Destiny World Tour

The Destiny World Tour (also known as The Jacksons 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 2 continents and 12 countries, playing approximately 83 concerts in the United States alone. The tour concluded in Hawaii on January 13, 1980.

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 jolted through 2 continents, playing concerts in Europe & North America. Before taking on an approximately 80-city tour in the United States. The Jacksons took a four-month break from touring after the concert at the Greensboro Coliseum on June 10, 1979 so lead singer Michael Jackson could finish working on his solo album Off the Wall, which would be released exactly two months later.

Leg 1: Europe
The Jacksons kick off their world tour in Europe. Jaunting through European nightclubs and theaters throughout United Kingdom, West Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, France & Spain. Some dates compose of 2 shows being an evening and night show.

Leg 2: North America
The Jacksons would play arenas and auditoriums, after the release of Michael's album Off the Wall, the brothers revamped their show for larger venues. For the third leg, additional songs were added to the setlist, most notably songs from Michael's new album. The opening acts in the second leg included The tour grossed an estimated 7.5 million dollars. On, November 15, 1979, Michael would end up with a kidney infection. This caused shows from November 15–21 to be cancelled from Fort Worth to Greenville. Some performances were cancelled for December for uncertainty for when Michael would get better. These shows were initially planned to be rescheduled for 1980 but ultimately got cancelled overall. The tour picked up on November 22 in Savannah. The tour ended in Honolulu on January 13, 1980.

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

Release
The London concert on February 23 was released on VHS later in 1979.