Before the announcement of the trilogy, the band had been playing "secret shows", revealing previously unheard songs.

The first of these shows was on August 11 at the Tiki Bar [1] in Costa Mesa, California.

[2] After the announcement of the trilogy, the band began performing promotional shows leading up to the tour which kicked off on March 10, 2013, at Pomona, California's Pomona Fox Theater.

The tour was the first time Green Day had ever performed their 1994 album Dookie in its entirety.

Rather substituting it for "Brutal Love", the opening rock ballad track that is also featured on ¡Tré!.