Not so rock Rock Band concert tours the U.S.

by Dustin Burg { Jul 30th 2008 at 3:30PM }

EA, MTV Games, Harmonix and the whole ball of musical wax just announced a new Rock Band Live Tour that's set to travel across the United States, making 29 stops and kicking off October 5th in San Diego. Funny thing about the Rock Band concert, it isn't all that rock inspired. Bands including Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional will headline the tour with special guests Plain White T's and The Cab. Yeah ... about that. Interesting though is mention that local bands will have a chance to play on the main stage between acts, battling it out for Rock Band band supremacy. Complete list of tour dates, locations and venues after the jump.

Tags: ea, harmonix, mtv-games, rock-band, rock-band-2, rock-band-tour

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

xblackplaguex @ Jul 30th 2008 3:38PM

Also, according to the story, all those bands will have downloadable content in the future(except for Panic at the Disco! which will have a song featured in Rock Band 2)

WhoDey320 @ Jul 30th 2008 3:49PM

are you implying panic! at the disco isn't rock? any way you have a typo - missing exclamation point after panic (should read "Panic! at the Disco")

Lewis (RROD: July 16) @ Jul 30th 2008 3:58PM

they dont have the "!" anymore, they dropped it, Where have you been these past few months?

Cal @ Jul 30th 2008 4:01PM

Actually with the release of their new album and their new sound the band dropped the "!" from their name

Carlos @ Jul 30th 2008 5:50PM

It's called Pop.

Lewis (RROD: July 16) @ Jul 30th 2008 3:57PM

Panic is ok, but not rock. I like to hear Panic on occasion. The rest seem to be one hit wonders :/

Xoviet chiK @ Jul 30th 2008 4:25PM

Yes. After 11 years and six brilliant studio albums, Deathcab for Cutie is destined to go down in the history books as a one hit wonder.

Really wish some of these bands would show up IN Rock Band. Don't Wait from Dashboard Confessional would be a great vocal song, and just about anything Deathcab would be fun to play for all involved parties.

Lewis (RROD: July 16) @ Jul 30th 2008 9:04PM

Now see, I read The Cab so I assume it was a band actually called The Cab, not Death Cabe For Cutie.

Them I like :)

But they only have about 2 mainstreem hits. that dont matter though.

Tyr1n @ Jul 30th 2008 4:01PM

actually the band changed the name... seriously... no exclamation whodey.

Tony @ Jul 30th 2008 4:09PM

Panic is agreed upon as a forum of rock by basically any random critic out there. Stuffing in some extra components from other genres doesn't completely exclude them.

Frank @ Jul 31st 2008 10:55AM

Still doesn't excuse the fact that they're an overproduced sack of crap.

KM @ Jul 30th 2008 4:41PM

I think watching them attempt to play Rock Band would be a lot more entertaining, than listening to any of them.

Haohmaru @ Jul 30th 2008 4:42PM

Let the debate end - Panic sucks equally with or without the exclamation mark.

Tom @ Jul 30th 2008 7:07PM

Glad you said it man!

Honestly, don't really care about any of thoise bands. Not my personal taste in music. I guess some people have to like them though...

Heh {XBL: P4nic 4tt4ck} @ Jul 30th 2008 5:05PM

San Deigo? Local bands? Oshi- I need to get a drummer, quick! Gonna totally see if I can rock the stage with my band. :D

LiqwidZero @ Jul 30th 2008 5:13PM

Sounds like a load of gay to me.

RyanBlack @ Jul 30th 2008 5:29PM

Wow...those are some pretty shitacular bands.

Brave @ Jul 30th 2008 5:31PM

aw what the gay

Ian Murray @ Jul 30th 2008 6:21PM

Vegeta, what does the scouter say about these bands level of suck?

Lewis (RROD: July 16) @ Jul 30th 2008 9:06PM

Fail.

-1.

Ianiscool @ Jul 30th 2008 6:28PM

yay! its coming to miami!

Shadowfire56 @ Jul 31st 2008 1:24AM

W00t!!! Ill b there! I love those bands! Though surprisingly not that rock... still, id go to that concert without RB2, it just makes it way better! :D

MGrayer180 @ Jul 31st 2008 12:44AM

Not sure how Death Cab for Cutie got mixed into this batch, unless I'm missing something, but it seems the bottom of the press release speaks of a band called The Cab, who happen to have a wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_cab), and a debut CD that released back in April. Just throwing that out there.