If you've been looking to get your hands on Rock Band, here's your best chance before it launches on ... actually we still have no idea on an official release date. The 24-city tour will start in Vegas on Sept. 9, the weekend of the MTV Video Music Awards. The full list of tour stops can be found after the break.

Big trucks, like the one seen above, will travel the country and allow people to play on a "full stage with lights and sound systems." That's much better than what you'll have in your living room. Further, "any rockers ... who play on the Rock Band tour bus stage will be captured on tape for consideration by MTV casting directors." Two bands will get picked and be flown to NYC to perform on TRL. The winning group will get to open for a "surprise super group" at the Rock Band launch concert. We don't fear the Reaper, but we do have concerns of what MTV will do to those people. We can only imagine this equation: Next + Dismissed + Parental Control + Super Sweet 16 + Rock Band = ???

Rock Band Tour Dates (specific locations will be released separately):

September 9 – 16, 2007
Las Vegas, NV

September 13 – 16, 2007
Milwaukee, WI

September 20 – 23, 2007
Sacramento, CA

September 20 – 23, 2007
Columbus, OH

September 27 – 30, 2007
Seattle, WA

September 27 – 30, 2007
Chicago, IL

October 4 – 7, 2007
Portland, OR

October 4 – 7, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA

October 11 – 14, 2007
Oakland, CA

October 11 – 14, 2007
Cleveland, OH

October 17 – 21, 2007
San Francisco, CA

October 18 – 21, 2007
Philadelphia, PA

October 25 – 28, 2007
San Diego, CA

October 25 – 28, 2007
Baltimore, MD

October 31 – November 18, 2007
Los Angeles, CA

November 1 – 4, 2007
New York, NY

November 8 – 11, 2007
Boston, MA

November 15 – 18, 2007
New Jersey

November 27 – 30, 2007
Phoenix, AZ

November 27 – December 2, 2007
Atlanta, GA

December 6 – 9, 2007
Austin, TX

December 6 – 9, 2007
New Orleans, LA

December 13 – 16, 2007
Dallas, TX

December 13 – 16, 2007
Orlando, FL