Harmonix and MTV Games today announced a huge update coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store for Wii, with 25 new tracks scheduled for release. Included are six songs from Grateful Dead, along with selected tracks from The Knack, Coheed & Cambria, the B-52s, Buzzcocks, T-Rex and more.
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced a huge update coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store for Wii.
Wii Rock Band 2 owners will also gain access to tracks recently released to other gaming consoles, including Franz Ferdinand, The Allman Brothers Band, The Distillers, Prong, Luscious Jackson and Alien Ant Farm.
Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back catalogue of more than 670 songs is available.
Release Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Tracks: Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” Franz Ferdinand “Do You Want To” Franz Ferdinand “Lucid Dreams” Alien Ant Farm “Smooth Criminal” The Allman Brothers Band “Blue Sky” The Allman Brothers Band “Midnight Rider” The Distillers “Drain the Blood” Luscious Jackson “Naked Eye” Prong “Idealistic Types” Prong “The Banishment” The Knack “My Sharona”* Coheed & Cambria “Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial)"* The B-52s “Roam” Buzzcocks “Ever Fallen in Love”* The Runaways “Cherry Bomb”* T-Rex “Bang a Gong”* Grateful Dead “Casey Jones” Grateful Dead “China Cat Sunflower” Grateful Dead “Franklin’s Tower” Grateful Dead “I Need A Miracle” Grateful Dead “Sugar Magnolia” Grateful Dead “Truckin’” At the Gates “Blinded by Fear” Evile “Thraser” The Haunted “D.O.A.” (*Denotes a cover track)
Price: $2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track
Location: In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased through the Wii Shop Channel)
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