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The Kaya Tour was a concert tour organised to support the album Kaya by Bob Marley & The Wailers.
The tour was initially set to begin in early May in Miami, Florida, but the first six shows had to be postponed due to lead guitarist Junior Marvin's cocaine problems. Therefore the tour began in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on May 18, 1978, and ended in Miami, Florida, on August 5, 1978. The tour was divided into three legs, two U.S. legs and one European leg between. Before the tour Marley performed at the One Love Peace Concert on April 22, 1978.
Numerous concerts including the performances in Paris' Pavillon Baltard were recorded in order to release a second live album, Babylon by Bus which is a compilation of songs performed in Paris as well as from earlier shows from the tours in 1975 and 1976.
On July 23, the birthday of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, reincarnated God of the Rastafari movement, when Marley performed in Santa Barbara he did a very rare live performance of his song Sun Is Shining.
While on the tour Marley performed for the first time in Spain and Norway, and also premiered at the Madison Square Garden.