MTV and Harmonix have announced that 'Rock Band' will be coming to a town (presumably) near you to give gamers a chance to rock and/ or roll live on-stage.
Not only will you have a chance to play the game before it comes out (like we did here and here), "budding musicians" can choose to participate in a "rock off" audition for an opportunity to appear on MTV's TRL. The release goes on to say:
Aspiring rockers will have the chance to participate in a nationwide casting call through MTV's Rock Band "Rock Off" events. All performers brave enough to play on the Rock Band tour bus main-stage will be captured on video and viewed by MTV casting directors. Two bands will be chosen and flown to New York City to spend a day with a real rock band and receive true rock star training. The auditions will culminate with the bands rocking on-air on MTV's TRL, and one band ultimately chosen to open on a real stage for a yet-to-be-named mega band at the Rock Band launch concert.
We're not sure if TheFeed and MTV have the same vision of what "true rock star training" might be. Ours always ends on a stranger's driveway in a pool of our own blood and vomit surrounded by midgets and crude chalk drawings of unspeakable acts.
Tour dates and cities are below the cut.
Las Vegas, NV
September 9 - 16,
Milwaukee, WI
September 13 - 16, 2007
Sacramento, CA
September 20 - 23, 2007
Columbus, OH
September 20 - 23, 2007
Seattle, WA
September 27 - 30, 2007
Chicago, IL
September 27 - 30, 2007
Portland, OR
October 4 - 7, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA
October 4 - 7, 2007
Oakland, CA
October 11 - 14, 2007
Cleveland, OH
October 11 - 14, 2007
San Francisco, CA
October 17 - 21, 2007
Philadelphia, PA
October 18 - 21, 2007
San Diego, CA
October 25 - 28, 2007
Baltimore, MD
October 25 - 28, 2007
Los Angeles, CA
October 31 - November 18, 2007
New York, NY
November 1 - 4, 2007
Boston, MA
November 8 - 11, 2007
New Jersey
November 15 - 18, 2007
Phoenix, AZ
November 27 - 30, 2007
Atlanta, GA
November 27 - December 2, 2007
Austin, TX
December 6 - 9, 2007
New Orleans, LA
December 6 - 9, 2007
Dallas, TX
December 13 - 16, 2007
Orlando, FL
December 13 - 16, 2007
More information on each city and location will be released September 9th. You can go to Rock Band's Tour site for more on the tour.
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