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==Tour and personnel changes==
To promote the album, the band played a handful of gigs in South America in February 1987. During the spring and summer of 1987, they toured the United States.<ref>{{Harvnb|True|2010|page=288}}</ref> At a concert on August 12 in [[East Hampton, New York]], Richie left the band due to financial conflicts with Johnny. Richie stated that he had asked to be given a small percentage of the merchandise income based on his tenure with the band and their use of his name and image, which he claimed Joey and Dee Dee was in favor of, but Johnny would refuse.<ref>{{Citation |title=Richie Ramone & Eric Blair Talk Ramones & New Book 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gytQXEWfOqM |language=en |access-date=2022-07-16}}</ref> Richie said that he never felt entitled to a large share as he was not a founding member, but that it was about being a part of the band rather than a hired hand and mentioned feeling left out on tours when the other members would go cash their merchandise checks.<ref>{{Citation |title=Richie Ramone & Eric Blair Talk Ramones & New Book 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gytQXEWfOqM |language=en |access-date=2022-07-16}}</ref> Joey would later state, "I felt screwed. Me and Richie were friends. He was more than just the drummer. But he was out for himself. He said he would do the New York shows for $500 a night. I'm sure he felt he had us by the balls, as our album was coming out."<ref name="true289">{{Harvnb|True|2010|page=289}}</ref> Richie later said that he had heard a rumour that Johnny was going to fire him even if he played the shows and that convinced him not to come back to the band.<ref>{{Citation |title=Richie Ramone & Eric Blair Talk Ramones & New Book 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gytQXEWfOqM |language=en |access-date=2022-07-16}}</ref> DuBose also explained that Richie "quit right before a gig and wasn't very professional."<ref name="true290">{{Harvnb|True|2010|page=290}}</ref> 

Johnny began asking around to see if they could find a replacement drummer, at least for the remainder of the tour. [[Clem Burke]] of [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] filled in for Richie for two shows, performing under the alias Elvis Ramone, on August 28 in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] and August 29 in [[Trenton, New Jersey]]. Johnny deemed the whole situation a "disaster" because of Burke's drumming style, commenting that "[[double-time]] on the [[hi-hat]] was totally alien to him."<ref name="true290"/> Burke was criticized for playing "Durango 95"'s [[drum fill|fills]] incorrectly, and for misplaying the introduction on "[[Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?]]", forcing Johnny and Dee Dee to improvise on stage. He was also reportedly unable to maintain the faster [[tempo]] of the songs "Freak of Nature" and "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment".<ref name="true290"/>

Because of this, the band's previous drummer, [[Marky Ramone]] (who had replaced original drummer [[Tommy Ramone]]), was asked to return. He had been fired after ''Subterranean Jungle'', partially for his drumming style but mostly because of his [[alcoholism]]. Once he was sober, however, he began playing in [[Richie Stotts]]'s [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[King Flux]], as well as his own band, [[M-80 (band)|M-80]]. Richie's response to Marky's return was that it "would never happen" but it did. Marky had a meeting with John, rehearsed a couple of Ramones songs and said, "Marc, it's like you never left."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ramone |first1=Marky |title=Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone |date=2017 |isbn=9781786062864 |pages=308–310 }}</ref>

Within a week of Burke's departure, Marky was touring with the band again.<ref name="true290"/> The first show Marky played was on September 4 in [[Oyster Bay (town), New York|Oyster Bay]], [[Long Island]].<ref name="true291">{{Harvnb|True|2010|page=291}}</ref>

During a sold-out [[Paris]] concert, fans who were not able to get in to see the performance began to throw stones at the venue, and were consequently [[tear gas|tear-gassed]] by police.<ref name="true291"/> It was also common to see [[moshing]] and [[stage diving]] at their shows, but the band members discouraged this type of behavior. "They hated it and they tried to stop it as much as possible," artist and the band's lighting director [[Arturo Vega]] recalled, "but it would happen. Kids are really resourceful. Once the lawsuits started coming in, a lot of clubs tried to ban it, too. Sometimes the security made it difficult for them, you know. Once, we were in Tijuana—and of course in Tijuana, who cares! They were jumping from a balcony that was at least 20 feet (6 m) high. Jumping into the crowd. It was too much. It was great."<ref name="true289"/>

The band was banned from playing at [[Boston University]] on the grounds that they promoted "rowdiness, destructiveness, and drug use."<ref name="true290"/> In response, the University's Program Council organized an anti-[[censorship]] [[Demonstration (protest)|protest rally]] in Marsh Plaza. At the rally, Joey announced, "We're here to uphold the honor of the students and the Ramones," and pointed out that their performances never incited violence.<ref name="true290"/> The Ramones' 1988 tour would have roughly a hundred gigs in the [[United States]], [[Finland]], [[Japan]], [[United Kingdom]], and elsewhere. While touring in [[Puerto Rico]], the band performed for around 2,000 surfers at the [[World Surfing Championships]].<ref name="true290"/> These shows were dubbed the "Ramones Non-Stop World Tour" by fans.<ref name="true291"/>