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Tokyo Police Club Join the Woodies


10/30/07
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(PR) mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college network, today announced that up-and-coming indie rock set Tokyo Police Club has been added to the performance lineup for the 2007 "mtvU Woodie Awards" � the only awards honoring the music voted best by the college audience.

The high energy Toronto quartet will take the "Woodies" stage November 8th at Roseland Ballroom in New York, joining an eclectic, powerhouse roster that includes Amy Winehouse, The Academy Is� and Spank Rock. Additionally, today mtvU announced that Annie Lennox, Q-Tip, Tom Delonge and Dave Kennedy of Angels & Airwaves, Talib Kweli, Motion City Soundtrack and Lupe Fiasco are among those confirmed to stand side-by-side with college students, presenting this year's "Woodies" performers and awards. On hand to watch it all go down will be a mix of nominees, perennial college favorites and surprise guests including Gym Class Heroes, Guster, EL-P, Say Anything, Peter and Bjorn, Boys Like Girls, Cage, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and RJD2 � who will also dj the pre-show.

The 2007 "mtvU Woodie Awards" will premiere simultaneously on mtvU and mtvU.com Thursday, November 15th at 8pm ET. Given the buzz around this year's "Woodies," MTV has joined in to showcase a special 30 minute version of the show, premiering Saturday, November 17th at 10pm ET / PT. The 30 minute version will also get an encore run on MTV2 November 18th at 12:30am ET / PT. - more on this story

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