After a series of unfortunate events, Green Day has announced that they are going to have to cancel all of their remaining 2012 tour dates, as well as postponing their 2013 tour dates. They have also announced that they have accelerated the release date of their third album installent, ¡Tre!, to December 11th. Below you can read the official press release as well as a list of all of their canceled and postponed show dates.
Los Angeles, CA – October 29, 2012 – Green Day announced today they will cancel their club tour that was due to launch in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre on September 26th and wind down in Tempe, AZ at the Marquee Theatre on December 10th. Tickets for these clubs shows will be refunded at point of purchase. Additionally, Green Day will postpone all scheduled appearances for the months of January and February 2013. New dates for these rescheduled shows will be announced shortly and previously purchased tickets will be honored on the new dates.
“Obviously the timing for this isn’t ideal, but Billie Joe’s well-being is our main concern,” said Mike Dirnt. “We are happy to say that Billie Joe is doing well, and we want to thank you all for the outpouring of support and well wishes that we have received, and we can’t wait to see you all again soon.
Green Day also announced they would move up the release date of Green Day ¡Tré! to December 11, 2012 from its original date of January 15, 2013.
“We feel bad we have to delay our tour, so to make up for it we want to give our fans the music earlier than we had planned,” said Tré Cool. “If we couldn’t be there to play it for you live, the least we could do was give you the next best thing.”
Canceled Tour Dates
November
26th Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
27th Kennewick, WA @ Toyota Center
29th Salem, OR @ Salem Armory Auditorium
December
1st Sacramento, CA @ Memorial Auditorium
2nd Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre
4th Santa Cruz, CA @ Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
10th Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Postponed Tour Dates
January
7th Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
8th Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
10th Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
11th University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
13th Rochester, NY @ Blue Cross Arena
14th Pittsburgh, PA @ Consol Energy Center
16th Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
18th Manchester, NH @ Verizon Wireless Arena
19th Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
21st Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center
22nd Philadelphia, PA @ The Liacouras Center
24th Providence, RI @ Dunkin’ Donuts Center
25th Portland, ME @ Cumberland Co. Civic Center
27th Quebec City, CQ @ Quebec Colisee Pepsi
29th Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
30th Cleveland, OH @ Wolstein Ctr. / Cleveland St. Univ.
February
1st Moline, IL @ I Wireless Center
2nd Madison, WI @ Alliant Energy Center Mem. Coliseum
4th Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center Omaha
6th Broomfield, CO @ 1st Bank Center
8th Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
