Hendrix and Queen Coming to Guitar Hero
The start of a new month means it’s time for another batch of songs for Activision’s Guitar Hero World Tour. This month, gamers will be able to rock out to extended set lists with over a dozen new downloadable tracks. Fans will soon be able to experience more music from the likes of rock icons Queen, Jimi Hendrix, and a host of various European superstars and more, which will add to the more than 500 songs already available in the Guitar Hero catalog.
On March 5th, Guitar Hero World Tour’s library will grow with three additional tracks, included in the company’s third European Track Pack, which will include “Break It Out” by Italian pop punk band Vanilla Sky and “In the Shadows” by Finland based band, The Rasmus. The final song in the pack is “C’est Comme Ça”, the top single from French pop rock duo Les Rita Mitsouko’s 1986 album The No Comprendo.
As a follow-up to the third European Track Pack, artists from the Netherlands, Germany and Spain will also be contributing to Guitar Hero World Tour’s catalog of songs on March 19th, as the Dutch symphonic rock/metal band Within Temptation takes the stage with “What Have You Done”. Joining them are German punk band Die Toten Hosen, who made their debut appearance in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, playing an encore as part of the full band experience with their 1988 hit “Hier Kommt Alex”. Finally, Spanish rock band M-Clan with their classic song “Carolina.”
Also appearing on March 19th will be guitar savant and music legend Jimi Hendrix, returning to the World Tour stage with a three song Track Pack that will likely cause more than a few finger cramps, as virtual rockers try to keep up with the rock icon in “Freedom” and” Angel,” off of his First Rays of the New Rising Sun album and a one of a kind 1969 live from Woodstock recording of the timeless classic “Foxey Lady.” Additionally, the songs from the first Jimi Hendrix Track Pack, “If 6 was 9,” “Little Wing” and “Fire”, will also be available on March 19th as downloadable singles for Wii.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Queen, one of the greatest and most influential bands of all-time, will be coming to Guitar Hero World Tour on March 26th with the three song Queen Track Pack. The pack will contain some of the band’s most famous tracks, including “We Are The Champions”, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, and recent hit, “C-lebrity,” from their 2008 album with Paul Rodgers, The Cosmos Rocks.
Wrapping up the month, on March 26th, MI6 secret agent wannabes will have another reason to celebrate as Guitar Hero World Tour releases a new recording of the classic James Bond theme song as downloadable content.
The two European Track Packs, Jimi Hendrix Track Pack, and Queen Track Pack will be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 for 440 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 3 for $5.49. Individual songs in packs, as well as the James Bond Track will be released as downloadable singles 160 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE, $1.99 on the PlayStation Store, and on the Wii for 200 Wii Points each. The Jimi Hendrix tracks will be available as downloadable singles for Wii for 200 Wii Points.
