The Future X, New Group of Simon Fuller TikTok Discoveries, to Headline 2023 Honda Civic Tour (EXCLUSIVE)

20.07.2022 - 16:11 / variety.com

Michele Amabile Angermiller The Future X, a group made up of three singers and four dancers discovered on TikTok by producer Simon Fuller (“American Idol,” “So You Think You Can Dance”), is teaming up with the Honda Civic Tour with a new format designed to connect fans through live shows and online content.The Future X, cast after auditioning first on TikTok through a hashtag challenge that generated more than 300 million views, will embark on a seven-city U.S. tour complemented by “entertaining TikTok content.” The individual members will chronicle their road to their Honda Civic Tour performances on top of each 2022 Civic Tour stop being filmed, exclusively for TikTok.The Honda Civic Tour is an annual promotional tour sponsored by the carmaker that in the past has featured established artists like last year’s virtual headliner H.E.R., as well as Maroon 5, OneRepublic, the pairing of Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato, Blink-182, Black Eyed Peas, One Direction and Charlie Puth.

Tickets are given away free via a website where fans can register their interest. To expand the tour’s reach this year, the Honda Civic Tour will be heavily featured on TikTok, which will follow the Future X’s journey across America along with appearances by stars who’ve risen through the app and other special guests.