The 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour was a concert tour co-headlined by American rock bands Blink-182 and

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(in what turned out to be their final tour until 2019). Joined by supporting acts

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, Manchester Orchestra, and Rancid, the tour began on August 5, 2011, and ran until October 8. Sponsored by the

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, the 2011 tour marked the 10th anniversary of the concert tour, which Blink-182 headlined in its first incarnation.

Background

The tour was announced on May 23, 2011. Both bands had gathered at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in

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to announce to the tour. Members of the official blink-182 and My Chemical Romance fan clubs had the first chance at tickets to all shows, in an exclusive pre-sale that began on June 6. On June 8, anyone who "liked" the Honda Civic Tour's Facebook page gained access to tickets. All remaining tickets went on sale to the general public on June 10 via

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.com and LiveNation.com. The announcement of the tour angered European blink-182 fans, whose previously announced European tour was cancelled just one month before. As was a tradition with the concert tour, blink-182 was chosen to customize a

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to commemorate their long collaboration with the tour. Singer-bassist

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, whose first car was a Honda Civic, stated Max Gramajo, who had previously been involved in album artwork and T-shirt designs, co-designed the vehicle. The car featured Koenig rims, Toyo tires, a matte-finish paint job and the blink-182 signature logo, the bunny rabbit (blink-182's mascot) and was handed away during the tour to a fan.

Opening acts

* Manchester Orchestra (until August 23rd) *

(from September 7th to October 8th) * Rancid (Auburn, West Valley City, Greenwood Village) * Alkaline Trio (Wantagh) * Neon Trees (Des Moines) *

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(Tempe) * H₂O (West Valley City)

Setlist

Tour dates

Box office score data

Music video personnel

My Chemical Romance *

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rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

Ray Toro Raymond Toro (born July 15, 1977) is an American musician who serves as lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band My Chemical Romance. Early life Toro was born July 15, 1977, in Kearny, New Jersey. He is of Puerto Rican-Portuguese herita ...

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lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

* Gerard Way —

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

Mikey Way Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980) is an American musician and actor. He is best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He is also the multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist of rock duo Electric Century. Mikey c ...

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* James Dewees — Synth,

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s and

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Additional musicians * Michael Pedicone —

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(until September 1) *

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(from September 3)

References

External links

My Chemical Romance Official WebsiteBlink-182 Official Website
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