MTVU Names The Bridges One Of Its 'Freshman 5'

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Breakout power pop group The Bridges, who recently released their debut 'Limits of the Sky' (Verve Forecast), have been confirmed as one of five up-and-coming bands to be featured in MTVU's Fall 2008 "Freshman 5." The "Freshman 5" are 5 bands whose music videos are voted most popular by viewers on the MTVU website. The Bridges' winning video for the song "Pieces" has received over a quarter of a million hits on YouTube and was No 1 on MTVU's Top 100 Video Stream chart in August.

Click here to check out The Bridges on MTVU's "Freshman 5:"
https://freshmen.mtvu.com/up_and_coming/the_bridges

The Bridges' classmates on the "Freshman 5" are Lykke Li, The Japanese Motors, Fonzworth Bentley and Every Avenue. Over the next four months, each of the bands can expect their respective videos to appear in a special episode of "The Freshman," steady rotation on MTVU and various online features. "Freshman 5" alumni include The Gym Class Heroes (class of '06) and Amy Winehouse (class of '07).

Kicking off their tour with Matthew Sweet on October 20th, The Bridges just confirmed additional dates for November, including a Nov. 2 performance on Mountain Stage in Charleston, West Virginia. Sweet produced their critically acclaimed debut album and handpicked them for his first national tour in four years. See below for a list of dates.

Bridges Tour Dates (w/ Matthew Sweet):
10/20 Boulder, CO - Fox
10/21 Lincoln NE - State Theatre
10/22 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue Mainroom
10/23 Chicago, IL - Park West
10/24 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theater
10/25 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
10/27 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
10/28 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10/29 Falls Church, VA - State Theatre
10/30 Atlanta- Variety
11/05 Baltimore, MD - 8X10
11/06 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
11/07 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
11/08 40 Watt - Athens, GA
11/09 Nashville, TN - 3rd Lindsley