Incubus News

(2/15/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Incubus will take Hoobastank along as its opening act on the forthcoming Honda Civic tour. The 50-date tour starts April 11 in Portland, Oregon, and ends July 3 in San Antonio, Texas. An exclusive presale of tour tickets is running February 16-22 at Honda's website.

Honda is not just selling tickets, though--it is also footing the bill for a big part of the tour's production costs. LAUNCH asked Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and singer Brandon Boyd what fans can expect from the shows. "We really prefer to let our music speak louder than everything else, and as far as production is concerned we'd like to do something that really enhances what the music does on its own," said Einziger. "We're not going to have some huge exploding volcano and we're not going to have anything over the top."

"That's a good idea, actually," interjected Boyd. "That is a good idea," echoed Einziger, adding, "There probably will be some beautiful ocean backdrop backgrounds."

Einziger said the shows will be worth the affordable ticket price. "The show will go through many different changes during the course of it. I just think that somebody will see this show and walk away going, 'That was very well worth the money. I can afford it, and everybody's really happy.' I think people will really, really enjoy the performance."

Incubus has also customized six Honda Civic SI's (pronounced ess-eyes) to give away to fans via several promotions still to be announced. The paint job on the cars was designed by drummer Jose Pasillas.

Incubus tour dates (subject to change):

April 11 - Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum

April 12 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena

April 14 - San Jose, CA - Event Center

April 15 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena

April 16 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Center

April 18 - Los Angeles, CA - Forum

April 19 - TBA

April 20 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena

April 21 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay

April 23 - Albuquerque, MN - Tingley Coliseum

April 24 - Wichita, KS - Kansas Coliseum

April 25 - Lincoln, NE - Pershing Auditorium

April 27 - Cedar Rapids, IA - U.S. Cellular Center

April 28 - Peoria, IL - Civic Center Arena

April 29 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Memorial Coliseum

May 1 - Birmingham, AL - Boutwell Auditorium

May 3 - TBA

May 4 - TBA

May 5 - TBA

May 7 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena

May 9 - Roanoke, VA - Civic Center Arena

May 10 - Washington, DC - Patriot Center

May 11 - Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum

May 13 - Worcester, MA - Centrum

May 14 - TBA

May 15 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - First Union Center

May 24 - Minneapolis, MN - TBD

May 25 - Milwaukee, WI - TBD

May 26 - Detroit, MI - TBD

May 27 - Indianapolis, IN - TBD

May 29 - Chicago, IL - Rosemont Allstate

May 31 - Grand Rapids, MN - Van Andel Arena

June 1 - Toronto, ON - Copps Coliseum

June 3 - Rochester, NY - Blue Cross Arena

June 4 - Cleveland, OH - Convocation Center

June 5 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena

June 11 - Portland, ME - Cumberland County Civic Center

June 12 - TBA

June 13 - TBA

June 15 - TBA

June 21 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden

June 23 - Richmond, VA - Coliseum

June 24 - Raleigh, NC - Entertainment & Sports Arena

June 25 - Charlotte, NC - Cricket Arena

June 27 - Jacksonville, FL - Coliseum

June 28 - Orlando, FL - TD Waterhouse Centre

June 29 - Pensacola, FL - Civic Center

July 1 - New Orleans, LA - UNO

July 2 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center

July 3 - San Antonio, TX - Freeman Coliseum

-- Darren Davis, New York

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