Wake Up Dead Tour

Wake Up Dead Tour was a concert tour performed by the thrash metal band Megadeth, in support of their album, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? which ran from 7 January 1986 to 20 June 1987.

Wake Up Dead Tour

Tour by Megadeth
Associated album	Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
Start date	7 January 1986
End date	20 June 1987
Legs	7 in North America 1 in Europe 1 in Asia 9 total
No. of shows	136 in North America 7 in Europe 5 in Asia 147 total
Megadeth concert chronology

Background

This was Megadeth's first world tour, consisting of over 130 concerts, including their debut shows in Europe and Asia. It would be the only world tour that was made entirely with the original line-up: Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Chris Poland, and Gar Samuelson.

As part of this tour, the band supported King Diamond on their Fatal Portrait tour in July and August 1986, Motörhead on their Orgasmatron tour in October 1986 and Alice Cooper on his Constrictor tour from January to March 1987. Megadeth then headlined a series of major tours, including their first European run, which was supported by Flotsam and Jetsam, followed by a North American tour that was supported by Overkill and the Necros. They also toured or played selected shows with bands like Testament, Metal Church, Sacrifice, the Cro-Mags, Dark Angel, Possessed, Helstar, Lizzy Borden, Suicidal Tendencies, the Crumbsuckers, Heathen, Dr. Know, Sentinel Beast, Viking, Hallows Eve, the Mentors and T.T. Quick.[1]

Personnel

• Dave Mustaine – guitar, lead vocals
• Chris Poland – guitar
• David Ellefson – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Gar Samuelson – drums

Setlist

1. "Wake Up Dead"
2. "Rattlehead"
3. "The Conjuring"
4. "Bad Omen"
5. "Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good"
6. "Peace Sells"
7. "My Last Words"
8. "Devil's Island"
9. "Mechanix"
10. "Last Rites/Loved to Deth"
11. "Good Mourning/Black Friday"

Tour dates

Date[2][3][4]	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)
North America
7 January 1986	Milwaukee	United States	Palms Club	N/A
8 January 1986	Chicago		Metro Chicago	Zoetrope
10 January 1986	Detroit		The Traxx	N/A
11 January 1986 (Two shows)	Cleveland		The Olde Ballroom Tavern	The Destructors
17 January 1986	New Haven		The Keg House	N/A
18 January 1986	New York City		Irving Plaza	Overkill
19 January 1986	Trenton		City Gardens	Dark Angel
25 January 1986	Atlanta		The Metroplex	N/A
26 January 1986	Nashville		Sal's	Rajin Fury
29 January 1986	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena	N/A
21 February 1986	Westland		The Mosquito Club
28 February 1986	Los Angeles		Balboa Theater	Dark Angel Agent Steel No Mercy
21 March 1986	Santa Monica		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium	The Mentors
22 March 1986 (Two shows)	Phoenix		Rockers	Flotsam and Jetsam (4:30 show) Surgical Steel (7:30 show)
25 March 1986	Palo Alto		Keystone	HellHound Critical Mass
26 March 1986	San Francisco		The Stone	No Warning Lethal Creed
North America
12 June 1986	Phoenix	United States	The Mason Jar	Sacred Reich
14 June 1986	Sacramento		El Dorado Saloon	Testament
28 June 1986	Los Angeles		Reseda Country Club	Bloodlust Holy Terror
North America
17 July 1986	West Hartford	United States	Agora Ballroom	Support act for: King Diamond
18 July 1986	New York City		L'Amour
19 July 1986
22 July 1986	Gatineau	Canada	Roxanne's Night Club
23 July 1986	Quebec City		Pavillon de la Jeunesse
25 July 1986	Kitchener		Coronet
26 July 1986	Detroit	United States	Blondies
27 July 1986	Cincinnati		Bogart's
28 July 1986	Cleveland		Peabody's Concert Club
30 July 1986	Milwaukee		Eagles Club
31 July 1986			The Underground
1 August 1986	Chicago		Metro Chicago
3 August 1986	Minneapolis		First Avenue
5 August 1986	Denver		Unknown venue
8 August 1986	Seattle		Moore Theatre
9 August 1986	Portland		Starry Night
11 August 1986	San Francisco		The Stone
12 August 1986
13 August 1986	Sacramento		El Dorado Saloon
17 August 1986	Phoenix		Rockers	Flotsam and Jetsam Lillian Axe
North America
10 October 1986	Oakland	United States	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center	Support act for: Motörhead
11 October 1986	Santa Monica		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
12 October 1986	San Bernardino		Orange Pavilion
14 October 1986	Portland		Pine Street Theater
19 October 1986	Phoenix		Pride Pavillion
24 October 1986	Kansas City		Uptown Theater	N/A
25 October 1986	Madison		Turner Hall	Metal Church
26 October 1986	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom
27 October 1986	Milwaukee		Eagles Club	Helstar T.T. Quick
28 October 1986	Detroit		Token Lounge	N/A
29 October 1986			Blondies
30 October 1986	Columbus		Marigold
31 October 1986	Pennsylvania		Bridget's Place	Dream Death Angus Grimm
1 November 1986	Cleveland		Shadow's Night Club	N/A
2 November 1986	Rochester		Playpen North
3 November 1986	Syracuse		Lost Horizons	Sacred Death
4 November 1986	Providence		The Living Room	Deicide
6 November 1986	Boston		Paradise Theatre	Wargasm
7 November 1986	West Hartford		Agora Ballroom	Whiplash
11 November 1986	Washington D.C.		The Bayou	Dark Angel
12 November 1986	Richmond		Unknown Venue	N/A
15 November 1986	Atlanta		The Metroplex	Hallows Eve
17 November 1986	Nashville		Music Row Showcase	N/A
18 November 1986	New York City		L'Amour
22 November 1986	Dallas		Longhorn Ballroom	Rigor Mortis
25 November 1986	Houston		Cardi's Club	N/A
26 November 1986	Austin		Liberty Lunch
27 November 1986	San Antonio		Majestic Theatre
28 November 1986	McAllen		Villa Real Convention Center	Lizzy Borden
30 November 1986	Corpus Christi		The Stardust
3 December 1986	Phoenix		Rockers	N/A
4 December 1986	Encinitas		La Paloma Theatre	Prowler
5 December 1986	Long Beach		Fender's Grand Ballroom	Dark Angel Sentinel Beast Viking
8 December 1986	Sacramento		El Dorado Saloon	Dr. Know Gravel Gut
North America
27 January 1987	Oakland	United States	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center	Support act for: Alice Cooper
28 January 1987	Bakersfield		Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
29 January 1987	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center
31 January 1987	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
2 February 1987	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
4 February 1987	Tulsa		Unknown Venue
5 February 1987	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center
6 February 1987	Des Moines		Veterans Memorial Coliseum
7 February 1987	Saint Paul		Roy Wilkins Auditorium
8 February 1987	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium
10 February 1987	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
12 February 1987	Chicago		UIC Pavilion
13 February 1987	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
14 February 1987	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
15 February 1987	Carbondale		SIU Arena
16 February 1987	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque
17 February 1987	Hershey		Hersheypark Arena
19 February 1987	Providence		Providence Civic Center
20 February 1987	Poughkeepsie		Mid-Hudson Civic Center
21 February 1987	New York City		The Ritz	N/A
22 February 1987	Trenton		City Gardens	Flotsam and Jetsam Heathen's Rage
23 February 1987	Washington, D.C.		The Bayou	N/A
24 February 1987	Baltimore		Channel One	Flotsam and Jetsam Reptile House Tension
28 February 1987	West Hartford		West Hartford Ballroom	N/A
Europe
6 March 1987	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon	Flotsam and Jetsam
8 March 1987	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso Grote Zaal
10 March 1987	Hamburg	Germany	Markthalle Hamburg
11 March 1987	Bochum		Zeche
12 March 1987	Frankfurt		Volksbildungsheim
13 March 1987	Düsseldorf		Tor 3
15 March 1987	Paris	France	New Morning
North America
21 March 1987	Long Beach	United States	Long Beach Arena	Support act for: Alice Cooper
Asia
2 April 1987	Tokyo	Japan	Shibuya Public Hall	N/A
3 April 1987
4 April 1987	Nagoya		Aichi Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
6 April 1987	Osaka		Osaka Kousei Nenkin Kaikan
North America
9 May 1987	Pismo Beach	United States	The Central Coast Theatre	Gang Green Intrinsic
11 May 1987	Phoenix		Celebrity Theatre	Flotsam and Jetsam Possessed
15 May 1987	Tampa		Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory	Overkill Necros
16 May 1987	Miami Beach		Cameo Theater
17 May 1987
19 May 1987	North Charleston		Charleston Elementary School
20 May 1987	Atlanta		Metroplex
21 May 1987
22 May 1987	Raleigh		The Pier
23 May 1987	Norfolk		The Boathouse
25 May 1987	Washington, D.C.		The Bayou
26 May 1987
27 May 1987	Providence		The Living Room
28 May 1987	Latham		Colonie Coliseum
29 May 1987	New York City		L'Amour
30 May 1987
31 May 1987	Philadelphia		Trocadero Theatre
2 June 1987	Penn Hills		City Limits
3 June 1987	Lakewood		Phantasy Theater
4 June 1987	Detroit		Harpo's
5 June 1987	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom
6 June 1987	Milwaukee		Eagles Club
7 June 1987	Minneapolis		First Avenue
9 June 1987	Denver		Norman's Place
10 June 1987	Salt Lake City		Utah State Fairgrounds Coliseum
12 June 1987	Santa Monica		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
13 June 1987	San Diego		Unknown venue
14 June 1987	Carmichael		El Dorado Saloon
15 June 1987	San Francisco		The Stone
16 June 1987
17 June 1987	San Jose		Stage Coach Inn	Necros Overkill Nitemare
19 June 1987	Honolulu		Queen Theater	The Darkness Rogue
20 June 1987

References

1. http://www.metallipromo.com/meg.html
2. http://www.chmetal.info/tourdates/Megadeth_1986.htm
3. http://www.chmetal.info/tourdates/Megadeth_1987.htm
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