Rock Band to perform on PS2, hits Europe in 2008

Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that 2008 will see the release of a PlayStation 2 version of their musical peripheral extravaganza, Rock Band. The non-HD concert will take place alongside the launch of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions in Europe, both of which will feature "extensive localized music content" on-disc and for download in order to make up for missing a now much quieter Christmas.

Publisher EA also revealed ten new master tracks to be featured on Rock Band:

• "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones
• "Highway Star" by Deep Purple
• "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by The Clash
• "Epic" by Faith No More
• "Cherub Rock" by Smashing Pumpkins
• "Creep" by Radiohead
• "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys
• "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet
• "Here It Goes Again" by OK Go (We'll be playing this one on a treadmill.)
  
• "The Hand That Feeds" by Nine Inch Nails

You'll find a full list of confirmed songs after the break.

1960s
"Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones

1970s
"Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who
"Mississippi Queen" by Mountain (non-original recording)
"Suffragette City" by David Bowie
"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath (non-original recording)
"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
"Blitzkrieg Bop" by The Ramones
"Highway Star" by Deep Purple

1980s
"Tom Sawyer" by Rush (non-original recording)
"Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" by The Clash
"Epic" by Faith No More

1990s
"Learn to Fly" by Foo Fighters
"Enter Sandman" by Metallica
"In Bloom" by Nirvana
"Vasoline" by Stone Temple Pilots
"Say It Ain't So" by Weezer
"Cherub Rock" by Smashing Pumpkins
"Creep" by Radiohead
"Sabotage" by Beastie Boys

2000s
"Main Offender" by The Hives
"Go With the Flow" by Queens of the Stone Age
"Reptilia" by The Strokes
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet
"Here It Goes Again" by OK Go
"The Hand That Feeds" by Nine Inch Nails

[Via EA press release]