Rock Band 2 officially announced.

Linky.

DLCs are cross-platform.
Upgraded instruments.
360 release first, then the rest.
All master tracks.

Interview.

2+ out of 10 of these bands will be in RB2.
Agent Orange
The Beatles (2)
Built to Spill
The Buzzcocks
Journey (1)
Led Zeppelin
Modest Mouse (3)
Pavement
The Replacements
Tool

MTV Games and Harmonix plan to announce additional "Rock Band 2" details — including the game's playlist — at the E3 Media and Business Summit in July. MTV executive Toffler hinted that "Rock Band 2" will be expanding upon idea of what it means to play online as well eventually broadening the musical genres of available downloadable content.

Confirmed Songs:
Motorhead :: Ace of Spades
Foo Fighters :: Everlong
The Who :: Pinball Wizard
Dream Theater :: Panic Attack
Journey :: Any Way You Want It
System of a Down :: Chop Suey
The Muffs :: Kids In America
Red Hot Chili Peppers :: Give It Away
Cheap Trick :: Hello There
Elvis Costello :: Pump It Up

Can be found here.

link?

Rock Band 2: Announced.

To Guitar Hero: World Tour:

i wonder how much microsoft paid to have rb2 released on the 360 first.

add that its 360 exclusive

heres why:

some dude on IGN wrote:

Microsoft has been a great partner throughout the launch of Rock Band in the last year and their continued support is instrumental in supporting the more advanced features and cross title compatibility we will have in Rock Band 2," a Harmonix representative told IGN. "Of course, our goal is to make Rock Band 2 accessible to all and we look forward to bringing Rock Band 2 to all relevant platforms later this year."

heres a link

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Studies show that 92% of statistics are made up on the spot.

HE DOESN'T SAY ITS 360 EXCLUSIVE

HE JUST SAYS WHAT I SAID.
ITS BEING RELEASED FIRST ON 360.

"Confirmed" songs, from an X-Play Gaming Update:

Ace of Spades :: Motorhead
Any Way You Want It :: Journey
Chop Suey :: System of a Down
Everlong :: Foo Fighters
Give It Away :: RHCP
Hello There :: Cheap Trick
Kids In America :: Kim Wilde
Panic Attack (!) :: Dream Theater (!) or Finger 11 (). Most likely, it's The Paddingtons.
Pinball Wizard :: The Who

EDIT:

Nirvana :: Drain You
(Seen in the only screenshot of gameplay)

More songs:
One Step Closer - Linkin Park
Peace Sells - Megadeth
Testify - Rage Against The Machine
American Woman - The Guess Who
White Wedding - Billy Idol
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
Aqua Lung - Jethro Tull
Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
We Got The Beat - The Go Go
Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
Spoon Man - Soundgarden

Leaked by a playtester. Showed to Scorehero. I'm assuming this one is true because a Harmonix employee posted in the thread. And he was angry.

Can anyone link me to the Scorehero thread? I can't find it...

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzzle/guitarheroiv/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-44078746&pid=944201

Could these songs be in RB2 here's the list of some of the songs lol:

"Alabama Getaway" - The Greatful Dead
"All Right Now" - Free
"American Woman" - The Guess Who
"Anyway You Want It" - Journey
"Aqualung" - Jethro Tull
"Bad Reputation" - Joan Jett
"Bad To The Bone" - George Thorogood
"Bandages" - Hot Hot Heat
"Bodhisatva" - Steely Dan
"Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
"Chop Suey" - System of a Down
"Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)" - The Offspring
"Cool For Cats" - Squeeze
"Dammit" - Blink 182
"De Luxe" - Lush
"Devour" - Shinedown
"Drain You" - Nirvana
"Everlong" - Foo Fighters
"Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
"Float On" - Modest Mouse
"Give It All" - Rise Against
"Give It Away" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Hello There" - Cheap Trick
"Help" - The Beatles
"Holiday In Cambodia" - Dead Kennedys
"Hungry Like The Wolf" - Duran Duran
"I Was Wrong" - Social Distortion
"Livin' On A Prayer" - Bon Jovi
"Lump" - The Presients of the United States of America
"Man In The Box" - Alice In Chains
"Master Exploder" - Tenacious D
"Mountain Song" - Jane's Addiction
"My Own Worst Enemy" - Lit
"One Step Closer" - Linkin Park
"One Way Or Another" - Blondie
"Panic Attack" - Dream Theater
"PDA" - Interpol
"Peace Sells" - Megadeth
"Pinball Wizard" - The Who
"Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads
"Pump It Up" - Elvis Costello
"Push It" - Static X
"Ramblin Man" - The Allman Brothers
"Rebel Girl" - Bikini Kill
"Round and Round" - Ratt
"Sorrow" - Bad Religion
"Souls of Black" - Testament
"Spirit In The Sky" - Norman Greenbaum
"Spoonman" - Soundgarden
"Stop" - Against Me
"Tangles Up In Blue" - Bob Dylan
"Testify" - Rage Against The Machine
"That's What You Get" - Paramore
"The Ace of Spades" - Motorhead
"The Trees" - Rush
"Today" - Smashing Pumpkins
"We Got The Beat" - The Go-Gos
"White Wedding" - Billy Idol
"You Oughta Know" - Alanis Morissette


If this is true then yippie

I HOPE that's not all of them.

It's better than RB1.