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This year’s Honda Civic Tour 2010, headlined by Paramore, was a very rewarding concert to those in attendance. Including Kadawatha, New Found Glory, Tegan and Sara, in addition to Paramore, the lineup was solid and sonically varied enough to keep the audience in the stands throughout.

Honda has described this year’s show as:

The legacy of the Honda Civic Tour burns bright, and Paramore is the latest band representing the roots of the music that started it all. Since the tour’s inception in 2001, powerful acts like blink-182, Incubus, Good Charlotte, Black Eyed Peas and Fallout Boy have rocked audiences across the U.S. This year’s supporting acts include Canadian indie rockers Tegan and Sara, Civic Tour alumni New Found Glory and newcomers Kadawatha.

Kadawatha performed first with a 5 song set which included a few songs from their EP also titled Kadawatha. Kadawatha’s performance was the most surprising since most of the concert goers probably had never heard of them and the experience was entirely new. Several of their songs where extremely well performed, particularly Agape, and the guitar riffs and soaring vocals of Daniel Kadawatha certainly weren’t a low point of the concert.

New Found Glory was the second act, performing many of the songs that made them famous and one cover, Kiss Me. Their performance was lively and energetic with lead singer Jordan Pundik coasting through the crowd in Merriweather Post Pavillion’s pit. Other than the obvious highlight of all their hit songs, was the humor endued performance. During one selection, Don’t Let Her Pull You Down, the band held up posters to get the audience to sing along during the chorus. During the middle of the performance these signs where changed from “Don’t, Let, Her” to “Buy, Our, Shirt”, it was definitely a memorable moment.

Tegan and Sara performed right before our headliners and where undeniably able to hold their own. They had a diverse selection of songs including Alligator and Paperback Head, with most being from their most recent album Sainthood, of course, but all of which matched the tone of the concert at that point. There humor was also a highlight of their show with Tegan slinging some pretty interesting one liner jokes. One of which indicated that Sara wanted to be “on top of Rihanna”.  But the all jokes aside Tegan and Sara’s performance was top notch, not to flashy, but very passionate and funny.

Last but not least was this year’s headliners Paramore. With it being there tour and all they had no choice but to rock the house and rock the house they did, performing many of their hits in front of an ever changing backdrop. They opened strong with very high profile and high energy songs, including That’s What You Get and Decode, which saw Hayley Williams shaking her head as if to fling it from her body as she sashayed across the stage. In the middle they played some songs that where not from any of their albums as they slowed the pace for a few acoustic performances. This was short-lived however; as they quickly livened things back up with several more hits performed in front of music videos/video collages. And just when we thought it was over and they had said good night to the crowd, fired of an auditorium worth of explosives and left the stage; the band came bounding back onto the stage for one last song. It was a fitting end to arguably one of the greatest tours of 2010.

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