Honda Civic Tour 'I'm With the Band ... Whoever They Are' Flyaway Sweepstakes Sending Fan to L.A. To Help Announce the 2008 Headliner

Honda Civic Tour 'I'm With the Band ... Whoever They Are' Flyaway Sweepstakes Sending Fan to L.A. To Help Announce the 2008 Headliner

Honda Civic Tour 2008 Launch Event Will Also Feature Performance and Unveiling of Honda Civic Hybrid Customized by Top-Secret Artist

Visit HondaCivicTour.com to Enter Sweepstakes by Guessing Identity of 2008 Headliner

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Honda Civic Tour today kicked off its "I'm With the Band ... Whoever They Are" flyaway sweepstakes, which will send one lucky fan and a friend to Los Angeles for the insiders-only January press-conference/party announcing the artist headlining the 2008 Honda Civic Tour.

The exclusive Honda Civic Tour 2008 Launch Party Event will also feature a performance by the mystery act; the unveiling of a Honda Civic customized by the mystery act; an opportunity for the sweepstakes champ to make highly coveted face time and have his or her picture taken with the mystery act; and the bestowing of an autographed memento by the mystery act. Past Civic Tour headliners have included blink 182, Everclear, Incubus, Good Charlotte with New Found Glory, Dashboard Confessional, Maroon 5, The Black Eyed Peas, and most recently Fall Out Boy, plus a diverse array of 26 support artists over the past seven years.

The winner of the "I'm With the Band ... Whoever They Are" sweepstakes will be flown to L.A., chauffeured to the exclusive event and receive a two- night stay at a deluxe Hollywood hot spot Hotel, located at the heart of Tinseltown's glitz and glamour.

Entering is a piece of cake: Just go to HondaCivicTour.com and click to guess the identity of the 2008 headliner and you'll automatically be entered to win the trip to La La Land to be with the band. The "I'm With the Band ... Whoever They Are" sweepstakes is restricted to licensed drivers 18 years or older. Air transportation available within the 48 contiguous states.

In other Honda Civic Tour news, it can now be revealed that Kyle Neuhaus of Canfield, Ohio, is the winner of the Honda Civic Hybrid tricked out by Fallout Boy and greeted by oohs and ahs at every body-rockin' stop on the 2007 Honda Civic Tour. Neuhaus acquired the one-of-a-kind eco-friendly ride by entering a sweepstakes, one avenue to which was HondaCivicTour.com, clearly the place to be if you want to score epic prizes. Web surfers checking out the site can also vote for their headliner of choice there and, of course, get the most up-to-date 411 on the

Enter to win the "I'm With the Band ... Whoever They Are" sweepstakes through HondaCivicTour.com and you may just become the Honda Civic Tour's latest VIP.

Honda, the most fuel-efficient car company in America, began operations in the U.S. in 1959 with the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda's first overseas subsidiary. Honda now employs more than 35,000 associates in North America. Honda currently has 14 manufacturing plants in North America, producing automobiles, light trucks, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, personal watercraft, power equipment, engines, transmissions and other components. Nearly eight of 10 Honda and Acura cars and light trucks sold in America are assembled in North America. Many of these products are now designed and developed at one of Honda's U.S. R&D centers. Honda annually purchases more than $16 billion in parts and materials from suppliers in North America."

Produced by Marketing Factory, of Venice, Calif., the Honda Civic Tour brings innovation and environmental consciousness to the masses by combining the hottest in automotive technology with the hottest in music.

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