Michelle Branch will headline the Virgin College Mega Tour, a campus-centric spring outing to begin March 27th at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

The seventeen-date tour will also feature buzz band Rooney and singer-songwriters Gavin DeGraw and Joe Firstman. All four acts are plugging recent releases: Branch's Hotel Paper, Rooney's self-titled debut, DeGraw's Chariot and Firstman's The War of Women.

The tour currently runs through a May 1st performance at Southern Connecticut University in New Haven, but additional dates are expected. In addition to the main four acts, the tour will offer a day stage and a music learning center hosted by Gibson and Epiphone guitars.

Virgin College Megatour dates:

3/27: Richmond, VA, Virginia Commonwealth University
3/28: Riverdale, NY, Manhattan College
4/1: Memphis, University of Memphis
4/2: Cullowhee, NC, Western Carolina University
4/4: Fayetteville, AR, University of Arkansas
4/8: Flagstaff, AZ, Northern Arizona University
4/9: San Luis Obispo, CA, Cal Poly State University
4/10: Los Angeles, California State
4/16: Ruston, LA, Louisiana Tech University
4/17: Starkville, MS, Mississippi State University
4/18: Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama
4/20: Hammond, LA, Southeastern University
4/21: Jonesboro, AR, Arkansas State University
4/24: Weston, MA, Regis College
4/29: Kingston, RI, University of Rhode Island
4/30: Niagara Falls, NY, Niagara University
5/1: New Haven, CT, Southern Connecticut University

ANDREW DANSBY
(March 2, 2004)