PANIC AT THE DISCO TAKE FALL OUT BOY HONDA CIVIC LEAD

Panic! At The Disco have taken Fall Out Boy’s lead and will be the second Decaydance band to headline the Honda Civic tour in 2008.

Panic! At The Disco will more than likely be the headliner for this year’s Honda Civic tour. The band is following in the footsteps of Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen artists Fall Out Boy, with label business spearheaded by Pete Wentz. Panic! At The Disco is following up their album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, with a new release March 25. A sneak peak can be found at the band’s website or myspace page.

With the focus on being Green, or environment friendly, Fall Out Boy headlined the tour before they took the stage for Live Earth. Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz said promoting the fuel efficient brand of Honda is like helping the environment.

[Stump] “One of the things that I think is a real problem is that I don’t think you can really implore upon people’s good nature and expect everyone to do something. The reality is that one of the reasons that we want to work with Honda is at the same time the Civic is better for the environment, and part of the nature of that is that it’s more efficient, right? So there really is no reason not to want to be better for the environment, at this point. Hopefully….” [Wentz] “Unless you like the beach. Bring a towel, you know? (laughs).”

Tour dates for the Honda Civic tour will be announced next week, and stay tuned here for the star-studded announcement.