So Far, So Good... So What! Tour

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So Far, So Good... So What! Tour
Tour by Megadeth
Associated album So Far, So Good... So What!
Start dateDecember 28, 1987
End dateAugust 20, 1988
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 112 in North America
  • 19 in Europe
  • 5 in Asia
  • 132 total
Megadeth concert chronology
  • Wake Up Dead Tour
    (1986–1987)
  • So Far, So Good... So What! Tour
    (1987–1988)
  • Clash of the Titans
    (1990–1991)

The So Far, So Good... So What! Tour was a concert tour performed by the American thrash metal band Megadeth to support their 1988 album So Far, So Good... So What! . This was the only tour to feature the lineup of Dave Mustaine on vocals and guitar, David Ellefson on bass, Jeff Young on guitar and Chuck Behler on drums.

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Background

The tour began four weeks prior to the release of So Far, So Good... So What!, on December 28, 1987, in Providence, Rhode Island at the Civic Center, and ended August 20, 1988, at the Monsters of Rock festival in Donington Park. [1] [2] [3] Alongside Savatage, the band served as the opening act for Dio from December 28, 1987, to March 26, 1988. [1] Megadeth then embarked on a headlining North American tour, supported by Warlock and Sanctuary, who were promoting their debut album Refuge Denied , which was produced by Mustaine; this was followed by a European run that included support from Testament, Nuclear Assault, Flotsam and Jetsam, and Sanctuary. [1] The band also performed a headlining tour of Japan, and opened for Iron Maiden on selected dates of the latter's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son tour. [1]

Megadeth was scheduled to perform on the Monsters of Rock tour, however after one show they were replaced by Testament. Due to drug problems within the band, they were forced to cancel an Australian tour. Mustaine claimed they had to return to the States because Young "ran out of heroin"; however, Young has disputed this, saying that it was because Mustaine wanted to go back to Los Angeles to seek rehabilitation. [4] In early 1989, several months after the end of the tour, Young and Behler were fired from the band. [5] As a result, most of 1989 was spent searching for a new drummer and guitarist, and Megadeth would not tour again until the following year.

Setlist

  1. "Wake Up Dead"
  2. "Set the World Afire"
  3. "Hook in Mouth"
  4. "The Conjuring"
  5. "Mary Jane"
  6. "In My Darkest Hour"
  7. "Devil's Island"
  8. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood cover)
  9. "Peace Sells"
  10. "Anarchy in the U.K." (Sex Pistols cover)
Encore
  2. "Mechanix"

Tour dates

Date [6] [1] CityCountryVenueSupport Act(s)
North America
December 28, 1987 Providence United States Providence Civic Center Dio
Savatage
December 29, 1987 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
December 31, 1987 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
January 1, 1988 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
January 2, 1988 Binghamton Broome County Arena
January 5, 1988 Quebec City Canada Colisée de Québec
January 7, 1988 Ottawa Civic Center
January 8, 1988 Montreal Montreal Forum
January 9, 1988 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
January 10, 1988 Poughkeepsie United States The Chance
January 11, 1988 Glens Falls Cool Insuring Arena
January 12, 1988 Philadelphia The Spectrum
January 14, 1988 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
January 15, 1988 Hampton The Boathouse
January 16, 1988 Greenville Greenville Memorial Auditorium
January 17, 1988 Norfork Norfolk Scope
January 18, 1988 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium
January 19, 1988 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
January 21, 1988 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
January 22, 1988 Atlanta The Omni
January 23, 1988 Birmingham Fairgrounds Pavilion
January 25, 1988 Tampa Sundome
January 26, 1988 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
January 28, 1988 Daytona Beach Ocean Center
January 29, 1988 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
January 30, 1988 St. Petersburg Bayfront Center
January 31, 1988 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
February 2, 1988 Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
February 3, 1988 Houston The Summit
February 4, 1988 Dallas Reunion Arena
February 5, 1988 San Antonio HemisFair Arena
February 6, 1988 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
February 7, 1988 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
February 8, 1988 Dayton Hara Arena
February 9, 1988 Kansas City Kansas City Municipal Auditorium
February 10, 1988 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
February 11, 1988 Kalamazoo Wings Event Center
February 12, 1988 Saginaw Wendler Arena
February 13, 1988 Toledo Sports Arena
February 14, 1988 Dormont South Hills TheatreSavatage
February 16, 1988 Cleveland Cleveland Public Hall Dio
Savatage
February 17, 1988 Indianapolis Market Square Center
February 18, 1988 Cincinnati Cincinnati Gardens
February 19, 1988 Chicago UIC Pavilion
February 21, 1988 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
February 22, 1988 Milwaukee MECCA Arena
February 23, 1988 Green Bay Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
February 24, 1988 Madison Dane County Coliseum
February 25, 1988 Bloomington Met Center
February 27, 1988 Denver McNichols Arena
February 29, 1988 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
March 3, 1988 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
March 4, 1988 Phoenix Compton Terrace
March 5, 1988 San Bernardino Orange Pavilion
March 7, 1988 San Diego Sports Arena
March 8, 1988 Paradise Thomas and Mack Arena
March 9, 1988 Fresno Unknown Venue
March 10, 1988 Oakland Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
March 12, 1988 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
March 13, 1988 Sacramento Arco Arena
March 15, 1988 Seattle Unknown Venue—
March 17, 1988 Portland
March 18, 1988 Spokane
March 20, 1988Providence
March 21, 1988 Boston
March 22, 1988 New York City
March 23, 1988 Passaic Capital Theater
March 24, 1988 Rochester Unknown Venue
March 25, 1988 Allentown
March 27, 1988 Philadelphia Pensacola Municipal Auditorium
March 28, 1988 Albany Palace Theater[ citation needed ] Warlock
Sanctuary
March 29, 1988 Detroit
March 31, 1988 Miami Beach Cameo Theater
April 1, 1988
April 2, 1988 Palmetto Manatee Civic Center
April 4, 1988 Pensacola Pensacola Municipal Auditorium
April 5, 1988 Birmingham Alabama Theatre
April 6, 1988 Atlanta Center Stage
April 7, 1988
April 8, 1988 Fayetteville Cumberland County Coliseum Complex
April 9, 1988 Norfolk The Boathouse
April 10, 1988 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
April 12, 1988 College Park Ritchie Coliseum
April 15, 1988 Upper Darby Tower Theatre
April 16, 1988 Hartford Unknown Venue
April 17, 1988 Ithaca
April 18, 1988 Toronto Canada The Concert Hall
April 20, 1988ProvidenceUnited StatesUnknown Venue
April 21, 1988Boston Orpheum Theatre
April 22, 1988New York City Beacon Theatre
April 23, 1988Passaic Capitol Theatre
April 24, 1988RochesterUnknown Venue
April 26, 1988Albany Palace Theatre
April 28, 1988 Greensburg The Palace Theatre
April 29, 1988 Royal Oak Royal Oak Music Theatre
April 30, 1988Kalamazoo State Theatre
May 1, 1988Cleveland Agora Theatre
May 2, 1988 Columbus Newport Music Hall
May 3, 1988Cincinnati Bogart's
May 4, 1988
May 5, 1988IndianapolisArlington Theater
May 6, 1988Chicago Aragon Ballroom
Europe
May 10, 1988 Dublin IrelandThe Olympic BallroomSanctuary
May 11, 1988 Antrim The Forum
May 12, 1988 Bradford England St. George's Hall
May 13, 1988 Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
May 14, 1988 Edinburgh Edinburgh Playhouse
May 15, 1988 Manchester Manchester Apollo
May 16, 1988 Birmingham Humming Bird
May 17, 1988 Nottingham Rock City
May 18, 1988 London Hammersmith Odeon
May 20, 1988 Essen West Germany Grugahalle Testament
Nuclear Assault
Sanctuary
May 21, 1988 Nuremberg Hammerleinhalle
May 22, 1988 Heilbronn EisstadionTestament
Sanctuary
May 23, 1988 Munich Aussburg
May 24, 1988 Milan Italy Palatrussardi Testament
Nuclear Assault
Sanctuary
May 26, 1988 Paris France Le Zénith
May 27, 1988 Offenbach am Main West Germany Stadthalle Offenbach
May 28, 1988 Helsinki FinlandElmu FestivalSanctuary
May 29, 1988 Zwolle Netherlands IJsselhallen (Ardshock Festival)—
North America
June 21, 1988BloomingtonUnited StatesMetro CenterOpening for:
Iron Maiden
June 22, 1988 Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
June 23, 1988 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
June 25, 1988 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
June 27, 1988Indianapolis Market Square Arena
June 28, 1988Columbus Ohio Center
June 29, 1988CincinnatiCincinnati Gardens
July 2, 1988 Santa Monica Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Flotsam and Jetsam
Sanctuary
Asia
July 12, 1988 Tokyo Japan Nakano Sun Plaza —
July 13, 1988 Osaka Koseinenkin Hall
July 14, 1988 Tokyo Nakano Sun Plaza
July 15, 1988
July 18, 1988 Nagoya Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall
North America
August 13, 1988 Pasadena United States Perkins Palace —
August 18, 1988New York City The Ritz Crumbsuckers
Europe
August 20, 1988 Castle Donington England Donington Park (Monsters of Rock)Various
August 27, 1988 Schweinfurt West GermanyMainweiesenOpening for:
Iron Maiden
August 28, 1988 Bochum Ruhrstadion
September 4, 1988 Tilburg Netherlands Koning Willem II Stadion
September 10, 1988 Modena ItalyThe Arena
September 24, 1988 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Bercy
September 24, 1988

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