SONIC YOUTH // 1988 Tour Statistics

Main Statistics

  • Number of shows played: 55

    Number of Appearances in 36 Partial or Complete Set Lists:

    Brother James		       13
Burning Spear			1	10/04/88 Barcelona
Candle			       26
Confusion is Next		1	10/16/88 London
Cross the Breeze	       33
Eliminator Jr		       33
Eric's Trip		       25
Hey Joni		       32
Hyperstation		       35
I Love Her All The Time	       17
I Wanna Be Yr Dog	        9
Kissability		       31
Rain King			8
Silver Rocket		       31
The Sprawl		       20
Teenage Riot		       36
Total Trash			1	06/09/88 Hoboken
The Wonder		       35


    Current Release: Daydream Nation
    
Songs from albums:

Daydream Nation	       13
Bad Moon Rising		1
Kill Yr Idols EP	1
Confusion is Sex	2
Sonic Youth EP		1

    Other Statistics

    Unreleased at time: 0

    Number of different songs played: 18

    Non-LP songs performed: 0

    Noteworthy jams:

  • Jumpin' Jack Flash - 12/10/88 Charlottesville - SY are joined by Don Fleming for "Be Yr Dog" which melts down into a very loose jam on the Rolling Stones tune.
  • Rowche Rumble - 12/11/88 Washington - prompted by a request, the band play about 45 seconds of the Fall song, which they'd recorded a couple months earlier for a Peel session.

    Note: The statistics above only reflect the information available on this site in the form of gig dates, set lists, and tour schedules. Since many set lists are either missing or incomplete, and not all concert dates are available, it's impossible to offer 100% accuracy, but this is as close as the site can come w/ the information available. Your help to make the site more complete would be greatly appreciated. Contact Chris Lawrence with any info you have.

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