The No Jacket Required World Tour was a concert tour by the English drummer, singer and 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.

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 a Cinemax show called Album Flash which was also produced by Flattery and directed by Yukich.

Setlist

"I Don't Care Anymore" "Only You Know And I Know" "I Cannot Believe It's True" "This Must Be Love" "Against All Odds" "Inside Out" "Who Said I Would" "If Leaving Me Is Easy" "Sussudio" "Behind The Lines" "Don't Lose My Number" "The West Side" "One More Night" "In the Air Tonight" "Like China" "You Can't Hurry Love" "It Don't Matter To Me" "Hand in Hand" "Take Me Home" "People Get Ready" "It's All Right"

Tour dates + List of 1985 concertsThe No Jacket Required World Tour Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue11 February 1985NottinghamEnglandTheatre Royal12 February 1985ManchesterManchester Apollo 13 February 1985GlasgowScotlandThe Apollo15 February 1985NewcastleEnglandNewcastle City Hall16 February 1985SheffieldSheffield City Hall17 February 1985LondonRoyal Albert Hall 18 February 198519 February 198520 February 198521 February 198522 February 198523 February 1985BirminghamNational Exhibition Centre25 February 1985DüsseldorfWest GermanyPhilipshalle 26 February 1985BrusselsBelgiumForest National 27 February 1985RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy1 March 1985GothenburgSwedenScandinavium2 March 1985StockholmJohanneshovs Isstadion3 March 1985CopenhagenDenmarkValby-Hallen4 March 1985BremenWest GermanyStadthalle5 March 1985ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy6 March 19857 March 1985FrankfurtWest GermanyFesthalle Frankfurt8 March 1985MunichRudi-Sedlmayer-Halle10 March 1985ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion11 March 1985StuttgartWest GermanyBöblingen Sporthalle13 March 1985NantesFranceParc des expositions de la Beaujoire14 March 1985BordeauxPatinoire de Mériadeck15 March 1985ToulousePalais des Sports de Toulouse16 March 1985LyonHalle Tony Garnier17 March 1985LausanneSwitzerlandHalle des Fêtes Beaujoire30 March 1985BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Festival Hall 31 March 19853 April 1985SydneySydney Entertainment Centre4 April 19855 April 19856 April 19857 April 198510 April 1985MelbourneMelbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre11 April 198512 April 198513 April 198514 April 198517 April 1985AdelaideMemorial Drive Park20 April 1985PerthPerth Entertainment Centre23 April 1985TokyoJapanNippon Budokan24 April 198525 April 1985FukuokaFukuoka Sunpalace26 April 1985OsakaFestival Hall27 April 1985NagoyaNagoya-shi Kōkaidō12 May 1985WorcesterUnited StatesWorcester Centrum 11,401 / 11,401 $162,34013 May 1985MontrealCanadaMontreal Forum 15 May 1985New York CityUnited StatesRadio City Music Hall 17,662 / 17,662 $375,60016 May 198517 May 198520 May 1985PhiladelphiaThe Spectrum 14,975 / 17,000 $249,14021 May 1985HamptonHampton Coliseum10,544 / 10,544$182,41122 May 1985GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum 12,074 / 12,074 $187,14723 May 1985AtlantaOmni Coliseum16,367 / 16,367$292,96924 May 1985BirminghamBirmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex25 May 1985MemphisMid-South Coliseum 9,750 / 9,750 $144,18826 May 1985New OrleansLakefront Arena9,678 / 9,678$173,23627 May 1985HoustonThe Summit28,650 / 28,650$512,83528 May 198529 May 1985DallasReunion Arena 15,462 / 15,462 $225,60030 May 1985AustinFrank Erwin Center1 June 1985PhoenixCompton Terrace Amphitheatre 23,862 / 23,862 $327,2132 June 1985IrvineIrvine Meadows Amphitheatre 29,930 / 29,930 $429,1503 June 19854 June 1985Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre 18,753 / 18,753$300,0485 June 19856 June 19857 June 1985OaklandOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena35,948 / 35,948 $575,1688 June 19859 June 198511 June 1985SacramentoCalifornia Exposition & State Fair 12,200 / 12,200 $195,20013 June 1985DenverMcNichols Sports Arena 15,029 / 15,029 $223,77215 June 1985Kansas CityKemper Arena 13,707 / 13,707 $187,05416 June 1985St. LouisKiel Auditorium 10,385 / 10,385 $147,37717 June 1985Hoffman EstatesPoplar Creek Music Theater 50,404 / 50,404$821,58518 June 198519 June 1985LexingtonRupp Arena 21 June 1985ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion19,319 / 19,319$345,81022 June 1985HartfordHartford Civic Center14,264 / 14,264$432,50323 June 1985Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts Center19,000 / 19,000$327,75025 June 1985RichfieldRichfield Coliseum 26 June 198527 June 1985ClarkstonPine Knob Music Theatre15,274 / 15,274$244,38429 June 1985TorontoCanadaExhibition Stadium 49,500 / 49,500 $886,6801 July 1985New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square Garden2 July 198513 July 1985LondonEnglandWembley StadiumPhiladelphiaUnited 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, John Paul Jones, Paul Martinez 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.

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

Phil Collins – vocals, piano, drums, percussion Daryl Stuermer – guitar, backing vocals Leland Sklar – bass, backing vocals Peter Robinson – piano, keyboards, vocoder Chester Thompson – drums, percussion The Phenix Horns Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet, percussion, backing vocals Michael Harris – trumpet, percussion, backing vocals Don Myrick – saxophone, percussion, backing vocals Louis Satterfield – trombone, percussion, backing vocals

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