Jazz Tour

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."^[1] Part of the European leg was recorded for the band's first live album, Live Killers.

Jazz Tour

World tour by Queen
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Location	Europe Japan North America
Associated album	Jazz
Start date	28 October 1978
End date	6 May 1979
Legs	3
No. of shows	35 in North America 28 in Europe 15 in Asia 78 in total
Queen concert chronology

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 concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue
28 October 1978	Dallas	United States	Dallas Convention Center
29 October 1978	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
31 October 1978	New Orleans		New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
3 November 1978	Hollywood		Hollywood Sportatorium
4 November 1978	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
6 November 1978	Landover		Capital Centre
7 November 1978	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum
9 November 1978	Detroit		Cobo Hall
10 November 1978
11 November 1978	Kalamazoo		Wings Stadium
13 November 1978	Boston		Boston Garden
14 November 1978	Providence		Providence Civic Center
16 November 1978	New York City		Madison Square Garden
17 November 1978
19 November 1978	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum
20 November 1978	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
22 November 1978	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
23 November 1978	St. Louis		Checkerdome
25 November 1978	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
26 November 1978	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
28 November 1978	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
30 November 1978	Ottawa	Canada	Ottawa Civic Centre
1 December 1978	Montreal		Montreal Forum
3 December 1978	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens
4 December 1978
6 December 1978	Madison	United States	Dane County Coliseum
7 December 1978	Chicago		Chicago Stadium
8 December 1978	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
12 December 1978	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
13 December 1978	Portland		Memorial Coliseum
14 December 1978	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
16 December 1978	Oakland	United States	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
18 December 1978	Inglewood		The Forum
19 December 1978
20 December 1978

List of 1979 concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue
17 January 1979	Hamburg	West Germany	Ernst-Merck-Halle
18 January 1979	Kiel		Ostseehalle
20 January 1979	Bremen		Stadthalle Bremen
21 January 1979	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
23 January 1979	Hanover		Messesportpalast
24 January 1979	West Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
26 January 1979	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
27 January 1979
29 January 1979	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
30 January 1979
1 February 1979	Cologne	West Germany	Cologne Sporthalle
2 February 1979	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
4 February 1979	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
6 February 1979	Zagreb	Yugoslavia	Dom Sportova
7 February 1979	Ljubljana		Tivoli Hall
10 February 1979	Munich	West Germany	Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
11 February 1979
13 February 1979	Böblingen		Böblingen Sporthalle
15 February 1979	Saarbrücken		Saarlandhalle
17 February 1979	Lyon	France	Palais des Sports de Gerland
19 February 1979	Barcelona	Spain	Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
20 February 1979
22 February 1979	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
23 February 1979
25 February 1979	Poitiers	France	Arènes de Poitiers
27 February 1979	Paris		Pavillon de Paris
28 February 1979
1 March 1979
13 April 1979	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan
14 April 1979
19 April 1979	Osaka		Osaka Festival Hall
20 April 1979
21 April 1979	Kanazawa		Jissenrinri Kinen Commemor. Hall
23 April 1979	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
24 April 1979
25 April 1979
27 April 1979	Kobe		Kobe Central Gymnasium
28 April 1979	Nagoya		Portmesse Nagoya
30 April 1979	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
1 May 1979
2 May 1979	Yamaguchi		Yamaguchi Prefectural Athletic Association
5 May 1979	Sapporo		Makomanai Ice Arena
6 May 1979

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references

Date (1978)	City	Venue	Attendance	Gross	Ref(s)
29 October	Memphis, United States	Mid-South Coliseum	9,245 / 9,245	$73,401	[2]
31 October	New Orleans, United States	Municipal Auditorium	8,000 / 8,000	$68,000	[3]
7 November	New Haven, United States	New Haven Coliseum	10,567 / 10,567	$84,927	[4]
9 November	Detroit, United States	Cobo Arena	22,650 / 22,650	$227,833	[4]
10 November					[4]
20 November	Philadelphia, United States	Spectrum	14,700	$115,100	[5]
22 November	Nashville, United States	Nashville Municipal Auditorium	9,193	$68,774	[5]
23 November	St. Louis, United States	Checkerdome	11,422	$94,342	[5]
6 December	Madison, United States	Dane County Coliseum	7,544	$61,667	[6]
8 December	Kansas City, United States	Kemper Arena	13,687	$107,540	[6]
12 December	Seattle, United States	Seattle Center Coliseum	11,014	$83,406	[7]
13 December	Portland, United States	Memorial Coliseum	10,333	$83,291	[7]
14 December	Vancouver, Canada	Pacific Coliseum	15,428	$123,425	[7]
16 December	Oakland, United States	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	12,285 / 12,285	$96,317	[7]

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