SONIC YOUTH // 1988 Tour Statistics

Main Statistics

  • Number of shows played: 53
  • Number of tour shows: 45
  • Number of off-tour shows: 6
  • Number of tours: 2

    Number of Appearances in 34 Partial or Complete Set Lists:

    Brother James		       12
Burning Spear			1	10/04/88 Barcelona, Spain
Candle			       22
Confusion is Next		1	10/16/88 London, England
Cross the Breeze	       30
Eliminator Jr		       30
Eric's Trip		       24
Hey Joni		       28
Hyperstation		       33
I Love Her All The Time	       17
I Wanna Be Yr Dog	        9
Jumpin' Jack Flash		1	12/10/88 Charlottesville, VA
Kissability		       29
Rain King			8
Rowche Rumble			1	12/11/88 Washington, DC
Silver Rocket		       29
The Sprawl		       19
Teenage Riot		       33
Total Trash			3
The Wonder		       33


    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: 20

    Non-LP songs performed: 2

  • Rowche Rumble -- Fall cover (recorded at 10/88 Peel Session)
  • Jumpin Jack Flash -- Stones cover, supposedly performed as a medley w/ "BE YR DOG" at one gig (not sure how much was played)

    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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