This is really cool. I first read about this over at OzMusicScene this morning before I got the press release on it. The makers of Rock Band, Harmonix also plan on having 500 song available for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 games by the years end. Here is the official press release:

Set List from Legendary Live AC/DC Performances Come to Life in Rock Band for Global Release Beginning November

AC/DC comes exclusively to Rock Band beginning this November for the worldwide release of AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band® Track Pack™ by Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B).   This exclusive deal with Columbia Records and AC/DC marks the first time ever the band has included an entire album for video game play, with 18 live tracks from their prolific live performances becoming available in one electrifying, standalone game. The AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack allows players to experience this amazing set list with Rock Band, Rock Band 2 or other compatible music game peripherals.  Full of the band’s classic songs, the game will be available exclusively in the U.S. at Walmart and Sam’s Club this November as a part of the retailer’s upcoming AC/DC program, and in retailers throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand beginning in early December. 

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Today marks the official re-release of the entire Mötley Crüe catalog on CD! For those waxheads out there, the first five studio albums (Too Fast For Love, Shout at the Devil, Theatre of Pain, Girls, Girls, Girls, and Dr. Feelgood) along with Saints Of Los Angeles, will be released on 180 gram vinyl on 11/25 (just in time for the holidays!)

Mötley has some big surprises coming up including the announcement of the Make Rock History contest winner. One unsigned band will be handpicked by the members of Mötley to open for them on their upcoming 2009 tour along with thousands of dollars of gear as well as a management and label deal.
For more information, head to:

www.motley.com
www.makerockhistory.com

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Nickelsback’s new single “Gotta Be Somebody“was available yesterday and for about 6 hours today for free download. If you missed it, you missed it. However you can hear it streamed over at iHeartmusic.com at the link below.

Stream “Gotta Be Somebody” Here

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NPR Music – www.NPR.org/music – is exclusively streaming Tell Tale Signs, the highly-anticipated forthcoming album from Bob Dylan, as of Tuesday, September 30 at midnight, one week ahead of the album’s release on October 7.  The entire 2-CD, 27-song set will be available to hear on-demand at NPR Music for the week leading up to its official release.

Tell Tale Signs is the 8th installment in Dylan’s “Bootleg Series,” and features previously unreleased recordings, live performances and alternate versions of songs recorded during sessions for some of his most acclaimed albums, Oh Mercy and Time Out of Mind among them.  Also included on the album are Dylan’s recordings for the soundtracks of the films Lucky You, Gods & Generals and North Country, and “32-20 Blues,” his first ever release of a Robert Johnson song.

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Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine is set to release his anticipated solo album, The Fabled City, on September 30^th.  The 11-song album, produced by Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam), is the first release to bear the political and social activist’s birth name and features appearances by System of a Down’s Serj Tankian and Shooter Jennings.  With more complex electric arrangements than displayed on the sparse solo debut One Man Revolution,The Fabled City is the synthesis of his groundbreaking work as an innovative rock guitarist and revolutionary acoustic troubadour.  For the first time, this album bridges the gap between Tom Morello, the acoustic protest singer and Tom Morello, the guitar legend. 

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You can download the new Nickelback single “Gotta Be Somebody” for a limited time until 6am EST 9/30. After that you’ll only be allowed to stream it. “Gotta Be Somebody” is off the new album Dark Horse, in stores November 18th.

Click Here To Go To Roadrunner Records and Download Gotta Be Somebody.

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Below are more tour dates for Trapt who will be touring in support of their latest release “Only Through The Pain“, with Hinder. Trapt recently finished up touring on Crue Fest this past summer. Check your local tickets retailers for availability of tickets, which are on sale now.

• Oct 28  San Diego, CA 4th & B Theater; all ages
• Oct 30  Las Vegas, NV- The Pearl Theater At Palms Casino; all ages
• Nov 1  Reno, NV- Grand Sierra Resort Theatre; all ages
• Nov 2  Anaheim, CA- The Grove of Anaheim; all ages
• Nov 8  Jacksonville, FL- Metropolitan Park; all ages
• Nov 9  Orlando, FL- Tinker Field; all ages
• Nov 12  Baltimore, MD- Rams Head Live!; all ages
• Nov 14  Worcester, MA- The Palladium; all ages
• Nov 16  Montclair, NJ- Wellmont Theatre; all ages
• Nov 20  Atlantic City, NJ- House of Blues; 18+

Multi-platinum rockers TESLA, Jeff Keith (vocals), Frank Hannon (guitars), Brian Wheat (bass), Troy Luccketta (drums) and Dave Rude (guitar) begin their “Forever More” tour this coming Wednesday, October 1 (yes, it IS October already) at The Depot in Salt Lake City.

Tour is named for their seventh studio album, Forever More, set for release October 7 on Tesla Electric Company Recordings (in partnership with Ryko Distribution). 

“I Wanna Live,” the new album’s first single, is accompanied by a video featured on the band’s site, aptly named, teslatheband.com where new updates are posted daily.

Forever More is out October 7th. Tour dates after the fold…

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Rumors were flying all over the place last week that British rock legends, Led Zeppelin were back with front-man Robert Plant and planning a world tour. I was skeptical from the get-go. Seriously, how many times in the past year have we heard this and how many times has Robert Plant set the record straight. Well let’s just add one more time to that list. Plant will be finishing up his tour with Alison Krauss on October 5th and an official statement left at Robertplant.com reads as follows:

After those dates, Robert has no intention whatsoever of touring with anyone for at least the next two years. Contrary to a spate of recent reports, Robert Plant will not be touring or recording with Led Zeppelin. Anyone buying tickets online to any such event will be buying bogus tickets.

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Here is a pro-shot video of new Warrant front-man, Robert Mason performing with the band in a compiled highlight video. If reported over at Metal Martyr that Jani Lane had been ousted by the other 4 for the better of the band. His performances were inconsistent and the band wanted to put on the best possible Warrant show for the fans that paid the money to watch them. Unfortunately Jani could not provide that due to his own demons.

Enter Robert Mason. Warrant guitarist Joey Allen was interviewed by Q104.3 FM’s Eddie Trunk.  When Trunk asked “Why not go back to Jaime St. James [BLACK 'N BLUE singer who fronted WARRANT before Jani Lane returned to the band] ?” , Allen replied: “We did the Jaime St. James thing for quite some time, we did a record, he’s a dear friend, he’s the nicest guy in rock, but we just really, really wanna get away from… What’s the best way to put it? We just need a fresh start. Really, what we’re trying to pattern ourselves after is to go out there and sound killer every night, have a vocalist that can hit the notes that people wanna hear, and that’s Robert Mason.”.

You can read more of that interview here.