The Jazz Tour was the sixth headlining 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." Part of the European leg was recorded for the band's first live album, Live Killers.
Background
Due to the tour starting within weeks of the final recording sessions for Jazz, Freddie Mercury's voice was worn out, which led to generally below-average performances. While holding up fine for the American and European shows, he lost his voice in Japan. During the encore performance of "We Will Rock You", as he sang, Mercury would be carried on the shoulders of a Superman cosplayer.
Tour dates + List of 1978 concertsDateCityCountryVenue28 October 1978DallasUnited StatesDallas Convention Center29 October 1978MemphisMid-South Coliseum31 October 1978New OrleansNew Orleans Municipal Auditorium3 November 1978HollywoodHollywood Sportatorium4 November 1978LakelandLakeland Civic Center6 November 1978LandoverCapital Centre7 November 1978New HavenNew Haven Coliseum9 November 1978DetroitCobo Hall10 November 197811 November 1978KalamazooWings Stadium13 November 1978BostonBoston Garden14 November 1978ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center16 November 1978New York CityMadison Square Garden17 November 197819 November 1978UniondaleNassau Coliseum20 November 1978PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum22 November 1978NashvilleNashville Municipal Auditorium23 November 1978St. LouisCheckerdome25 November 1978RichfieldRichfield Coliseum26 November 1978CincinnatiRiverfront Coliseum28 November 1978BuffaloBuffalo Memorial Auditorium30 November 1978OttawaCanadaOttawa Civic Centre1 December 1978MontrealMontreal Forum3 December 1978TorontoMaple Leaf Gardens4 December 19786 December 1978MadisonUnited StatesDane County Coliseum7 December 1978ChicagoChicago Stadium8 December 1978Kansas CityKemper Arena12 December 1978SeattleSeattle Center Coliseum13 December 1978PortlandMemorial Coliseum14 December 1978VancouverCanadaPacific Coliseum16 December 1978OaklandUnited StatesOakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena18 December 1978InglewoodThe Forum19 December 197820 December 1978
+ List of 1979 concertsDateCityCountryVenue17 January 1979HamburgWest GermanyErnst-Merck-Halle18 January 1979KielOstseehalle20 January 1979BremenStadthalle Bremen21 January 1979DortmundWestfalenhallen23 January 1979HanoverMessesportpalast24 January 1979West BerlinDeutschlandhalle26 January 1979BrusselsBelgiumForest National27 January 197929 January 1979RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy30 January 19791 February 1979CologneWest GermanyCologne Sporthalle2 February 1979FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt4 February 1979ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion6 February 1979ZagrebYugoslavia Dom Sportova7 February 1979LjubljanaTivoli Hall10 February 1979MunichWest GermanyRudi-Sedlmayer-Halle11 February 197913 February 1979BöblingenBöblingen Sporthalle15 February 1979SaarbrückenSaarlandhalle17 February 1979LyonFrancePalais des Sports de Gerland19 February 1979BarcelonaSpainPalau dels Esports de Barcelona20 February 197922 February 1979MadridPalacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid23 February 197925 February 1979PoitiersFranceArènes de Poitiers27 February 1979ParisPavillon de Paris28 February 19791 March 197913 April 1979TokyoJapanNippon Budokan14 April 197919 April 1979OsakaOsaka Festival Hall20 April 197921 April 1979KanazawaJissenrinri Kinen Commemor. Hall23 April 1979TokyoNippon Budokan24 April 197925 April 197927 April 1979KobeKobe Central Gymnasium28 April 1979NagoyaPortmesse Nagoya30 April 1979FukuokaFukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium1 May 19792 May 1979YamaguchiYamaguchi Prefectural Athletic Association5 May 1979SapporoMakomanai Ice Arena6 May 1979
Box office score data +List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, referencesDate(1978)CityVenueAttendanceGross29 OctoberMemphis, United StatesMid-South Coliseum9,245 / 9,245$73,40131 OctoberNew Orleans, United StatesMunicipal Auditorium8,000 / 8,000$68,0007 NovemberNew Haven, United StatesNew Haven Coliseum10,567 / 10,567$84,9279 NovemberDetroit, United StatesCobo Arena22,650 / 22,650$227,83310 November20 NovemberPhiladelphia, United StatesSpectrum14,700$115,10022 NovemberNashville, United StatesNashville Municipal Auditorium9,193$68,77423 NovemberSt. Louis, United StatesCheckerdome11,422$94,3426 DecemberMadison, United StatesDane County Coliseum7,544$61,6678 DecemberKansas City, United StatesKemper Arena13,687$107,54012 DecemberSeattle, United StatesSeattle Center Coliseum11,014$83,40613 DecemberPortland, United StatesMemorial Coliseum10,333$83,29114 DecemberVancouver, CanadaPacific Coliseum15,428$123,42516 DecemberOakland, United StatesOakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena12,285 / 12,285$96,317
Personnel Freddie Mercury: lead vocals, piano, tambourine. Brian May: guitars, 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 backing vocals, triangle
References
External links Queen Concerts