MUMBAI: One of the most highly anticipated tours of the summer kicks off Thursday when the annual One Direction on the Road Again arrives in San Diego, CA. at Qualcomm Stadium. The Southern California show marks the beginning of the US leg of the multi-platinum-selling band's worldwide stadium trek that has already visited countries throughout Europe, Asia and Australia. Special guests Icona Pop will join One Direction throughout their U.S. tour.

The 2015 Honda Civic Tour Tradition will take the world's #1 touring band through 17 cities across the U.S. including stops in San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Seattle and more. Ticketing information and additional details can be accessed.

Continuing the Honda Civic Tour Tradition, a 2015 Honda Civic, exclusively customised and autographed by One Direction expressing "the story of their lives" in more ways than one, will be on display at each tour stop. Fans will have the opportunity to enter for a chance to win the custom Civic along with flyaway trips to see and meet members of One Direction. For complete rules and to enter online, please visit www.HondaCivicTour.com.

"The fan that wins it will have a piece of our history," said Niall Horan. "We wanted to design our Honda Civic so that the colors and artwork mirrored the colors and artwork of 1D."

The 2015 Honda Civic Coupe EX-L customized by the band is painted a sleek black, interrupted by bright bursts of yellow, teal and purple on the bumpers, handles and mirrors - a colorful ode to summer days. Etched on top of the vehicle are playful white drawings and autographs from each member, highly coveted by true 1D fans.

2015 One Direction on the Road Again

7/9/15 San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Stadium

7/11/15 San Francisco, CA – Levi's Stadium

7/15/15 Seattle, WA – CenturyLink Field

7/26/15 Minneapolis, MN – TCF Bank Stadium

7/28/15 Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium

7/31/15 Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium

8/2/15 Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field

8/5/15 East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

8/8/15 Baltimore, MD – M&T Bank Stadium

8/18/15 Columbus, OH – Ohio Stadium

8/23/15 Chicago, IL – Soldier Field

8/25/15 Milwaukee, WI – Miller Park

8/27/15 Cleveland, OH – FirstEnergy Stadium

8/29/15 Detroit, MI – Ford Field*

9/1/15 Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field

9/3/15 Buffalo, NY – Ralph Wilson Stadium

9/12/15 Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium

* -Icona Pop will not perform on this date.

With a staggering 94 number ones and over 50 million records sold, in just four short years, One Direction have gone from energetic pop upstarts to international superstars. As the band's song writing becomes more personal with each record, FOUR is their most stunning album yet. The album follows the global success of their sold out ‘Where We Are’ stadium tour and the 3D film documentary THIS IS US. Fans also had the opportunity to relive the 2014 summer tour with the release of their second film ‘Where We Are: The Concert Film’, which broke records as the biggest ever Event Cinema audience across one weekend. Add all this to their three billion YouTube views, 109 million combined Twitter followers and 33 million Facebook fans and One Direction is more than a worldwide phenomenon.