Green Day Announce Three Intimate Club Shows To Kick Off 2013 Tour

LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 26, 2013 – Reprise Records’ multi-platinum Grammy®Award-winning Green Daytoday announced three live club dates to kick off their 2013 tour next month. For these shows, the band will visit smaller intimate venues, including The Fox Theater in Pomona, CA on March 10th, The Marquee in Tempe, AZ on March 11th and Tricky Falls in El Paso, TX on March 13th. Tickets for all three dates will go on-sale this Friday, 3/1 at 10:00 AM local time. See below for a complete list of live dates.

The band also recently announced the forthcoming release of their documentary film ¡Cuatro! which will be featured in the 20th Anniversary South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival, running from March 8 – 16, 2013 in Austin, Texas. The film takes you inside the world of Green Day, chronicling the conceptualizing and recording of the album trilogy and features intimate live performances that took place along the way. Additionally, the Doug Hamilton directed Broadway Idiot will world premiere at SXSW. The film pulls back the curtain with lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong as he ventures into the strange new world of Broadway with their massive hit musical American Idiot. The band will also perform in Austin on Friday, March 15th at the Moody Theater.

Green Day is vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool.

GREEN DAY 2013 LIVE DATES

MARCH

10^th                  Pomona, CA                                       Fox Theater**

11^th                  Tempe, AZ                                           The Marquee**

13^th                  El Paso, TX                                           Tricky Falls**

28^th                  Rosemont, IL                                      Allstate Arena

29^th                  Moline, IL                                             i wireless Center

31^st                  Pittsburgh, PA                                    CONSOL Energy Center

APRIL

1^st                    Rochester, NY                                      Blue Cross Arena

3^rd                    Philadelphia, PA                                 Liacouras Center

4^th                    Fairfax, VA                                            Patriot Center

6^th                    Uncasville, CT                                      Mohegan Sun Arena

7^th                    Brooklyn, NY                                        Barclays Center

9^th                    Providence, RI                                     Dunkin Donuts Center

11^th                  Toronto, ONT                                     Air Canada Centre

12^th                  Quebec City, QUE                             Colisee Pepsi

16^th                  Berkeley, CA                                      Greek Theatre

18^th                  Los Angeles, CA                                Los Angeles Sports Arena

MAY

24^th                  Milan, ITALY                                       Fiera Milano Live

25^th                  Trieste, ITALY                                     Plazza Unita d’italia

27^th                  Belgrade, SERBIA                              Kalemegdan Park

29^th                  Vienna, AUSTRIA                               Krieau Rocks

JUNE

1^st                    London, UNITED KINGDOM             Emirates Stadium

5^th                    Rome, ITALY                                           Ippodromo Le Capannelle

6^th                    Casalecchio Di Reno Bo, ITALY         Unipol Arena

8^th                    Nuremburg, GERMANY                      Rock Im Park

9^th                    Wershofen, GERMANY                      Rock am Ring

16^th                  Holland, Netherlands                         Pinkpop Festival

18^th                  Lodz, POLAND                                       Atlas Arena

21^st                  Moscow, RUSSIA                                  Olympic Arena

23^rd                  Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA                 SKK Arena

25^th                  Tallin, ESTONIA                                     Tallin Song Festival Ground

26^th                  Helsinki, FINLAND                              Rock The Beach Festival

28^th                  Norrköping, SWEDEN                        Bravalla Festival

30^th                  Oslo, NORWAY                                     Ullevaal Stadium

JULY

2^nd                   Copenhagen, DENMARK                   Refshaleøen

4^th                    Werchter, BELGIUM                           Werchter Festival

5^th                    Arras, FRANCE                                      Mainsquare Festival

10^th                  Nimes, FRANCE                                    Festival de Nimes Arena

12^th                  Lisbon, PORTUGAL                             Optimus Alive Festival

13^th                  Bilbao, SPAIN                                        Bilbao BKK Live Festival

**On-Sale March 1, 2013 at 10a local time

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