Oh yes! Believe me...this will interest many people, im sure myself included. Totally loved the first Rock Band[until my roommate's drum set msessed up and we didn't play it since...=(]. If this will be available for Wii I might have to try and get it. However with the hopeful idea of acquiring a PS3 I would just get it for PS3 so Christmas might be big this year.

All songs from the first game, including the weekly downloadable content songs (that's over 200 tracks) will be playable, the game will include a new setlist of almost 100 songs, and all DLC releases from here on out will be compatible with both games

SOLD

Thank God I won't have to give up my nightly Boston and Muse sessions with the new game.

Anyone who owns Rock Band on the 360 and doesn't have the Boston pack or 'Hysteria' by Muse should get throw their copy of the game in the trash right now because it's just being wasted in their system.

Will it have a 400% mark up on the US price for the UK Market?

/bitter.

Of course not, John. That would be silly.

It's 500% instead.

September release date - yes, THIS September, which is before Guitar Hero: World Tour is slated

September... Septemer.... Why does that sound familiar.... OH! That's right! That's when we down in Australia are due to get the first Rock Band!

Honestly, * Rock Band. I'm so over it, it's not even funny. This has been one massive kick in the teeth for Australian gamers. Not only have we waited a stupidly long time for this, we will undoubtedly get the same sort of mark up our UK brethren did. Instead of taking care of all of the potential userbase, one or two regions get treated like * while one region gets its every want and need attended to. Not even Don't Fear The Reaper can save the absolute cluster**** this has become.

And before anyone mentions importing, I'd just like to say that I shouldn't have to, especially not with a massive title like this. Had there been a month or two wait, I could understand. But not this. This, is the worse excuse for customer service, I've ever seen.

Ditto, Gyser. The Wii version doesn't even have a release date here last I checked, and there's absolutely no online functionality. Whereas I'm guaranteed to be able to pick up the new GH in November and take it home and play online. GH is gonna get my dollars every time just cause they don't treat PALstralia like crap.

ahahahaha Wii version... GHIII had online. But RockBand couldn't do it. GH:WT will have Wii downloads too

If the rumors of Moving Pictures being DLC are true, I wont have to buy a 360/PS3 to play. Wiiband2 will have it <3

Camera Eye! CAMERA EYE!

Seriously, though... this idea seems stupid and unprofitable. Why would a company discourage people from buying the original game?

Discourage people from buying the first game...hmmm, I don't know Craig. Maybe they're so confident in the rocktastic awesomeness of this sequel that it won't matter? *shrugs*

I'm pretty sure you'll be able to play the RB1 on-disc songs in RB2 somehow, but you'll need the RB1 disc to do so.

DOUBLE OMG

From http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/888/888781p1.html

1. AC/DC Let There Be Rock 1970s
2. AFI Girl's Gone Grey 2000s
3. Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know 1990s
4. Alice in Chains Man in the Box 1990s
5. Allman Brothers Ramblin' Man 1970s
6. Avenged Sevenfold Almost Easy 2000s
7. Bad Company Shooting Star 1970s
8. Beastie Boys So Whatcha Want 1990s
9. Beck E-Pro 2000s
10. Bikini Kill Rebel Girl 1990s
11. Billy Idol White Wedding Pt. I 1980s
12. Blondie One Way or Another 1970s
13. Bob Dylan Tangled Up in Blue 1970s
14. Bon Jovi Livin' on a Prayer 1980s
15. Cheap Trick Hello There 1970s
16. Devo Uncontrollable Urge 1980s
17. Dinosaur Jr. Feel the Pain 1990s
18. Disturbed Down with the Sickness 2000s
19. Dream Theater Panic Attack 2000s
20. Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf 1980s
21. Elvis Costello Pump It Up 1970s
22. Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way 1970s
23. Foo Fighters Everlong 1990s
24. Guns N' Roses Shackler's Revenge 2000s
25. Interpol PDA 2000s
26. Jane's Addiction Mountain Song 1980s
27. Jethro Tull Aqualung 1970s
28. Jimmy Eat World The Middle 2000s
29. Joan Jett Bad Reputation 1980s
30. Journey Anyway You Want It 1970s
31. Judas Priest Painkiller 1990s
32. Kansas Carry On Wayward Son 1970s
33. L7 Pretend We're Dead 1990s
34. Lacuna Coil Our Truth 2000s
35. Linkin Park One Step Closer 2000s
36. Lit My Own Worst Enemy 1990s
37. Lush De-Luxe 1990s
38. Mastodon Colony of Birchmen 2000s
39. Megadeth Peace Sells 1980s
40. Metallica Battery 1980s
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones Where'd You Go 1990s
42. Modest Mouse Float On 2000s
43. Motorhead Ace of Spades 1980s
44. Nirvana Drain You 1990s
45. Norman Greenbaum Spirit in the Sky 1960s
46. Panic at the Disco Nine in the Afternoon 2000s
47. Paramore That's What You Get 2000s
48. Pearl Jam Alive 1990s
49. Presidents of the USA Lump 1990s
50. Rage Against the Machine Testify 1990s
51. Ratt Round & Round 1980s
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers Give it Away 1990s
53. Rise Against Give it All 2000s
54. Rush The Trees 1970s
55. Silversun Pickups Lazy Eye 2000s
56. Smashing Pumpkins Today 1990s
57. Social Distortion I Was Wrong 1990s
58. Sonic Youth Teenage Riot 1980s
59. Soundgarden Spoonman 1990s
60. Squeeze Cool for Cats 1970s
61. Steely Dan Bodhitsattya 1970s
62. Steve Miller Band Rock'n Me 1970s
63. Survivor Eye of the Tiger 1980s
64. System of a Down Chop Suey 2000s
65. Talking Heads Psycho Killer 1970s
66. Tenacious D Master Exploder 2000s
67. Testament Souls of Black 1990s
68. The Donnas New Kid in School 2000s
69. The Go-Go's We Got the Beat 1980s
70. The Grateful Dead Alabama Getaway 1980s
71. The Guess Who American Woman 1970s
72. The Muffs Kids in America 1990s
73. The Offspring Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Separated) 1990s
74. The Replacements Alex Chilton 1980s
75. The Who Pinball Wizard 1960s
Bonus Tracks
76. Abnormality Visions 2000s
77. Anarchy Club Get Clean 2000s
78. Bang Camaro Night Lies 2000s
79. Breaking Wheel Shoulder to the Plow 2000s
80. The Libyans Neighborhood 2000s
81. The Main Drag A Jagged Gorgeous Winter 2000s
82. Speck Conventional Lover 2000s
83. The Sterns Supreme Girl 2000s
84. That Handsome Devil Rob the Prez-O-Dent 2000s

Bolded text = HOLY CRAP WANT NOW

Also from the IGN reveal

And there's more. Harmonix actually wanted to toss in 100 tracks total for the disk, but couldn't get them all in one time to ship for Xbox 360 by September. So this fall, MTV is releasing an additional 20 downloadable master tracks... for free. By year's end this will mean RB fans will have access to more than 500 songs.

Dude, I think I just filled the cup...

Haahah! Amazing indeed. Once again...more rocking in T-town this year.

Damnit. This won't be out in europe till ever you know.

That they've included a Dream Theater song intrigues me. Can't wait until my roommate buys it, heh.

World Tour is still going to blow it out of the water, either way though. I'll buy the game itself to test drive it. Even though I already preordered my copy of World Tour. Heh.

Fun.

World Tour is still going to blow it out of the water, either way though.

Not a chance. World Tour's interface is half-past retarded (Purple bass drum note? Are you daft, Neversoft?), the DLC so far is non-existant and the music creator, aside from not allowing vocals, will probably be watched like a hawk for copyright-infringing materials and will probably only feature tracks by Score Hero-obsessed jerkwaters who think that "fun" entails rapid three-note chord switching over and over again.

"46. Panic at the Disco Nine in the Afternoon 2000s"

OMG YES MY FAVORITE