Rock Band concert tour, chance to humiliate yourself on-stage announced
Part of the appeal of games like Rock Band is that you can play like you're in a band without actually having to go on-stage and risk mass humiliation. Of course, there are those who can't see the line separating failing a song in front of three friends and failing a song in front of 10,000 strangers. For them, MTV has created the Rock Band Live Tour.
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