Draft:The Jackson 5 Final Tour

The Jackson 5 Final Tour

Tour by The Jackson 5
Start date	February 13, 1976
End date	February 19, 1976
No. of shows	6

Overview

The Tour took places during the time the group was about to leave Motown records. It started with their Second trip to the Philipines 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".

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 Ángelas part of a Television Spacial broadcasted all over Latin america every night for a whole week drawing an estmated 35 million viewers. 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.

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 ?	Mexico City	Mexico	Auditorio Nacional