After witnessing the success of Eve 6 on the recent Campus Invasion Tour, RCA is sending out three more of its fledgling acts -- The Interpreters, Babe the Blue Ox and Trinket -- on another tour of college campuses.

The three groups will be heading out on the road under the banner of the Music Madness Tour, and a portion of the proceeds from each show of the five-week itinerary will be donated to Rock the Vote and Tori Amos' RAINN (Rape Abuse Incest National Network) support program.

For Trinket, whose self-titled debut for RCA Records is due out on February 9, the Music Madness Tour offers a chance to catch up with some old friends, which it hopes will help fuel each band's set and performance.

"Our guitarist, Jeffrey Fisher, is good friends with Herschel [Gaer] from the Interpreters," said Trinket vocalist Brian Youmans, "and the intensity level should just be incredible. As this tour goes on, I imagine it'll get competitive between the bands, but in a friendly, positive way. We'll each be pushing one another to the next level, and it's good music for a great cause, so that'll be fun as well."

Select dates of the Music Madness outing will be telecast on the college cable channel The Burly Bear Network. Here's where you can catch the tour:

  • 2/16 - Columbia, SC @ The Pub - University of South Carolina
  • 2/17 - Durham, NC @ Page Auditorium - Duke University
  • 2/18 - Blacksburg, VA @ The Sheraton - Virginia Tech
  • 2/19 - Charlotte, NC @ Cone Center - University of North Carolina
  • 2/20 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ballroom - North Carolina State University
  • 2/22 - Clemson, SC @ Edgars Pub - Clemson University
  • 2/23 - Atlanta, GA @ Smith's Old Bar - Georgia Tech
  • 2/24 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club - University of Georgia
  • 2/26 - Birmingham, AL @ The Nick
  • 2/27 - Tallahassee, FL @ Down Under - Florida State University
  • 3/2 - Highland Heights, KY @ Northern Kentucky University
  • 3/3 - Nashville, TN @ The Exit Inn - Vanderbilt University
  • 3/4 - Bloomington, IN @ Alumni Hall - Indiana University
  • 3/5 - West Lafayette, IN @ Memorial Union - Purdue University
  • 3/6 - Chicago, IL @ Double Door
  • 3/9 - St. Louis, MO @ Gargoyle - Washington University
  • 3/12 - Columbus, OH @ Union Ballroom - Ohio State University
  • 3/13 - Detroit, MI @ TBA
  • 3/14 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
  • 3/16 - Kent, OH @ Rathskellar - Kent Sate
  • 3/17 - University Park, PA @ HUB Ballroom - Penn State
  • 3/18 - Newark, DE @ Trabant Center - University of Delaware
  • 3/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Owl Cove - Temple University
  • 3/20 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge