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{{Template:Tour
|Tour Name = Monsters of Rock '87
|Album = [[Master of Puppets (album)|Master of Puppets]]
|Start Date = August 20, 1987
|End Date = August 30, 1987
|Legs of Tour = 1
|Shows = 4
|Other Bands = Bon Jovi, Deep Purple, Dio, RATT, Anthrax, W.A.S.P., Cinderella, Helloween, Pretty Maids
|previous tour = [[Damage Inc. Tour]]
|next tour = [[Monsters of Rock '88]]
|image1 = N/A}}
'''Monsters of Rock '88''' is the second time American heavy metal band [[Metallica]] would embark upon the Monsters of Rock tour festival, their first time with new bassist [[Jason Newsted]]. While short it would feature the live debut of [[Leper Messiah (song)|Leper Messiah]]. New cover songs would also make their live debut such as [[Crash Course in Brain Surgery (song)|Crash Course in Brain Surgery]] (originally by Budgie), [[The Small Hours (song)|The Small Hours]] (originally by Holocaust), and [[The Wait (song)|The Wait]] (originally by Killing Joke), all of which are on the [[Garage Days Re-Revisited (album)|Garage Days Re-visited]] EP which would release in the middle of the tour.
==Typical Setlist==
#[[Creeping Death (song)|Creeping Death]]
#[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]
#[[Fade to Black (song)|Fade to Black]]
#[[Leper Messiah (song)|Leper Messiah]]
#[[Whiplash (song)|Whiplash]]
#[[Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (song)|Welcome Home (Sanitarium)]]
#[[Master of Puppets (song)|Master of Puppets]]
#[[Last Caress (song)|Last Caress]] (original performed by The Misfits)
#[[Am I Evil? (song)|Am I Evil?]] (original performed by Diamond Head)
#[[Battery (song)|Battery]] (with [[Damage, Inc. (song)|Damage, Inc.]] intro)
==Tour Dates==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width="150" |Date
! width="200" |City
! width="150" |Country
! width="250" |Venue
! width="250" |Extras
|-
|August 20, 1987
|London
| rowspan="2" |England
|100 Club
|[https://metallica.com/tour/12395 Setlist]
|-
|August 22, 1987
|Castle Donington
|Donington Park
|[https://metallica.com/tour/12396 Setlist]
|-
|August 29, 1987
|Nuremberg
| rowspan="2" |West Germany
|Messegelaegde
|[https://metallica.com/tour/12397 Setlist]
|-
|August 30, 1987
|Pforzheim
|FCP Stadion
|[https://metallica.com/tour/12398 Setlist]
|-
|}
==Songlist==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Album
! Song
! Times
|-
| colspan="3" |*Please note that the song counts are based on available setlists from Metallica.com
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Kill 'Em All (album)|Kill 'Em All]] (1983)
|[[Whiplash (song)|Whiplash]]
|2
|-
|[[Phantom Lord (song)|Phantom Lord]]
|2
|-
|[[Seek & Destroy (song)|Seek & Destroy]]
|3
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Ride the Lightning (album)|Ride the Lightning]] (1984)
|[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]
|4
|-
|[[Fade to Black (song)|Fade to Black]]
|4
|-
|[[Creeping Death (song)|Creeping Death]]
|4
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Master of Puppets (album)|Master of Puppets]] (1986)
|[[Battery (song)|Battery]]
|4
|-
|[[Master of Puppets (song)|Master of Puppets]]
|4
|-
|[[Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (song)|Welcome Home (Sanitarium)]]
|4
|-
|[[Leper Messiah (song)|Leper Messiah]]
|4
|-
| rowspan="7" |Covers
|[[Am I Evil? (song)|Am I Evil?]] (Original Artist: Diamond Head)
|4
|-
|[[Blitzkrieg (song)|Blitzkrieg]] (Original Artist: Blitzkrieg)
|1
|-
|[[Crash Course in Brain Surgery (song)|Crash Course in Brain Surgery]] (Original Artist: Budgie)
|1
|-
|[[Helpless (song)|Helpless]] (Original Artist: Diamond Head)
|1
|-
|[[Last Caress (song)|Last Caress]] (Original Artist: The Misfits)
|2
|-
|[[The Small Hours (song)|The Small Hours]] (Original Artist: Holocaust)
|1
|-
|[[The Wait (song)|The Wait]] (Original Artist: Killing Joke)
|1
|}
==Personnel==
*[[James Hetfield]] - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
*[[Lars Ulrich]] - Drums
*[[Kirk Hammett]] - Lead Guitar
*[[Jason Newsted]] - Bass, Backing Vocals
[[Category:Tours]]
[[Category:Master of Puppets]]