 The band promoted the album through a number of tours in North America . Even before its release , Puddle of Mudd invited Thirty Seconds to Mars to open a six @-@ week tour for them in the spring of 2002 . On January 30 , Thirty Seconds to Mars began a promotional tour in North America . The band played its first European concert on June 24 , 2002 , at The Barfly in London , England . In July 2002 , they began a club tour and also embarked on a North American tour supporting Incubus . In early October , they were invited by MTV to join the Campus Invasion Tour , playing ten dates in Canada alongside I Mother Earth , Billy Talent , and Pepper Sands . The band was also scheduled to open a spring tour for Adema but was forced to withdraw due to scheduling conflicts . 
