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mtvU will continue its series of semi-confounding promotions with the Campus Invasion Music Festival, taking place in Austin, Atlanta, and Philadelphia in April.

One of the festival's main goals is to raise awareness of the genocide in Darfur through a partnership with the Save Darfur Coalition, and what better way to do that than with sets from the Shins, the Rapture, Rich Boy, Rick Ross, Kidz in the Hall, Fabolous, K-Os, Gym Class Heroes, Kenna, and, wait for it...Dashboard Confessional? Yeah, we're confused too. Also, none of the shows will take place on actual college campuses.

Since another one of the festival's goals is to promote up-and-coming collegiate musicians (okay, that one makes more sense), three unsigned, college-enrolled artists will round out each of the three lineups. Those lineups are listed below, with the proviso that the Atlanta festival still has to confirm a few more artists.

Dates:

04-22 Austin, TX - The Backyard (The Shins, the Rapture, Shiny Toy Guns, the Academy Is..., Ronnie Day)
04-27 Atlanta, GA - Hi Fi Buys (Fabolous, Rick Ross, Rich Boy, D.G. Yola)
04-29 Philadelphia, PA - Penn's Landing (Kidz in the Hall, K-Os, Kenna, Gym Class Heroes, Dashboard Confessional, Augustana)