Jazz Tour



The Jazz Tour was a 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, transvestites 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. It was the only Queen tour to not include any shows in the United Kingdom.

Tour band

 * Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals, piano, tambourine.
 * Brian May: Guitar, backing vocals, piano.
 * Roger Taylor: Drums, timpani, lead vocals ("I'm in Love With My Car"), backing vocals.
 * John Deacon: Bass guitar, additional vocals, triangle