Green Day Arrive on Rock Band Next Week

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Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three exclusive tracks from multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winners Green Day, as well as eight songs from artists performing at the premiere of the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of Downloadable Content (DLC) next week for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) and Wii.

The Green Day tracks available next week are the first in an exclusive partnership between MTV Games’ Harmonix and Warner Music Group’s Green Day to bring the band’s songs to the Rock Band platform as DLC. These first songs, 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy and East Jesus Nowhere, are from the band’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown.

Selling nearly fifty million records worldwide, Green Day has won critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Electronic Theatre Image Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot and Record of the Year for their smash hit Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Green Day recently released their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, on Warner Music Group’s Reprise Records. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, as well as on the Rock, Active Rock and Alternative charts, fuelled by the Alternative radio No. 1 single Know Your Enemy. 21st Century Breakdown, which Rolling Stone has called “a rock opera in which the rock always comes first,” is also a hit around the world, topping the charts in twenty four countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan.

Eight songs from artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, including Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Marilyn Manson and Slayer, will also be available for download next week in the Rock Band Music Store. The RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is a new summer touring metal and rock festival in the United States during July and August, assembled by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. Rock Band fans can also play tracks by RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival performers Killswitch Engine and Bullet For My Valentine, previously released as DLC.

Tracks:
Green Day 21 Guns
Green Day East Jesus Nowhere
Green Day Know Your Enemy
Behemoth Conquer All
Black Dahlia Murder What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
Cannibal Corpse Hammer Smashed Face
God Forbid Empire of the Gun
Job for a Cowboy Embedded
Marilyn Manson Disposable Teens
Slayer Black Magic
Whitechapel This Is Exile

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the Green Day Pack or Mayhem Pack or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PS3 systems. Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with all the latest Rock Band DLC.

Release Date:

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 - Wii and Xbox LIVE! Marketplace for Xbox 360
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 – PlayStation Store

Price: 160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 per track
440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 for Green Day Pack
1,080 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 for Mayhem Pack
200 Wii Points per track

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

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