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Even though Harmonix recently revealed the final update to Rock Band 4‘s tracklist, it looks like they’re stepping back onto the stage for one last encore.

Yesterday, the developer confirmed that two songs from U2 will also be included on the game disc. The world’s biggest rock band, which has never been featured in a rhythm game before, will bring “I Will Follow” (from Boy) and “Cedarwood Road” (from Songs of Innocence) to Rock Band 4. Harmonix also announced that additional tracks from U2 will be available to download through the Rock Band Music Store after the game’s launch.

Rock Band 4 will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One on October 6.

Harmonix has announced the final batch of songs for Rock Band 4, and it should make fans of 80s alternative (R.E.M.), 90s alternative (Gin Blossoms), and 2010s alternative (Mumford & Sons) very happy:

• Brad Paisley (Featuring Keith Urban) – “Start A Band”
• Brandi Carlile – “Mainstream Kid”
• Dark Wheels – “V-Bomb”
• Gary Clark Jr. – “Ain’t Messin ‘Round”
• Gin Blossoms – “Follow You Down”
• Grouplove – “Tongue Tied”
• Imagine Dragons – “I Bet My Life”
• Jeff Allen (Featuring Noelle LeBlanc and Naoko Takamoto) – “Recession”
• Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys – “Cold Clear Light”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – “That Smell”
• Mumford & Sons – “The Wolf”
• R.E.M. – “The One I Love”
• The Warning – “Free Falling”

The fan-favorite music franchise will be resurrected for the PS4 and Xbox One on October 6 with 63 songs on the disc and thousands more available through the Rock Band Store. The remainder of Rock Band 4’s on-disc setlist is available after the break. (more…)

I haven’t had the best track record when it comes to recognizing a lot of the performers Harmonix has picked for Rock Band 4‘s soundtrack. But that changed today as the developer revealed that songs from Cake (“Short Skirt/Long Jacket”), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (“The Impression That I Get”), Soundgarden (“Superunknown”), and Arctic Monkeys (“Arabella”) will be included in the game when it launches this October. In fact, they’ve announced ten new tracks, which you can find right here:

• .38 Special – “Caught Up In You”
• Arctic Monkeys – “Arabella”
• The Both – “Milwaukee”
• Cake – “Short Skirt/Long Jacket”
• Little Big Town – “Little White Church”
• Lucius – “Turn It Around”
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “The Impression That I Get”
• The Protomen – “Light Up The Night”
• Soundgarden – “Superunknown”
• Tijuana Sweetheart – “Pistol Whipped”

Harmonix also confirmed that players who are uninterested in the $200 “Band In-A-Box Bundle” will have the option to purchase Rock Band 4 as a standalone disc on the PS4 and Xbox One. PS4 players will be able to get the game for just $59.99 because all of their old instruments will work right out of the box. However, Xbox One owners will have to spring for a $79.99 pack that includes the game and a “Legacy Game Controller Adapter” to ensure compatibility with their old instruments. Players can pre-order the standalone version on either platform beginning today.

Rock Band 4 will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One on October 6.

Yesterday, Harmonix announced that Van Halen will be part of the Rock Band franchise for the first time in Rock Band 4. Originally released in 1984, “Panama” could easily be considered the band’s signature song (though “Jump” and “Hot For Teacher” might give it a run for its money).

If it seems surprising that its taken this long for Van Halen to collaborate with Harmonix, there’s a good reason behind it. Back in 2009, the band signed a deal with Activision to created Guitar Hero: Van Halen, the final band-specific produced before the series went on hiatus in 2010.

“For years we’ve wanted to bring Van Halen’s music to Rock Band,” said Harmonix CEO Steve Janiak. “Not only are the songs incredible in their own right, but they’re amazingly fun to play and perform, whether you’re on guitar, bass, drums, or vocals.”

If you need more Van Halen in your Rock Band, don’t worry, Harmonix plans to add more songs from the band’s catalog to the Rock Band Music Store after Rock Band 4 launches for the PS4 and Xbox One on October 6.

Harmonix announced recently that more songs have been added to the Rock Band 4 setlist, bringing the total number of songs to 39. These new additions include:

• 4 Non Blondes – “What’s Up?”
• The Black Keys – “Fever”
• Disturbed – “Prayer”
• Duck & Cover – “Knock Em Down”
• Eddie Japan – “Albert”
• Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
• Halestorm – “I Miss The Misery”
• Heart – “Kick It Out”
• Heaven’s Basement – “I Am Electric”
• Lightning Bolt – “Dream Genie”
• Rick Derringer – “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo”
• Rush – “A Passage To Bangkok”
• Scorpions – “No One Like You”
• Slydigs – “Light The Fuse”
• Soul Remnants – “Dead Black (Heart of Ice)”
• System of a Down – “Spiders”
• White Denim – “At Night In Dreams”

Anyway, the full setlist is only a fraction of songs available for play as there are over 1,500 songs available to download from the Rock Band Store, and songs can be transferred over from the previous Rock Band games. So there’s sure to be something for everyone.

Rock Band 4 will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One on October 6th. A trailer featuring the new tracks has been embedded above.

Harmonix announced the next batch of songs that will be included in Rock Band 4 this morning including tracks from Foo Fighters, The Cure, Aerosmith, Paramore, and others:

• Aerosmith – “Toys in the Attic”
• The Cure – “Friday I’m in Love”
• Dream Theater – “Metropolis, Part 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper”
• Foo Fighters – “The Feast and the Famine”
• Judas Priest – “Halls of Valhalla”
• Live – “All Over You”
• The Outfield – “Your Love”
• Ozzy Osbourne – “Miracle Man”
• Paramore – “Still Into You”
• St. Vincent – “Birth in Reverse”
• Van Morrison – “Brown Eyed Girl”

This brings the total number of tracks included in Rock Band 4 to 22, all of which can be viewed at Harmonix’s website. You can see several of the songs in action in the trailer embedded above.

Rock Band 4 will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One on October 6, though players who pre-order will also receive a 30-song pack of Bonus Tracks.