mtvU Woodie Awards!

Today mtvU 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 high energy Toronto quartet will take the “Woodiesâ€? stage November 8th at Roseland Ballroom in New York, joining an eclectic, powerhouse roster that includes Amy Winehouse, The Academy Is… and Spank Rock.

By Steve

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 “Woodiesâ€? 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 Awardsâ€? will premiere simultaneously on mtvU and mtvU.com Thursday, November 15th at 8pm ET.

Other top nominees for the 2007 “mtvU Woodie Awardsâ€? include The Shins, with three nominations, and Modest Mouse, Gym Class Heroes, Lily Allen, Justice, Linkin Park and The Academy Is…, which each picked up two nods. Headliner Amy Winehouse, Arcade Fire, Lil’ Wayne, Bright Eyes, The Knife, Common, Klaxons, M.I.A., Spoon, CSS, The Rapture, TV on the Radio, Thom Yorke and Paramore were all nominated as well. Nearly fifty emerging and influential artists are nominated for the fourth annual “mtvU Woodies.â€?

Full info on nominees, performers and more is available at Woodies.mtvU.com.