The No Jacket Required World Tour
| Tour by Phil Collins | |
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| Associated album | No Jacket Required |
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| Start date | 11 February 1985 |
| End date | 13 July 1985 |
| Legs | 3 |
| No. of shows | 83 |
| Phil Collins concert chronology | |
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 latter, Sting played guitar and sang backing vocals.
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 did a video for "(Billy) 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 to him. 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 May 29, 1985 and aired on HBO entitled No Jacket Required... Sold Out. The broadcast was released as a VHS 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.
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?".
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