Start date September 22, 1990 Legs 2 | End date July 14, 1991 | |
No. of shows 18 in Europe
49 in North America
1 cancellation
67 in total So Far...So Good...So What! Tour
(1988) Clash of the Titans
(1990–91) Clash of the Titans
(1990–91) Rust in Peace Tour
(1990–91) | ||
Clash of the Titans was the name of a worldwide tour from 1990 through 1991 by several popular American thrash metal bands of the 1980s, with alternating headliners from show to show.
History
The tour began in 1990 with a European leg featuring Megadeth, Slayer, Testament and Suicidal Tendencies. These bands participated in the four-week tour to support their then-new albums Rust in Peace, Seasons in the Abyss, Souls of Black and Lights...Camera...Revolution! respectively. A second leg in 1991 in the United States and Canada had a slightly different lineup; this time with headliners Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax, and supporting act Alice in Chains.
According to the documentary Get Thrashed, the Bay Area thrash metal band Death Angel were scheduled to be the supporting act, but after a near fatal tour bus crash, the band was forced to decline the offer. Death Angel was replaced by Alice in Chains. Notably, Metallica was the only "big 4" thrash band that did not partake in the Clash of the Titans tour.
On November 16, 2009, it was announced that the European Clash of the Titans lineup would be reunited after 19 years on the American Carnage Tour featuring Megadeth, Slayer and Testament. On July 13, 2010, a second leg of the American Carnage Tour was announced that would feature the American Clash of the Titans lineup: Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax. Unlike the Clash of the Titans tour, Suicidal Tendencies or Alice in Chains did not play on either lineup.