Rock Band 2 News & Interviews

The White Stripes make their Rock Band Debut
11/06/2009
Also, tracks from No Doubt and Dropkick Murphys for Rock Band Unplugged!

Rock Band Adds to its Catalog of Top Artists with More Nirvana and Foo Fighters
10/30/2009
Also, tracks from Bullet for My Valentine and System of a Down for Rock Band Unplugged!

Rock Band Breaks Out the Zombies and Wolves in Time for Halloween
10/23/2009
Also, tracks from Sonic Youth and Steely Dan for Rock Band Unplugged!

Rock Band Unleashes The Queen 10-Pack
10/16/2009
Also, tracks from Blink-182 and The Offspring for Rock Band Unplugged!

Brutal Legend 3-Pack Comes to Rock Band
10/09/2009
Also, tracks from Pearl Jam and Foreigner for Rock Band Unplugged!

The Raconteurs Make Rock Band Debut, Plus Tracks from Alanis Morissette, Electric Six and Flobots
10/02/2009
Also, tracks from Green Day and Rush for Rock Band Unplugged!

Rock Band DLC Brings Breaking Benjamin and Alice In Chains
09/25/2009
Tracks from Foo Fighters will also be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP®.

Entirety of Pearl Jam’s Backspacer will be Playable in Rock Band Surrounding Album Release
09/17/2009
Target stores nationwide to offer DLC download code with album purchase

Rock Band Introduces New Tracks From Anvil, The Guess Who, Tenacious D, and Dinosaur Jr.
09/11/2009
Plus tracks from Evanescence and Spinal Tap for Rock Band Unplugged!

New Packs Available for Rock Band
09/04/2009
Plus tracks from Avenged Sevenfold, Oasis and Rage Against the Machine for Wii and Godsmack and Stone Roses for Rock Band Unplugged!  

Talking Heads Offer 5 Tracks for Rock Band
08/28/2009
Plus tracks from Tom Petty, Billy Idol and Fleetwood Mac for Wii and Franz Ferdinand and Guns N’ Roses for Rock Band Unplugged!

Tom Petty Makes Rock Band Debut; Fleetwood Mac, Billy Idol and Jet Return with New Tracks
08/21/2009
Plus tracks from Foo Fighters and Grateful Dead for Wii and White Zombie and The Zombies for Rock Band Unplugged!

Rock Band DLC Alert: Foo Fighters Return
08/14/2009
Foo Fighters Return To Rock Band With New Three-Song Pack

Rock Band DLC Alert: Gorillaz Debut!
08/07/2009
Tracks from KISS and Lenny Kravitz added to the Rock Band Music Store for Wii and songs from Iron Maiden for Rock Band Unplugged!

Soundtrack to Cult Favorite This is Spinal Tap Comes to Rock Band
07/31/2009
Plus tracks from Black Sabbath and Foo Fighters for Wii and songs from Jane’s Addiction and Styx for Rock Band Unplugged!

Blink-182, Weezer, KISS Kick off Summer Tours with Rock Band Three Packs
07/24/2009
Plus tracks from Kings of Leon, Rancid, Rise Against, Mötley Crue and more for Wii and songs from James Gang and Alien Ant Farm for Rock Band Unplugged!

Kings of Leon and Rancid Make Rock Band Debuts
07/17/2009
Plus tracks from No Doubt, Judas Priest, The Dead Weather and more for Wii and songs from The Grateful Dead and Thin Lizzy for Rock Band Unplugged!

MTV Games and Harmonix Empower Artists and Labels to Get Their Music in the Game with the Rock Band Network
07/17/2009
The Rock Band Network Gives Artists and Record Labels Tools to Author, Promote and Sell Music for Download via the Rock Band Platform

Judas Priest, The Dead Weather, Big Dipper Offer Three Packs for Rock Band
07/10/2009
Plus tracks from The Pixies, Foreigner, The Killers and more for Wii and songs from Radiohead and Killswitch Engage for Rock Band Unplugged!

Exclusive Green Day Three Pack And Mayhem Festival Eight Pack Come To Rock Band 
07/02/2009
New Green Day Tracks off “21st Century Breakdown” Now Eligible for “Best Performance in a Pepsi Rock Band Video” at MTV Video Music Awards

Rock Band Presents Three More Warped Tour Tracks, Foreigner Three Pack
06/26/2009
It feels like the first time for Foreigner, the second time for the Warped Tour

Pearl Jam Three Pack Comes to Rock Band
06/22/2009
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three tracks from alternative rock legends Pearl Jam will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3

Rock Band Presents Five Warped Tour Tracks
06/19/2009
Maroon 5 three pack also added to Rock Band Music Store

Rock Band Turns it up to 11 with Spinal Tap
06/12/2009
Spinal Tap four pack and Evanescence three pack come to the Rock Band Music Store starting June 16

Green Day Bringing Their Music Exclusively to Rock Band
06/11/2009
First Green Day DLC Three Pack To Include 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere From 21st Century Breakdown on July 7th

Flight 666 Touches Down June 9 On Rock Band 
06/05/2009
Iron Maiden master recordings made available as downloadable content for Rock Band for the first time!

Rock Band DLC Alert Brings 6 Bonnaroo Artists
05/29/2009
Bonnaroo is a four-day annual festival in Tennessee

Rock Band Announces Iron Maiden Track Pack
05/29/2009
Iron Maiden master recordings made available as downloadable content for Rock Band Music Store for the first time

Ministry to Make its Rock Band Debut with Three Pack of Industrial Metal Rock
05/22/2009
The Zombies, The Cranberries Also Make First Rock Band Appearance

Pepsi and Rock Band Team Up To Make You Famous
05/21/2009
Summer Promotion to Offer Music Fans Thousands of Rock Band Tracks and Games

Rock Band Gets Alice Cooper and Taking Back Sunday
05/15/2009
The father of Shock Rock Alice Cooper makes his Rock Band debut; Taking Back Sunday adds three pack to the Rock Band Music Store

Rock Band DLC Alert Brings Steely Dan and More
05/08/2009
Social Distortion Rocks A Three Pack On To The Rock Band Music Store

Rock Band 2 Delivers Franz Ferdinand and More
05/01/2009
Decades of rock land on the Rock Band Music Store with tracks from Franz Ferdinand, The Allman Brothers Band, The Distillers and More

Jane’s Addiction Storms on to Rock Band with Nothing’s Shocking
04/24/2009
Next week’s Rock Band Music Store lineup will feature ten tracks from Nothing’s Shocking with “Mountain Song” from Nothing’s Shocking already featured on the Rock Band 2 soundtrack

Rock Band Brings Styx and REO Speedwagon to the Music Store
04/17/2009
Next week’s lineup also includes a 3-pack from progressive rock outfit Hautewerk.  

Rock Band DLC Alert- Guns N' Roses
04/10/2009
Guns N’ Roses Album Chinese Democracy Shreds Its Way On To Rock Band

Rock Band DLC Brings Black Tide, The Shins and More
04/03/2009
Bullet For My Valentine and alternative rockers The Shins will make their debut next week in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content.

"Guitar Hero Metallica" and "Rock Band 2" Go Wireless with "Lips" Microphones
04/03/2009
New song game add-ons available from Ne-Yo, Coldplay and more in April

Rock Band Wii DLC Alert- Pearl Jam
04/01/2009
MTV Games announced today 14 new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band® Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for Wii

MTV Games and Paramount Pictures Take STAR TREK and Rock Band "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
04/01/2009
First-of-its-Kind Promotion to Rock Fans During Month Lead-Up to the Film’s Release on May 8, 2009

Toby Keith Coming to the Rock Band Music Store
03/30/2009
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that music superstar Toby Keith will make his Rock Band debut with the addition of six tracks to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content

Journey and Pat Benatar Lead Rock Band Weekly Lineup
03/27/2009
Plus music from rockers Glasvegas and Von Bondies

Rock Band Franchise Officially Surpasses $1 Billion Dollars
03/26/2009
Over 40 Million Paid Individual Songs Sold Via Download To Date On Rock Band Platform

Rock Band Cranks Up Ten! The Award Winning Debut Album from Pearl Jam
03/20/2009
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that Ten, the 1991 album that introduced the world to Pearl Jam, will be released in its entirety for download in the Rock Band Music Store

Play Rock Band 2 With Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam
03/20/2009
With eight full-length albums under their belts, the band is now re-releasing their very first album put out in 1991, Ten

Rock Band and Microsoft to Host Game with Fame
03/18/2009
Rock Band and Microsoft to Host Game with Fame session with Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron on Friday, March 27th at 7pm ET

Rock Band 2 Wii DLC
03/17/2009
Rock Band Gives Wii Owners Live Recordings From The Who

James Brown Hits Rock Band
03/13/2009
Rock Band “Gets the Funk Out” with music from Average White Band, Earth, Wind & Fire and James Brown

Rock Band DLC Brings R.E.M. & More
03/06/2009
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced the addition of four new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store

Texas Flood Hits Rock Band
02/27/2009
Rock Band adds the electric sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble with the full Texas Flood album

Rock Band 2 Wii DLC
02/23/2009
The Cars’ Debut Album Zooms Into The Rock Band Wii Music Store

Rock Band Gets a Second Dose of Country Plus a 3-Pack From Jimmy Eat World
02/20/2009
“Alt Country 01” 5-pack features a signature mix of alternative country sounds from bluegrass and rockabilly to honky-tonk rock

White Zombie and Turbonegro Coming to Rock Band Music Store
02/13/2009
Rock Band adds punk and some serious heavy metal to the Rock Band Music Store

Rock Band Expands Indie Rock Selection with a 3-Pack from The Fratellis
02/06/2009
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that Scottish alternative rock band The Fratellis will make its Rock Band debut with the addition of three tracks to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content

RB2 DLC Thin Lizzy, Pat Benetar, The Pretenders
01/30/2009
MTV Games announced today the addition of seven new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store

RB2 DLC Grateful Dead
01/26/2009
Rock Band Excites Dead Heads With Another 6 Pack

Harmonix Announces Steve Miller DLC for Rock Band
01/16/2009
Tracks from Godsmack, Belly, Ghost Hounds, Mute Math and Rob Zombie also added

Lenny Kravitz Tracks Available via Rock Band Music Store
01/09/2009
Harmonix bands Megasus and Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives also added

Rock Band Rings In The New Year
12/26/2008
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of four new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store

RB2 DLC-Rockin' the Holidays 2008 Pack
12/19/2008
Rock Band Gets In The Spirit Of The Season With A “Rockin’ The Holidays 2008 Pack

Pearl Jam Signs With MTV Games And Harmonix To Bring Band's Debut Album, Ten, To Rock Band
12/15/2008
Full Album to be Released as Rock Band DLC Day and Date with the Re-issue of “Ten”:Four Special Edition Packages in Stores on March 24, 2009

Rock Band Celebrates 500 Song Milestone As It Adds No Doubt's: 'The Singles 1992-2003' Pack to the Rock Band Music Catalog
12/08/2008
Rock Band goes Country with addition of 5-Pack that Includes Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Dixie Chicks and more

Rock Band Celebrates 500 Song Milestone
12/06/2008
MTV Games, today announced the rock-pop pioneers of No Doubt will bring 13 tracks to the Rock Band music catalog

Rock Band Brings The Killers DLC to the Music Store
11/21/2008
MTV Games and Harmonix add brand new music from The Killers, classics from Soundgarden and more to the Rock Band downloadable Music Store catalog

Xbox To Launch NXE, the New Xbox Experience With T-Pain, Tenacious D, All American Rejects, Kerli, and Hinder
11/17/2008
Be Expressive, Be Social, Be Entertained

Rock Band Announces New DLC: 3-Packs
11/14/2008
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today a monster line up of tracks including three 3-packs that will be added to the Rock Band® Music Store

MTV Presents The Ultimate Music Video Game Battle
11/13/2008
MTV gets revved up for the ultimate music video game battle of the bands

Rock Band Announces New DLC: Foo Fighters Album
11/07/2008
Rock Band brings Foo Fighters album The Colour and the Shape to the Rock Band Music Catalog of Downloadable Content

Rock Band Announces New DLC: Presidents of the United States of America
10/31/2008
20 Free DLC Tracks for Rock Band 2 Owners Available Starting November 4th

MTV Games and Harmonix Announce 20 Free DLC Tracks
10/22/2008
MTV Games announced details today regarding 20 free DLC tracks that will be made available to Rock Band 2

Rock Band Brings Nirvana DLC to the Music Catalog
10/17/2008
This week’s mammoth lineup features seven master recordings from legendary, alternative grunge band, Nirvana

Drum Rocker Vs. Rock Band 2 Drum Kit
10/10/2008
Is a great gaming experience worth $210 more?

Mötley Crue Album Dr. Feelgood Coming to Rock Band
10/10/2008
The most successful album by the heavy metal band, Dr. Feelgood will be available starting October 14, 2008, for the Xbox 360 and October 16, 2008, for the PLAYSTATION 3

Rock Band Adds the Offspring 3-Pack
10/03/2008
George Thorogood and The Destroyers and More Added to its Extensive Download Music Store Catalog

AC/DC Comes Exclusively To Rock Band
09/30/2008
AC/DC comes exclusively to Rock Band beginning this November for the worldwide release of AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack

Rock Band Brings The Best Real World Gear to Rock Band 2
09/18/2008
Licensed Partners Instrumental to the Authentic Rock Experience

New Rock Band DLC Media Alert
09/15/2008
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of Megadeth’s album Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?

Rock Band 2 Ships to Retail
09/10/2008
Schedule yourRock Band 2 Party for Sunday, September 14th

Rock Band Disc Export Title Update Goes Live
09/04/2008
Title Update Allows Owners of the Original Rock Band Disc to Export 55 Tracks From the Game for Play with Upcoming Rock Band 2

Harmonix, MTV Games and Electronic Arts Set to Rock the World Again With Rock Band 2
07/14/2008
Rock Band 2 raises the bar in music gaming innovation with new features to rock the world

Harmonix And MTV Games Unveil Setlist For Rock Band 2 - The Ultimate Music Game
07/14/2008
Rock Band Platform to Encompass More Than 500 Songs by End of 2008

Xbox 360 Unveils Gameplay for Every Passion
07/14/2008
Microsoft showcases groundbreaking approach to game shows; "Final Fantasy XIII" to be available on Xbox 360 at launch in North America and Europe.

Harmonix, MTV Games and Electronic Arts Unleash Rock Band 2
06/30/2008
Entire Rock Band Downloadable Content Music Catalog Compatible with