The tour will kick off in early August and run through mid-October, while covering 48 cities in both the US and Canada. Additional supporting acts include Manchester Orchestra, Against Me!, Rancid, and Matt & Kim on select dates throughout the tour.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Honda Civic Tour, and it's obvious its creators decided to go big or go home. Since 2001, this traveling amphitheater tour has hosted some of the largest names in the punk and alternative scenes. Tour alum include Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! At The Disco, New Found Glory and Good Charlotte, amongst others. In fact, this year's appearance will be blink's second go around at it, as they were part of the very first Honda Civic Tour in '01.
This is a surprise move for blink-182 since they recently announced they would be postponing this summer's European tour to finish working on their long awaited new record (a followup to 2003's, Untitled). Bassist Mark Hoppus took to the internet this evening to clear up the confusion.
"[The Honda Civic Tour] was booked ALONGSIDE the UK/European dates, a long time ago," wrote Hoppus. "We did NOT book the US tour after deciding to postpone the UK/European dates." He later stated that the band wanted to solely focus on producing a quality album before hitting the road again, and that fans should be expecting the new record soon.
"Now there's a hard deadline for the album to be turned in, and it will be released during our US tour."
In their UK/European tour postponement notification a few months back, blink mentioned that they didn't want to tour without new music first being available to fans. And with an announcement from KROQ and drummer Travis Barker last week, it seems that some new blink music, even if it's just one song, is on its way this July or August - right in time for the kickoff of the Honda Civic Tour.
Get stoked.
According to Alternative Press, presale tickets will be made available for those who are a part of the blink-182 or MCR fans clubs on Monday, June 6. Presale tickets will also be accessible on Wednesday, June 8 for fans who "like" the Honda Civic Tour Facebook profile page. General public tickets will go on sale for each show on Saturday, June 11.
Check out the dates, locations and supporting acts below.
- 8/5/11 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center *
- 8/6/11 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach *
- 8/7/11 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach +
- 8/9/11 - Boston, MA @ Comcast Center *
- 8/11/11 - Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center *
- 8/12/11 - Washington, DC @ Jiffy Lube Live *
- 8/13/11 - Hershey, PA @ Hershey Park Pavilion *
- 8/14/11 - Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre *
- 8/16/11 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *
- 8/17/11 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre *
- 8/19/11 - St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
- 8/20/11 - Chicago, Il @ First Midwest Bank Pavilion *
- 8/21/11 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center *
- 8/23/11 - Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater *
- 8/25/11 - Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre %^
- 8/26/11 - Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre %^
- 8/27/11 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place %^
- 8/28/11 - Calgary, AB @ Saddledome %^
- 8/30/11 - Victoria, BC @ Save-On Foods Memorial Centre %^
- 8/31/11 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena %^
- 9/1/11 - Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheater ^
- 9/3/11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheater ^
- 9/4/11 - Denver, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheater ^
- 9/7/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Xcel Center #
- 9/8/11 - Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena +
- 9/9/11 - Kansas City, MO @ Sandstone Amphitheater #
- 9/10/11 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre #
- 9/11/11 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Centre #
- 9/13/11 - Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center #
- 9/15/11 - Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion #
- 916/11 - Saratoga, NY @ SPAC #
- 9/17/11 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center #
- 9/18/11 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre #
- 9/20/11 - Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheater #
- 9/21/11 - Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheater #
- 9/23/11 - Miami, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheater #
- 9/24/11 - Tampa, FL @ 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre #
- 9/26/11 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion #
- 9/27/11 - Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion #
- 9/29/11 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion #
- 9/30/11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Tempe Beach Park Amph. # (MCR will not be playing)
- 10/1/11 - Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center #
- 10/2/11 - Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre #
- 10/4/11 - Concord, CA @ Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord #
- 10/5/11 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre #
- 10/7/11 - Las Vegas, NV @ Red Rock Resort, Spa & Casino #
- 10/8/11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl #
- 10/15/11 - San Diego, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre #
% -Against Me!
^ -Rancid
# -Matt & Kim
+ -To Be Announced
