NextGen Player writes:

"The semi-finals are over, the finals date is set, and on this coming Saturday four Rockband "bands" will compete for the ultimate glory of walking away $100,000 richer.

One of my colleagues commented that real Battle of the Band competitions rarely (if ever) give out so much prize money for the winning band. I guess in our modern gaming-obsessed society it pays to play plastic instrument over, you know, the real thing."
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Koku Gamer writes - The first info, straight from the singer Billy Joe from Green Day is that we could be seeing a Rockband: Green Day game announced soon.
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Harmonix and MTV Games today announced 22 tracks from artists including Alice Cooper, Taking Back Sunday, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Foreigner and Roy Orbison coming this week to the Wii Rock Band Music Store.
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12 songs from Iron Maiden coming as DLC, confirmed via the Rock Band Zine. Posted by caliblue15.
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Gamervision writes: "Joining the ever-growing number of developers breaking stories on the micro-blogging social network, the entire Harmonix community hinted at a forthcoming announcement today. Both HarmonixSean and HMXCasey strongly recommended signing up for the Rock Band newsletter over at the Rock Band 2 website. Why? Because something big may or may not be happening!"
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The hits just keep on rolling into the Wii Rock Band Music Store. This week, Harmonix and MTV Games announced yet another 19 new tracks destined to hit the store on May 26th
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Ministry and The Zombies hit the Rock Band store next week.
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BeefJack writes: "Harmonix and MTV Games are releasing 25 tracks to the Rock Band Wii Store this week and have promised that the back catalogue from other consoles, a figure close to 700, will be released progressively until they are all available on the Wii."
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Electronic Theatre has just received notice that the European release of the Wii version of Rock Band 2 has received yet another delay. Scheduled to launch on May 29th, 2009, the Wii release of Rock Band 2 has now been postponed til June.
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If you're excited for the upcoming release of The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle, then you'll be pleased to hear that you're going to have yet another guitar controller option on your hands. This time, it's a Höfner bass guitar controller.
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G4TV writes:

Harmonix developer HMXHenry posted a request on the official Rock Band boards for music fans to help contribute to a "forthcoming Rock Band" project involving Pearl Jam.

"We need your help!" reads the request. "Ten Club, MTV Games and Harmonix's Rock Band, and Rhapsody are teaming up to let you, Pearl Jam's biggest fans, help us choose the best versions of Pearl Jam live songs that will be presented for the first-ever fan voted set list for a forthcoming Rock Band project."

Here's what songs you get to choose from, courtesy of the band.
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25 songs spanning 25 years of Rock are coming to Rock Band.
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Electronic Theatre has today received an updated release schedule for Electronic Arts' forthcoming videogame titles. Obtained through partners in the independent retail sector, the schedule reveals the intended European release dates for a handful of titles due to arrive on shop shelves throughout both May and June.
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IncGamers report that next week, the Rock Band music store will see an influx of tracks from Social Distortion, Steely Dan, and Disturbed, in addition to a track each from Elvis Costello and The Replacements.
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Buried in today's Elecrtonic Arts earnings call was this amazing revelation from COO John Pleasants: Revenue for music/rhythm games was down 36% during the first quarter of the year and 42% in March, per NPD. As a result, EA has cut the gross sales revenue it expects from its EA Partner division, which distributes "Rock Band" for Viacom.

That's a huge decline. And keep in mind that there weren't any major music game releases during the first quarter of last year, while 2009 saw "Guitar Hero: Metallica" (albeit at the very end of March). As we started to see in late 2008, sales of "Rock Band 2" and "Guitar Hero: World Tour" must be down massively from the original "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero III."

And while EA CEO John Riccitiello said he feels "really bullish" about "Rock Band: Beatles Edition," the fact that the company is expecting $400 million less in sales indicates just how big an impact continued sales of "Rock Band" through last year mattered, and how far "Rock Band 2" is lagging.
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that Rock Band has arrived at a "metal milestone", reaching 666 tracks.
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Oasis, Jane's Addiction, Megadeth and The Police join the lineup.
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced 12 new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for Wii, including six tracks from superstar Toby Keith. This week's new music line-up also includes songs from indie stars The Shins, American hard rockers Black Tide, Welsh metalcore outfit Bullet for My Valentine and Sweedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen.
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Harmonix and MTV Games announced today 12 new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for Wii home videogame console from Nintendo, including six tracks from superstar Toby Keith. This week's new music lineup also includes songs from indie stars The Shins, American hard rockers Black Tide, Welsh metalcore outfit Bullet for My Valentine and Sweedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen.

Six of Toby Keith's singles will be released for download in the Wii Rock...
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Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that the officially licensed Rock Band Kick Pedalwith Double Bass Adaptor from Performance Designed Products (PDP) is available now at retail stores. The Rock Band Kick Pedal with Double Bass Adaptor allows players to use two Rock Band kick pedals at the same time.
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