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Rock Band now boasts 1,000 songs

Back in the summer, Harmonix and MTV promised to deliver 1,000 downloadable songs for its music game Rock Band by 2010. Oh, how we all scoffed in Inquisitr Towers! Duncan sniggered into his whiskey glass, Kim politely chuckled ... continue

Black Friday 2009: Spend $20 at Old Navy, get free … LEGO Rock Band?

This is one of the stranger Black Friday videogame deals I've seen, but it's definitely worthwile, if you can bear to be at Old Navy on Black Friday. That's right, Old Navy. The clothing store will be giving ... continue

Sgt. Pepper’s comes to The Beatles Rock Band next week

What's your favorite Beatles album? If you answered "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," we can almost certainly be friends. Now we're friends, want to come round my place and play Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on ... continue

Anti-piracy group raises the surrender flag

While it may be a long time before we see this type of thing happen in the US and Canada the people of Denmark can look forward to one less anti-piracy agency trying to sue everyone in ... continue

Brian May had hair demands for LEGO: Rock Band

Queen guitarist Brian May had only one demand when signing up for LEGO Rock Band (aside from receiving a stack of money): that developer Traveller's Tales get his famous perm right. As you can see above, they got ... continue

[VIDEO] Get a look at Queen in LEGO Rock Band

The LEGO Rock Band version of Iggy Pop horrified me, but the LEGOfied Queen that appears in the game delights me. Just look at Brian May's hair! Below is the first footage of Queen in EA/Harmonix's blocky take ... continue

The day that radio was killed

Technology didn't kill radio. Satellite radio didn't kill terrestrial radio. But as of today radio stands a very good chance of becoming an ever increasing wasteland to the point that we will see a massive shift away from radio stations ... continue

Kurt Cobain Guitar Hero 5 videos pulled by Activision

Remember the fuss kicked up over Kurt Cobain's appearance in Guitar Hero 5? The late Nirvana frontman's avatar could be used to 'perform' any song in the popular music game, leading to numerous YouTube videos depicting Cobain singing ... continue

Beyoncé wants to make a dance game

Beyoncé loves the free copy of Wii Fit that Nintendo gave her. In fact, she loves it so much that she has a new career goal: make a dance/fitness videogame, teaching fans the dance moves of Beyoncé. ... continue

Spotify signs deal with Telia

The European based online music service Spotify has just signed a deal with Telia in Sweden. Telia is Sweden's largest ISP and mobile carrier with branches in the Nordic and Baltic countries and in Russia, Spain and ... continue

Ten Queen tracks for Rock Band this month

Fans of big hair, big tunes, and even bigger guitar solos are well served by this month's Rock Band updates. Harmonix has confirmed that ten tracks from excellent British pomp-rockers Queen are winging their way to the Rock ... continue

Courtney Love planning to “sue the s***” out of Activision

Courtney Love has hopped back on the Crazy Train, ranting at Activision for its portrayal of Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5. That is, the portrayal that she approved. There's been an outcry about Cobain's appearance in the ... continue

ZOMG!: The amazing Beatles Xbox 360

The Beatles: Rock Band launched today (it's been mentioned here once or twice already), so Microsoft is putting some very special edition Xbox 360s up for auction. Featuring artwork from the game, they are freaking gorgeous, and ... continue

Virgin’s solution to piracy not sitting well with all record companies

Well color me surprised but not all of the record companies are happy with UK ISP Virgin Media’s planned subscription service for downloading music. The UK company believes that consumers want to be ... continue

Beatles: Rock Band: Review Round-up

As you may already know, The Beatles: Rock Band launches today. It's probably the first really massive release of this fall, and in the next few weeks you'll have a ton of downloadable songs to look forward ... continue

Play illegal music on cellphone and find it shut down

Word is beginning to trickle out of Japan that the country’s government and music companies are trying to get a pioneering system in place that is designed to stop unauthorized copying of music on ... continue

Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5 … singing Flavor Flav

It appears they may not have fully thought this through ... I've already posted about Kurt Cobain's posthumous appearance in Guitar Hero 5. Not to speak for Cobain, but I can't see him endorsing the franchise were he ... continue

No Pirate Bay for those bad bad people in Ireland

Not satisfied with just screwing people through pointless idiotic lawsuits the music industry has been trying to get ISPs around the world to block torrent sites – with The Pirate Bay being their principal ... continue

Every wondered what the Beatle’s top selling songs were?

Ah the Beatles, I can still remember seeing Help in the movie theater when it was first shown and it would have been a lot of fun except for all the silly girls screaming ... continue

[VIDEO] Hugh Hefner and Playmates sell you Guitar Hero 5

Firstly, I'd like to apologize for posting twice in one day about the same game. Right, with my hollow apology out of the way, here's one of the first TV adverts for Guitar Hero 5, starring a whole ... continue

[VIDEO] Kurt Cobain makes long-awaited return in Guitar Hero 5

Activision has decided it could shift a few more copies of Guitar Hero 5 by including a virtual Kurt Cobain, and I know what you're thinking: that could be the classiest damn move you've ever heard of. Cobain ... continue

9 Year-old’s dream comes true

Remember a month or two ago when the Ellen show had 9 year-old guitar phenom Yuto Miyasawa on the show and he proceeded to totally amaze every-one with his playing – including Ozzie Osborne. ... continue