Queen headlines Rock Band DLC next week

Harmonix and MTV Games will bring Queen to the Rock Band platform next week with a 10-pack of songs in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii.

Tracks from Blink-182 and The Offspring will also be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Oct. 20) and PlayStation 3 system (Oct. 22):

- “Another One Bites the Dust”

- “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”

- “Fat Bottomed Girls”

- “I Want It All”

- “I Want to Break Free”

- “Killer Queen”

- “One Vision”

- “Somebody to Love”

- “Tie Your Mother Down”

- “Under Pressure” (with Davi Bowie)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Queen Pack” and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and as individual tracks on Wii. Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track; $15.99, £9.19 UK, €11.25 EU (1280 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Queen Pack”; $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per track

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Oct. 22):

- Blink-182 – “The Rock Show”

- The Offspring – “All I Want”

Price: $1.99, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU per track on the PSP system

The complete LEGO Rock Band track list

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games revealed the full track list for the upcoming LEGO Rock Band game, including songs from Queen, Bon Jovi, P!NK, Jimi Hendrix and Blur. In addition, the game will support downloadable content from the Rock Band Music Store, and enable songs from LEGO Rock Band to be exported on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 across all game modes in the Rock Band Music Platform.

The full track list for LEGO Rock Band on all platforms right after the break:

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Breaking Benjamin headline Rock Band Store additions next week

Next week new tracks from Breaking Benjamin will make their Rock Band debut with a three pack of songs available for download in the Rock Band Music Store. A five pack of songs from Alice in Chains, as well as songs from Kula Shaker and Just Kait will also be added next week. Tracks from Foo Fighters will also be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP as well.

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Sept. 29) and PlayStation 3 (Oct. 1):

- Alice in Chains – “A Looking in View”

- Alice in Chains – “Check My Brain”

- Alice in Chains – “No Excuses”

- Alice in Chains – “Rooster”

- Alice in Chains – “Would?”

- Breaking Benjamin – “I Will Not Bow”

- Breaking Benjamin – “So Cold”

- Breaking Benjamin – “The Diary of Jane”

- Just Kait – “U Suck” *

- Kula Shaker – “Hey Dude”

- Kula Shaker – “Knight on the Town”

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Oct. 1):

- Foo Fighters – “Monkey Wrench”

- Foo Fighters – “Lonely As You”

Pearl Jam’s Backspacer coming to Rock Band

Harmonix and MTV Games will deliver Pearl Jam’s new album, Backspacer, to the Rock Band Music Store for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii right around the same time that the album is released at retail stores album hits store shelves Sept. 20, and will be added to the Rock Band Music Store for Xbox 360 on Sept. 20, for Wii on Sept. 22, and for PlayStation 3 on Sept 24.

Ten became available for download in the Rock Band Music Store day-and-date with the reissue of the album March 24, 2009, and has sold more than 850,000 song downloads to date. Pearl Jam is touring in promotion of the new album from August through October in the United States and Europe. Track list below:

Available on Xbox 360 (Sept. 20), Wii (Sept. 22) & PlayStation 3 (Sept. 24):

- “Gonna See My Friend”
- “Got Some”
- “The Fixer”
- “Johnny Guitar”
- “Just Breathe”
- “Amongst the Waves”
- “Unthought Known”
- “Supersonic”
- “Speed of Sound”
- “Force of Nature”
- “The End”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Backspacer (Album)” and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system and as individual tracks on Wii.

Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$17.99, £9.19 UK, €21.95 EU (1440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Backspacer (Album)”
$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per track

Spinal Tap invades Rock Band next week

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced they will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release of This is Spinal Tap, by making available new versions of the songs featured in the cult classic film and its 1984 soundtrack album. The songs will be available in the Rock Band Music Store next week on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Additional tracks from Black Sabbath and Foo Fighters will be available in the Wii Rock Band Music Store, and tracks from Jane’s Addiction and Styx will be available for Rock Band Unplugged.

Track listings after the break, as always.

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Weezer tracks headline Rock Band DLC next week

Harmonix announced that Weezer, Blink-182 and KISS, will have three packs of songs added to the Rock Band Music Storenext week, along with a single from Damone, for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Tracks from Kings of Leon, Rancid, Rise Against, Mötley Crüe and more will be available in the Wii Rock Band Music Store, and tracks from James Gang and Alien Ant Farm will be available for Rock Band Unplugged. A full listing of all these tracks can be found after the break.

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Rock Band Green Day tracks next week

Harmonix will release three exclusive tracks from Green Day and eight songs from various artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, next week for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii system on the Rock Band Music Store. The Green Day tracks available next week are “21 Guns,” “Know Your Enemy” and “East Jesus Nowhere” - all from the band’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown.

Eight songs from artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival will also be available for download next week. The RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is a new summer touring metal and rock festival in the United States during July and August, assembled by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman.

Next Week’s Tracks:

Green Day - 21 Guns
Green Day - East Jesus Nowhere
Green Day - Know Your Enemy”
Behemoth - Conquer All
Black Dahlia Murder - What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face
God Forbid - Empire of the Gun
Job for a Cowboy - Embedded
Marilyn Manson - Disposable Teens
Slayer - Black Magic
Whitechapel - This Is Exile

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the Green Day Pack or Mayhem Pack or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PS3. They will be released on Wii and Xbox LIVE Marketplace July 7 and on PSN July 9.