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Civic Tour Adds the Coolest Sweepstakes to This Spring's Coolest Concert Events

    VENICE, Calif.--March 27, 2003--

From Customized Civic Si's and Road Trips to Alpine Car Audio Equipment, Civic Tour Announces Exciting National and Local Media Promotions

    As if bringing the best live rock performance event of the spring to music fans across the country wasn't enough, Civic Tour 2003 is now giving New Found Glory and Good Charlotte fans plenty of chances to win cool prizes, including Civic Tour's unique signature grand prize -- a 2003 Honda Civic Si customized by either one of the tour's headlining bands. In addition to the sweet new rides, fans can win trips to a Civic Tour concert, road trips, concert tickets, passes to meet the bands, autographed guitars, posters, Alpine car audio equipment, Xbox consoles and even a chance to write an article about Civic Tour for a national entertainment magazine's website.
    Two of the 12 customized Civic Si's can be won through a national promotion at civictour.com April 3 through September 2, 2003. The remaining customized Civic Si's will be awarded via various media promotions including KROQ in Los Angeles and WXRK (K-ROCK) in New York City.
    For the first time in its three-year history, Civic Tour has also teamed up with two major national magazines, Entertainment Weekly (April 4, 2003 issue) and Blender (May 2003 issue), with each awarding a music-lover's dream trip for two to see and meet Good Charlotte and New Found Glory, as well as win a state-of-the-art Alpine CD receiver for their car. The Blender contest winner will also receive a unique added bonus -- the chance to write an article about their Civic Tour experience that will be published at Blender.com.
    Alpine Electronics, who supplied the extensive multi-media equipment for the customized Civic Si's, will also be giving away awesome prizes. Fans can visit any of the more than 1,500 participating Alpine retailers nationwide to enter to win a grand prize trip for two to the final Civic Tour 2003 concert in Los Angeles as well as Alpine equipment autographed by the band members. All entrants will also automatically be entered into the national civictour.com sweepstakes for a chance to win one of the customized Civic Si's. There is no purchase necessary to enter the sweepstakes and you must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
    Civic Tour is a unique promotion where music fans can catch one of their favorite acts and have a chance at winning one of the 12 new customized Honda Civic Si's designed and autographed by New Found Glory and Good Charlotte. Created and produced by Marketing Factory, Inc., Civic Tour is bringing Honda Civic closer to youthful, contemporary drivers, while offering music fans more value from their favorite bands.
    "Civic Tour and TRL present New Found Glory and Good Charlotte" is scheduled to visit the following cities (dates and venues subject to change).


Tue-Apr-08   Grand Forks ND          Alerus Center
Wed-Apr-09   Minneapolis MN          Target Center
Thur-Apr-10  Chicago IL              UIC Pavilion
Fri-Apr-11   Milwaukee WI            Eagles Ballroom
Sat-Apr-12   Detroit MI              Cobo Arena
Sun-Apr-13   Grand Rapids MI         Delta Plex
Tue-Apr-15   Indianapolis IN         Pepsi Coliseum
Wed-Apr-16   Dayton OH               Hara Arena
Thu-Apr-17   Pittsburgh PA           Peterson Center
Fri-Apr-18   Cleveland OH            Tower Amphitheatre
Mon-Apr-21   Hershey PA              Giant Center
Tue-Apr-22   Rochester NY            Blue Cross Arena
Thu-Apr-24   Worcester MA            Centrum
Fri-Apr-25   Portland ME             Cumberland County Civic Center
Sat-Apr-26   Hartford CT             Civic Center
Sun-Apr-27   Albany NY               Sienna College
Wed-Apr-30   Poughkeepsie NY         Marist College - McCann Center
Thu-May-01   Hampton VA              Coliseum
Fri-May-02   Philadelphia PA         Spectrum
Sat-May-03   Holmdel NJ              PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun-May-04   Washington DC           Patriot Center
Tue-May-06   Charlotte NC            Cricket Arena
Wed-May-07   Atlanta GA              Gwinnett Civic Center
Thu-May-08   Greenville SC           Timmons Arena
Sat-May-10   Sunrise FL              Office Depot Center
Sun-May-11   Tampa FL                USF Sundome
Tues-May-13  Orlando FL              TD Waterhouse Center
Wed-May-14   Birmingham AL           Boutwell Auditorium
Thu-May 15   New Orleans LA          State Palace
Fri-May-16   Houston TX              Reliant Arena
Sat-May-17   Dallas TX               Smirnoff Music Center
Sun-May-18   San Antonio TX          Sunken Gardens
Tues-May-20  St. Louis MO            Family Arena
Wed-May-21   Kansas City KS          City Market
Thu-May-22   Lincoln NE              Pershing Auditorium
Fri-May-23   Denver CO               Red Rocks
Mon-May-26   Seattle WA              Seahawk Stadium Exhibition Center
Tues-May-27  Portland OR             Coliseum
Wed-May-28   Boise ID                Bank of America Center
Thu-May-29   Salt Lake City UT       E Center Ford Theater
Fri-May-30   Las Vegas NV            Cox Pavilion
Sat-May-31   San Jose CA             SJSU Events Center
Sun-June-1   Bakersfield CA          Centennial Garden Arena
Tues-June-3  Phoenix AZ              Mesa Amphitheatre
Wed-June-4   Irvine CA               Bren Center
Thu-June-5   Santa Barbara CA        County Bowl
Fri-June-6   San Diego, CA           Cox Arena
Sat-June-7   Los Angeles CA          Universal Amphitheatre



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