99 Revolutions Tour was a

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by American

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band

Green Day Green Day is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Rodeo, California, in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in 1990. In 1994, their majo ...

in support of the band's trilogy, ''

¡Uno! ''¡Uno!'' (stylized in all caps) is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released first in Australia on September 21, 2012, and released in the US on September 25, 2012, by Reprise Records. It is the first of three album ...

'', ''

¡Dos! ''¡Dos!'' (stylized in all caps) is the tenth studio album by the American rock band Green Day. The album was released on November 9, 2012, in Australia, November 12 in the United Kingdom and on November 13 in the United States through Repri ...

'' and ''

¡Tré! ''¡Tré!'' (stylized in all caps) is the eleventh studio album by the American Rock music, rock band Green Day, released on December 7, 2012. It is the third and final installment in the ''¡Uno!'' ''¡Dos!'' ''¡Tré!'' trilogy, a series of s ...

'', that took place in 2013. The tour was named after the song "99 Revolutions" from ''¡Tré!''. 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 in

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.http://www.whosurmuse.com/2011/08/14/green-day-plays-new-songs-at-tiki-bar-secret-show/ 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

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's Pomona Fox Theater. In 2014 following the 99 Revolutions Tour, Green Day headlined the Soundwave Festival Tour 2014 in Australia. The tour was the first time Green Day had ever performed their 1994 album '' Dookie'' in its entirety. This was done for five shows towards the end of the tour to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary. This tour is also notable for having the band's first major live shows since its release not to end the show with a performance of "

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (or "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)") is a ballad by American rock band Green Day, released in December 1997 as the second single from their fifth studio album, ''Nimrod'' (1997). It is one of their most po ...

". Rather substituting it for "Brutal Love", the opening

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track that is also featured on ''

''.

Opening acts

All Time Low All Time Low is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Towson, Maryland, in 2003. Consisting of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alex Gaskarth, lead guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist/backing vocalist Zack Merrick, and drummer Rian Dawson ...

(Europe) (select dates) *

Kaiser Chiefs Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who originally formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, before reforming as Parva in 2000, and releasing one studio album, ''22'', in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their cur ...

(London, Oslo) *Stickup Kid (US) (SXSW) *

Best Coast Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009, currently on hiatus. The band consisted of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a for ...

(US, Canada) * Hladno Pivo, Superhiks,

Atheist Rap Atheist Rap is a Serbian punk rock band from Novi Sad, formed in 1989, which has released six studio albums, one compilation album and one live DVD. Their music is often characterized as "fun punk" due to its cheerful music and vocals. Their lyr ...

(Serbia) * The Baseballs (Austria) * Twin Atlantic (Montreux) * Classic Hugo and the Dirty Dick Beaters (El Paso, Trieste, and Locarno only) *

Billy Talent Billy Talent is a Canadian Rock music, rock band from Mississauga, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with lead vocalist Benjamin Kowalewicz, guitarist Ian D'Sa, bassist Jonathan Gallant, and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk. There have been no lineup change ...

(Tallinn) *

Volbeat Volbeat are a Danish Rock music, rock band formed in Copenhagen in 2001. They play a fusion of rock and roll and Heavy metal music, heavy metal. Their current line-up consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Michael Poulsen, drummer Jon Lars ...

(Nîmes) *

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (sometimes abbreviated to BRMC) is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. The group originally consisted of Peter Hayes (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Robert Levon Been (vocals, bass, guitar), and Ni ...

(Nîmes) *

The Stitches The Stitches is an American 1970s-style punk rock band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California, Orange County, California, United States. The Stitches record on independent labels such as Disaster, Gold Standard Laboratories, Vinyl Dog, Su ...

(Pomona and Tempe) * Frank Turner (London) * The Bastard Sons of Dioniso (Milan)

Setlist

# "99 Revolutions" # " Know Your Enemy" # "Stay the Night" # "Stop When the Red Lights Flash" # "Letterbomb" # "

Oh Love "Oh Love" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released as the lead single from their ninth studio album, ''¡Uno!'', through Reprise Records on July 16, 2012, and is the album's closing track. It is also the first single overall fr ...

" # "

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" # " Boulevard of Broken Dreams" # "

Stray Heart "Stray Heart" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It is the seventh track on their tenth studio album, ''¡Dos!'' (2012), and was released as the only single from the album in Europe and Australia on October 15, 2012. It is also the fourth ...

" # "Burnout" # " When I Come Around" # " Waiting" # " Hitchin' a Ride" # "Going to Pasalacqua" # " Brain Stew" # " Welcome to Paradise" # " Longview" # "St. Jimmy" # " Basket Case" # " She" # "King for a Day" # "

X-Kid "X-Kid" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It is the fifth track on their eleventh studio album, ''¡Tré!'' (2012), and was released as the second single from the album on February 12, 2013, and is the sixth and final single from the ''¡ ...

" # " Minority" ;Encore: #

American Idiot ''American Idiot'' is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released on September 21, 2004, by Reprise Records. The album was produced by Rob Cavallo in collaboration with the group. Recording sessions for ''American ...

" # " Jesus of Suburbia" # "Brutal Love"

Tour dates

;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances :This concert was a part of "

Rock im Park The (German language, German for "Rock at the Ring") and ("Rock in the Park") festivals are two simultaneous rock music festivals held annually in Germany. While ''Rock am Ring'' takes place at the Nürburgring race track, ''Rock im Park'' tak ...

" :This concert was a part of "

Rock am Ring The (German language, German for "Rock at the Ring") and ("Rock in the Park") festivals are two simultaneous rock music festivals held annually in Germany. While ''Rock am Ring'' takes place at the Nürburgring race track, ''Rock im Park'' tak ...

" :This concert was a part of the "

Pinkpop Festival Pinkpop is an annual music festival held in Landgraaf, Netherlands. It is usually held on the Pentecost weekend (''Pinksteren'' in Dutch, hence the name). If Pentecost falls on an early date in May, the festival is held later in June. Starting in ...

" :This concert was a part of the "Rock the Beach Festival" :This concert was a part of the "Bråvalla Festival" :This concert was a part of "

Rock Werchter Rock Werchter is an annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, Belgium, since 1976 and is a large sized rock music festival. The 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2014 festivals received the Arthur award for ''best festiva ...

" :This concert was a part of the " Main Square Festival" :This concert was a part of the "

Montreux Jazz Festival The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annu ...

" :This concert was a part of " Moon and Stars" :This concert was a part of the " Festival de Nîmes" :This concert was a part of "

Optimus Alive! NOS Alive (formerly Optimus Alive) is an annual music and arts festival held in the Algés (Oeiras), Algés riverside, close to Lisbon, in Portugal. It is organized since 2007 by the Portuguese live entertainment company Everything is New. Its n ...

" :This concert was a part of " Bilbao BBK Live" :This concert was a part of the

Reading Festival The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading, Berkshire, Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend ...

:This concert was a part of the

Leeds Festival The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading, Berkshire, Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend ...

Personnel

;Green Day *

Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician and actor. He is best known for being the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is als ...

– lead vocals, harmonica, lead and rhythm guitars *

Mike Dirnt Michael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972), better known by his stage name Mike Dirnt, is an American rock musician who is the co-founder, bassist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of Green Day. He has also played in several other ...

– bass, backing vocals *

Tré Cool Frank Edwin Wright III (born December 9, 1972), better known by his stage name Tré Cool, is an American musician, best known as the long-time drummer for the rock band Green Day. He replaced the band's former drummer, John Kiffmeyer, in 1990. ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals on "King For A Day/Shout" ;Additional Musicians * Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, saxophone, accordion, backing vocals * Jeff Matika – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Jason White – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals

References

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