Rock Band concert tour, chance to humiliate yourself on-stage announced
Kicking off on October 5 in San Diego, CA, the tour is headlined by Panic at the Disco and Dashboard Confessional, and, as the press release happily exclaims, "possibly you!" Pre-concert Rock Band 2 competitions will be held by local radio stations, national contests, and on-site at each venue, the winners of which will "perform" on-stage in-between sets by opening acts Plain White T's and The Cab. (In addition, MTV has announced that tracks from all of the acts on the tour "minus you!" will be made available in a post-launch DLC pack for Rock Band 2.)
Dashboard Confessional frontman Chris Carraba is quoted in the release, saying, "I'm practicing my Rock Band drumming. With any luck I'll win a spot on stage to show what I can really do." Har-har! Tickets for the tour go on sale at 10:00am local time on Friday, August 8. Check out the full schedule of stops after the break.
Sunday, October 05, 2008
San Diego, CA
San Diego Sports Arena
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Phoenix, AZ
Jobing.com Arena
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
Hard Rock Outdoors
Friday, October 10, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
Staples Center
Saturday, October 11, 2008
San Jose, CA
SJ Events Center
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Sacramento, CA
Arco Arena
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Seattle, WA
Everett Event Center
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Salt Lake City, UT
The E Center
Friday, October 17, 2008
Denver, CO
Broomfield Events Center
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Lincoln, NE
Pershing Center
Sunday, October 19, 2008
St. Louis, MO
Scott Trade Center
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
Target Center
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Chicago, IL
Allstate Arena
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Detroit, MI
EMU
Friday, October 24, 2008
Toronto, Canada
Arrow Hall
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Bridgeport, CT
Harbor Yard
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Lowell, MA
Tsongas Arena
Friday, October 31, 2008
Washington, DC
Patriot Center
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
Spectrum
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Newark, NJ
Prudential Center
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Atlanta. GA
Gwinnett Center
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Tampa, FL
USF Sundome
Friday, November 07, 2008
Miami, FL
U of Miami - Bank United
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Gainesville, FL
U of F - O Connell Center
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Orlando, FL
UCF Arena
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Bossier City, LA
Century Tel
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Dallas, TX
Nokia Theatre
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Austin, TX
Frank Erwin Center
Friday, November 14, 2008
Houston, TX
Reliant Arena
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Donald @ Jul 30th 2008 5:52PM
Not enough shows in Florida.
Noshino @ Jul 30th 2008 6:10PM
uh...we are getting 4 shows, that's as many as CA is getting...
Meh, thing is, the 4 shows are on the "college towns"...to see people embarrass themselves I have to drive for 1 hr down to Miami, sigh
Haggard @ Jul 30th 2008 6:31PM
Not enough Rock Band releases in Europe.
Tony @ Jul 30th 2008 8:05PM
If you're in South Florida you should check out our Rock Band bar night in Fort Lauderdale. You can warm up to playing in front of thousands by starting with a crowd of 50 or so. Check out the videos of our past events:
http://www.rockbandrockoff.com
Donald @ Jul 30th 2008 11:13PM
I was being sarcastic as they get quite a bit compared to some states that have a good population, like Ohio (where I live) and are basically told "Go to Detroit."
Jakka (Not sure why he got banned?) @ Jul 30th 2008 5:53PM
CLIIIIIIVEEEEEEEE WIIIIIINSTOOOOON!
Heh {XBL: P4nic 4tt4ck} @ Jul 30th 2008 5:53PM
Unless we win anything, I don't see myself going through this.
On X3F I read it incorrectly thinking they were speaking of a "real" band going on stage, but I forgot we all live in this pretend land. :(
danny. @ Jul 30th 2008 5:53PM
I'm overwhelmed with snarky things to say about this mess...
Cesaria (Pitchfork Fest 2008 FTMFW!) @ Jul 30th 2008 5:56PM
Why would anyone willingly participate in this humiliation?
Chase @ Jul 30th 2008 5:56PM
The humiliating part isn't playing Rock Band in public, it's playing on a show with Dashboard Confessional and Panic at the Disco.
Cesaria (Pitchfork Fest 2008 FTMFW!) @ Jul 30th 2008 6:15PM
No truer words have ever been spoken.
TWiNKiE @ Jul 31st 2008 4:56AM
Agreed. This tour is lame.
Mike @ Jul 31st 2008 3:23PM
+1
Erik J @ Jul 30th 2008 5:57PM
Meh, let me know when I can actually make money off playing expert level rhythm games. (Other than beating the best handful of players in the world.)
Heh {XBL: P4nic 4tt4ck} @ Jul 30th 2008 5:59PM
Circuit City near my house has a GH3 tournament every 2 months or so. Winner gets a free game of their choice. Guess who managed to get gears of war for free for the low low price of nothing? Sure, I played TTFAF 4 times that day, but it was worth it. :P
Jakka (Not sure why he got banned?) @ Jul 30th 2008 6:03PM
You scare me.While I'm on Hard Tier 3,the best I ever got on TTFAF was a medium 70%.I fucking hate that song!
Heh {XBL: P4nic 4tt4ck} @ Jul 30th 2008 6:06PM
TTFAF is actually a nice warm-up on expert for me playing guitar IRL. Get my spider-like fingers nice and stretched out, lol. I never managed to get more than 550,000 on the game when I had it for PS2, though. :(
Jakka (Not sure why he got banned?) @ Jul 30th 2008 6:25PM
I'm trying to learn Guitar atm...thanks for good advice.
Ian Murray @ Jul 30th 2008 6:27PM
Terrible bands, terrible bands, what can I say?
Back to you, Jim!
xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 31st 2008 9:40AM
GIANT FROGS, GIANT FROGS!!!!
Neebs @ Jul 30th 2008 6:34PM
CTRL+F: VA not found.
*skips over*
Jason Hocker @ Jul 30th 2008 7:26PM
Patriot Center is in VA.
Neebs @ Jul 30th 2008 7:59PM
DC is still too far away.
Nick the Hero of Canton @ Jul 30th 2008 6:53PM
Dr. Horrible rock band DLC.
Cesaria (Pitchfork Fest 2008 FTMFW!) @ Jul 30th 2008 9:35PM
I second that! Dr. Horrible FTW!
Dr. @ Jul 30th 2008 10:36PM
YES.
Shagittarius @ Jul 30th 2008 7:06PM
If I win I'm just gonna get on stage shove the drum sticks up my ass and quack like a duck.
xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 31st 2008 9:39AM
:-|
TheOverlord#2 can has Animals Crossing? @ Jul 30th 2008 8:43PM
Whoa.
The Blueberry Muffin Tops MUST do this.
Ryan @ Jul 30th 2008 9:51PM
Doesn't this remind any one of the South Park ep?