Uprising Tour

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Uprising Tour 1980


artist = Bob Marley & The Wailers
start_date = May 30, 1980
end_date = September 23, 1980
number_of_legs = 2
number_of_shows = 33 in Europe
5 in the USA
38 in total
last_tour = Survival Tour
(1979)
this_tour = Uprising Tour
(1980)
next_tour =

The Uprising Tour was a concert tour organized to support the album "Uprising" by Bob Marley & The Wailers. It was Marley's last tour and the biggest music tour of Europe in that year.

The tour started at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, where Marley performed for the first time, on May 30, 1980, and ended at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 1980, which was Marley's last show ever; two days before, after two shows at the Madison Square Garden, Marley collapsed in the Central Park while jogging, and was told to immediately cancel the U.S. leg, but flew to Pittsburgh to perform one final performance. He later appeared on stage at a concert by Stevie Wonder (it's disputed whether in Pittsburgh's Civic Arena or in Washington), but didn't perform. Then he left for Germany to receive cancer treatment which eventually was not successful, as Marley died in May 1981.

The concert in Dortmund on July 13 has been broadcast in the 1990s by German TV station WDR in their Rockpalast concert series. Numerous other performances from the Uprising Tour have also been taped on video.

The performance in Milan, Italy on June 27, when Marley performed for about 120,000 people in the sold-out San Siro stadium, is historical and still regarded in Italy as the biggest music event ever. At that time no other musician had reached to have a bigger audience than Marley till then.

While on tour Marley performed for the first time in Switzerland, Italy, Ireland and Scotland.

Setlist Summary

Most shows had a standard setlist which closed with "Exodus", and an encore set which usually ended with "Get Up, Stand Up". There were performances of an earlier song, "Trenchtown Rock", which is not featured on any of Marley's Island albums released at that time.

For the short U.S. leg of the tour Marley changed the setlist similar to that one from the Kaya Tour in 1978: he dropped "Revolution" and "Natty Dread" and re-included songs like "Burnin' And Lootin'" or "Them Belly Full" at the beginning, or "The Heathen" and the "Running Away" / "Crazy Baldhead" medley in the middle of the setlist.

From show to show sometimes an additional song was edged in the middle of the setlist, like "Lively Up Yourself", "Kinky Reggae", "Roots, Rock, Reggae", "Coming In From The Cold", "Bad Card", "Kaya", "Trenchtown Rock", "We And Them", "Three Little Birds", "Talkin' Blues" or "Forever Loving Jah". Live performances of each of these songs happened very rarely during the tour.

Known Setlists

European Leg

* Palais des Sports, Grenoble, Isére, France - June 3, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Revolution
4. Natty Dread
5. War / No More Trouble
6. I Shot The Sheriff
7. No Woman, No Cry
8. Zimbabwe
9. Jammin'
10. Exodus
11. Redemption Song
12. Trenchtown Rock
13. Is This Love?
14. Kinky Reggae
15. Get Up, Stand Up
16. Work
17. Roots, Rock, Reggae
18. Bad Card
19. Lively Up Yourself

* Parc des Sports, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France - June 4, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Revolution
4. War / No More Trouble
5. I Shot The Sheriff
6. Natty Dread
7. We And Dem
8. Talkin' Blues
9. No Woman, No Cry
10. Jammin'
11. Zimbabwe
12. Exodus
13. Redemption Song
14. Work
15. Lively Up Yourself
16. Is This Love?
17. Kinky Reggae
18. Get Up, Stand Up

* Sporthalle, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - June 6, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Revolution
4. I Shot The Sheriff
5. War / No More Trouble
6. Zimbabwe
7. Natty Dread
8. We And Dem
9. Work
10. No Woman, No Cry
11. Lively Up Yourself
12. Jammin'
13. Exodus
14. Redemption Song
15. Zion Train
16. Get Up, Stand Up

* Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - June 13, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Revolution
4. I Shot The Sheriff
5. War / No More Trouble
6. Zimbabwe
7. Jammin'
8. No Woman, No Cry
9. Zion Train
10. Exodus
11. Redemption Song
12. Could You Be Loved?
13. Work
14. Natty Dread
15. Is This Love?
16. Get Up, Stand Up
17. Coming In From The Cold
18. Lively Up Yourself

* Forum, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark - June 18, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. I Shot The Sheriff
4. War / No More Trouble
5. Zimbabwe
6. Zion Train
7. No Woman, No Cry
8. Jammin'
9. Exodus
10. Redemption Song
11. Natty Dread
12. Is This Love?
13. Work
14. Could You Be Loved?
15. Get Up, Stand Up
16. Coming In From The Cold
17. Lively Up Yourself

* Stade Mayol, Toulon, Var, France - June 26, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Revolution
4. I Shot The Sheriff
5. War / No More Trouble
6. Zimbabwe
7. Zion Train
8. No Woman, No Cry
9. Lively Up Yourself
10. Jammin'
11. Exodus
12. Redemption Song
13. Work
14. Natty Dread
15. Could You Be Loved?
16. Is This Love?
17. Africa Unite
18. Roots, Rock, Reggae
19. Kinky Reggae
20. Get Up, Stand Up

* Stadio San Siro, Milano, Lombardia, Italy - June 27, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Revolution
4. I Shot The Sheriff
5. War / No More Trouble
6. Zimbabwe
7. Zion Train
8. No Woman, No Cry
9. Jammin'
10. Exodus
11. Redemption Song
12. Natty Dread
13. Work
14. Kaya
15. Roots, Rock, Reggae
16. Is This Love?
17. Could You Be Loved?
18. Kinky Reggae
19. Get Up, Stand Up

* Stadio Comunale, Torino, Piemonte, Italy - June 28, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Revolution
4. I Shot The Sheriff
5. War / No More Trouble
6. Zimbabwe
7. Zion Train
8. No Woman, No Cry
9. Jammin'
10. Exodus
11. Redemption Song
12. Natty Dread
13. Work
14. Could You Be Loved?
15. Is This Love?
16. Roots, Rock, Reggae

* Aéroport du Bourget, Le Bourget, Paris, Île-de-France, France - July 3, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Revolution
4. I Shot The Sheriff
5. War / No More Trouble
6. Zimbabwe
7. Zion Train
8. No Woman, No Cry
9. Lively Up Yourself
10. Jammin'
11. Exodus
12. Redemption Song
13. Natty Dread
14. Work
15. Is This Love?
16. Could You Be Loved?
17. Roots, Rock, Reggae
18. Kinky Reggae
19. Get Up, Stand Up

* Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry, Flintshire, Wales - July 12, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Revolution
4. I Shot The Sheriff
5. War / No More Trouble
6. Zimbabwe
7. Zion Train
8. No Woman, No Cry
9. Jammin'
10. Exodus
11. Redemption Song
12. Coming In From The Cold
13. Natty Dread
14. Work
15. Could You Be Loved
16. Kinky Reggae
17. Get Up, Stand Up

North American Leg

* Hynes Auditorium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA - September 16, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
4. Burnin' And Lootin'
5. War / No More Trouble
6. Zimbabwe
7. Zion Train
8. Running Away / Crazy Baldhead
9. I Shot The Sheriff
10. No Woman, No Cry
11. Lively Up Yourself
12. Jammin'
13. Exodus
14. Redemption Song
15. Could You Be Loved?
16. Coming In From The Cold
17. Bad Card
18. Get Up, Stand Up

* Meehan Auditorium, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA - September 17, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
4. War / No More Trouble
5. Zimbabwe
6. Running Away / Crazy Baldhead
7. I Shot The Sheriff
8. No Woman, No Cry
9. Jammin'
10. Exodus
11. Redemption Song
12. Coming In From The Cold
13. Could You Be Loved?
14. Work
15. Roots, Rock, Reggae
16. Is This Love?
17. Kinky Reggae
18. Get Up, Stand Up

* Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA - September 19, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Forever Loving Jah
4. Running Away / Crazy Baldhead
5. Zion Train
6. War / No More Trouble
7. Zimbabwe
8. I Shot The Sheriff
9. No Woman, No Cry
10. Jammin'
11. Exodus
12. Could You Be Loved?

* Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA - September 20, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Burnin' And Lootin'
4. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
5. The Heathen
6. Running Away / Crazy Baldhead
7. Zimbabwe
8. Zion Train
9. War / No More Trouble
10. I Shot The Sheriff
11. No Woman, No Cry
12. Jammin'
13. Exodus
14. Could You Be Loved?

* Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - September 23, 1980 1. Natural Mystic
2. Positive Vibration
3. Burnin' And Lootin'
4. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
5. The Heathen
6. Running Away / Crazy Baldhead
7. War / No More Trouble
8. Zimbabwe
9. Zion Train
10. No Woman, No Cry
11. Jammin'
12. Exodus
13. Redemption Song
14. Coming In From The Cold
15. Could You Be Loved?
16. Is This Love?
17. Work
18. Get Up, Stand Up

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