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Last week on the Colbert Report, Rush was invited to play their song “Tom Sawyer” in Rock Band. Failing a third of the way into the song I’m sure that they felt quite ashamed that they couldn’t even beat their own song in a video game.

Well this week, the rapper Nas, who happens to be a pretty good Guitar Hero/Rock Band player, was on the show and the fine folks at the Colbert Report thought it would be a good idea to see how well he could handle “Tom Sawyer”. 

Check out his performance in the video below:

Hopefully Rush won’t see this video!

Fans of Dashboard Confessional or Panic at the Disco! can get the chance to rock out on stage at the Rock Band Live Tour, kicking off this Fall.

The tour, sponsored by Rock Band, will run nationwide from October 5 to November 14, with virtual bands getting the opportunity to show off their mad Rock Band skills on stage, in between acts.

How do you get about getting on stage? According to the press release below, “Bands will be selected through local radio promotions, national contests and on-site at each show.”

So get your Emover perfect and grab your best pair of skinny jeans and get ready to become a local legend when the Rock Band Live tour comes to your area.

Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional to Co-Headline the First Ever ROCK BAND

New York, NY – July 30, 2008 – The musical video game phenomenon of Rock Band is coming to a city near you. This fall Rock Band Live will travel across the country with headline acts Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional, together on stage, with very special guests Plain White T’s, The Cab, and possibly YOU!

The concert tour will let Rock Band bands rock their way onto the main stage with a truly interactive experience that allows fans to compete in head-to-head competitions for the chance to play on the main stage in-between the tour acts’ sets. Bands will be selected through local radio promotions, national contests and on-site at each show.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the public on Friday, August 8th at 10:00AM local time. The tour will kick off on October 5th in San Diego, CA and continue through November 14th ending in Houston, TX.

“Rock Band Live brings together a terrific combination of artists for a night of rock ‘n roll love,” said Paul DeGooyer, MTV’s Senior Vice President of Electronic Games & Music. “The bands are fantastic, the timing dovetails perfectly with the release of Rock Band 2, and the events will be tons of interactive fun for families.”

“We’re huge fans of Rock Band and feel honored to join the Rock Band 2 game disc setlist with some of our favorite artists like The Who, Bob Dylan and Journey!” said Panic At The Disco’s Brendon Urie. “And what better way to celebrate our involvement with the game than joining the first Rock Band tour. We’re definitely excited to be a part of things”

“I’m practicing my Rock Band drumming,” deadpanned Dashboard Confessional singer Chris Carrabba, “With any luck I’ll win a spot on stage to show what I can REALLY do.”

Panic At The Disco will be featured on the Rock Band 2 game disc coming out this September. In addition, all Rock Band Live tour acts will be featured in a forthcoming downloadable content pack for the game.

Rock Band Live is an MTV event and sponsored by Hot Topic and Pepsi Stuff. Each will offer exclusive consumer promotions later this fall. For more information on the tour and ticket sales, please visit www.rockbandlivetour.com. Rock Band Live is being produced by MTV and AEG Live.

About the Artists

Panic At The Disco released their sophomore album, Pretty Odd, on March 25, 2008 through Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen. While the album is equally as catchy and infectious as their debut, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, the new album was created as an expansive pop album that channels the ghosts of Brian Wilson, The Beatles and The Zombies. The band’s previous album sold over 2.2 million copies, and their single “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” became a #1 hit on MTV, snagging the Best Video award in 2006.

Dashboard Confessional, led by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba, has had three consecutive gold records – The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001), A Mark A Mission A Brand A Scar (2003), and Dusk and Summer (2006). The band toured with U2 and wrapped up their last headline run in 2006 with a sold out Madison Square Garden show. They are putting the finishing touches on a new album, which was produced by Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger.

Joining Panic at the Disco and Dashboard Confessional are very special guests Plain White T’s and The Cab. Plain White T’s are about to release Big Bad World the highly anticipated follow-up to the band’s platinum-plus-selling breakthrough release Every Second Counts. On the strength of mega-hit single “Hey There Delilah,” which rocketed to No. 1 in 10 countries and was the fourth song in history to sell over 3 million digital downloads, Every Second Counts sold over a million and a half copies worldwide and earned the Chicago quintet not one, but two Grammy nominations. The Cab are the next up-and-coming band that will soon become a household name. They released their debut album, Whisper War, on April 29th through Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen.

Before recently appearing on the Colbert Report, rock stars Rush had a chance to sit down with Rock Band and get a chance to see how well they could do playing their own song in a video game.

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In the latest episode of A&E’s television show “Gene Simmons Family Jewels”, Rock Band makes an appearance as Gene and members of KISS try to take down Gene’s son and friends in a best score competition.

As it turns out, the kids own Gene and KISS.  Just because you wrote the song doesn’t necessarily mean that you can play the game well.

Hopefully this is an indication that there will be more KISS in Rock Bands future.

Harmonix is sending out press releases like their out of style.  The latest press release reveals the features that you’ll be seeing in Rock Band 2 starting in September for N. American Xbox 360 players.  Most of these features have been revealed over the last couple of days, but there are some confirmations to finally put some rumors to bed, such as the much talked about and very much anticipated transfer of Rock Band 1 songs to Rock Band 2 to prevent any disc swapping.

For the complete press release, be sure to hit the jump. Read More…

The press releases from Harmonix are starting to pour in now, with one of the first being that Rock Band will be launching in seven additional European countries later this month.  On July 24th, Xbox 360 gamers in  Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg will have a chance to see what everyone’s been raving about first hand as it’s finally launched in those countries.

Rock Band on other platforms will be released at an unannounced later date.  For the complete press release, hit hte jump. Read More…

The Ion Drum set featured in the latest issue of GameInformer, known as the Ion Drum Rocker, is set to be released in early September, but you can actually pre-order a set now.  That is if the price doesn’t scare you away.  Coming in at a paltry $299.99 the Ion Drum Rocker is one of the most expensive game accessories to ever hit the market.  However,  When you consider that it’s actually a real electronic drum set minus the brains, aka the scarecrow of electronic drums, it’s not that bad of a deal.

For more details and pictures of the Ion Drum Rocker or to place your pre-order, check out the official site for the drums at drumrocker.com.

Konami is suing Harmonix for patent infringement over a series of game-related patents, according to the reliable Bloomberg news. Saying Rock Band violates their patents, and is demanding compensation, imagine that, and an order that would “block Viacom and Harmonix from using the inventions.”

Konami once considered a pioneer in the music-game genre, now considered a has-been, with its GuitarFreaks and DrumMania games, were available years before Guitar Hero was released, but failed to realize the potential market for these games in the West so they were only released in Asia. Konami is trying to return to the genre with its upcoming Rock Revolution game, which allows players to perform songs on guitar and drum peripherals.

Whats really funny about this lawsuit is that when Konami sought to bring karaoke games to home consoles, it turned to Harmonix.

Harmonix is starting to roll out the details on Rock Band 2 prior to the start of E3 next week and we can’t be more excited.  Besides confirming once again that all previously bought DLC tracks from Rock Band will transfer to Rock Band 2, it now appears that they’ve confirmed the long standing rumor that Rock Band on-disc songs will also transfer to Rock Band 2.

That’s a crapload of songs!

If you haven’t seen the features or the Officially announced tracks, be sure to hit the jump.

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Nothing beats a three pack of cheap tunes, except when you throw in a freebie too. This week, four tracks are available to download from the Rock Band store. The three tunes in the Crue Fest pack can be purchased individually for 80 MSP/$0.99 USD or you can get the whole shebang for 240 MSP/$2.99 USD. The track from Vesuvius is completely gratis. The track listing can be found below: Read More…