MTV's Campus Invasion Tour, which integrates a daytime interactive festival with a nighttime concert, opens Wednesday (10/20) at the University of Denver.

Garbage [ tickets ] will conclude their 25-country world tour by holding down the headliner slot on the tour, which is scheduled to visit more than 20 U.S. colleges in six weeks. Alternative rockers Lit [ tickets ] have signed on as the tour's opening act.

Admission to the concert is in the $15-$25 range. Admission to the daytime ''MTV Village'' is free. MTV Village features high-profile product placement for tour sponsors Neutrogena, 1-800-COLLECT, PlayStation and Toyota.

Among the themed areas that make up MTV Village are ''Spankin' New Music,'' where students can select videos to view in a ''video music dome'' and ''House of Style,'' which will feature beauty and skin care tips and product samples.

The ''MTV 101'' section will include a ''Sensory Overload'' tent where visitors can play new Sony PlayStation games, as well as an area where scratching and mixing is taught by a DJ.

The festival will also feature an area where people can audition for one of seven spots on upcoming seasons of the MTV series ''The Real World.''

MTV will debut a 30-minute special about the Campus Invasion Tour on October 27 that will include interviews with Garbage and Lit, videos from both bands and highlights from the interactive festival.