Editing So Far, So Good... So What! (section)

== Touring ==

{{see also|So Far, So Good...So What! Tour}}
The tour that followed the album's release was the first to feature new band members [[Chuck Behler]] and [[Jeff Young]].<ref>{{cite web |title=JEFF YOUNG Blasts 'Douchebag' DAVE MUSTAINE Over Comments About Ex-MEGADETH Members Never 'Amounting To Anything' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/jeff-young-blasts-douchebag-dave-mustaine-over-comments-about-ex-megadeth-members-never-amounting-to-anything |website=[[Blabbermouth]] |access-date=August 3, 2023 |date=July 7, 2023}}</ref> Bassist David Ellefson said that previous members [[Gar Samuelson]] and [[Chris Poland]] were tired of constantly being on the road and their departure was inevitable. He further revealed that drummer Behler was appointed shortly before because the band feared that Samuelson would not be able to continue touring.<ref name="Ellefson">{{cite web|first=Celesete|last=Gomes|title=So Far, So Good For Megadeth|url=http://megadeth.rockmetal.art.pl/interviews_rock1988.html|work=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|publisher=Rockmetal.art.pl|date=August 1988|access-date=November 8, 2013}}</ref> However, some problems occurred during the Australian leg of the tour. The band was forced to cancel some of these shows because of drug issues. Mustaine claimed that the group returned home because guitarist Young "ran out of heroin", which Young denied, stating that it was Mustaine who wanted to go back to Los Angeles and seek rehabilitation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Megadeth Guitarist Jeff Young Responds To Dave Mustaine's Drug Allegations|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ex-megadeth-guitarist-jeff-young-responds-to-dave-mustaine-s-drug-allegations/|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=December 20, 2009|access-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref> Both Young and Behler were eventually fired from the band in 1989.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=Megadeth History - 1988|url=http://www.megadeth.com/history|publisher=Megadeth.com|access-date=November 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906102158/http://www.megadeth.com/history|archive-date=September 6, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Megadeth started performing the album's songs live before the record was released. During 1987 they toured with other [[thrash metal]] bands such as [[Kreator]] and [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] at a number of European venues.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Exley|title=Live Reviews: Megadeth at Queens Hall, Leeds, England|url=http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/live-review-christmas-on-earth-festival-13-12-87/|work=[[Metal Forces]]|date=December 13, 1987|access-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref> The following year Megadeth appeared with more established heavy metal acts such as [[Dio (band)|Dio]] and [[Savatage]] for some shows in North America.<ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Duncan|date=March 15, 1988|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-15-ca-827-story.html|title=Dio Upstaged by Megadeth at Long Beach|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref> They also headlined a European tour, with support from [[Testament (band)|Testament]] and [[Sanctuary (band)|Sanctuary]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Megadeth|url=http://www.metallipromo.com/meg.html|publisher=Metallipromo.com|access-date=November 7, 2016}}</ref> Later in 1988 the group made an appearance at the [[Monsters of Rock]] festival, but were dropped from the line-up after one show;<ref name="History"/> Megadeth was replaced by Testament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Monsters of Rock Schweinfurt 1988 Line-Up|url=http://www.songkick.com/festivals/471099-monsters-of-rock-schweinfurt-1988/id/13337064-monsters-of-rock-schweinfurt-1988-1988|publisher=songkick.com|access-date=November 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Monsters of Rock at Mainwiesen (Schweinfurt) on 27 Aug 1988|url=http://www.last.fm/festival/1142175+Monsters+of+Rock|publisher=last.fm|access-date=November 7, 2016}}</ref> Dave Mustaine explained that the band toured quite often because they were not receiving much media exposure: "We do a lot of shows and sell records by word-of-mouth". ''Los Angeles Times'' reported that ''So Far, So Good... So What!'' sold 400,000 copies one month after its release, becoming Megadeth's fastest selling album at that point.<ref name="LA Times"/> The record eventually went [[RIAA certification|platinum]] and indicated Megadeth's forthcoming emergence from the underground scene.{{sfn|Kahn-Harris|2007|p=3}}