Incubus kicks off its largest tour to date at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon on Thursday (April 11). The tour, in support of its current album, Morning View, will visit arenas in 49 cities in North America through early July, with open dates on the calendar expected to be filled with yet more shows.
Incubus’s hometown friends and soundalikes Hoobastank serve as the opening act from April 11-May 15, while the group’s Epic Records labelmates Phantom Planet sign on May 24-July 3.
Frontman Brandon Boyd said that playing in such large venues offers its own unique challenges. “When we play arenas it’s really fun for us because it’s times 10, you know-it’s louder, it’s bigger,” he says. “But what we try and do when we play arenas is hold on to that feeling of up-closeness. That’s one of the reasons why I fell in love with music-being able to, like, really see the emotion in the persons when they were singing, or see the guitar string-boing-come off the guitar when somebody messed up. To me, that’s the biggest challenge-bringing a level of intimacy into a big room. But I think we can do that.”
The tour is the second annual Civic Tour, sponsored by Honda. Cars customized and autographed by the band will also be on display.
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 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 – Atlanta, GA – Music Midtown
- May 4 – Memphis, TN – Beale St. Festival
- May 5 – Nashville, TN – RiverStages Festival
- May 7 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
- May 9 – Roanoke, VA – Civic Center Arena
- May 10 – Washington, D.C. – Patriot Center
- May 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Spectrum
- May 13 – Worcester, MA – Centrum
- May 14 – Amherst, MA – Mullins Center
- May 15 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – First Union Center
- May 24 – Minneapolis, MN – Float-Rite Amphitheatre – radio festival
- May 25 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheater – radio festival
- May 26 – Detroit, MI – Palace Of Auburn Hills – radio festival
- May 27 – Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center – radio festival
- May 29 – Chicago, IL – Allstate Arena
- 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 7 – TBA
- June 8 – TBA
- June 9 – Hershey, PA – Hershey Park Star Pavilion
- June 11 – Portland, ME – Cumberland County Civic Center
- June 12 – Albany, NY – Pepsi Arena
- June 13 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mellon Arena
- 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 Arena
- July 2 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center
- July 3 – San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum
