Ten new Rock Band tracks were unveiled today at Leipzig, bringing the total of announced songs to 26. Deep Purple, The Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Beastie Boys and Jet are just some of the bands that you can expect to hear when the game appears- full list of announced songs on the turn. Jeff Yapp of EVP, MTV Program Enterprises stated that Rock Band would be out in Europe in early 2008. You’ll also be glad to hear that European versions of Rock Band are getting localised music content for multiple territories, both on the disc and online. Is anyone else excited about the potential for Eurovision-inspired fun? Nope? Oh well.

With all the recent fuss over whether the Guitar Hero III’s tried and tested gameplay will prevail over Rock Band’s more diverse instrument set, it’s easy to forget how much of it rides on the available songs. Especially given that the publishers are no doubt hoping that the downloadable content turns out to be a lucrative extra, it’s imperative that the music store’s got a good selection and simply works well.

OFFICIAL ROCK BAND SONG LIST TO DATE:

1960s
Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”

1970s
The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Mountain "Mississippi Queen"*
David Bowie "Suffragette City"
Black Sabbath "Paranoid"*
Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper"
The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop”
Deep Purple "Highway Star"

1980s
Rush "Tom Sawyer"*
Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"
The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Faith No More "Epic”

1990s
Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
Metallica “Enter Sandman”
Nirvana “In Bloom”
Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
Radiohead “Creep”
Beastie Boys “Sabotage”

2000s
The Hives “Main Offender”
Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
The Strokes “Reptilia”
Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds”
*Indicates a cover song, all other songs are original master recordings

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