The No Jacket Required World Tour

The No Jacket Required World Tour was a concert tour by the English singer-songwriter Phil Collins, which occurred February–July 1985 in support of his 1985 album, No Jacket Required. The album had been a massive international success and the tour concluded with Collins performing "Against All Odds" and "In the Air Tonight" at both Live Aid concerts, in London and Philadelphia, on 13 July 1985. For the London concert, Sting played guitar and sang backing vocals.

The No Jacket Required World Tour
Tour by Phil Collins
Associated albumNo Jacket Required
Start date11 February 1985
End date13 July 1985
Legs3
No. of shows85
Phil Collins concert chronology

During the tour, the music video for "Take Me Home" was filmed on location in various cities where the tour was staged. It was directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery. Flattery/Yukich also directed the video for "Don't Lose My Number" which was shot in various locations in Australia and was a parody of music video directors pitching famous or cliché ideas. It won a Billboard Video Award in 1987.

A television special, also directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery, was recorded at Reunion Arena in Dallas on 29 May 1985, and aired on HBO entitled No Jacket Required... Sold Out. The broadcast was released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1985 with extended footage and the title changed to Phil Collins: No Ticket Required. It won an ACE AWARD for best TV Music special in 1986. Another television special was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, for Cinemax show called Album Flash That was also produced by Flattery and directed by Yukich.

Setlist

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / Available Revenue
Europe
11 February 1985NottinghamEnglandTheatre Royal, Nottingham
12 February 1985ManchesterManchester Apollo
13 February 1985GlasgowScotlandThe Apollo
15 February 1985NewcastleEnglandNewcastle City Hall
16 February 1985SheffieldSheffield City Hall
17 February 1985LondonRoyal Albert Hall
18 February 1985
19 February 1985
20 February 1985
21 February 1985
22 February 1985
23 February 1985BirminghamNational Exhibition Centre
25 February 1985DüsseldorfWest GermanyPhilipshalle
26 February 1985BrusselsBelgiumForest National
27 February 1985RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy
1 March 1985GothenburgSwedenScandinavium
2 March 1985StockholmJohanneshovs Isstadion
3 March 1985CopenhagenDenmarkValby-Hallen
4 March 1985BremenWest GermanyStadthalle
5 March 1985 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
6 March 1985
7 March 1985FrankfurtWest GermanyFesthalle Frankfurt
8 March 1985MunichRudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
10 March 1985ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
11 March 1985StuttgartWest GermanyBöblingen Sporthalle
13 March 1985NantesFranceParc des expositions de la Beaujoire
14 March 1985BordeauxPatinoire de Mériadeck
15 March 1985ToulonPalais des Sports de Toulon
16 March 1985LyonHalle Tony Garnier
17 March 1985LausanneSwitzerlandHalle des Fêtes Beaujoire
Oceania
30 March 1985BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Festival Hall
31 March 1985
3 April 1985SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
4 April 1985
5 April 1985
6 April 1985
7 April 1985
10 April 1985MelbourneMelbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
11 April 1985
12 April 1985
13 April 1985
14 April 1985
17 April 1985AdelaideMemorial Drive Park
20 April 1985PerthPerth Entertainment Centre
Asia
23 April 1985TokyoJapanNippon Budokan
24 April 1985
25 April 1985FukuokaFukuoka Sunpalace
26 April 1985OsakaFestival Hall
27 April 1985NagoyaNagoya-shi Kōkaidō
North America[1]
12 May 1985WorcesterUnited StatesWorcester Centrum11,401 / 11,401$162,340
13 May 1985MontrealCanadaMontreal Forum
15 May 1985New York CityUnited StatesRadio City Music Hall17,662 / 17,662$375,600
16 May 1985
17 May 1985
20 May 1985PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum14,975 / 17,000$249,140
21 May 1985HamptonHampton Coliseum 10,544 / 10,544 $182,411
22 May 1985GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum12,074 / 12,074$187,147
23 May 1985AtlantaOmni Coliseum 16,367 / 16,367 $292,969
24 May 1985BirminghamBirmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
25 May 1985MemphisMid-South Coliseum9,750 / 9,750$144,188
26 May 1985New OrleansLakefront Arena 9,678 / 9,678 $173,236
27 May 1985HoustonThe Summit 28,650 / 28,650 $512,835
28 May 1985
29 May 1985DallasReunion Arena15,462 / 15,462$225,600
30 May 1985AustinFrank Erwin Center
1 June 1985PhoenixCompton Terrace Amphitheatre23,862 / 23,862$327,213
2 June 1985IrvineIrvine Meadows Amphitheatre29,930 / 29,930$429,150
3 June 1985
4 June 1985Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre18,753 / 18,753 $300,048
5 June 1985
6 June 1985
7 June 1985OaklandOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena35,948 / 35,948$575,168
8 June 1985
9 June 1985
11 June 1985SacramentoCalifornia Exposition & State Fair12,200 / 12,200$195,200
13 June 1985DenverMcNichols Sports Arena15,029 / 15,029$223,772
15 June 1985Kansas CityKemper Arena13,707 / 13,707$187,054
16 June 1985St. LouisKiel Auditorium10,385 / 10,385$147,377
17 June 1985Hoffman EstatesPoplar Creek Music Theater 50,404 / 50,404 $821,585
18 June 1985
19 June 1985LexingtonRupp Arena
21 June 1985ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion 19,319 / 19,319 $345,810
22 June 1985HartfordHartford Civic Center 14,264 / 14,264 $432,503
23 June 1985Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts Center 19,000 / 19,000 $327,750
25 June 1985RichfieldRichfield Coliseum
26 June 1985
27 June 1985ClarkstonPine Knob Music Theatre 15,274 / 15,274 $244,384
29 June 1985TorontoCanadaCNE Stadium49,500 / 49,500$886,680
1 July 1985New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square Garden
2 July 1985
Live Aid
13 July 1985LondonEnglandWembley Stadium
PhiladelphiaUnited StatesJohn F. Kennedy Stadium

The Live Aid concerts were notable for Collins performing at both the Philadelphia and London shows. Bob Geldof, the organiser of Live Aid, originally asked Collins to be part of Geldof's first charity effort, Band Aid. Collins provided drums and sang backing vocals for Band Aid's 1984 No. 1 UK hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

For Live Aid Collins first performed with Sting at Wembley Stadium. Together they performed "Roxanne", "Driven to Tears", "Against All Odds", "Message in a Bottle", "In the Air Tonight", "Long Long Way To Go", and "Every Breath You Take". After Collins finished performing, he boarded a Concorde flight to the U.S. to enable him to perform at the Philadelphia show. On the plane, he met Cher, and convinced her to be part of the event. Robert Plant had asked Collins if he would perform with Jimmy Page and Tony Thompson and he in a Led Zeppelin reunion of sorts. At the concert he began by playing drums on "Layla", "White Room" and "She's Waiting" for friend Eric Clapton. Collins performed "Against All Odds" and "In the Air Tonight" and finished the night playing drums for Led Zeppelin's aforementioned act.

Tour band

For the tour, Collins retained his usual cast of musicians, including Chester Thompson, Leland Sklar and Daryl Stuermer.[2] The band was nicknamed the "Hot Tub Club".[3]

References
  1. The No Jacket Required World Tour
  2. "Phil Collins – On the Road 85 No Jacket Required World Tour". philcollins.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  3. "Phil Collins: A Great Night for the Young Urban Clean-cut Concertgoer". Houston Chronicle. 28 May 1985. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
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