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.
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Jazz Tour|
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Associated album | Jazz |
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Start date | 28 October 1978 |
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End date | 18 August 1979 |
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Legs | 4 |
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No. of shows | - 35 in North America
- 29 in Europe
- 15 in Asia
- 79 in total
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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.
Average setlist
This setlist is representative of the performance on 16 December 1978 in Oakland, United States. It does not represent all the setlists for the duration of the tour.
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Death on Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Selected setlists
North America
Dallas, United States
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Encore
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Landover, United States
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Encore
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
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Providence, United States / New York City, United States / Uniondale, United States / Philadelphia, United States / Richfield, United States / Montreal, Canada / Toronto, Canada / Chicago, United States / Vancouver, Canada / Oakland, United States
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
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Dortmund, Germany / Berlin, Germany / Brussels, Belgium
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Rotterdam, Netherlands (First Night) / Cologne, Germany / Barcelona, Spain (Second Night) / Paris, France (Second Night)
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
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Rotterdam, Netherlands (Second Night) / Frankfurt, Germany / Zürich, Switzerland / Lyon, France / Barcelona, Spain (First Night)
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Paris, France (Third Night)
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "Big Spender"
- "Jailhouse Rock"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
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Japan
Tokyo, Japan (First Night) / Osaka, Japan (First Night)
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Tokyo, Japan (Second Night)
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Osaka, Japan (Second Night) / Nagoya, Japan
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Teo Torriatte"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Kanazawa, Japan
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Teo Torriatte"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Tokyo, Japan (Third Night)
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Teo Torriatte"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
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Tokyo, Japan (Fourth Night) / Kobe, Japan / Yamaguchi, Japan / Sapporo, Japan (First Night)
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Teo Torriatte"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Tokyo, Japan (Fifth Night)
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Teo Torriatte"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Fukuoka, Japan (First Night)
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Teo Torriatte"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Fukuoka, Japan (Second Night)
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Teo Torriatte"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "It's Late"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
Sapporo, Japan (Second Night)
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "Bicycle Race"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Teo Torriatte"
- "Don't Stop Me Now"
- "Dreamer's Ball"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "'39"
- "Fat Bottomed Girls"
- "Brighton Rock"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Jailhouse Rock"
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
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Saarbrucken Open Air '79
Saarbrucken, Germany
- "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
- "Let Me Entertain You"
- "If You Can't Beat Them"
- "Mustapha"
- "Death On Two Legs"
- "Killer Queen"
- "I'm In Love With My Car"
- "Get Down, Make Love"
- "You're My Best Friend"
- "Now I'm Here"
- "Somebody To Love"
- "Spread Your Wings"
- "Love Of My Life"
- "Keep Yourself Alive"
- "Drum Solo"
- "Guitar Solo"
- "Brighton Rock (Finale)"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Tie Your Mother Down"
Encore
- "Sheer Heart Attack"
- "Jailhouse Rock"
Encore
- "We Will Rock You"
- "We Are The Champions"
- "God Save The Queen"
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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 |
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- Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals, piano, tambourine.
- Brian May: Guitar, 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