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The Jackson 5 Final Tour
Tour by The Jackson 5
Start dateFebruary 13, 1976
End dateFebruary 19, 1976
No. of shows6

Overview

The Tour took place during the time the group was about to leave Motown records. It started with their Second trip to the Philippines with a series of concerts called "Love Jive" sponsored by Vicor Music, Hope and Philippine airlines.

The journey started with a press conference at Manila Hilton hotel. They performed 6 sold-out concerts attracting more than 150.000 people and also appeared for the second time on the TV show "Student Canteen" Hosted by Eddie Ilarde, Bobby Ledesma, Helen Vela and Connie Reyes where Michael was the judge and the one who award the winner of a singing contest before taking the stage to perform "One Day In Your Life". [1]

During their time in the country, Micheal was introduced to Vilma Santos who was a fan of the group. Some Producers offered the group an opportunity to play in a movie with Nora Aunor but the project never happened. The Jackson 5 took a trip to Pagsanjan falls then played a basketball game against the Vicor all-stars, a team composed of famous Filipinos entertainers that includes Victor Wood and Eddie Peregrina at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

Coming back from Philippines, they took part in a Charity Basketball game with other Black entertainers such as Marvin Gaye, Tony King and Don Cornelius before heading to Mexico City where they taped a full concert at Televisa San Ángel[2]as part of a Television Special broadcasted all over Latin america every night for a whole week drawing an estimated 35 million viewers.[3][4] On the video while performing "Dancing Machine", Michael sings with several members of the audience in the front row among whom was Mexican diva Maria Félix.[5]

Setlists

February 13 - 15
  1. "(You Were Made) Especially for Me"
  2. "It's Too Late to Change the Time"
  3. "Never Can Say Goodbye"
  4. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (by the Temptations)
  5. "I Am Love"
  6. "Rockin' Robin"
  7. "The Life of the Party"
  8. "Forever Came Today"
  9. Medley: "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save"
  10. "I'll Be There"
  11. "Tito's Guitar Solo" (Instrumental interlude)
  12. "Happy"
  13. "Music and Me"
  14. "One Day in Your Life"
  15. "Dancing Machine"
    Encore
  16. "Body Language (Do the Love Dance)"
February 17 - 19
  1. "(You Were Made) Especially for Me"
  2. "Hum Along and Dance"
  3. "Never Can Say Goodbye"
  4. "Just a Little Bit of You"
  5. "Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone"
  6. "Breezy"
  7. "Rockin’ Robin"
  8. "The Life of the Party"
  9. "Forever Came Today"
  10. "Medley: "I Want You Back"/ "ABC"/"The Love You Save"
  11. "’ll Be There"
  12. "Tito’s Guitar Solo (Instrumental Interlude)"
  13. "What You Don’t Know"
  14. "Goin’ Back to Indiana"
  15. "Sugar Daddy"
  16. "Dancing Machine"
  17. "Body Language (Do the Love Dance)"
Mexico City
  1. "(You Were Made) Especially for Me"
  2. "It's Too Late to Change the Time"
  3. "Never Can Say Goodbye"
  4. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (by the Temptations) contains snippet of "Masterpiece".
  5. "Happy"
  6. "I Am Love"
  7. "Rockin' Robin"
  8. "The Life of the Party"
  9. "Forever Came Today"
  10. "Music and Me"
  11. "Ben"
  12. "I'll Be There"
  13. Medley: "I Want You Back" / "ABC" / "The Love You Save"
  14. "Tito's Guitar Solo" (Instrumental Interlude)
  15. "One Day in Your Life"
  16. "Dancing Machine"
  17. "Body Language(Do the Love Dance)"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance
February 13 Manila Philippines Folk Art Theater 150,000+
February 14
February 15
February 17 Quezon City Araneta Coliseum The Vicor Crowd
February 18
February 19
February ?[6] Mexico City Mexico Auditorio Nacional

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