So Far, So Good... So What! Tour
{{Short description|1987–88 concert tour by Megadeth}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox concert
|concert_tour_name=So Far, So Good... So What! Tour
|image=
|image_caption=
|artist=Megadeth
|album=So Far, So Good... So What!
|start_date=December 28, 1987
|end_date=August 20, 1988
|number_of_legs=5
|number_of_shows={{unbulleted list|112 in North America|19 in Europe|5 in Asia|132 total}}
|last_tour=Wake Up Dead Tour
(1986–1987)
|this_tour=So Far, So Good... So What! Tour
(1987–1988)
|next_tour=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.
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.metallipromo.com/meg.html |title=Megadeth |website=metallipromo.com |url-status=live |archive-date=Sep 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924202033/http://www.metallipromo.com/meg.html |language=en |access-date=30 June 2023 }}{{Cite web|url=http://chmetal.info/tourdates/Megadeth_1987.htm|title=Megadeth Tour Dates|website=chmetal.info|access-date=September 17, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.chmetal.info/tourdates/Megadeth_1988.htm|title=Megadeth Tour Dates|website=chmetal.info|access-date=April 4, 2018}} Alongside Savatage, the band served as the opening act for Dio from December 28, 1987, to March 26, 1988. 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. 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.
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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ex-megadeth-guitarist-jeff-young-responds-to-dave-mustaine-s-drug-allegations/|title=Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Responds To DAVE MUSTAINE's Drug Allegations|date=December 20, 2009|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=April 4, 2018|language=en-US}} In early 1989, several months after the end of the tour, Young and Behler were fired from the band.{{Cite web|url=https://www.megadeth.com/lineuphistory|title=Custom Line Up History - Megadeth|website=Megadeth|access-date=April 4, 2018}} 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
- "Wake Up Dead"
- "Set the World Afire"
- "Hook in Mouth"
- "The Conjuring"
- "Mary Jane"
- "In My Darkest Hour"
- "Devil's Island"
- "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood cover)
- "Peace Sells"
- "Anarchy in the U.K." (Sex Pistols cover)
;Encore:
- "Mechanix"
Tour dates
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!width="200"|Date{{Cite web|url=http://www.chmetal.info/tourdates/Megadeth_1988.htm|title=Megadeth Tour Dates|website=www.chmetal.info|access-date=February 28, 2020}} !width="200"|City !width="150"|Country !width="300"|Venue !width="150"|Support Act(s) |
| colspan="5"|North America |
|---|
| December 28, 1987
|rowspan="5"|United States |
| December 29, 1987 |
| December 31, 1987 |
| January 1, 1988 |
| January 2, 1988 |
| January 5, 1988
|rowspan="4"|Canada |
| January 7, 1988 |
| January 8, 1988 |
| January 9, 1988 |
| January 10, 1988
| rowspan="77" |United States |
| January 11, 1988 |
| January 12, 1988 |
| January 14, 1988 |
| January 15, 1988
|The Boathouse |
| January 16, 1988 |
| January 17, 1988 |
| January 18, 1988 |
| January 19, 1988 |
| January 21, 1988 |
| January 22, 1988 |
| January 23, 1988
|Fairgrounds Pavilion |
| January 25, 1988 |
| January 26, 1988 |
| January 28, 1988 |
| January 29, 1988 |
| January 30, 1988 |
| January 31, 1988 |
| February 2, 1988 |
| February 3, 1988 |
| February 4, 1988 |
| February 5, 1988 |
| February 6, 1988 |
| February 7, 1988 |
| February 8, 1988 |
| February 9, 1988 |
| February 10, 1988 |
| February 11, 1988 |
| February 12, 1988 |
| February 13, 1988 |
| February 14, 1988
|South Hills Theatre |Savatage |
| February 16, 1988
| rowspan="20" |Dio |
| February 17, 1988 |
| February 18, 1988 |
| February 19, 1988 |
| February 21, 1988 |
| February 22, 1988 |
| February 23, 1988 |
| February 24, 1988 |
| February 25, 1988 |
| February 27, 1988 |
| February 29, 1988 |
| March 3, 1988 |
| March 4, 1988 |
| March 5, 1988 |
| March 7, 1988 |
| March 8, 1988 |
| March 9, 1988
|Unknown Venue |
| March 10, 1988 |
| March 12, 1988 |
| March 13, 1988 |
| March 15, 1988
|rowspan="6"|Unknown Venue | rowspan="10" {{n/a}} |
| March 17, 1988 |
| March 18, 1988 |
| March 20, 1988
|Providence |
| March 21, 1988 |
| March 22, 1988 |
| March 23, 1988
|Capital Theater |
| March 24, 1988
|rowspan="2"|Unknown Venue |
| March 25, 1988 |
| March 27, 1988
|Pensacola Municipal Auditorium |
| March 28, 1988
|rowspan="2"|Palace Theater{{cn|date=July 2020}} |
| March 29, 1988 |
| March 31, 1988
| rowspan="2" |Miami Beach | rowspan="2" |Cameo Theater |
| April 1, 1988 |
| April 2, 1988 |
| April 4, 1988
|Pensacola Municipal Auditorium |
| April 5, 1988 |
| April 6, 1988
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta | rowspan="2" |Center Stage |
| April 7, 1988 |
| April 8, 1988 |
| April 9, 1988
|The Boathouse |
| April 10, 1988 |
| April 12, 1988 |
| April 15, 1988 |
| April 16, 1988
|rowspan="2"|Unknown Venue |
| April 17, 1988 |
| April 18, 1988
|Canada |
| April 20, 1988
|Providence |rowspan="15"|United States |rowspan="1"|Unknown Venue |
| April 21, 1988
|Boston |
| April 22, 1988
|New York City |
| April 23, 1988
|Passaic |
| April 24, 1988
|Rochester |Unknown Venue |
| April 26, 1988
|Albany |
| April 28, 1988
|The Palace Theatre |
| April 29, 1988 |
| April 30, 1988
|Kalamazoo |
| May 1, 1988
|Cleveland |
| May 2, 1988 |
| May 3, 1988
|rowspan="2"|Cincinnati |rowspan="2"|Bogart's |
| May 4, 1988 |
| May 5, 1988
|Indianapolis |Arlington Theater |
| May 6, 1988
|Chicago |
| colspan="5"|Europe |
| May 10, 1988
|rowspan="2"|Ireland |The Olympic Ballroom | rowspan="9" |Sanctuary |
| May 11, 1988
|The Forum |
| May 12, 1988
|rowspan="7"|England |
| May 13, 1988 |
| May 14, 1988 |
| May 15, 1988 |
| May 16, 1988
|Humming Bird |
| May 17, 1988 |
| May 18, 1988 |
| May 20, 1988
|rowspan="4"|West Germany | rowspan="2" |Testament |
| May 21, 1988
|Hammerleinhalle |
| May 22, 1988
|Eisstadion | rowspan="2" |Testament |
| May 23, 1988
|Aussburg |
| May 24, 1988
|Italy | rowspan="3" |Testament |
| May 26, 1988
|France |
| May 27, 1988
|West Germany |
| May 28, 1988
|Finland |Elmu Festival |Sanctuary |
| May 29, 1988
|Netherlands |IJsselhallen (Ardshock Festival) |{{n/a}} |
| colspan="5"|North America |
| June 21, 1988
|Bloomington |rowspan="8"|United States |Metro Center | rowspan="7" |Opening for: |
| June 22, 1988 |
| June 23, 1988 |
| June 25, 1988 |
| June 27, 1988
|Indianapolis |
| June 28, 1988
|Columbus |
| June 29, 1988
|Cincinnati |Cincinnati Gardens |
| July 2, 1988
|Santa Monica Civic Auditorium |Flotsam and Jetsam |
| colspan="5"|Asia |
| July 12, 1988
|rowspan="5"|Japan | rowspan="5" {{n/a}} |
| July 13, 1988 |
| July 14, 1988
|rowspan="2"|Tokyo |rowspan="2"|Nakano Sun Plaza |
| July 15, 1988 |
| July 18, 1988 |
| colspan="5"|North America |
| August 13, 1988
|rowspan="2"|United States |{{n/a}} |
| August 18, 1988
|New York City |
| colspan="5"|Europe |
| August 20, 1988
|England |Donington Park (Monsters of Rock) |Various |
| rowspan="2" |West Germany |Mainweiesen | rowspan="6" |Opening for: |
|Netherlands |
|Italy |The Arena |
| rowspan="2" |Paris | rowspan="2" |France | rowspan="2" |Palais Omnisports de Bercy |
Personnel
- Dave Mustaine – guitars, lead vocals
- David Ellefson – bass, backing vocals
- Jeff Young – guitars
- Chuck Behler – drums