour (1979–1980) Triumph Tour (1981)

Overview

The tour began on January 22, 1979, in Bremen, West Germany shortly after the release of the Destiny album the previous December. The tour visited three continents including concerts in Africa and Europe before taking on a 79-city tour in the United States. The Jacksons took a four-month break from touring starting June 1979 so lead singer Michael Jackson could finish working on his solo album Off the Wall. The first leg of the tour saw the Jacksons playing moderate sized arenas, such as the Valley Forge Music Fair in Philadelphia which seats 3,000, but after the release of Michael's album Off the Wall, the brothers revamped their show for larger arenas. For the second leg, additional songs were added to the setlist, most notably songs from Michael's new album. The opening act in the second leg was L.T.D. The tour grossed an estimated 7.5 million dollars.

Set list

Europe and Africa ^[2]

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

North America^[2][3]

1. “Dancing Machine”
2. ”Things I Do For You”
3. “Get It Together”
4. “Off The Wall”
5. “Ben”
6. “I Am Love”
7. “Keep on Dancing”
8. “I Wanna Be Where You Are”
9. “Daddy’s Home”
10. Medley: “I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save”
11. “I’ll Be There”
12. “Rock With You”
13. “Enjoy Yourself”
14. “Blame It on the Boogie”
15. “Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough”
16. “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)”

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe^[4]^[5]
January 22, 1979	Bremen	West Germany	Musical Theater Bremen
January 24, 1979
January 26, 1979
January 27, 1979	Frankfurt am Main		Jahrhunderthalle
January 28, 1979	Madrid	Spain	Teatro Monumental
January 29, 1979
January 30, 1979
January 31, 1979	Groningen	Netherlands	Martinihal Groningen
February 1, 1979	Amsterdam		Koninklijk Theater Carré
February 2, 1979
February 6, 1979	London	United Kingdom	Rainbow Theatre
February 7, 1979
February 8, 1979
February 9, 1979
February 10, 1979	Brighton		Brighton Centre
February 11, 1979	Preston		Preston Guild Hall
February 12, 1979	Wakefield		Theatre Royal
February 13, 1979	Sheffield		Fiesta Nightclub
February 14, 1979	Geneva	Switzerland	Victoria Hall
February 15, 1979
February 17, 1979 (2 shows)	Manchester	United Kingdom	Manchester Apollo
February 18, 1979	Birmingham		Bingley Hall
February 19, 1979	Halifax		Victoria Theatre
February 20, 1979	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
February 21, 1979	Cardiff		Sophia Gardens Pavilion
February 23, 1979	London		Rainbow Theatre
February 24, 1979
February 25, 1979	Poole		Poole Arts Centre
February 26, 1979	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Koninklijk Theater Carré
February 27, 1979
February 29, 1979	Avignon	France	Théâtre des Carmes
March 2, 1979	Paris	France	Le Palace
Africa^[5]
March 6, 1979	Soweto	South Africa	Orlando Stadium
March 7, 1979
March 8, 1979
March 9, 1979
March 10, 1979
March 12, 1979	Dakar	Senegal	Stade de l'Amitié
March 13, 1979
March 14, 1979
March 15, 1979
March 16, 1979	Nairobi	Kenya	Aliff Gymnasium
March 19, 1979	Johannesburg	South Africa	Market Theatre
March 20, 1979
March 21, 1979
North America^[6]
April 7, 1979	Owings Mills	United States	Painters Mill Music Fair
April 8, 1979^[a] (2 shows)
April 14, 1979	Cleveland		Music Hall
April 15, 1979
April 19, 1979	Devon		Valley Forge Music Fair
April 22, 1979
April 25, 1979	Chicago		Arie Crown Theater
April 26, 1979
April 27, 1979
April 28, 1979	Niles		Mill Run Playhouse
May 3, 1979	St. Petersburg		Bayfront Center
May 6, 1979	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
May 10, 1979	Houston		Arena Theatre
May 12, 1979
May 16, 1979	Birmingham		BJCC Coliseum
May 17, 1979	Columbus		Municipal Auditorium
May 18, 1979	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
May 19, 1979	Atlanta		Atlanta Civic Center
May 20, 1979	Memphis		Orpheum Theatre
May 24, 1979	Pine Bluff		Pine Bluff Convention Center
May 26, 1979	Kansas City		Municipal Auditorium
May 28, 1979	Shreveport		Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
May 30, 1979	Oklahoma City		Jim Norick Arena
June 1, 1979	Milwaukee		Milwaukee County Stadium
June 3, 1979	Columbia		Township Auditorium
June 8, 1979	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
June 9, 1979	Landover		Capital Centre
June 10, 1979	Greensboro		War Memorial Auditorium
October 2, 1979	New Orleans		Municipal Auditorium
October 3, 1979
October 4, 1979	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
October 5, 1979	Mobile		Mobile Municipal Auditorium
October 6, 1979	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Center
October 7, 1979	Louisville		Broadbent Arena
October 12, 1979	Philadelphia		Spectrum
October 13, 1979	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial
October 14, 1979	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
October 18, 1979	Saginaw		Saginaw Civic Center
October 19, 1979	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
October 20, 1979	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
October 21, 1979	Dayton		UD Arena
October 25, 1979	Columbus		Fairgrounds Coliseum
October 26, 1979	Syracuse		Onondaga County War Memorial
October 27, 1979	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
October 28, 1979	Springfield		Springfield Civic Center
November 1, 1979	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
November 2, 1979	Chicago		Chicago Stadium
November 3, 1979	Cleveland		Public Auditorium
November 4, 1979	Detroit		Cobo Arena
November 5, 1979
November 6, 1979	Baltimore		Baltimore Civic Center
November 8, 1979	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 9, 1979	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
November 10, 1979	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum
November 11, 1979	Fayetteville		Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium
November 14, 1979	Fort Worth		Tarrant County Convention Center
November 15, 1979	Baton Rouge		Riverside Centroplex
November 16, 1979	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
November 17, 1979	Lake Charles		Burton Coliseum
November 19, 1979	Houston		Hofheinz Pavilion
November 20, 1979	Columbus		Municipal Auditorium
November 21, 1979	Greenville		Greenville Memorial Auditorium
November 22, 1979	Savannah		Savannah Civic Center
November 23, 1979	Macon		Macon Coliseum
November 24, 1979	Nashville	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
November 25, 1979	Atlanta	Omni Coliseum
November 29, 1979	Albuquerque	University Arena (The Pit)
November 30, 1979	Denver	McNichols Sports Arena
December 2, 1979	Honolulu	Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
December 6, 1979	Portland	Memorial Coliseum
December 8, 1979	Seattle	Seattle Center Coliseum
December 9, 1979	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
December 13, 1979	San Bernardino	United States	Swing Auditorium
December 14, 1979	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 15, 1979	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
December 16, 1979	Oakland		Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
December 18, 1979	Inglewood		The Forum
December 19, 1979
December 21, 1979	Nassau	The Bahamas	Haynes Oval Cricket Ground
January 11, 1980	Honolulu	United States	Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
January 12, 1980
January 13, 1980

Cancelled dates

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
February 16, 1979	Glasgow	Scotland	The Apollo	Illness with the band
March 1, 1979				Schedule conflict
November 18, 1979	Houston	United States	Hofheinz Pavilion	Illness with the band

• 6 unknown dates in Britain was cancelled due to Michael’s strained voice

Personnel

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

Band members

First leg

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

Second leg

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

References

Notes

1. Two shows were performed at 3 and 7 PM on April 8, 1979.

Citations

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3. Appel, Stacey (20 August 2012). Michael Jackson Style. ISBN 9780857127877.
4. "The singles explosion heard around the world..." Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 5. New York City. February 3, 1979. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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