After the California Mid-State Fair announced their 2013 concert lineup, media outlet began to speculate of the joint tour between the two bands.

[2] Total available gross: 413,418 tickets sold, $15.5 million from 42 shows[12] The tour received good feedback from music critics.

For the concert in Saratoga Springs, Andrew Champagne (The Saratogian) stated the show was energetic and crowd pleasing.

He went on to say, "The three acts combined to play for over three hours and provided plenty of high points on a gorgeous summer evening, The fans in the pavilion and on the lawn were all too happy to oblige".

He writes, "Their musicianship was solid, if not spectacular, songwriter Johnny Rzeznik, relied more on the strength of the songs than their reliance on technology".