Wake Up Dead Tour

Wake Up Dead Tour
Supporting Album	Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
Tour Start Date	January 7, 1986
Tour End Date	June 20, 1987
Number of Tour Legs	9
Number of Shows	150
Other Acts	Overkill Flotsam and Jetsam Testament
Tour Chronology
Previous Tour Killing for a Living Tour	Next Tour So Far, So Good... So What! Tour

Wake Up Dead Tour was the second major concert tour by Megadeth. The tour was in support of Megadeth's second album Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?.

Typical 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	City	Country	Venue	Extras
North American Leg #1
January 7, 1986	Milwaukee	United States	Palms Club	Setlist
January 8, 1986	Chicago		The Metro	Setlist
January 10, 1986	Detroit		Traxx	Setlist
January 11, 1986	Cleveland		The Olde Ballroom Tavern	N/A
January 17, 1986	New Haven		The Keg House	Setlist
January 18, 1986	New York		Irving Plaza	Setlist
January 19, 1986	Trenton		City Gardens	N/A
January 25, 1986	Atlanta		The Metroplex	N/A
January 26, 1986	Nashville		Sal's	N/A
January 29, 1986	Denver		Rainbow Music Hall	Setlist
February 21, 1986	Westland		The Mosquito Club	N/A
February 28, 1986	Los Angeles		Balboa Theater	Setlist
March 21, 1986	Santa Monica		Civic Auditorium	Setlist
March 25, 1986	Palo Alto		Keystone	Setlist
March 26, 1986	San Francisco		The Stone	Setlist
North American Leg #2
June 12, 1986	Phoenix	United States	The Mason Jar	N/A
June 14, 1986	Carmichael		El Dorado Saloon	N/A
June 28, 1986	Reseda		Resada Country Club	N/A
North American Leg #3
July 17, 1986	Hartford	United States	Agora Ballroom	N/A
July 18, 1986	Brooklyn		L'Amour	Setlist
July 19, 1986				N/A
July 22, 1986	Gatineau	Canada	Roxanne's Night Club	Setlist
July 23, 1986	Quebec		Pavillon de la Jeunesse	Setlist
July 24, 1986	Montreal		Spectrum de Montréal	N/A
July 25, 1986	Kitchener		The Coronet	Setlist
July 26, 1986	Detroit	United States	Blondie's	N/A
July 27, 1986	Cincinnati		Bogart's	N/A
July 28, 1986	Cleveland		Peabody's	N/A
July 30, 1986	Kenosha		Eagles Club	N/A
July 31, 1986	Milwaukee		The Underground	Setlist
August 1, 1986	Chicago		The Metro	Setlist
August 3, 1986	Minneapolis		First Avenue	Setlist
August 5, 1986	Denver		Unknown Venue	???
August 8, 1986	Seattle		Moore Theater	Setlist
August 9, 1986	Portland		The Starry Night Club	Setlist
August 11, 1986	San Francisco		The Stone	Setlist
August 12, 1986			The Stone	N/A
August 13, 1986	Sacramento		El Dorado Saloon	Setlist
August 17, 1986	Phoenix		Rockers	N/A
North American Leg #4
October 10, 1986	Oakland	United States	Kaiser Convention Center	Setlist
October 11, 1986	Santa Monica		Civic Auditorium	Setlist
October 12, 1986	San Bernardino		Orange Pavilion	N/A
October 14, 1986	Portland		Pine Street Theater	N/A
October 16, 1986	San Francisco		The Stone	N/A
October 19, 1986	Phoenix		Pride Pavillion	Cancelled Date
October 24, 1986	Kansas City		Uptown Theater	Setlist
October 25, 1986	Madison		Turner Hall	N/A
October 26, 1986	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom	N/A
October 27, 1986	Milwaukee		Eagles Club	N/A
October 28, 1986	Detroit		Token Lounge	Setlist
October 29, 1986			Blondies	N/A
October 30, 1986	Columbus		Marigold	Setlist
October 31, 1986	McKees Rocks		Bridget's Place	N/A
November 1, 1986	Cleveland		Shadow's	Setlist
November 2, 1986	Rochester		Playpen North	N/A
November 3, 1986	Syracuse		Lost Horizons	Setlist
November 4, 1986	Providence		The Living Room	N/A
November 6, 1986	Boston		Paradise Theatre	Setlist
November 7, 1986	Hartford		West Hartford Agora Ballroom	Setlist
November 8, 1986	Brooklyn		L'Amour	Setlist
November 9, 1986	York		Swizzle's	N/A
November 11, 1986	Washington		The Bayou	Setlist
November 12, 1986	Richmond		Unknown Venue	Setlist
November 15, 1986	Atlanta		The Metroplex	N/A
November 16, 1986	North Charleston		North Charleston Elementary School	N/A
November 17, 1986	Nashville		Music Row Showcase	N/A
November 19, 1986	Aurora		Malo's	N/A
November 22, 1986	Dallas		Longhorn Ballroom	N/A
November 25, 1986	Houston		Cardi's Club	Setlist
November 26, 1986	Austin		Liberty Lunch	N/A
November 27, 1986	San Antonio		Majestic Theatre	N/A
November 28, 1986	McAllen		Villa Real Convention Center	N/A
November 30, 1986	Corpus Christi		The Stardust	N/A
December 3, 1986	Phoenix		Rockers	N/A
December 4, 1986	Encinitas		La Paloma Theatre	N/A
December 5, 1986	Long Beach		Fender's Grand Ballroom	Setlist
December 8, 1986	Sacramento		El Dorado Saloon	N/A
North American Leg #5
January 27, 1987	Oakland	United States	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center	N/A
January 28, 1987	Bakersfield		Civic Auditorium	Setlist
January 29, 1987	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center	N/A
January 31, 1987	Phoenix		Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Setlist
February 1, 1987	San Diego		Sports Arena	N/A
February 4, 1987	Tulsa		Unknown Venue	N/A
February 5, 1987	Norman		Lloyd Noble Arena	N/A
February 6, 1987	Des Moines		Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Setlist
February 7, 1987	St. Paul		Roy Wilkins Auditorium	N/A
February 8, 1987	St. Louis		Kiel Auditorium	Setlist
February 10, 1987	Milwaukee		Mecca Arena	N/A
February 12, 1987	Chicago		UIC Pavilion	Setlist
February 13, 1987	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena	Setlist
February 14, 1987	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center	Setlist
February 15, 1987	Carbondale		Siu Arena	N/A
February 16, 1987	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque	N/A
February 17, 1987	Hershey		Hersheypark Arena	N/A
February 19, 1987	Providence		Providence Civic Center	N/A
February 20, 1987	Poughkeepsie		Mid-Hudson Civic Center	N/A
February 21, 1987	New York		The Ritz	Setlist
February 22, 1987	Trenton		City Gardens	N/A
February 23, 1987	Washington		The Bayou	N/A
February 24, 1987	Baltimore		Channel One	Setlist
February 28, 1987	Hartford		West Hartford Ballroom & Music Hall	N/A
European Leg
March 6, 1987	London	England	Hammersmith Odeon	Setlist
March 8, 1987	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso Grote Zaal	Setlist
March 10, 1987	Hamburg	Germany	Markthalle Hamburg	Setlist
March 11, 1987	Bochum		Zeche	Setlist
March 12, 1987	Frankfurt		Volksbildungsheim	Setlist
March 13, 1987	Düsseldorf		Tor 3	Setlist
March 15, 1987	Paris	France	New Morning	Setlist
North American Leg #6
March 21, 1987	Long Beach	United States	Long Beach Arena	Setlist
Asian Leg
April 2, 1987	Tokyo	Japan	Shibuya Public Hall	Setlist
April 3, 1987				Setlist
April 4, 1987	Nagoya		Aichi Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan	Setlist
April 6, 1987	Osaka		Osaka Kousei Nenkin Kaikan	Setlist
North American Leg #7
May 9, 1987	Pismo Beach	United States	The Central Coast Theatre	N/A
May 11, 1987	Phoenix		Celebrity Theatre	Setlist
May 15, 1987	Tampa		Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory	Setlist
May 16, 1987	Miami Beach		Cameo Theater	Setlist
May 17, 1987				N/A
May 19, 1987	North Charleston		Charleston Elementary School	N/A
May 20, 1987	Atlanta		Metroplex	N/A
May 21, 1987				N/A
May 22, 1987	Raleigh		The Pier	N/A
May 23, 1987	Norfolk		The Boathouse	Setlist
May 25, 1987	Washington		The Bayou	N/A
May 26, 1987				N/A
May 27, 1987	Providence		The Living Room	N/A
May 28, 1987	Latham		Colonie Coliseum	Setlist
May 29, 1987	Brooklyn		L'Amour	N/A
May 30, 1987				N/A
May 31, 1987	Philadelphia		Trocadero Theatre	N/A
June 2, 1987	Penn Hills		City Limits	Setlist
June 3, 1987	Lakewood		Phantasy Theater	Setlist
June 4, 1987	Detroit		Harpo's	Setlist
June 5, 1987	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom	Setlist
June 6, 1987	Milwaukee		Eagles Club	N/A
June 7, 1987	Minneapolis		First Avenue	Setlist
June 9, 1987	Denver		Norman's Place	N/A
June 10, 1987	Salt Lake City		Utah State Fairgrounds Coliseum	N/A
June 12, 1987	Santa Monica		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium	N/A
June 13, 1987	San Diego		Unknown venue	N/A
June 14, 1987	Carmichael		El Dorado Saloon	N/A
June 15, 1987	San Francisco		The Stone	Setlist
June 16, 1987				N/A
June 17, 1987	San Jose		Stage Coach Inn	N/A
June 19, 1987	Honolulu		Queen Theater	N/A
June 20, 1987				N/A

Songlist

Album	Song	Times
*Please note that the song counts are based on available setlists from Setlist.fm
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)	Last Rites/Loved to Deth	38
	Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!	53
	The Skull Beneath the Skin	4
	Rattlehead	63
	Chosen Ones	22
	Looking Down the Cross	27
	Mechanix	60
	These Boots	35
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986)	Wake Up Dead	65
	The Conjuring	55
	Peace Sells	64
	Devil's Island	62
	Good Mourning/Black Friday	48
	Bad Omen	62
	My Last Words	52
So Far, So Good... So What! (1988)	Mary Jane	10

Personnel

• Dave Mustaine: Vocals, Guitar
• Chris Poland: Guitar
• David Ellefson: Bass
• Gar Samuelson: Drums