Green Day may be launching a huge world tour next month, but after nearly six months on hiatus, the rock trio has decided to ease into it.

Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool announced today (February 26^th) that they will be playing three shows in much smaller venues than their usual arena concerts to kick off their upcoming 36-tour dates.

The intimate performances will take place on March 10^th at the Fox Theater in Pomona, CA, March 11^th at The Marquee in Tempe, AZ and on March 13^th at Tricky Falls in El Paso, TX.

In other Green Day news, the group’s film ¡Cuatro!, which documents the making of their 2012 album trilogy, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tre!, will make its premiere at this year’s SXSW film festival. Similarly, the Doug Hamilton-directed project Broadway Idiot will also debut at the festival, which tells the tale of the band’s foray into musical theater with their 2010 rock opera American Idiot.

The SXSW Film Conference and Festival kicks off on March 8^th and runs through the 16^th in Austin, TX with the Green Day scheduled for a live performance on the 15^th at the Moody Theater.

Check out Green Day’s entire list of upcoming concert dates below and head to the band’s official website for more info on their upcoming projects.

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