Bonnaroo Performers, Country Stars and More Come to Wii Rock Band

June 15, 2009

Bonnaroo
Performers, Country Stars and More Come to Wii Rock Band

Harmonix and MTV Games today
announced 25 tracks from artists including Soundgarden, Motley Crue, Rush and
from artists performing at this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival coming
this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content for the
Wii.

Bonnaroo is a four-day annual
festival in Tennessee. Named the “Best Festival” by Rolling Stone in 2008,
Bonnaroo is well known for its extensive and diverse musical line-up. Now, music
lovers and gamers can experience part of that line-up with Rock Band. Master
recordings from Ben Harper and Relentless7, Phish, Coheed and Cambria, Shooter
Jennings and TV on the Radio will be made available June 16, in the Rock Band
Music Store on Wii.

Rock Band is taking care of country
fans on Wii this week as well, with tracks from Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn,
Dierks Bentley, The Dixie Chicks and Miranda Lambert available June 16 in the
Rock Band Music Store on Wii.

These tracks come from the back
catalog of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360 and
PLAYSTATION 3 system. Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released
downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back catalog of more than 700
songs is available. With the addition of these tracks, there are now more than
300 tracks in the Rock Band Music Store on Wii.

Release Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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

Tracks:

  • Avenged Sevenfold “Critical
    Acclaim”

  • Ben Harper and Relentless7
    “Shimmer & Shine”

  • Brad Paisley “Mud on the Tires”

  • Brooks & Dunn “Hillbillie Deluxe”

  • Coheed and Cambria “A Favor House
    Atlantic”

  • Coheed and Cambria “The Running
    Free”

  • Crooked X “Rock & Roll Dream” +

  • Dierks Bentley “Free & Easy (Down
    the Road I Go)”

  • Dixie Chicks “Sin Wagon”

  • The Material “Moving to Seattle” +

  • Maximo Park “Girls Who Play
    Guitars”

  • Miranda Lambert “Gunpowder & Lead”

  • Motley Crue “Down at the Whisky”

  • The Myriad “A Clean Shot” +

  • Phish “Wilson (live)”

  • Rush “Closer to the Heart”

  • Shinedown “Devour”

  • Shinedown “Junkies for Fame”

  • Shooter Jennings “Steady at the
    Wheel”

  • Soundgarden “Jesus Christ Pose”

  • Soundgarden “Pretty Noose”

  • TV on the Radio “Wolf Like Me”

  • Them Terribles “Bullets & Guns” +

  • Trapt “Who’s Going Home With You
    Tonight?”

(All tracks are original master
recordings)

Price:

  • $2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track

  • + $1.00 (100 Wii points) per track

Location: In-Game Rock Band 2 Music
Store (Wii Points must be purchased through the Wii Shop Channel)

Rock Band 2 is available for Xbox
360, PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation 2 and the Wii. The Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3
system and Wii versions support downloadable content.

Downloadable content for Wii is
purchased via the in-game Rock Band Music Store using Wii Points purchased
through the Wii Shop Channel and can be downloaded to the system memory or to an
SD card for additional storage. The tracks stream directly from the SD card for
seamless play.

Rock Band continues to satisfy music
fans’ and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 40 million paid
downloads since its launch Nov. 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music Store allows
players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs
from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the
game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated
"T" for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB. The ESRB does not rate
online downloads.